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Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Thanks everyone for the input. I'll try the masonry carbide bit first and see how it goes. The true carbide bits are about $20. Never would have thought there would be isolated hard spots like this, but pretty new at this.....

I fashioned my Bowie blade from a leaf spring and am drilling holes now for the brass bolster, handle pins, and brass end piece. I drilled the first few starting at the blade end and worked down the tang. The holes drilled without any problem. The next 2 holes will not drill! The blade was...

Thanks Ember, I am working a full tang Bowie knife (I think) as my second knife blade. This will be my first peening of a bolster and handle and will look forward to critique when completed. It is quite large (14" blade), not planned, I just took a piece of leaf spring and went for it. The...

Question from a newbie, how did you attach the brass bolster? I just bought a 2" x 1/2" brass flat bar to make a bolster for a Bowie knife and I was going to try to pin it. But I see you didn't pin? I would appreciate your input.

I am a relatively new knife maker, now on my second blade. My first blade was lost at sea while launching the boat last year before completion. I went big with the second blade, a 14" bowie style, from an old leaf spring. It was forged on coal, annealed, heat-treated, and tempered x 3. All...