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Nice clean work with simple lines. You don't saty but is that copper between the antler and the heal of the blade?

Sorry, but steel looses it's magnitism below the temperature where it changes phases which must occure to disolve more carbon into it's matrix . The two points are rather close so if you check your steel and it's non-magnetic it may have well changed phases also, but it's not reliable. Doug

As far as files go, the above makes are good. I wouldn't have guessed at Harbor Freight brands as being good, but if they work, they work. Get large files to profile and file the bevels. Learn how to draw file because that is going to be how you file your bevels. The large files will let you...

That is a very nice piece of work. I would put it in my pocket and work the heck out of it. Doug

Just remember, if you think that the knife is good enough, it's not. You may not be able to correct it on that knife but try to correct it on the next one. Also, just because the knife is a little off doesn't mean it's not usable. Use the heck out of it, possibly to destruction, and see what...

Personally, I think that it's a case of close enough is good enough. I feel like viegski that a rough finished blade is an unfinished blade and if the stick of wood that they used for the handle had a knot then they should have gotten a new stick. I would be ashamed to let a knife like that...

That was a really nice job on that first knife. Love the handle. You should be able to find it in the grass if you should drop it. Doug

How do you dispose of it once it's exhausted? Not exposing to the environment seems to rule out pouring down the sink so do I have to take it to a designated disposal center. Where I'm at our center doesn't run all the time. I'm also not sure of the cost associated with the disposal. Doug

Those are some great looking knives. Don't worry about the perfect knife. I don't think one's been made yet. Doug

Puzzling how a steel that was once considered a good knife steel is now considered so-so. Personally, I think that something like 1075 is a perfectly good blade steel. Doug

Wouldn't that be something like how blister steel was made where the iron bars were sealed in crucibles with a carbon source and then cooked in an oven for several hours? Doug

I love the handle's grain. I also love the damascus pattern. That is one beautiful knife. :) Doug

I agree with Sean. That shows that you've got talent. Doug

There's a lot to like about that knife. Good work. Doug

Looks nice. I take it that you used a spalted wood for the handle? Doug

Yes, those were several steps above "turning out OK". Glad to hear that you are on the mend. Doug

Looks great. Please post pictures when you have it finished. Doug

You've got skill. Welcome aboard. Doug

You actually want an anvil that has a good bounce. If it doesn't rebound the hammer well then it absorbs the energy instead of reflecting it bact into the work. Doug

I especially line the brown handled one. On the blue handled one try doing some hard, not abusive, work with it and see what that handle tells you. Doug