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More awesome work Randy. I know I'd be tickled pink to get it.

There's going to be a lot going on in that knife with the awesome pattern in the handle and the hamon on the blade. I can't wait to see it all come together.

I don't know how many more times I can say this, but that's my favorite one yet. Nice work Randy!

That handle is going to look great. Ya'll are making it real hard for me to figure out how I'm going to rig this drawing to end up with the knife I want. :9:

Nice, Troy! What size hammer heads are you forging these out of? I've got a couple of extra 12 oz'ers, but I think that might end up a little small.

Wow, that is going to be amazing!

Any of you guys regularly use sens to reduce blades? Do they work much better than a quality file, or will hogging with a course file work just as well? I've been debating on building myself one, but can't make up my mind if it'll be worthwhile or not.

I love that wormy wood, Kevin. I can't wait to see that baby all shined up.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I tried my first interrupted quench on this blade. 3 count in water, then into the canola oil. Seems to have done the trick.

Got a little time over the weekend to do a little more work on the blade. Re-forged the handle into a through tang, and heat treated it. After the heat treat I put a "quick and dirty" edge on it just to test it out. I chopped through a piece of pine with ease, and then took several hacks out...

$30 shipped.

Still not crazy about the handle, and my ADD is kicking in like crazy. Thinking about forging it down to a through tang and making a Bowie out of it.

Great looking blade shape.

Sleek and sexy, Ray. That's a great looking package.

Well, I need to make room and pick up a little cash. How about either one for $50 to your door?

Hey guys, I've got a couple of newbie efforts I'd like to find a new home for. First one is 1084 steel, 10" OAL with a 5.5" blade. Cholla cactus handle, with mild steel guard and buttcap. All the bladework is done Neo-tribal style. Sheath is a Crow style deer rawhide over veggie tan leather...

Thanks guys. I got a chance to work on this one a little while over the weekend. Cut some off the handle and reforged, cleaned up the profile and ground the bevels. Got the bevels hand sanded up to to 120. Probably gonna sand to 220 or so and heat treat.

Thanks again, guys. This is all going to help a ton moving forward. I'd really like to be able to see a little more of the knive handle in the sheath just for visual appeal, but I do like them a tad deeper than most for the reason you mentioned, Doug. I don't ever want to worry about it...

I got a few skins in a trade with a friend. He uses them on bows he builds.

Thank you, gentlemen. I see what you all are saying about the handle, it was one of those "oh crap" moments when you realize you can't put steel back. The only grinder I have is a Craftsman, and I can get way too aggressive with it if I'm not careful. I typically hand file most stuff, but...