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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...

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...