one more from scrapforging

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after cooling down

 

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before hardening and anealing

 

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[RoaringBull]

Awesome! What are the scales?

 

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as always a kitchen knife approx 10 inch overall

 

[Doc Ivory]

What a great job!

 

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onemore kitchenknife nearly finished

 

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Kitchenknife is finished

 

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from scrap found on the road to something useful

 

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just need a little bit more work

 

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now the leatherwork

 

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finished

 

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Ring pommel knife

 

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forged two blades together with my younger son

 

[TFoley]

There is a school of knife making out there known as "tribal" or "neotribal." These blades remind me of some I saw in Africa. I agree there is a real satisfaction in turning found steel into something useful -- although my efforts typically go to fireplace pokers and such that require little skill (I don't have any) to be made to do their job.
As Rick said, thanks for sharing -- and you do indeed need only please yourself!

Hey, don't forget our wooden spoon, Bill!! Hey, dijja see that? I just invented a birdname!

 

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as it started , a piece of rusty junk and a little bit of C100

what you get after a little bit of work.

 

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found a piece of carspringsteel in the dust of the road, will be an nice little knife