Birch Handle Knife - Continued

Back to finishing the Birch Bark Knife.  I just need this thing done.  It's been sitting on my workbench for months and I just decided I needed to do something about it.  I ended up welding the but on rather than trying to get another one.  It worked reasonably well.  This knife is not pretty but that's okay.  It was an experiment.  It seems to me that it would be a decent knife for camping...  It could be abused and it wouldn't matter...

To see how it started, go here.

 

Camping Knife III

Here's the latest knife project.  I purchased some 01 Tool Steel for this project.  I shaped the blade, ground the edge, sanded for hours, heat treated, tempered, sanded some more, affixed handle, sanded and shaped, oiled and sealed, and polished.  I then made a sheath out of birch bark.

Here are the pictures.  I will be adding more pictures from the build stages shortly...

Here's the build:

Heat Treating the blade.

Tempering the blade for 2 sessions of 2 hours each:

Sanding, sanding, and more sanding:

Made a new Kydex Sheath...

Camping Knife II

While I am waiting to get new stainless steel stock for the hilt of the Birch handle knife, I started on this one.  This is stainless steel that a friend cut out for me on a waterjet.  He cut me several thicknesses.  This one is the middle thickness and most likely the best size.

The handle is made out of a tree from my front yard that I cut down several years ago.  I thought it had an interesting grain to it.