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...

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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.