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Yeah, I feel kinda sorry for the gators round your parts... awesome work Wade.

What Mike said, plus it always looks better once it is heat-treated. Give it a good etch, rinse and neutralize the etchant with ammonia, then boil it for a few minutes.... then dry and oil it.

If you hadn't said the guard was g10 I'd have thought it was blackened steel....good way to keep the weight down and looks great too. In fact the whole thing looks awesome, you do some fine work man...:)

Good looking blade! For tempering, I'd suggest 2 hours at 400 degrees Fahrenheit, then sharpen it up and test it. My usual test is whittling dry oak heartwood, but there are a lot of different ways to go about testing, the main thing you're looking for is if the edge is brittle and wants to...

Awesome concept, and beautiful result... you don't see many roadkill handles, but it is using what is available/recycling at it finest!

very nice!

I like it! My very first knife was dubbed the 'mouse skinner', this one reminds be of it a bit, shape and size-wise.

It will stain, and dull a bit faster, but it is also so much easier to re-sharpen than the higher alloy steels, especially in the field.

Embrace the auto-hamon! :)

Very clean forging!

Thanks man, I make my own damascus steel. It helps having a good friend who has a power-hammer...:)

Love your forge, Tim, and the view... Think I'll fire up the forge saturday.

Tried to get some work done today, a balmy 22 degrees here... I lasted all of 20 minutes. When you can't feel your fingers, it is to cold to do knifework. Cold enough tonight to air quench W2.

Some beautiful work, Steven and SHOKR... you guys have been busy, my bench is bare in comparison. Just finished these two up and will be shipping them to Finland tomorrow... 8" and 11" fillet blades in ladder and migration era patterns, 1084, 15n20, and w1. This one is almost handled now...

It's great to know that the Creator of the universe has got your back, isn't it....:) Glad you and your's are ok.

I think I like your version better than the original, it looks more useful. Very good photography, also.

Yes, cutler would be the appropriate term... it is an age old tradition in the Scandinavian countries for one man to make the blade and another to handle and sheath it. In the Japanese sword tradition one man makes the blade, another polishes it, another makes the metal fittings, and another...

I'm in. No stock removal except for the final edge, and to keep it tribal I'll use a rock...:) I assume no time limit?

Aye, I would think the tang will be the handle, and vise versa... I like to call therm one-piece wonders...:) I'm good with it, except I do not know how to sharpen a knife with just a hammer... I assume some degree of stock removal will be needed/allowed? Time limit?

Excellent, I may be in contact with you in the next few weeks....:)