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I just collected some birch bark from live trees that were about to be logged. Guess it was the right time of the year because both the inner and outer bark easily popped right off. Most of the stuff I read only mentions to use the outer bark...no mention of the inner bark. Because of the...

Thanks again guys! I just tried the file trick and could see the difference in hardness between the steel at the end of the tang and up near the blade level. Should be good to go:happy:

I'm sorry, I'm new to this, so my description might not have been 100%, but it isn't the type of blade you drill into, but rather the kind you put a metallic end-cap on and beat the end of the tang into a mushroom (with a ball-peen hammer). like in "A" and "C" of this picture:

Thanks guys. Can one over-anneal? (i.e. if it is already annealed and I do it again?) The tang is only about 1/8" x 1/8" x 1".

Will be peening the the tang of a Mora laminated steel blade pretty soon and am wondering if they are soft enough as-is or if it should be annealed?

Thanks for the tips and leads guys, really appreciate it. Insulating foam press, great idea! I checked out my local cobblers, all were very nice and helpful but non stocked veggie tanned leather. The reason being that there is a large regional distributor nearby that stocks everything they...

Thanks guys. I'm still reading and getting the vocabulary down. Very interesting stuff to learn; a bit overwhelming at first with all the topics, but very understandable at the same time.

Hello, I've just spent most of the weekend going over this site and can't believe the talent and wealth if information found here. I'm from Canada, and have been a woodworker and outdoors man for most of my life. Knife-making has always been something I wanted to try, so, finally decided...