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I'm not anywhere near as advanced as you guys on here are. Here are my latest knives. They are #4 and #5 for me. The first one is a small skinning knife for my daughter as a gift for killing her first deer. I used an old USA made file for the steel. After heat treating it I sanded it to 3000 grit. She wanted purple and black scales. I dyed some burlap and tried to make micarta. It turned out OK but it had small air bubbles in it. I don't think they will hurt anything but they still bother me. The sheath is stingray skin.
I finally made a knife for myself. The steel is from an old sawmill blade sanded to 3000 grit. The handle is osage burl that a friend gave to me. I was worried about the quality of the steel. I skinned a deer with it a few days ago and it was still razor sharp when I was done. It would shave a path up my arm. I'm glad it performed well. I have several more blades cut out and a big chunk of the blade left. After I was done skinning the deer I didn't get around to cleaning the knife for an hour or two. The blood on the blade left some patina. I think it made it look better. Somebody told me that was because the steel is high carbon/low chromium. I don't know enough about knife material to know if that's true or not.
I finally made a knife for myself. The steel is from an old sawmill blade sanded to 3000 grit. The handle is osage burl that a friend gave to me. I was worried about the quality of the steel. I skinned a deer with it a few days ago and it was still razor sharp when I was done. It would shave a path up my arm. I'm glad it performed well. I have several more blades cut out and a big chunk of the blade left. After I was done skinning the deer I didn't get around to cleaning the knife for an hour or two. The blood on the blade left some patina. I think it made it look better. Somebody told me that was because the steel is high carbon/low chromium. I don't know enough about knife material to know if that's true or not.
