Hand-forged Rudder Bearing mini-bowie

[daizee]

Another E/V Nautilus rudder bearing knife, and my first(!) hand-forged blade.

More pix and specs in the official gallery:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/life-vest-mini-bowie-from-nautilus-rudder-bearing.1689687/

 

[Dawkind]

Great job! Love the style...

 

[Mongo]

I love the blade shape and handle material. Great job!

 

[NORTHWEST_KNIFE_GUY]

Very nice work, really like the handle too!

 

[cbach8tw]

Like the style, so I assume it is 52100 steel if I think was from a bearing.

 

[daizee]

Thanks, folks.
cbach8tw : it was a 1967 East German bearing. Not sure what assumptions can be confidently made. However, it does air-harden in thin sections and is tough to drill even when annealed, so I'm guessing there some Cr in there. 52100-ish is as plausible as anything, but that's an American standards org, AFAIK.