Homemade straight 12" drawknife done in a few hours

[WarnerB]

I just finished making this. I needed one for a project so I threw one together from scratch.
Total cost was $1. Will mostly be used for peeling logs.

Beveled it with files by hand

Fabricated the end to fit a bastard handle

Not the best quality but it does the job and cost me basically nothing.

 

[TARFU'D]

Necessity is the mother of invention...looks good from here..

 

[Square_peg]

That'll do! Nice work. What was that metal piece before it became a drawknife?

 

[WarnerB]

Thanks guys. It's not my best work lol! But it'll do for the task at hand.
Peg- I'm not sure what it was before. I got it at an antique shop for a dollar, the guy didn't know what it was either. It was basically flat bar stock with a rounded point at the end. Possibly a makeshift pry bar but who knows.