The planer blade bowie

[Scott Fulford]

Finished it last night.A friend brought me a planer blade he had profiled into a bowie,my task was to complete it.
I have no way of annealing D2 so I had to work it fully hardened-WHEW!
The biggest challenge was drilling the tang for the handle pins,it laughed at a cobalt bit.I knew I needed a carbide bit but none were available in town,however I did find a carbide tipped bit,for $5-it wasnt a masonry bit but rather a standard HS steel bit with a carbide tip,I had doubts but bought it anyway,to my dismay the thing worked.
The handle is imistag,and I`ll be making a leather sheath for it tonight.

overall,I`m quite pleased,
Scott

 

[elvenbladesmith07]

looks really good, need to make a western style sheath for it!

 

[galadduin]

Coool.

 

[Mike Hull]

Looks nice. The guard looks a bit large, but that's a personal choice.

Try masonry bits next time. They work very well at drilling hardened steel.

Edited to add; I should have read better the first time. I see you already thought of masonry bits.:footinmou