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[KamValleyForge]

Have also been working on an oakeshott type 17 longsword (will post a pic later once I have it done) and some other little pieces like leafy rings and such. Messing around with twisted damascus and daggers as well.
This will be my second sword so nothing exquisite, just what I'd rate munitions grade but I'll still cound it a vast improvement over my first one

 

[bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives]

 

[oldschool45]

Just for grins I just finished a machete out of Nitro-V, couldn't find AEB-L in the size I wanted. 1/8" Spine 23" OAL, 18" blade roughly 2" wide. Should be tempered to around 58c. The foil
cost a significant percentage of the blade steel cost. Handle is natural canvas micarta with flared nickle tubes

 

[HPD]

I've been too busy to make knives lately, but I had some time last weekend to finish up this blade. I tested out my logo etching skills. I screwed up a bit but it's legible. Also, the slight recurve wasn't intentional. I ground it too thin in that area. Overall it's a good performer. One of my knife tests is to build a bow drill fire kit. That involves a lot of twist cuts, shaving, drilling, etc. and then see if stropping will bring it back. It passed. AEB-L at 62 HRC, .010 behind the edge except near the tip where it's around .015. Approximately 32 degrees inclusive secondary bevel. The video was made by my son. It just shows me testing the spine (the spine is not as sharp as I like).