Unfortunately, I have little enough time, that even sticking a prefinished blade in a handle is not happening anytime soon.
But a fun hobby, I am sure. Or, great to know for areas where finished knives or blades unavailable or cost prohibitive.
As for need, not very likely, as if I managed to find or keep up with what I need to make a knife, I likely kept up with a nice quality dependable knife in the first place.
But something I would have been all over when younger, and was, we cold chiseled blanks out of old crosscut saw blades, ground and tempered the blades, and used oak slabs for scales, or walnut crate, and elegant bent nails as rivets.
Edited by Lofty (09/04/16 10:14 PM)
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Cadent a latere tuo mille, et decem millia a dextris tuis;
ad te autem non appropinquabit.