Handles are made from local chokecherry limbs that were cut off the trees a couple of years ago. I wanted to do semi-medieval knives with these, so the tang slots are burned in and the blades are held in with pitch, which actually holds them very well.
The second knife is a little odd, in that the blade sort of cocks forward more than I had intended. It will still make a good tool, but isn't quite the look I was going for. The other I think I will make a sheath for. It is a good knife and feels really comfortable in the hand.
I took video of the whole process, except the hardening, when the battery ran out and I didn't notice, but you don't want to slog through two hours of me hitting steel. Here's the condensed version with some narration: Two Knives, Two Hours.
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