First Knife and now first hatchet a few pics

[barecgesh]

little skinning Knife

First knife,started last august but am finely happy with it now.
Blade is just forged stainless steel with 3/4 length tang burned into the already  pre shaped handle of ash that was an off cut
of a sapling stave for a bow.Steel was left black and then an edge was put on,but will have to do a better job shaping the
edge profile,but it cuts.Blade is fixed with titebond 3 into the grip and it aint movin anywhere.

Sheath is just dog toy rawhide tanned and buffed over a wood stake to give it a sheep skin look to go with the wood colour.


 



This morning on the 07 march i started another bit of practice at 11am
the goal making a axe head 
Made from 11mm or 7/16 steel square rod which was cut to 6 1/2 inches and then started pounding.
 forced an eye through with a flat head and then expanded to be 3/4 long and just under 1/2 inch wide.
Back of the head upset a bit to make a small hammer head

finished up at 6 pm with this hatchet hopefully it will do its fare share of wood work
finish is awful,but all i wanted was something that works.
final edge to still go on it handle is a bit of scrape whit oak






Thanks for looking and ideas welcome on how to improve

[Frawg]

Congrats on your first knife, good job.
Matt

[Pappy]

Congrats on your first,kind of like making bows,it is additive. Nice set.
   Pappy

[barecgesh]

Thank you guys.

took three attempts to get this blade right i was not getting the steel up to a hot enough temperature
 to forge, resulting in the first two breaking when they were tested with the classic throw it on the floor
as hard as you can to see if it breaks test.both caused by fractures in the steel from hammering to cold.
But it eventually sunk in with the third and i got that heat up higher.

[KHalverson]

cool
kind reminds me of a seax
kevin

[swamp yeti]

That will get the job done,good job.