Nice Guzz!
The workshop i used to use has been packed up and no longer have access to any of the tools. So i haven't made a thing. I'm planning on smashing one out when i get to Darwin in my mates shed, hopefully i stay sober long enough to do it.
I think I will keep forging my knives from now on. There are some great clips on youtube for forging blades.....One of these days i will make a sword.
Nice! What sort of steel did you use? Have you got any tips?
I use 5160 steel which is old car leaf springs. I heat it up to red hot and straighten it by clamping sections at a time in a vice. I then heat it up and let it cool in the ash. It will be in a soft enough state to work with....either file away the bits that do not look like a knife or have a go forging it.
In any case once you are happy with your blade leave the edge about 1 mill thick (helps prevent cracking in the quench)....anyhow get a steel tray and fill it with motor oil (your last oil change will be fine) and then heat up a bit of steel and drop it in to pre heat the oil a bit.
One of the fancy things about 5160 steel is a magnet will not stick to it at the critical temperature which is between cherry red and yellow orange. When it is hot and a magnet won't stick quench it in your oil...(be careful).....then let it cool and clean all the oil off (very important )
Then for this small knife I pre heated my kitchen oven to 200 deg and put the blade in for 2 hours, this tempers it and if you did not clean off all the old oil you will now know why I said it was important (your house will stink)
Now you can put a handle on and sharpen it.....That is it in a nutshell.....if you do some research there is a lot of info available.
5160 if heat treated properly will make one of the toughest blades around....drawback....it will rust so keep it oiled...Good luck
ah well i'll just stick to buying them 
