Maniac Mechanics

Finally completed is the sloyd knife for my father.  The blade in the previous post actually cracked due to mistreatment while still brittle hard.  I cut out another from the same saw blade.  Only about an hour lost.

The blade was heated to orange and quenched in oil to harden.  I shined it up and reheated it to bring out the temper colors.  When the right colors appeared, I quenched the blade in water. The cherry handle was epoxied on, then shaped with rasps and files.  The wood was sanded with progressively finer paper then buffed with beeswax for the finish.  It just melts into your palm.