Home Brewed Knives

Frank, your knife design/making projects stimulated this post. Pictured here is the first knife project made by my nephew. The blade is from a leaf spring from a car. The black line you can see between the walnut handle and brass bolster is a teflon lining between the metal and wood parts. The rivets are threaded brass. At 1/4" thickness, it must have required hours of grinding. It has always amazed me at the precision Dennis has achieved using only hand-held grinding. (He uses a 1 inch belt grinder.) The leather case was made by one of Dennis' crafty friends. I used it to dress out one elk and it held its edge very well. I may start packing it when in wolf country. :)