My first

[stoney4325]

first time leather working. learned a lot from this site, thanks to everyone.both were hand forged and hand stitched. I'm getting into muzzle loaders so a possibles bag is next. critiques are welcomed

[dikman]

You can't say it's hand forged and not show a photo of the blade! That's what's known as a tease.

[stoney4325]

ok, i was more excited for the leather first pic was started on my son's birthday, he wanted to forge a knife. He banged out a knife shaped object and got busy with school, sports ect so i took over. i can't remember what steel we used but the elk antler we found and the copper came from a city worker friend. it was my first time trying file work and working with copper. sorry for the bad pics

[stoney4325]

second knife was made for a 3/4"x3/4"x2 inch square steering  column from an old truck. its a chopper that stays in my pack. thanks for looking

[dikman]

Thanks for the pics, always interested in forged, hand-made blades. I reckon if you'd left the filework off and thinned the guard down a bit then with just a bit more patina on the blade,  along with the forging marks, it would pass as an old Mountain Man-type knife. I like the handle, nice bit of antler. Now, the real challenge is to make a sheath that reflects the knife, one that looks old and beat up with years of use!

Nice thing about forging is that you can use all sorts of scrap metal to make things.