A simple knife

[Rancid Crabtree]

I was asked by a friend to turn his shed antler into a knife handle. This knife was to be a land owner gift. The steel I bought for this project was 1/8 thick 1 1/2 wide O1 (oil quench). The wrapper even came with the recipe instructions on the label.



The antler he sent. It was a little long so I cut about an inch off the end but I will have a use for that as well.



I can see a blank slate here. I can't leave it that way.



First I removed as much of the core as I needed.



Then I started working on the blade.





Then I roughed out a finger guard.



Time to bevel.