When you say "hardened by eye" what exactly does that mean?

This is after HT and hand sanding to 220. This will be a little Ulu. I may just keep this as an herb chopper or maybe even a head knife for my leather...

Now I started to spread the lobes out with a cross peen and extending the bevels out.  8-Spread.jpg

Once I got a decent sized drift into it, I started to neck down the sides around the drift.  7-Neck-down.jpg

Then I added a slot off center and started to open it up until I could start putting some hawk/axe drifts into it.  5-Open-slot.jpg

This I squished down on end and spread it out until it was about 1/4 inch thick. I punched a hole roughly in the center.  3-Hole-punch.jpg

I have been playing around with this idea off nd on for a bit. I was inspired by that thing mace Vitale did just above this and decided to do a little...

Thanks gents. Karl, I had specifically intended to have a broad spectrum. I actually made a list of the qualities/attributes I wanted in my set to ...

OK. Thanks Kevin.

I am having difficulty seeing the images.

I recoated the lining on my welding forge. We lost power for several hours in a storm that dumped 6 inches of water on us, so it was a perfect time t...

I think the whole process of differential tempering or hardness is as old as steel blades. The ancient smiths of the migration era in Europe through t...