garden knife for my partner

[mark.177]

my partner asked if i could make her a small knife to use in the garden, cutting open grow bags, string and other garden things? looking around the shed for something to make it from as i have no steel/files left to work with found an old rusty pair of her garden clippers. now i have no idea if it will heat treat successfully? but went ahead and cut off and ground one of the blades...
here it is so far...

 

[Mesquite]

Very nice work there, what are you going to handle it with?

 

[Clouston98]

That looks great! Would make a smashing mushroom knife too!

 

[mark.177]

update on the little garden knife, heat treat went well. tempering done resting the back against a red hot heated pick axe watching the colours travel up the blade to the edge till the cutting edge turns a dark straw.
needs polishing and a handle...

 

[Samon]

Your heating treating seems very instinctual! I mean that positively though, your knack of learning fast give me the impression your ht will be spot on!

Please give us a wip on your polishing!

 

[mark.177]

handle on rough sanded....

 

[weekender]

Mark your fast turning into a knife maker to keep an eye on....😉👍


Sent from somewhere?

 

[Dave]

That looks very good. As Cameron says, looks like a shroom knife. I'll have to learn how to do the heat treating thing and make one myself on day