Back to the bushcraft blade. I refined it some and ground the bevels prior to heat treating it. I had to re-anneal it, as the handle was still too hard to drill after my first annealing cycle (so, held it at around 850-950 degrees as best I could for 30 mins, then cooled super-slowly in wood ash).
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Ground some bevels while it was still 'soft' and then normalised & heat treated (oil quench, 2x 2 hour tempers at 210 degrees).
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Then Lots of sanding (and swearing). The fitup on this is a bugger, as the blade and handle have to be 100% finished together prior to etching, disassembled, then fitted together permanently (including flaring the tube pins) to preserve the etch on the tang.
Full tang, ball bearing canister damascus (6mm 52100 bearings & 1095 powder), curly oak handle, 8mm flared stainless tube pins. 3.5" blade 8.0" overall. Weight; 137g.
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Really pleased with this one - the bevels in particular are super sharp and even. Just need to sharpen it and make a sheath