This is a 20" short sword that I started some time ago. This is the longest blade I have done yet, and is almost the max for my kiln. It is pretty much finished at this point but here are some progress pics. It should make a nice pig sticker!!

Rough ground
 

Heat treated and antiqued, ready for a handle
 

All glued up
 

Roughed out
 

Ready for oil
 

All finished up!
 

Nice work!

Ben, that is awesome! Looks like it has a Stewart Branson influence. You are on the fast track like Kevin Evans, Scott Roush and Dana Holman and Stewart!

Beautiful Work!

Steve
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Potomac Forge
ABS Apprentice

Don't put me in the same boat as those guys, I can barely swim! I just hope to be "good" by the time I retire.

simply outstanding...great survival tool.

God Bless,  Pierre

Thanks for the kind words guys!
Here it is all finished!

Ben, that is no pig sticker... that there is a hog sticker, and it looks long enough to hold the hod in place to a tree,

That is really nice looking, good job.

TBRA

Very nicely done,I like it. Just curious,what is the hole between the handle pins for?

I need me one of them some day,That is a good chopper there.
CTT

The hole was just a filler pin for extra strength, it got covered up by the hemp wrap.

man thats just sexy nice lines love it

Here are a few pics of the sheath all finished up.

real nice work!!

Tai Goo 2?  Nice! :-)

Thanks guys!

That is a awesome...umm very big knife.  Very nice.  Was the blade made from a saw blade?

Seemed to have missed this one first time around ,
That Is COOL!  

Thanks guys.
I used new 5160 bar stock for this one, and for all of my larger blades.

just curious, the wrap is lacquered right? do you wrap then apply it?

I used epoxy on the wrap, and yes it is applied after I wrap the handle.