Trade knife build

[scrub-buster]

I'm still a beginner.  This is my 6th knife.  All have been stock removal.  I'm making it for a knife trade on the primitive archer forum.  Any advice or tips would be appreciated.

I started out with an industrial cutting knife blade.  I'm not sure what kind of steel it is.  I annealed it in my fire pit.










I used my $10 auction find to grind the knife.






I want to build a better gas forge soon.




I did 3 normalizing cycles before quenching.  A file would just barely catch the edge so I did a second heat and quench.  I got it a little hotter and that seemed to work.  A file will slide across it now.   That's as far as I got on it so far.  I will temper it tonight or tomorrow. 

[mahantango]

Nice! You make it look easy.