A Christmas Project

[jwpettipas]

Hi Everybody,

My name is Joey and I'm new here to the forums, and knives and swords alike. A friend of mine is coming back home from university for Christmas vacation, and we've been thinking of getting together to work on a small project. We thought trying to take on making a set of daggers would be a great one. The only problem is, we've both never really made knives in our lives.

I think this is a great idea, and would like to make a serious go at it. We were thinking of starting small, with readily accessible materials like steel and just cold working our daggers.

My question is this, could any of the members of this forum suggest a strategy for approaching this project? Any tips on how to go about fashioning a blade, via links, books, personal experience, etc, would be greatly appreciated.

I thank who ever replies to this in advance, and apologize if I have posted on the wrong section of this forum.

Regards,

Joey Pettipas

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