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It is “Voilà “,
viola means “he rapped” in French.

Somewhere on that thread I had the picture of a blade I had forged sometime last year.
The progress has been slow but I have almost finished it.
Oak burl and black micarta from a very kind member...

The big one definitely has some of that crocodile Dundee look :-)

Slow progress :
I have hardened the blade then heat treated at 200c for two hours twice. I presume my oven was not quite at 200c as the steel is still really hard on some parts of it and the file...

After a bit of filing :
172184

I have been banging on some steel Sunday . It will be a slow process:
The same square piece of 1084 I started with:
172049

Beginning of a clean up:
172050

They are the best for cutting emery in tape :-)

I got this Ruike . Under 70$, really impressed by the quality. The blade is well centered and quite rigid once opened . The pivoting axis is on ceramic ball bearings .
I just need to take it hunting...

That folding knife above is called a dague A la d'estaing
Google the name and you will find many different models with the folding guard which is an original feature.

Friwi