Here are a couple paring knife blades (lots of work left to finish shaping them) in a piece of rough cut cedar.
I tried a new technique that worked very well. I drilled two holes for the tangs (the width of the steel thickness). Then, I heated up the tangs and pushed them into the hole to burn out a cavity just the right size for the tang. Boy did burning cedar make the garage smell good. It reminded me of my first wood burning kit 🙂
Now I need to finish the blades, cut the cedar to handle shapes, assemble and finish. I’ll keep you posted.
Prom Carving 