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Planer blade knife (lots of pics)

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FlintWalker:
I don't know where this planer blade came from but it's been laying around the mill where I work for years and I decided to put it to use.
 I cut out the blade last week with an air grinder and a cut off wheel and shaped it up with a hand grinder and sanding pads.
The handle is an elk tine and the guard is a piece of brass from an old fuse.
 I tapered the tang and drilled holes almost through the brass and drove it down on the tang forming a perfect fit against the back of the blade. Once I got it fitted, I cut some slots in the tang for the 2-ton epoxy to grab onto.

rover brewer:
looking good so far,planer blades used to be made of d2 a great steal for knives.

FlintWalker:
After drilling out the antler and test fitting things, I trimmed up the brass a little and set it all in place with 2- ton epoxy.
 I coated the end of the antler with bees wax to keep the epoxy from sticking to the sides of the antler and let it sit all night. This morning I cleaned it all up and polished out the brass.
 It feels good in the hand and should make a good skinner.
 Rover, I'd say you're right about the steel. A new file will barely scratch it, but it's not so hard as to be brittle. The blade is .125" thick, so it's pretty stiff. After polishing the blade a little, just a few strokes down a ceramic and it will make hairs jump off at the slightest touch. 8)
 I'm not sure what I'll do with the back of the handle. I can't decide to cap it off with more antler, bone, wood, brass or just leave it bare.

FlintWalker:
Here's a couple more views.

nugget:
Looks good

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