Just getting started in blacksmithing, the first thing I ever tried to forge was this
ballock dagger. (Had to get the knife thing out of my system.)
My blade didn't turn out very well. I was going to trash it, but then I decided to put a quick-and-dirty handle on it and call it my first forged knife. The entire experience was a fiasco, I screwed the pooch every step of the way. Learned a whole lot, though, and will try again soon and maybe get closer to the mark with a better blade. And I'll use ebony wood for the handle next time.
My forged dagger:
Based on a 15th C ballock dagger with a black grip
Hammered out of an automobile leaf spring
Multi-stage edge
Reinforced point
Boxwood handle
Tang peened over a bronze pommel cap
Bronze bolster
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