Tarnick

Most of my friends would call that a happy accident. Cool blade man!

Hey Bob great work man! It would be cool like he said to see photo's of your process on a future carved knife. Keep up the great work man!

I have had great success with lawnmower blades. I made a drop point bowie out of a lawnmower blade about six years ago. It was left in a wet tackle box for about a year by my nephew. I found it, took it out, and cleaned it up. I use it as a kitchen knife now. It cuts meat like hot butter, and since I made the blade a little thick, it hacks through bone with ease. I can cut through bone and the edge is still sharp as can be. I don't use water as a quench medium though. I use burnt motor oil.

I don't know how true it is, but I hear the swords they use in the medieval times shows are titanium. I hear it sparks better when hitting another sword? Greater dramatic effect.

I went bore, or wild hog hunting with a friend of mine a few years back. He didn't use a sword, spear or knife. He used a pack of hound dogs and a catch dog, which was a bull dog.
The pack of hounds scared up a 400 or so pound hog. They sort of surrounded it. Then we ran up and let the catch dog go. The catch dog grabbed the hog by the ear and sunk to the hogs side so the hog couldn't bite it. Then my friend ran in and grabbed the hogs back legs and threw it on it's back on the ground. Once it was on it's back we tied it up and dragged it out alive. Ofcourse it was a little more involved than that, but that was pretty much it. No spear, sword, or knife? He did have a 22 rifle, but that was in case of snakes.

I made mine out of a mac truck brake drum, so it would be good and heavy. I just made a top mold for the fire pot and poured refractory cement in the drum.
It works fine for me. The only problem is over time the refractory has worn down a little.