This is a thread I have going on another forum where I have been documenting the making of the knives. It started out on just the one african themed knife, the skinner shown above with the giraffe bone and buffalo horn but because of the interest shown and feedback posted, has carried on with the making of my new 72 inch belt grinder, a few other projects and a few more knives.

Untill recently I had been using slasher bladers and pruning hook, files and farrier rasps but am now using 1/8 in / 3.2mm 1084 for the general hunting knives, .2 in / 5mm O1 for the pig stickers and .09in / 2.4mm 15N20 for the kitchen nives. It is all carbon steel but I can heat treat this steel here at home by taking it to non magnetic heat and quenching in 130 degree canola oil then tempering at 185 degree (C) for 2 hours.

https://www.africahunting.com/threads/my-african-knife.26296/