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I have an extra replacement pruner blade on hand, which inspired me to make a patch knife.
I think it will do just fine as a patch knife, since it's flat on one side, with an edge bevel on the other.
This is the $3 pruner blade, I started with:
The 1st thing I did was to rough cut it (hacksaw) for a tang:
The 2nd thing was to mark it for grinding into a usable tang:
Then, it was a matter of grinding away the excess material:
I had some fancy Walnut left over from another project, that I'll use for the handle:
I haven't yet decided whether or not to flatten the hump on the blade's spine...…… (to be continued)
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