A knife my brother made for me

[BillB]

My brother made a knife and gave it to me. I tried to talk him out of it and told him he should keep it it's so nice.
He used a leaf spring from a triple axle dump truck so he assumes that it's probably 5160. The man doesn't have any power tools at all save for a dremel I bought for him last Christmas so he does it all by hand which also means the blade isn't forged because he does the stock removal thing, with files. I made the handles out of black micarta. I know, that front pin is dangerously close to the edge of the handle so blame that on me. The handle is also a little large for my hand but David said it fit his well. He is quite a bit bigger than I am and his hands correspondingly so. Obviously, he was going to keep it for himself.
I sent the blade to Peters Heat Treat in Pennsylvania for him and had them cryo and heat treat it and I have to say, this damn thing is tough. The guy from Peters said he could cut his way out of a car with it and I believe him. I have absolutely beat this thing to near death on treated 4x4s and locust branches, tin roof panels, rope, an old metal gas Can, and more and this blade just destroys $#!t. It holds its edge very well with not a single chip yet and stays sharp enough to cut a free hanging manilla rope. Yeah, I got all of my ideas from forged in fire.
I sharpen on waterstones that I sharpen my Japanese woodworking tools on and surprisingly, they work very well with the steel.
I sort of got my brother into blade making, I'll make small woodworking blades from time to time when I need a certain shape for an oddball job. He was at a very bad time in his life and I was worried about him so I had him help me one time with my little homemade forge and he really got into it. I'm glad he did. I really like this knife.Attachment 52052Attachment 52053Attachment 52054 2017R-22Attachment 52055Attachment 52052152684964691858304716.jpg1526849863222619549297.jpg1526849915393960044763.jpg15268499719051931819363.jpg152685002606357359099.jpg