This knife started as a track spike. After forging the handle, I split the end open and inserted a chunk of tool steel, surrounded by 2 pieces of high nickel content saw blade. This was all forge welded together and drawn out, resulting in a 5-layer laminate with a tool steel cutting edge in the center. The blade was ground to shape, hardened and tempered, and finally etched to reveal the different metals in the construction. Not only is it a great conversation piece, it has a hardened steel blade, and is quite capable of field dressing a deer.
