Dresser Drawer Blade!

 this is my first instructable and i made it after i made the blade so plz bare with me.

Anyway this is the blade that i have created from the metal scrap i found from the bottom of my old dresser. although the blade did not come out the way i had planned it is strong, sharp and still cool looking.

 first you begin with the base of the drawer. as you can see i bent the bottom part up but if you dont want the hassle you can remove it easily.

 after heating it up in your custom forge (not required though reccomended) you pound the sides flat until you have a flat peice of metal about 4 inches wide. then you turn it over on its side and fold it over. (some may find this similar to that of japanese steel folding, though not as neat.)

 while it is athentic in trying to sharpen the blade by hand with a file or whetstone( and i usally prefer that) if you are short on time or patience use a hand grinder at a 45 degree angle. both sides would be preferable.

 after the rough sharpen just fine tune the edge a bit and put the blade into a safe dry area for awhile. after the blade is heat forged it tends to have rust on it. however if you quickly make a sheath for it and clean it reguraly the blade will be fine. (these are before but u can also ingrave them fairly easily one they turn the brownish burnt color. this is Daeomonklosa or demon claw)                                          If after reading this instructable u have made a version of ur own, plz send me a pic or link so I can check it out