Sword Making - Option 4 : Carbon Steel Knife

If you cannot make a small high quality cooking knife then why do you want to try to make a sword? A blade 4 times bigger than a kitchen knife or a Bowie is 20 times harder to make. If you find heat treating a 12" blade is difficult then a sword may be impossible with your skills and equipment. A small blade is a step in learning all the processes for making a large blade.