>>1383423Two options:
1) Buy a $10 old hickory butcher knife and replace the pins that hold the handle scales on
2) Buy a $40 angle grinder, a decent cutting wheel (should come with a grinding wheel) and a flap wheel, then take an old hardened steel file (you can literally find these for $1 at garage sales) and clean the rust off, draw the knife shape you want on it with a sharpie, cut it out with angle grinder making sure to quench with water every few seconds and watching carefully to make sure the steel color never changes, use grinding wheel to grind your bevel, again making sure to keep it cool, finish with flap wheel, put in oven center rack at 400°F(204°C) for an hour, keeping an eye on it to make sure it never gets darker than a golden straw color, let it air cool until you can handle it safely, then return it to the oven for a second time for an hour, again never letting it get darker than golden. Now finish your edge with sandpaper, stones, and strop. Wrap the handle with whatever you want, or carefully and slowly drill holes (again, keep it cool, but with hardened steel you better have a good bit and a lot of time) to attach handle scales. Alternately, you can cut a rat tang and do a really nice layered birch bark handle. Congratulations, you now have a custom, tempered, heat treated knife that took only one afternoon to make but will literally last generations.
