u/shastaslacker

I had some major hiccups in my recovery the second time around. Lots of patellar pain. I had some major break throughs last spring and about a month ago pulled off this stunt. I finally feel like my left knee is as good as my right. Take your PT seriously, especially if you have a patellar graft. Bulgarian split squats are king.

(This is a world's first. Nobody has done this combo on a highline before. Only four or five people have done a standing backflip to feet on a highline).

I think maybe I'm doing too much. Started by compressing the end of the rebar so it could be wider toward the tip. Then hammered a rough blade shape. Then tried to make the handle. I think this is where I messed up. I wanted the blade to be forward of the handle (like with most kitchen knives). So I tried to make two 45 degree turns to offset the handle so that when I folded the rebar around, the edge would be even with the front side of the handle. But while making the hand guard and the loop at the end of the handle everything got messed up.

I straightened everything out and tried again, but that just made everything more wonky.

I have no hardy tools (bending forks would probably make this easier) and I have only an angle grinder.

I also decided halfway though working with my home made tongs was shit and it was better to wear gloves and use a pliers.

From watching videos it looks like everyone uses a belt grinder for knife making. Any other major tools I should invest in to make this process better? Any other pointers for making the knife?

Also do you guys work on multiple projects at the same time? My forge is propane and seems like I should be working on a another piece of steel while my first project is heating.