Originally Posted by
Stuart Tierney
That's the plan.
A solid piece of soft steel with a piece of hard steel forge welded on the end and ground to a usable shape.
Basically, something like an old 'cast steel' blade as you'd find in an old woody or infill made within a month of having it in your hands.
Because they're being forged and most likely hand ground to final shape, tapering for length shouldn't be an issue at all. As in thicker at the sharp end, thinner at the blunt end.
(And most likely blue steel.)
And because the not pointy end will be soft steel (not even mild steel I don't believe) if you wanted to add a slot yourself, it'd be easy enough to do with a drill, a hacksaw and a file and you could make it any size you wanted.
Just a really simple, no nonsense blade. That's all.
Stu.