How to make a knife

The title should say How to make a knife the Squawsach way. There is more than one way to skin a cat and there is no wrong or right way. This is just the way that I have learned to do it with the tools I have and lots of trial and error. This is a basic three piece knife tutorial. Several folks at RFC have mentioned wanting a tutorial on knife making and I think it would be nice to see more people posting in the custom knife forum. JJ has really sparked some interest with his posts documenting his progress after diving head first into this knife making thing.

I start with a bar of steel and an idea.