I forged this paring knife from an old file. I’m trying out a new design here, and I really love it. Instead of just having a straight spine, I allowed the handle and the blade to swell out a bit. There are distal tapers forged from the ricasso to both the tip and tail. I was able to leave a little bit of the file teeth back near the spine to keep the story of this steel’ previous life alive. The handle is some gorgeous, locally harvested and stabilized cherry burl. Brass and mosaic pins. This would also make an excellent cheese knife or, honestly, even go well in your fishing tackle.