An OLD one

[Phillip Patton]

Hey all,
I thought I'd share some pics of one of my very early, er, knives. It emerged from the shop on December 4, 2003. It's made from 1095, brass, and Lignum vitae.
At the time, the only knifemaking text I'd read was Step-by-Step Knifemaking, by David Boye. So the way he taught in the book was the only way I knew to do it. Thus, it's full tang, hollow ground, and the guard and pommel are brazed on, which is a technique I was never good at and was happy to quit when I learned other methods. Plus the design was copied straight from his book.
I traded this knife to my grandfather for something ( I don't even remember what) early the next year, and he thought it was the greatest knife in the world, and showed it off to everyone that came in his apartment.
My grandpa passed away last month, and since I didn't have any photo record of this knife, I borrowed it from my grandma to get some photos. And while I have it, I might refurbish it a little. You can see in the photos that the wood shrank a LOT.

Anyways, enjoy, and visit the galleries at my website ( www.pattonblades.com ), so you can see how far I've (thank goodness ) come.

 

[Texas Slim]

Nothing wrong with this knife, especially as an early example of a Phillip Patton original. And call me crazy, but I like hollow grinds, full tangs and brazed guards/pommels. I guess brazing is old school but I prefer it to, oh, say J.B. Weld. MTCW.

I'm sure your Grandfather was VERY proud of that knife and his fine young grandson, and rightly so.

 

[SpearZ]

Fine looking knife and shows you had the talent as you started :thumbup:

 

[drducati]

I have to agree with SpearZ and Slim both.:thumbup:
I think it's a lot better than the first one I ever made.
It's a lot better than the last one I ever made too.
That's the reason I do eyes not knives.:thumbup:

 

[Bailey Knives]

Looks like your grandfather took very good care of it also.

 

[TALON158]

Amazing for a first knife, Phillip. That really shows your affinity to knifemaking. If you didnt tell me you made it, I would think its the early work of Harvey Draper.... He made a model that closely resembles it, called the Persian Skinner(I think).

 

[Phillip Patton]

Amazing for a first knife, Phillip. That really shows your affinity to knifemaking. If you didnt tell me you made it, I would think its the early work of Harvey Draper.... He made a model that closely resembles it, called the Persian Skinner(I think).

It's not quite my first one, in fact it's number 52, but I was still very much a beginner then. At the time, this was my best work.
The design for this was copied out of David Boyes book, and he may very well have copied it from Harvey Draper.

 

[Keith_H]

That book, step by step knife making, is the only one I have as well! Too bad that i am out of acetylene for brazing! I recognize this one from the book. Nice work!