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This is my first forged knife. It is 1084 from Aldo and sheep horn scales. I know many of you do not care for the forged look on knives but I felt for this knife it fit the bill. 9" OAL with a 4.5" blade.

I would appreciate any critique you have on this blade. I know my satin finish is a little rough. I sanded to 400 and need to pick up more 600 grit to finish the job. Wish I had some better pics of the file work on the spine. I am always looking to learn from the talented knife makers around here so any advice would be great.

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Heck it looks good to me although I'm not a knifemaker. I've seen quite a few these days with the forged finish left intact along the spine and it looks pretty good to me.
 
It looks really old timey if you ask me. Set it next to an old well worn Winchester 1894 or earlier and it would make for a nice picture.
 
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Thanks d762nato. My wife is the photographer so maybe I'll break out one of my old rifles and get her to shoot some.
 
BKT said:
Thanks d762nato. My wife is the photographer so maybe I'll break out one of my old rifles and get her to shoot some.
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Before you do add some patina to those brass pins. They look too new.
 
Yeah I agree with above, either patina the pins or clean up/finish the handles just a little more. I LOVE the patina/rustic look on knives and this one fits the bill nicely!

Matt
 
You've done a nice job. The piece has a graceful feeling about it right down to the lanyard loop. You don't have to take the finish to 600X. A 400X will look very nice too. It's all about HOW it's finished. On the next to last picture you can still see grinding scratches by the plunge line. The hand sanding scratches are processing strokes not finishing strokes. Just take a sanding stick ( with 1/16" neoprene rubber, leather or other material that has just a bit of give to it ) wrapped with a new strip of 400X paper and concentrate on doing very controlled straight pulls. It doesn't take very long. Once the finish is even and uniform it will look very good.
 
^ what he said.

Also, if you sand against the existing grain (even at a 45deg angle) it will help pull out those deeper scratches then you can do the straight pulls that i4Marc is talking about to clean those off and give you a good finish. Looks like you put a lot of time and energy into it, it's a good looking knife.
 
Thank you guys. I will work it this weekend and hopefully come back and show improvements.
 
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