Finally finished another

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dmelton

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Here's a small skinner I finished the other day. I think this is knife #4 or 5 for me. Blade steel is 1084, stock removal method, marooon linen micarta scales with bronze pins and brass thong tube hole. Simple little knife but BOY is it sharp!

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Thanks for lookin'
Derek Melton
 
I really like it! Maroon micarta always looks nice (unless you burn it while grinding...like I have).

It looks like a real handy knife!
 
i like it. one area i see that might make it more user friendy would be to break or round off the edges on the micarta handle. just trying to help.:)
 
She looks great Dave..I do agree with Rhino though..That is just one of my preferences is to have the handle more rounded in shape thus a more comfortable fitting handle.After having the handles a little to squared off and entering a cutting and chopping cometition,you find out why you don't leave the handle flatter with squarer edges..
Great knife though,Really great work.
Bruce
Keep it up,Whats next?
Bruce
 
I like it just the way it is. It wont be in any rope cutting competitions. "Thin is In" :D Good work
 
Derek, nice knife. I like the convex grind and intense finish. The thin cross section of your handle suits me too.

Do you mark your blades somehow? If not you might consider it, years down the line someone will want to connect with the knife's maker, IMHO a mark helps. I say this because I have a couple knives that are not marked and I wish they had been. Plus, anything worth putting that much of your life into is worth signing. It's a nice knife, Derek. Thanks for sharing.

Dave
 
Hey dmelton, first and foremost: very nice knife!
Secondarily, thanks for posting those pictures. You see, I'm confronting a huge aesthetic dilemma which has blocked my progress with my first knife for more than two months. It's about how to grind the blade profile. Now that I see your nice work, and the effect of that type of grind, I've decided which way to go!
I'd wish more people posted their knive's pictures, as they can be great help for those who, like me, are just starting.
I've browsed all knife books and magazines I could put my hands on, but sometimes inspiration just comes this way...
Thanks again!
 
Thanks for all the kind words everyone. It's really a flat ground blade that after hand sanding and polishing, took on a sort of convex look to it. I like convex but I've not really tried to do one yet, this just sorta happened. The micarta peices I was using were only 1/8inch thick so that's why the handle has such a thin profile but for this type of knife it feels pretty good. It's a little more rounded on the edges than the pictures show. I'm afraid if I rounded it much more that with 1/8inch scales I'd get too small and ruin it. I have a bad habit of staying at the grinder too long and screwing a knife up. I'm learning to quit before I think it's finished and get an opinion from someone else. You can take material off but MAN it's hard to put it back on. I really do need a makers mark stamp, I just haven't thrown down the money to buy one. Any suggestions?

I think next I'm going to try a similar knife but with a nickel silver guard in place. Baby steps, work on my grinds, throw in something new, finish it and move to the next knife.

Thanks!
Derek Melton
 
Derek, as to marking your knives, you can get a simple letter set and put your initials or name on with that. Once I maked another project by making a stick man wielding a sword using just various letters from the letter set... ;)

Dave
 
I agree with Bruce's comment that thin is in. I like your design and overall execution. I wouldn't mind having that one on my belt. Has a nice warmth to it! Thanks for sharing.
 
After looking at this knife again,I realise I wasn't looking at it good enough and opened my mouth before I should have,The edges are smoothed off and Look good.Like I was saying this is just one of my preferences and doesn't mean that everybody should do it that way.Hope I didn't hurt your feeling Derek.:o
You can get a electric pencil at wal mart for around $20.00 or something like that,and you can be like a true artist that signs his work when it is finished.I used one for years...It will work until you decide which way you want to mark your blades and get set up to do it.I still use mine to mark the year on the opposite side of the blade from my signature etch.
Bruce
 
Feelings hurt? Heck no! I like to hear new ideas on how I could have done better, how will I ever improve otherwise? Thanks for the ideas, critics only make you better.
 
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