Finish my first fixed blade

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Kody23

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I had a small piece of cpm 154 left over from my current batch of folders that im working on, so I decided I would try and make a fixed blade. This is the first fixed blade that I have ever successfully completed. I put my knife making journey on hold about two years ago so that I could finish high school without any major distractions. I tried making a couple of folders back then and they turned out pretty rough. When I graduated high school I bought myself a solid grinder and a mill and headfirst back into knife making. I'll be posting of pictures of my folders that im working on in few days im waiting on a few screws to finish those up.

Specs:
5/32 thick Cpm 154 heat treated by Tom Mcginnis at Ozark knifemakers
3.25 inch long cutting edge with a 3 inch handle made of black g-10 with stainless steel pins
Full flat ground to about .015 at the edge and then a 400 grit handrub was applied to the blade

Any comments, critiques, or suggestions are always welcome
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For a first completed knife I say that is pretty darn good! The pics make it seem a lot bigger that it is. Very good knife.
 
yep. Zero critiques from me as well. nice flow and a sharp looking knife (pun half intended) nice work
 
I think you have done quite well! My first completed fixed blade some 19 years ago didn't look near that good.
Now its time for you to make another!:thumbup:
 
Wow thanks for all of the positive comments guys! I've got three titanium frame locks that will be getting laser engraved on tuesday. I'll make sure post them as well after they get back.
 
Looks good. I plan to use154 on a knife soon. Tom Mcginnis is a great guy, and has been quite a help to me. How did you lay out the design before starting?
 
I didn't really do much designing on this one, it was mainly just a practice piece before I started grinding my folder blades. I just grabbed the piece of steel and tried to fit as much blade as I could into it. I normally use draftsight though to lay out my other designs.
 
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