first ever knife

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ghostguy6

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Let me know what you think and what I can do to hone my skills. All comments are welcome. If you think it looks like crap please say so, you wont hurt my feelings and I want to better my knife making skills. Overall I think it makes a good chefs knife.
Blade length: 6"
blade thickness: 3/16"
handle length: 4 1/8"
3/4 tang length
The handle is made of brazillian tulipwood and the blade is made from an unknown stainless steel I salvaged from the scrap bin at work.
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I like it and would be happy to use it. These guys on here are some of the best and hopefully they'll have some good pointers , I've learned a ton from them and this forum :D
Out of curiosity , did you grind it and anneal , etc ? Also what method did you use for putting your name on the blade ?
 
Great looking first knife.

I am curious as to how you etched your name on the blade. Looks pretty clean.

How did you grind the blade? Any heat treatment done?
 
Keith Montgomery said:
Looks pretty darn good.

I saw these photos earlier this evening when I was moderating on mypicgallery.com.
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Glad to see your one of the few that know the rules on reporting which images are offensive and which are not;)

Thanks for all the comments. I did not heat treat the steel since it was alredy extremely hard when i got it. it was alot of careful grinding and sanding. My name was sandblasted into the blade, not etched.
Anything you guys think I could do to improve my next piece? Or any skills I might want to work on?
 
The only thing I see is the blade needs to Flow into the handle for it to look right for me. Its too abrupt.
 
The overall shape is nice. The handle is attractive,but ends to sharply at the blade,make it curve in next time.The unhardened blade will look fine,but won't cut very well,or for long.The steel will need to be hardened.Too late for this one,but a must for any future knives.Using mystery steel from the scrap bin is not a good idea, it may not even be a hardenable steel.If you don't have them yet, I would recommend getting the supply catalogs from some knife supply companies,and getting a couple of good knife making books, "The $50 Knife Shop", by Wayne Goddard; "Step-by-Step Knifemaking", by David Boye; and " The Complete Bladesmith", by Jim Hrisoulas.
Welcome to knife making. Hope to see many more as nice looking as this one.
Stacy
 
From the pix, and they are good, you did most well in your craftsmanship. It looks like you have the patience, ability and desire. All that is 100 percent. In your choice of steel: being your first one okay but from hence forth I might suggest never making a knife of unkown steel unless you sample heat treat it first and most especially not a unknown high alloy steel (stainless). Always remember, regardless what it looks and feels like it is not a quality knife unless properly heat treated and unknowns should be discovered for what they are in order to treat them properly. Adding too not all steels are suitable for modern day cutlery.

Beautiful work on your first one. Looks very good to me.

rlinger
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