First Knife complete!

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greenfeet

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after months of guilt as this one sat around nagging at me i finally got past my fear of failure and finished it. well, except for the final edge.

Months ago, Stan Buzek, kindly invited me to his very nice shop and gave me a shove in the right direction. Thanks, alot Stan for the help.

most of the existing defects can still be easily pulled out in another pass of sanding / finishing. I think i overheated the dyed camel bone in some places and turned it lighter in color. especially around the pins when i ground them flush, hence the lighter rings around them? need to learn to slow down.

overall its not 100% of where i wanted to be but i have to say im fairly pleased. -on to the next.

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good job man keep up the good work. Dont feel bad about the mistakes all knife makers have the same problem "damn that last scratch it must be removed" you know you have it mostly figured out when you stop and say, ok this is OCD I'll stop now:D
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Then come back a day later to fix it:o
 
Wow... that's very clean work. I'm surprised that it's the first.
As consolation, I'm sure 100% is something you'll likely never satisfy. If your execution is perfect you'll likely find something in the design that you'd like better, and vice versa.
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Keep up the good work. :thumbup:
 
The knife looks good:thumbup:

You mentioned that you think you over heated the area around the scales while grinding the pins. I did the same thing except with wood, but as you know it chars and gets darker

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Patrice made an excellent suggestion that I will pass on to you, don't grind you pins use a file and then some sand paper backed by a file to get your pins flush. I did that on the second knife and no dark circles around the pins, and it didn't take that much longer to get the pins flush, and the overall finish on the pins was better
 
I can't take credit for it:o, but the play it forward theme works real well here so that is all I was doing
 
Done good,yeh bone will overheat easily. Good to see it finished.
Stan
 
You seem to have good technique and the design is smooth and graceful. After making a couple dozen knives mine don't look as professional as yours. Impressive!

LonePine
AKA Paul Meske, Wisconsin
 
thanks alot lonepine.

i used one of stan's blade patterns. i swooped the handle down a bit because i thought it went nice with the curve of the blade and wanted to add a little something.
 
Greenfeet, How did you shape the handle off the tang to get that nice reveal on the top yet a flush fit with the tang on the bottom? Do you shape your scales 100% and THEN attach them to the tang?

The only part of the scales I finish before attaching them is the front by the ricasso. Invariably I gouge the tang as I bring the wood (or other handle material) level with the tang. Now I've got more work to clean up the tang.

What are you gonna try for your second knife?

LonePine
 
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