First Knife - Work in Progress

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HaveRuck-WillTravel

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Hello all. I have been lurking around this forum for about a year now, listening and learning. Below is a knife that I have been working on for a while. The specs are:

Material: 1095
Overall Length: 12 1/2"
Width: 2 1/2"
Thickness: 1/4"

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Believe me when I say that I would have never gotten this far without the talented individuals on this forum and the great advise that they have all given to other newbies like myself who asked questions. Thank you all.

I do have one question about filework. Is it better to do filework while the steel is still soft (relatively) or after heat treating?

I also need to find someone who can heat-treat this beastie for me. I am currently living in Alexandria, VA, but I can ship it wherever I need to.

Thanks again all and take care,

Bob McCord - HaveRuck-WillTravel
 
Looks pretty nice. I would be glad to do the HT for you. You could ship it to me, or since its only about 3 hours, maybe drive down one weekend and we can do it together.
Stacy
 
You'll want to do any file work before heat treating. I can only imagine how tough it would be to do it after the steel is hardened.
 
Very nice looking knife! Looks like a comfortable handle shape.

If you've got the time, take Stacy up on his offer! He's a wealth of information and experience. You'll learn more about knifemaking in a day spent with Stacy than you would in months on your own.

-d
 
Thanks for the comments everyone.

Thanks for the invite Stacy. I can't come down your way for a few weeks, but would love the opportunity to watch and learn from you. I'll send you an email and try to set up a time.

Take care,

Bob
 
That looks great. You guys with your "first knife" looking so good really make me sick. :-)

Keep it up. You definitely have to post pics of the finished progress. You'll find lots of good folks in this forum and in this craft that are very happy to help.

Charlie
 
The handle shape was patterned after a design by Lloyd Harding that is available on the web. I looked through his collection of knife drawings and the handles always looked very comfortable and useful.
 
looks great. Most beginers, myself included, make the handle too short. Yours looks very usable :)
 
I used a portaband to cut it to shape and then profiled on both a 1" x 42" belt grinder (cheapie German version) and a 3" portable belt sander held in a vise. That setup, hand files, and sandpaper are all I had available. I'm looking forward to getting a decent grinder so I can do more work.
 
Bob got hold of me and we will do the HT in February. We'll take photos durring the HT.
Stacy
 
Bob came down today to do the HT on his knife. He brought his family, nice folks.
We did the HT on the 1095 knife. Came out straight as an arrow, and rock hard. Did the first temper so he could take it home. While the knife was tempering, we had a forging lesson. Bob forged a tanto, which I cleaned up and he will finish it. HT will follow on another visit.Bob ids a quick study and will go far as a maker. Engineering types are good at that.
Here are some photos of the day. ( Bob's son and some old geezer got in the photos,too.)
 

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