First knife

sharpeknives

sharpeknives

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Found this again laying in the shop. This was the first knife I made. Seeing some of the first knives posted by some of the new makers I thought I'd post this to make them feel them really good.
 
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At least your first knife was usable.

I spent hours with an angle grinder shaping a file into my "first blade". Then several more hours sanding it. But the best I could do, within around 10 hours of work was to get a fat convex grind. It was pretty, I'll say that much. But that's about it. It took a really sharp edge, too.

But it snapped in half when my buddy dropped it on the garage floor. Hmm...I thought to myself.

Later, I decided to read a book and learned that you are supposed to anneal it, work it, then HT it!

Doe! **slap forehead very hard** :o

That was a few years ago. Now I've over taken our two car garage and it is set up specifically for knife making. I'm will have to move soon, so I can get a shop and get my wife off my back.... :)
 
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its better than my first. I still have two of my first three. and they both get used often. the third broke, something about never being tempered or some such craziness ;) .

-Josiah
 
Hey Snowflake,

I visited your sight. Nice work. I noticed that your best knives are at the end of the list of pictures. You might want to reorganize it, so your best work is showcased upfront. Just something I noticed.

And good luck in the Navy. I was an AT2 on the USS Independence and USS Kittyhawk, both out of Yokosuka, Japan. 95-00

Better memorize your general orders, forwards and backwards, before boot camp. You'll save yourself lots of push ups if you do, and you'll hate life if you don't.

First knife: now it's related to the thread...:):)
 
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