First Post, First Knife

[Roxport]

First off I want to thank everyone for vast knowledge base here on this Fourm.
About 10 months ago I picked up a hook eye cutlery grinder from a yard sale while I was living on Long Island. Some steel scraps we had at work, files etc I made a horrible paracord handled machete. Off to amazon, a few books, stumbled across this page and starting watching videos here and there. I have slowly been gyetting tools from yards sales, thrift stores etc.

Welcome any tips, advice, faults or comments

-Thom

The knife needs a lot of work but my workspace is coming along nice, and cheap.

 

[noseoil]

Great start on things & nice shop space for the tools. It's usually 10# of --- in a 5# bag with different hobbies (don't ask), so good luck on a bigger building when it's time!

Nice job on the knife & a couple of suggestions. The grip is easier to shape on the corners if you have access to a router with a 1/4" radius cutter, a pilot bearing on the bottom & simple router table to run it in (oh boy, another excuse to but more tools). Makes it easy to run the edges to make them a constant radius, then do the final shaping for the finished look you want. The grind on the blade might be a bit cleaner in appearance if the bevel was extended up into the point more. This would make it thinner, but the lines would flow a little better. Still, good job for the first try. Welcome!

 

[Roxport]

The grip is easier to shape on the corners if you have access to a router with a 1/4" radius cutter, a pilot bearing on the bottom & simple router table

Thanks for the feedback, and advice! I actually have a tabletop router and did not think of using it. Yeah I need alot more practice on the bevel mostly around the curve transition. These are a few others I am practicing on. One done with disc the other belt, plunge lines are screwy on the disc one.