First time in the forge in 6+ months

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weo

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Hello all, hope the summer treated everyone well. Got a new well pump yesterday so have water for showers for the first time (at my weekend home) in a few months, so I decided to celebrate by spending the day at the forge, a first in about 6 1/2 months. Here's what I ended up with (no pictures of the blister on my hand, though, sorry)


I decided to forge out a piece of a Damascus billet from I made a while back following what I remember of Dave Lisch's demonstration at the NWBA annual conference in April, and here's what I came up with, 1095/15N20 quenched in Parks 50 followed by 3- 1 hour tempers at 375-400F (my oven isn't the most accurate). Also my first blade I did completely on the belt grinder. Not finished yet, but close (I left my 800-2000grit sandpaper down in Longview, so won't finish it until next weekend, most likely)


Comments/critiques are always welcome
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As I was shaping the handle, I noticed that the handle isn't that long, but the butt fits in my palm pretty well and I'm wondering if this is a flaw due to my lack of planning or is this an OK design feature for a knife?
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Years ago I knew a knife with a handle like this as a "three finger knife".Several years back I made two or three for one fellow who recently contacted me for more of the same.
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Here it is, etched and ready for the handle...

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Well, here it is, pretty much finished, handle wet sanded to 2000 grit, I may go to 5000 to see if that helps.

I'm a bit upset I scorched the handle around one pin as I was cutting it off, feel free to provide other critiques/suggestions as this is my 4th knife

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On a mildly related note (as it has to do with this knife...) I was planning on giving this to the guy at the mill who gave me my stack of 15N20 saw blades this upcoming Monday, when I have a day off work, should I feel obligated to supply a sheath for it? Is this good enough to give as a gift (to hopefully get more saw blades in the future...)???
 
I like it, even with the shorter handle. If I made one like that I'd make a loose fitting pouch sheath made to fit in my hip pocket and carry it there.
 
Looks great man! Small EDC knife maybe? Nice Damascus and handle wood. Keep up the good work man! And it sounds like a great gift, especially since you can show the guy what you made with the saw blades he gave you! A little sheathe would be nice, but I can't say much myself because I don't make sheathes haha.
 
Thanks guys, wish I had the time to make a pouch/sheath. Planning on seeing if I can pick one up somewhere in my travels this week.
 
Was able to stop by the mill on my way back to Longview today (only 1 1/2 months later than planned) and this was the knife he chose out of 3 that I offered. He seemed pretty tickled and said that I could have all the saw blades and planer blades (which I think are in the M2 category, if I heard correctly) I want. Sorry JT, but my friends and I won't be adding to your income, (but don't worry, I have no intention on becoming a competitor (unless my brain issues prevent me from going back to being a physical therapist, I guess:eek:)).
 
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