Forged my first knife this weekend

[mattal21]

I took a knife making class this weekend and figured I'd share the fruits of my labor with you guys. For my first attempt I think it turned out nicely. I still need to do a little bit of hand sanding and treat the scales but other than that it's pretty much done.

 

[marcinek]

Neat. A gajillion times better than I could do!

Congrats and enjoy! :thumbup:

 

[onojoe]

Nice job, I am jealous.

 

[Kwon Kwang]

That's awesome! Nice work! I hope to be in your position in time.

 

[Scott Hanson]

You did a nice job on that.

 

[Webscrounger]

Very nice work! Quite an accomplishment for one weekend. A new skill and a new tool to play with.

 

[JacksonBlank]

Very impressed that you were able to make your first knife in one weekend! Looks great too!

 

[rcb2000]

Congrats man, great job.

 

[corwise]

Congrats, very nice.

 

[mattal21]

Thanks guys!! The class was pretty fast paced and the instructor basically ran through the process then said have at it while periodically walking around to give advice. I pretty much hung back and let the other 5 guys rush through theirs and spent more time trying to refine mine and it definitely paid off.

 

[Spyder59]

You obtained stellar results.

 

[chopsaki]

Really cool. I would love to do that someday.

 

[mattal21]

I'd say it works. Click the pics to watch the videos clips.

 

[jbmonkey]

Learning useful skills like that is worth its weight in gold. Nicely done, and thanks for sharing.