french knives !!!!!

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hi !
I 'm beginner bladesmith french (hobby !!!!)
I hope my work is better than my english speaking !!!!
what do you think about this !
if you want you can go to my website:

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kukri.multimania.com
 
Hi,
and welcome to the forums.
Those are some nice knives and the ones on your site are interesting too. A few really caught me eye. Keep posting the new ones as they are finished.
Your English is just fine...
 
Crazyfrench, I like your knives! Your handles look very comfortable, your blades just right. I particularly like the first one, that is sweet. Thanks for sharing, hope to see some more here soon! Don't worry about your English, knives are a universal language and you speak it very well.

Dave
 
I tip my chapeau in your direction! Those are some nice blades! I really like the first one and the third one. Nice woods and damascus. Did you make the damascus yourself?
 
Welcome, Chapaveire!
Glad to see you here in the forums with pictures of your work. Please stick around and continue posting pics of your work. I like it :) And your english is just fine.

Dave
 
Welcome to the forums, Chapaveire -- thank you for providing the photos, and the link to your site.

I really like the first and third knives you show here very much. The second one is a bit too "out there" for my conservative tastes, I guess. The damascus is great, and I love the wood handle on the 3rd knife.

I also went to your site, and looked thru all the galleries. I can't remember when I looked at so many knives on a maker's site, and wanted/liked so many of them. Again I saw some beautiful wood.

It is my opinion that you have a very real talent for designing knives, and particularly blades. I truly liked almost all of the blade shapes I saw. I must confess to being an American sissy, and preferring a guard on most utility fixed blades. Still, several of your knives without guards look very safe, and easy to hold onto. I also like the looks of most of your handles. It is obvious that you give a lot of attention to making an ergonomic handle for the user.

For a new hobbyist, you've made quite a number of knives. Given the talent displayed in the knives here and on your site, have you considered going into knife making full time?

I sure hope you'll hang around the forums a lot, particularly this forum and Custom forums. I think you could contribute useful information, and perhaps learn some good stuff yourself. This forum is fantastic for makers to help each other.
 
thank you for yours compliments !
I make my damascus with 1075 and 40NCD16 (french's norm AFNOR!!!) :confused:
I'm member of french guild of bladesmiths.
my real job is "outilleur" (tooler????)and knifemaking is not a very good job in France !!!!
thank you again for yours comments !
Fabien
 
I like all three. The carved handle on the second one is spetacular,
welcome to the forum,
I think in america you might be a tool and die maker,
YOur english is fine, (probobly better than my typing:barf: )
:D
 
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