Introduction William Crump

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Well I wanted to say hi and introduce myself to you fine folks. My name is William Crump and I am a relitively new knifemaker. This knife is my first integral. It is forged from 3/4 round O-1. the length is 10 1/4 blade is 5 1/2 tip to bolster. Wood is stabilized white ash burl, pins are brass (sorry I know brass is yucky) Feel free to let the comment rip there is a good chance you fine folks are not going to tell me anything I dont know. FYI I am jest getting started so lookout!:D


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This knife like alot of my work is a great example of the being paid to learn. I have some plans for some damascus integrals that I think will be jaw droppers but first I needed to work on the building of integral knives.:thumbup:

Thanks have a great day!
 
wow....that is sweet......i can't imagine what they will look like after you do a bunch more integrals.....i'd be proud to carry it that's for sure.....looking forward to seeing the damascus ones......ryan
 
Looks clean, well made and the right size for an utility blade, I like it. :thumbup:
If I was to change something about it, I would have prefered the edge to go further back towards the guard, to get more cutting length and a stepper choil (I hope it makes sense).
I definitely look forward to see more of your work.
 
Nice clean integral. I would like a little less belly in the blade reducing the very steep drop towards the bolster, but very nice and I wouldn't have thought you were a newer maker. Will look forward to seeing your damascus.
 
Welcome to the custom knife forum, William.

That's a darn nice integral. I have seen these types of knives made and there is a huge amount of work that goes into them.
 
I like it. There is a new trend in forged integrals and I really like them. Plain steel integrals are an exercise in elegance - ver nice.

Don't worry about using brass pins. It might not be ideal, but it doesn't bother me - brass fittings do. In fact, in this case, I think the brass might go really well with the wood, but hard to tell.

If you want to experiment, you may want to try a tappered tang and / or a smaller integral ferrule. Alternatively, you can do some very simple carving on the ferrule (couple grooves) to make it visually stand out.

The blade finish looks great & it contrasts agreably with the shinier finish on the ferrule & the back.
 
For a first integral, looks darn good! I think that cutting edge ought to come back towards the bolster more as well.....the blade profile reminds me of a butter or cheese knife. I think I would like to see the tang tapered as well. I don't have anything against the brass pins....think they look fine in this knife.

Great first effort!!!

tanya begg
 
This is a small image of an integral that I own. It was the maker's first time at making an integral as well.

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Thanks all for the good ideas. I will be sure to take them into consideration for future projects. This was by far the most difficult knife I have attempted. And consider this, a year ago I could not even flat grind.

Thanks again.
 
Hi,

Welcome, that is very nice for your first integral. I think that these guys have offered great advice in regards to cleaning up design That being said when looking at your website you have really made a lot of improvements.

Trevor
 
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