Knifemaker 1st's maybe even Then/Now

My first one, but they don't look much better now.Long road to go.

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v-6 said:
My first one, but they don't look much better now.Long road to go.

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whats wrong with that ? cuts dont it? they'll get better for sure, if you devote the time to it.

man so much improvement, nice stuff guys

andrew
 
Interesting thread, and great topic! One question I have for everybody--some of you posted the number of years between your first and latest knives. But how many knives would you say you've made between then and now?

Here's the second knife I made, given away in a KITH on another forum about 2 years (and 15 or so knives) ago:

Small drop point, brass guard, rosewood and zebrawood handle

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And here is one of my latest. Nessmuk style skinner with osage reclaimed from an old fencepost, 1095 given an artificial patina.


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It does seem almost embarrassing to post a pic of a knife from that far back
Bought like 3 ft. of 440c, took out a loan for a square wheel grinder and been going ever since.

Ken.

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Here's a pic of my very first knife... #1 made in 1975 from an old file with Angica scales and copper rivets... and my most recent knife, #919 finished last week, D-2 blade, titanium furniture and a rubber wrapped grip.
 

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tmaring said:
Here's a pic of my very first knife... #1 made in 1975 from an old file with Angica scales and copper rivets... and my most recent knife, #919 finished last week, D-2 blade, titanium furniture and a rubber wrapped grip.
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double WOW!!
 
Well its my turn I guess:)
First bowie
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Now:) same model, just much bigger
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and some more recent
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tmaring said:
Here's a pic of my very first knife... #1 made in 1975 from an old file with Angica scales and copper rivets... and my most recent knife, #919 finished last week, D-2 blade, titanium furniture and a rubber wrapped grip.
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Double WOW indeed! :D That's what happens when you keep doing this stuff. So Tom, you've serial numbered all your knives? Have you been able to keep documentation of them all? Because try as I might, I've missed some. And it bugs me no end. ;)

That's beautiful work!
 
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Double WOW indeed! :D That's what happens when you keep doing this stuff. So Tom, you've serial numbered all your knives? Have you been able to keep documentation of them all? Because try as I might, I've missed some. And it bugs me no end. ;) That's beautiful work!
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Yes I used to keep a little log book, sometimes with photos and/or tracings of each knife. I decided right from the start that I wanted to serial number from the beginning and just keep on from there. A few years ago I scraped up all five of those books and put together an archival webpage with the complete list. It's at: http://www.shirepost.com/BladeList.html and collectors can see how many of some certain type I made, and whether theirs is unique and so forth. Nowadays I just try to keep updating the list as new ones are made. There were a few points I had to guess at... where I didn't actually write down a blade length for instance... but it should be pretty accurate. Of course it includes only my signed pieces and not the couple thousand knives marked MORSETH or AG RUSSELL that I made during the 1977-1979 period while working there.

The story on that first knife is that I was making carving tools first. At one point I flashed on the "original" idea to make a knife. As far as I knew I was the only person to ever think of it! I made that knife and thought it was pretty much the heat. I went to town to show it off, stopped at a bookstore... and found Sid Latham's book KNIVES AND KNIFEMAKERS... with pics of a Loveless, a Moran, a Sigman, a Hale, and a Morseth on the cover. I just about crapped myself! I had no freaking idea, and had a LONG way to go.
 
After making fixed blade knives for almost 25 years, here are my first two slip-joints.
Don't have any photos of my first fixed blade. ( That's probably a good thing??) :confused::rolleyes::D
Laugh at them if you like? I do....
I've made over 450 of them now, and have learned a little bit since these.

Todd


Than........

Folder - #1
Stag
ATS34??
Nickel Silver
Closed - 4 1/8''
NO half stop
Pivot pin shows. - :grumpy:
Scales cracked. - :grumpy:
Walk & Talk - SUCKED!!!

Folder - #2
Aoudad Horn
D2 steel
Nickel Silver
Closed - 4 1/8''
NO half stop
Pivot pin shows - :grumpy:
Walk & Talk - so - so?

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Now..........

Mammoth Ivory

ATS34 - Steel

Closed - 3 5/16''

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tmaring said:
Yes I used to keep a little log book, sometimes with photos and/or tracings of each knife. I decided right from the start that I wanted to serial number from the beginning and just keep on from there. A few years ago I scraped up all five of those books and put together an archival webpage with the complete list. It's at: http://www.shirepost.com/BladeList.html and collectors can see how many of some certain type I made, and whether theirs is unique and so forth. Nowadays I just try to keep updating the list as new ones are made. There were a few points I had to guess at... where I didn't actually write down a blade length for instance... but it should be pretty accurate. Of course it includes only my signed pieces and not the couple thousand knives marked MORSETH or AG RUSSELL that I made during the 1977-1979 period while working there.

The story on that first knife is that I was making carving tools first. At one point I flashed on the "original" idea to make a knife. As far as I knew I was the only person to ever think of it! I made that knife and thought it was pretty much the heat. I went to town to show it off, stopped at a bookstore... and found Sid Latham's book KNIVES AND KNIFEMAKERS... with pics of a Loveless, a Moran, a Sigman, a Hale, and a Morseth on the cover. I just about crapped myself! I had no freaking idea, and had a LONG way to go.
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Man that's fascinating! I see you've used a couple numbers twice too. :D And skipped one. In your case it was probably by design; in mine it's pure bad documentation. :rolleyes: I learned a lot looking at that list; for example I always associated the Vorpal line with swords only. I guess that's what happens when popular reporting is all you get to see. Or maybe I really do employ selective perception, like my wife claims. :) I could have spent another hour scanning through your various web pages and the rest of the day studying them closely, and I will soon; but it's time for me to get into the shop for some more hack work. Tom, we're honored you're here. Personally I'm trying real hard not to fawn all over you. I'll keep it in check.
 
ddavelarsen said:
.... I see you've used a couple numbers twice too. :D And skipped one. In your case it was probably by design; in mine it's pure bad documentation.....
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:(Not by design, just sloppy documentation. I didn't even discover the doubleing until I was compiling the webpage. I was switching log books at the time and accidentally used the same number twice. I'm not even sure what happened with the skipped number. There may actually be a knife with that number that I never logged... or it could just be skipped... not really sure... slept since then. But there it is... the list as accurate as I can make it at this point. Glad you're enjoying the pages!
 
First bowie and last finished bowie.
Nice slipjoints Todd!
 

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