Lets see your first knife vs. last!

[Natlek]

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[Willie71]

These were two of the first three knives I made. Reclaimed steel, maple and poplar from my firewood pile. This was fall of 2012, iirc.

IMG_0104[1] by Wjkrywko, on Flickr

I’ve done a lot more budget knives recently, so the last well finished Knife was probably this one:

1B54450D-E35B-439C-89D8-F46FF9BAAA5C by Wjkrywko, on Flickr

IMG_1597 by Wjkrywko, on Flickr

Hitachi White carver with zebrano handle. Gorgeous whispy hamon That was very difficult to photograph.

I’ve been doing a lot more as ground blades recently, to help keep costs down.

IMG_1422 by Wjkrywko, on Flickr

 

[Natlek]

I suppose it is not hard to guess which one is my first

 

[Howard1]

Even funnier is that some of my relatives who visited during christmas actually went through my "first-couple-of-knives-bin" and they didn't really see the difference between my Then and Now knives. Not sure how to interpret that, really.

I love that about knife making. I’m always seeing flaws. When I see one of my early knives I want to grab it back any throw it out. By early I mean 4 knives ago. But the owners tell me that they get compliments on them. We are all a way too critical bunch but that’s fine. It’s feels great to keep moving up.