Let's see your "first" knife!!!

hammerface · Jan 11, 2006

Just thought it would be interesting to see everybody's first knife or knives they ever made. Come on folks - don't be shy - let's see where you all started at. You could do a first knife and then a current knife pic just to show how much you've improved. Might give beginners like myself some inspiration to know that we're only gonna get better :thumbup:

I'll go first (as soon as I find the pics) of my first knife.... actually, my first and only knife so far.

But, now I have a shop I'm slowing getting going on another so there will be more in the future

Let's see whatcha got!

Shakudo · Jan 11, 2006

here is the first knife i made,due to being a prototype it was a works in progress for about a year.

hammerface · Jan 11, 2006

That's cool man - how'd you do the handle?

J. Shorter · Jan 11, 2006

it now belongs to my wife. The only power tool used in making it was a drill press, even the hollow ground bevel was done using files and an old grindstone run back and forth by hand and lots of sand paper.

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Richard338 · Jan 11, 2006

I guess is my second one. First one was a paring knife/Christmas present.
This one was "inspired" by Chiro75 and Ivan Campos.
This one is 1/4" A2 at 60RHC. Rob! (Ranger original) did the HT.
Handle is dark green under black. The resin soak darkened the green almost to black.

other side

blgoode · Jan 11, 2006

here is my first one....still use it! 0-1 and full of fun

http://bgoodeknives.com/images/purpleheart.jpg

Darrel Ralph · Jan 11, 2006

Wow
That was way back! 1987

David Schott · Jan 11, 2006

Check out these flawless grinds and mirror polish! Heh....this was after a number of kits. I messed up the HT and it hardly holds an edge, but I use it for opening packages....

fitzo · Jan 11, 2006

Darrel Ralph said:
Wow
That was way back! 1987

And you aren't supposed to get old like the rest of us or something?

TJ Smith · Jan 11, 2006

Here is #2 don't have a #1 pic.

Bad pic to.
Take Care
TJ

Bruce Bump · Jan 12, 2006

Show Offs! You should see mine

hammerface · Jan 12, 2006

Very cool, keep 'em coming guys!

I'll be happy if I make one bali that looks like Darrel's first in my lifetime

Darrel Ralph · Jan 12, 2006

Ric that is cool!!!
HF, it took 30 days!!!
My first bowie was a 12 inch blade to start with and ended up being abird and trout when finished!!!!!

PJH Knives · Jan 12, 2006

heck guys i wish my first looked anywhere near as good as some of yours

i know it sux but here :jerkit:

:foot: :barf:
First Out Of Sheath

First In First Sheath

FlaMtnBkr · Jan 12, 2006

Reading Richard338's post made me realize I havent seen Chiro75 post in a long time (although I wasnt able to check the boards for about a month, so I might have missed something?). Anyone know what happened to him? I hope everything is well with him as he was always very active.

Ryan

fitzo · Jan 12, 2006

He posted some time back that personal issues were necessitating a break.

garrisonknives · Jan 12, 2006

Here is my first knife I ever made, I cut it out from a circular saw blade with a fiber disk and a bench grinder. The reason that the blade is so dark is because I tried to electroplate it to make it look old.

http://www.garrisonknife.com/basic.php?knifechoice=0

AwP · Jan 12, 2006

Here's mine, it was made from an extracting tool for rear differential plugs. I didn't start using pins until my second knife, after 3 1/2 years or so one of the scales finally popped off of it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/AwP_pics/Knives/knifetrio.jpg

Barkes Knife Shop · Jan 13, 2006

Here mine in the Shop http://my.hsonline.net/wizard/knifeshop.htm

Cousin Jack · Jan 13, 2006

Okay...I'll play, this was my first:

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