mistakes knifes

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elginrunner

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I was just thinking as i chunked a unwanted "knife" into a pile because it didn't turn out like i wanted..... As a newbie it would be encouraging to see some of your mistakes...:D Surely i'm not the only one that screws up....I'll probably turn mine into shop knifes, as they are completely servicable, just not real "purdy" So how bout' it fellows let me see those junkers....
 
I'm right there with you- I don't seem to goof up as much when I'm just trying to make something to keep instead of something a friend or co-worker wants- how about you? I know that the more skill I develop, the more mistakes I'll make. Wife has the camera for now, I'll try to post some photos later.

Elias
 
How about this?

My first attemt at a flat grind, using ATS-34.

Note the production knife that I was trying to copy, in the photo.

I kept messing up gind lines, angles, etc until I didn't have much steel left. I think this is for the scrap bin.

My next two attempts were MUCh better.

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Mike L.
 
Mistakes????
Errors????

Just kidding....just don't put the ones you are not happy with in a position where they can be mis-construed as your best/typical work.....
 
Here is some advice. Throw all your "mistakes" in a bucket and in a few years dig that bucket out. You might be surprised how easy it will be to turn a lot your mistakes into a decent knife with the added experience. Been there, done that.
 
I dont have mistake knives.........if I did I'd have never finished any to start with. Keep on trudging along..They will make better learning knives;) :D
 
Well That other guy wanted to see my mistakes so....Here are a couple I decided to put some handles on and either put in my ol' tackle box or give away to some youngster who needs a knife....
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I was getting "creative" with a angle grinder.. just playin' :D

This one i didn't care much how my handle was turning out, I got carried away at the bench grinder and goofed up the profile... but I take all of em' in stride... I figure mistakes=learning... I hope!!
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Of course i don't think my "good" knifes are much better, but I"m having fun, so who cares!!
 
mistake knives are also good ways to try things you wouldnt normally try, like false edges and recurves or whatever you may like but dont tink you can pull off. File work is a good mistake knife project.
 
I would have a bucket full, except that a lot of screw ups get tested to destruction. Sometimes I use them as shop knives, other times I'll let them sit on the bench for a while then come back and make something differant out of them. For example, that little one mike looks like it would make a good parrin knife.
 
Keep them to yourself. Don't let them out of your shop or as Will stated, test them to distruction.

You don't want less than your best work to ever leave. It will come back to haunt you.

Craig
 
C L Wilkins said:
Keep them to yourself. Don't let them out of your shop or as Will stated, test them to distruction.

You don't want less than your best work to ever leave. It will come back to haunt you.

Craig
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Test them to gain confidence in the next batch. Dont sell or give away any knife that wont help your name.

Its fun to see my early knives from customers and I can surely see the great improvements Ive made through the years but each knife actually cuts well and the owners are happy with them. Some of them look so bad that I want to trade them for a new knife but they wont go for it, instead they will buy another one and keep using the old one.
 
There was another thread about this recently, however I wil wade in again. My screwed up knives sometimes get ground down into a smaller knife. Many of the screw-ups end up being used as scrapers, screwdrivers, and pounded into the ends of axe handles as a retainer wedges- pound in and snap the tip off.
 
ill be sure to post a few pics of my first knife after i make it. im still a begginer and still need to get a forge and a few other things. like a bench vise.
 
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