More than I could chew?

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princerobin

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Hello all,

Ever feel like you've bitten off more than you could chew? I certainly felt this way while working on this knife. I must have started this guy more than a month ago, and he's been sitting in the "to do" pile for a while.

Your great response to my other work gave me a kick in the pants to finish it, it's got a lot of mistakes and maybe a stockman wasn't the best pattern to try as a first multi-blade, but here it is...

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Blades and springs are O-1, nickel silver bolster and liners, and ebony scales. Closed length is 4".

Thanks for looking,

Robin Prince
 
Robin,

You look like you've got a nice future making knives ahead of you. I'm not sure what the warts are on this knife but I'll bet you'll get 'em worked out. :thumbup:
 
It looks great to me. Very traditional design and materials. I like the ebony wood and the old style shield.
 
These other pictures are nothing to be ashamed of. I hope you don't mind me posting them.

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Blues said:
Robin,

You look like you've got a nice future making knives ahead of you. I'm not sure what the warts are on this knife but I'll bet you'll get 'em worked out. :thumbup:
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I am in total agreeance with Blues on this statement. Furthermore, I am astounded that a self proclaimed novice knifemaker can even achieve the task of a multiblade slipjoint and a stockman no less.:eek: The degree of difficulty on such projects have deterred many so-called experienced knife makers fetching very high dollars for their single and double blade pocketknives.

To me this is further evidence proof positive of your incredible potential. I, as I am sure many of us here, would love to see the flaws you mention on this piece. Perhaps several clear and close pictures may invoke some good feedback for you from some of the knifemakers in this community..
 
Well princerobin, you said there's lots of mistakes on this one, but after looking at these pictures I've yet to see one! I agree with everyone else, it looks like you've got a bright future as a knife maker before you.
 
You know, I'm wonderin' now if it isn't my obligation as co-moderator here to have Robin send me that knife for examination for a year or two to not only verify said warts, but to determine if in fact said knife will actually perform to our high standards.







;) :p :cool: (Just pullin' your leg Robin. Keep up the great work!)
 
Thanks guys,

Your great responses are encouraging.

I'm really happy with how this one turned out, I guess a lot of the mistakes didn't end up on the knife, lets just say my scraps pile was greatly enlarged...

Some of the mistakes I see are the small blades rub when opening (the big one), the ends of the springs aren't even, the pins are visible in places, the swedges are off (man those swedges are hard!). Still, overall I'm satisfied with this knife, looks pretty good in the hand, even if it would never be mistaken for a Bose.

Hopefully soon I will start selling my work openly (not just to friends and relatives). Right now I feel I'm just getting down the techniques and materials...

Thanks again guys,

Robin Pince
 
Princerobin you are doing it the right way, perfect it before you make a splash. So many new knifemakers want to be a "BIG GUY" right out of the shoot before they are ready. Good for you, hang in there.
 
Tony Bose said:
Princerobin you are doing it the right way, perfect it before you make a splash. So many new knifemakers want to be a "BIG GUY" right out of the shoot before they are ready. Good for you, hang in there.
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Good advise from a fellow who knows!
 
If I had Mr. Bose offering me that kind of encouragement, you can be darn sure I'd pay attention!

As others have said, nice work, Robin!

-- Sam
 
Robin,

The knife looks great to me and I am looking forward to seeing more of your work!
 
Great looking knife.:thumbup: Many knifemakers are shying away from ebony for some reason and using African blackwood. I've handled a number of very old knives with ebony that looks as good as the day they were assembled. You seem to have a very good sense of taste and obviously have the skill and attention to detail that will serve you well in making great knives.

Yep...definitely time for a pass around:D
 
Robin, from the pix that's a great lookin knife. Given it's your first multi-blade and a stockman to boot, yeah, what everyone else said - great future. From my limited hearing from some of these makers on here, swedges are anything BUT easy to do well. Keep up the good work.

You know when you get up there with a long line of eager customers we're gonna say, "Yep. we knew him when." ;)
 
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