My first 'hawk

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Jeff Zimba

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I've been making knives for about a year. I'm completely self taught but have developed a passion. I built an electronic etching machine for my makers mark anger I made a small forge. This is my first 'Hawk and I think I like mixing up the styles while I learn. I snapped these during the etching process.

Jeff
 
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I have several photos on the Facebook page though. I often post as I'm making them, in several stages of completion. Its called "Ghost Knife" I love the feedback and constructive criticism. It helps me do better when I hear from those with more experience, which is almost everyone at this stage. :-)
 
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I found a picture i snapped after competing it. This was challenging and fun. Since I'm in the zone, I decided to make a cleaver for my wife. So far, so good. I'm just waiting for the epoxy to dry to finish the scales.
 
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Some of my earlier knives. The majority are high carbon steel files and a few are 01. Learning every day! :-)
 
It's fun to look at things I was so pleased with accomplishing 6 months ago, and see flaws today to continue to learn and move forward. I think this cycle of learning, creating, learning more, fixing, & moving forward, is the addicting part of this. It went from an interest or curiosity, to a hobby, to a passion within a year. Each new blade utilizes something learned in a previous build. The whole learning curve I'm still early in, reads like a book when looking at them in chronological order. Fun stuff. 😀
 
congrats on the new hobby!

the blade geometry needs a lot of work. depending on what you use for grinding, it might be easier to start with a thinner stock.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
congrats on the new hobby!

the blade geometry needs a lot of work. depending on what you use for grinding, it might be easier to start with a thinner stock.
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Thanks pal. I'm using a cheap 1x30 from harbor freight but have an awesome 2x72 from Northridge on the way. Any advice so I can move forward?
 
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Where can I start to improve on blade geometry? With the 2x72 I'll have some actual wheels and rests to work with and I hope to focus on the strait grind and eventually a hollow grind. It there anything obvious I'm doing wrong in the photos above do I can make improvements instead of trying to move ahead making repetitive mistakes I haven't identified?
 
Jeff Zimba said:
Where can I start to improve on blade geometry? With the 2x72 I'll have some actual wheels and rests to work with and I hope to focus on the strait grind and eventually a hollow grind. It there anything obvious I'm doing wrong in the photos above do I can make improvements instead of trying to move ahead making repetitive mistakes I haven't identified?
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in your picture of the 1911 handled knife in particular, it is thick stock yet the grind is very short. on stock that thick, the grind must start much higher or even the full height of the blade, for it to cut well.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
in your picture of the 1911 handled knife in particular, it is thick stock yet the grind is very short. on stock that thick, the grind must start much higher or even the full height of the blade, for it to cut well.
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Thank you so much! Its much easier to improve when you know your shortcomings. Yeah, my grind were WAY too shallow on every early piece I did. If I line them up by date made, it shows an obvious pattern. Much appreciated!
 
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