My first knife!

[OccamsBlade]

Hello all,

So this is my first attempt at making a knife. I know it's not pretty but it was made from an existing blade that I found partially buried in the back yard a couple years ago, left behind from one of the previous owners I suppose. Been using it ever since for odd jobs around the garden, so it was pretty beaten up. Thought it would be a good candidate for a first knife project. Took a couple inches off either side, re-profiled, and re-ground. Used some scrap micarta I had lying around (from a production knife I re-gripped) for the grips. As well as some scrap leather for a sheath (new to leatherworking as well). Wasn't a full tang so that was the hardest part to work out. And the 2 posts at the bottom are off (not centered) because of the existing tang shape of the blade. Went through a carbide and titanium drill bit widening the holes in the tang to fit the steel rod I had from home depot. Not sure what type of steel it is but guessing it's high carbon.

Thanks for looking!

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[N.E.Tim]

Neat Knife, Nice Shape and Usable Size.
It looks like you also did a very good job on the sheath.

 

[OccamsBlade]

Hey, thanks Tim. I was afraid it would be a bit smallish but turned out to be a decent all purpose knife. I learned a good deal from making it..and glad that it turned out a bit rough so I can put it to good use just like the original. Which was on the larger size and had a shape that I wasn't too fond of.