My First Knife

firebert

firebert

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I finally finished my first knife. Lots of work, but I'm pretty satisfied with the results. It's intended as a multi-purpose knife for the kitchen.

Blade steel is CPM 154, handles are cocobolo burl and blackwood with sterling silver accents. The pins are brass with two hidden pins holding the blackwood on, (thanks for the suggestion bladsmth).

I worked this with a hacksaw, files, sandpaper, and a drill press. It took a long time to get everything right. Heat treat was performed by Texas Knife Supply.

The blade is a little thick for slicing, but it does chops and dices well. I'm very impressed with the CPM 154, it's really easy to split hairs with this blade.

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Phillip
 
Wow, beautiful knife, congratulations on your first completion. Keep up the great work.
 
:eek::confused::eek:

Holy cutlery Batman!

Are you sure this is your first knife? If so, you set the bar way up there!

I just might have to pick up my toys and go home.
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Dayum Phillip, that is a fine knife period and it is a fantastic first effort, outstanding!!!!!!
You definitely have a future in the craft!!!!
 
I smell a natural talent here.:)...I'd be proud to be able to call that my first knife.

Great work!Love the design:thumbup:
 
To be honest, while this is the first knife I finished, it is the second one I ground. I worked out some of the kinks on a utility knife for my mother. Both blades went to HT at the same time. I'm putting the edge on the other knife as we speak. It isn't as nice looking, but it is very functional.
 
Spine thickness is just over .1", the edge is .026" thick. It does slice "fine", but I find that it pushes material out of the way when cutting, say, an apple. Not as effortless as I would like. I would expect it would perform better if it had a full flat grind; but I really like the looks of the partial grind.

Phillip
 
Beauty. and thanks alot for the other threads. I had been looking for a kind of complete walk through.
 
that looks great! so what would you catagorize the tang to be? I know a hidden tang is-- a hiiden tang that may be epoxied or epoxied with a pommel nut. A full tang- well is a full tang usually or always visable throughout the handle. But what do yall call a tang that is hiiden but yet has pins through it? I should know this by now, and i think i did but i forget--and it is a question i asked myself after looking at the knife.--thanks
 
Definitely full-tang. The hidden pins simply do not penetrate to the surface of the handle material. The tang is fully visible, just not in the photo.
 
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