My first knife

GrizzlyBear said:
How sharp does that A2 get at that hardness?
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It easily shaves hair but I can't speak as to how well it holds that edge because I haven't used it much yet. I won't be able to speak to performance until I can EDC it for a few weeks and that won't happen until I get a sheath made for it.

I chose 58 rc because I've owned several A2 knives at that hardness and was always happy with both edge retention and ease of sharpening. I need to learn a whole lot about heat treating because I really dislike the fact that I don't know why the heat treater does what he does. :(
 
First knife!? Wow! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Seems like I've seen quite a few not-firsts that didn't look as well executed as your first does :). Strong work, sir!
 
You've obviously built this knife in your head several times before you actually executed it. Fabulous first knife.
 
Pfff, First blade... Some people just make me sick. Like a kid that's never seen a bat hammering an out of the park homer. Do you have any haters yet? If not I'm in. First blade...

Really, that would be great if you'd been doing this all your life. If that's your first you must be some kind of savant.
 
Excellent job.
I think the big clue here is that he ground 25 before he actually made his first knife. It also show a lot of patients which is a big requirement for great knife building. I think I should have ground 25 (or more) from regular old mild steel before I ground one from blade steel. You learn as much from what goes wrong as what goes right. I swear that I get better with every blade. It just keeps getting easier and easier and I get more effective at getting the results I want.
 
Dam, I thought I did a decent job on my first, but yours blows mine out of the water, great job!
 
Very, nice knife! 25 ground or not you show attention to detail and desire to produce quality product.
 
Ok, are you sure thats your first knife? If so you have found your calling. Excellent work. Man, that is sweet.
 
that is very nice and to add a side thought your grinding 25 blades before hand, this is about the exact training you get at the smokey mt knife works forging shop ran by ken largin. they have you grind out wood knives until you can make 10 consistent knives and then start you grinding with bandsaw blade material until you can make 10 consistent and so forth till your grinding out knives that truly shine. just a tip for budding knifemakers!
 
best first ive ever seen. the only thing i can see is a gab between the top of the scales near the bevel, and that might just be from the pic. even still, you have some skills.
 
Thanks again everyone.

hodgescl said:
best first ive ever seen. the only thing i can see is a gab between the top of the scales near the bevel, and that might just be from the pic. even still, you have some skills.
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I showed the knife to a friend of mine last night and he made a comment about not being able to find the gap that he could see in the pics. I think what both of you are reffering to is "dust" from the paper towel I used to buff up the knife before I took a picture.
 
hodgescl said:
best first ive ever seen. the only thing i can see is a gab between the top of the scales near the bevel, and that might just be from the pic. even still, you have some skills.
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CarpScot said:
Thanks again everyone.

I showed the knife to a friend of mine last night and he made a comment about not being able to find the gap that he could see in the pics. I think what both of you are reffering to is "dust" from the paper towel I used to buff up the knife before I took a picture.
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I see what you guys mean about seeing a 'gap' at the front of one scale. But after looking closely, it's not a gap at all. The knife is tipped just slightly towards the camera so what we're seeing is the reflection of the choil just in front of the scale. You can see at a steep angle down the plane of the ricasso making a mirror-like reflection causing the appearance of a gap but its not.

Just saying. Carry on.:thumbup:
 
EDIT: Nm, countryboy already said it :thumbup:

countryboycansurvive said:
I see what you guys mean about seeing a 'gap' at the front of one scale. But after looking closely, it's not a gap at all. The knife is tipped just slightly towards the camera so what we're seeing is the reflection of the choil just in front of the scale. You can see at a steep angle down the plane of the ricasso making a mirror-like reflection causing the appearance of a gap but its not.
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