New Knife!!!

Look at YOU! I bet it will cut and everything!:eek: Good goin :thumbup: :cool:
 
I really like that one. Not fancy, just a cutter!! Very nicely done.
 
indian george said:
Listen!!! I just Thank The Lord that I am not related to either one of you. :p Hallelujah!!!!!:D
Post pic's of the shop soon.;)
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Ok will be waiting to see the new look. I know your son from the Texas will want to see it as well. And by the way I can see a resemblance in you two individuals. Its been said that a son will follow in the footsteps of their father.
-------:D :jerkit: :)
 
Fiddleback said:
I really like that one. Not fancy, just a cutter!! Very nicely done.
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I agree. Like a Mora only the antler makes it look nicer. Very handy. Now make a big honkin' bowie to go with it :D (that's just me, I think every knife should have a BHB to go with it)

EDIT: is anyone using BHB for a knife name?!? I just might trademark that :D
 
thanks guys. i got my brass in today and got the guard fitted. all i need to do now is finish getting my bevels on it and then make a handle for it. im also working on another one like the one i posted to see which design works better. i will probably have them both finished on the same day so look for the pics. i showed this knife to a guy while i was at the hardware store showing it off to a few friends and this guy loved it and asked me if i could make him a "custom" bowie. i told him to give me about a month so i can get a little better and then i can start working on it. i know im going to have to order some thicker steel for this one but it should be a lot of fun. anyone have any tips and suggestions for me for when i make this bowie? i know im going to have to get my etcher finished soon so i can put my name on these. at least my 4th blade had a great HT. no scale on it at all. HEHEHEHE!!!!
 
Looking good Jacob.

I guess I'm his step brother because he calls me too. lol

Just ribbin ya J. Call me anytime you need something. I'm always here to help.
 
Good work, Jacob.

Try to work on the smoothing and polishing of the stag a bit. As the others said, a guard is a good idea on any working knife, even if it is just a small rim on the stag . It will also make the fitting of the blade to the handle nicer.

As you are starting to see, it takes time to do it right. I still say slow down , learn more, and post less.

There is no advantage to pumping out two the same day if you don't improve on both. When you are on your 53 and 54 blade, doing several at a time may be efficient, but for now you need to concentrate on one at a time.
A new maker working on two knives simultaneously is like a teenage geek dating two cheerleaders......... He has no idea what he is doing...It is going to be exciting.... And it is bound to end poorly.
When you've finished with one is the time to move on to the next (speaking of knives, of course !) You will then know what to do differently and how to do it better (speaking of girls and knives,of course).

Keep at it and lets see how you progress !
Stacy

FWIW: At the last show, someone asked me how long it takes to make a knife.
I said the first one should take no less than 40 hours of actual physical work. The second 30Hrs., the third 20Hrs., the next ten 10Hrs each.
By then you know enough about how to do what you want, and you will spend 20Hrs.each on the next several, and 30Hrs. each on the ones after those. Eventually you may get so good that you end up spending a month to a year on a single knife.
The point is not how fast you can make them, but how good you can make them. This applies to full time makers as well as first time makers.

Bill Moran did not get to where he was by pumping out knives as fast as he could (which was fast if he wanted to), but by making sure every knife was as good as he could make it....one at a time. Not all that fancy, not all that exceptional, but every knife had his full attention, and wasn't delivered until he was proud of it.... and people respected him for that.
Stacy
 
bladsmth said:
Good work, Jacob.

Try to work on the smoothing and polishing of the stag a bit. As the others said, a guard is a good idea on any working knife, even if it is just a small rim on the stag . It will also make the fitting of the blade to the handle nicer.

As you are starting to see, it takes time to do it right. I still say slow down , learn more, and post less.

There is no advantage to pumping out two the same day if you don't improve on both. When you are on your 53 and 54 blade, doing several at a time may be efficient, but for now you need to concentrate on one at a time.
A new maker working on two knives simultaneously is like a teenage geek dating two cheerleaders......... He has no idea what he is doing...It is going to be exciting.... And it is bound to end poorly.
When you've finished with one is the time to move on to the next (speaking of knives, of course !) You will then know what to do differently and how to do it better (speaking of girls and knives,of course).

Keep at it and lets see how you progress !
Stacy

FWIW: At the last show, someone asked me how long it takes to make a knife.
I said the first one should take no less than 40 hours of actual physical work. The second 30Hrs., the third 20Hrs., the next ten 10Hrs each.
By then you know enough about how to do what you want, and you will spend 20Hrs.each on the next several, and 30Hrs. each on the ones after those. Eventually you may get so good that you end up spending a month to a year on a single knife.
The point is not how fast you can make them, but how good you can make them. This applies to full time makers as well as first time makers.

Bill Moran did not get to where he was by pumping out knives as fast as he could (which was fast if he wanted to), but by making sure every knife was as good as he could make it....one at a time. Not all that fancy, not all that exceptional, but every knife had his full attention, and wasn't delivered until he was proud of it.... and people respected him for that.
Stacy
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Stacey,

That's very good advice to any maker, as you said, experienced or a new to the art form. I should also listen to advice from more experienced makers. It's alway good to see statements like this, it reminds and re-enforces previously learned lessons

Again Thanks for the reminder :thumbup: :D
 
thanks Stacy. for me to just wake up and read that one part about the geek and 2 cheerleaders made my day. it gave me a good laugh!!! great start to a new day. i just hope it stays a good day. :D

Dave, when are yall coming out here? just so yall know, in about 6 months once my mom sells my grandpas house, we are going to sell my land and move about 20-30 miles from the coast. once im able to better support myself she will move out and leave me with the land. thats where i will build my shop/house and i will have guest quarters for visitors to stay. anyone and everyone is welcome. i will probably even host HI in a couple of years. im sure Johnny Stout and a few others wouldnt mind teaching it. and afterwards everyone can go fishing in the gulf since ill be so close if they so choose. what a great way to end a trip than to go fishing for some pig fish!! :D
 
Well I actually got to put this knife to the test of what it was made for and it held its edge very well while skinning and cleaning the deer with it. I only had to strap (sp?) it a few times during the quartering of the deer. I was so happy with it being my second knife.
 
JR: You are still alive?????:jerkit::eek::D
 

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LOL yes I'm still alive you old geezer.:jerkit:

hellgap, I had thought about doing that when I first made the knife but I decided to keep it simple and have one less thing to clean blood out of. One less nook and cranny.
 
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