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Last summer I did a pictorial of my wife Patricia making her first knife. However, Patricia never did accept it as being her first because I helped her just a little bit with the grinding of the bevels. All I did was hit it a lick or two with a 36 grit belt after the blade was annealed, but as far as she was concerned she didn't make the knife.
So this summer she did another one, and this time I was not allowed to touch the thing -- period. Patricia likes the rustic textured knives that I do on occasion and decided try her hand at that.
The blade is forged from 1084. The ricasso and spine are hammer textured. There is a decorative fileworked thumb ramp on the spine. The guard and single pin are Nickel Silver. The handle is Maple Burl.
Patricia took the knife with her on our trip to Uncle Al's monthly meeting in DeQueen, Arkansas this month and it was well received by newbies and Masters alike.
I believe that she can now officially consider herself a real knifemaker because besides doing 100% of the work and testing, she managed to get a good burn from a spec of scale during forging, and sliced her finger open when hand-rubbing the blade.
So this summer she did another one, and this time I was not allowed to touch the thing -- period. Patricia likes the rustic textured knives that I do on occasion and decided try her hand at that.
The blade is forged from 1084. The ricasso and spine are hammer textured. There is a decorative fileworked thumb ramp on the spine. The guard and single pin are Nickel Silver. The handle is Maple Burl.
Patricia took the knife with her on our trip to Uncle Al's monthly meeting in DeQueen, Arkansas this month and it was well received by newbies and Masters alike.
I believe that she can now officially consider herself a real knifemaker because besides doing 100% of the work and testing, she managed to get a good burn from a spec of scale during forging, and sliced her finger open when hand-rubbing the blade.
sweet, sweet, sweet!!!