Possible first knife designs....Advice?

[olybears57]

Thanks again for the sound advice everyone. Now I just need my steel to arrive!

 

[olybears57]

So I'm thinking for my first few, I'm just going to do it with a file and a jig

 

[Michael Rader]

Hey Olympia!!! Go Hawks!!

Lot's of good advice, but what do you think? There are tons of opinions out there, but you are the craftsman/artist. Do it. Screw it up and do it again. Who cares? Plan to make a lot of knives and learn from every one.
-M

 

[Kcuff]

So, any news on these knives? I am awaiting my 1x30, should be here in a day or so. Making some simple designs now!

 

[69_knives]

The thing with reading the forums and other sources of info is you have to be able to discern what, of that info, is good info, first of all and second, what applies to the knives you want to make and the steel you want to use and ultimately what applies to your style. Six different people will explain the same thing differently, half of the explanations will sound like cyrillic, two will sound like Greek and one you may be able to understand completely, even if they are all saying the same thing. That just means you have to do six times the reading to fully understand what you are trying to accomplish.