Rhombic cross-section puukko style knife: 2nd build

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Today I finished my second full knife build. I have just started forging my own blades. Before this I'd bought a couple of blades and made handles for them, so I'm not completely new to the knifemaking craft. That being said this blade is my first attempt at making a scandi blade with a rhombic cross-section. The blade is forged from 1095 steel. It was quenched in peanut oil and tempered in the oven twice for 1.5hrs at 400 degrees. The handle is made out of deer antler, maple burl and black fiber spacers. The antler was thinner than I would have liked and that severely constrained the handle shape.

Since I am so new to this craft, please give me as much constructive feedback as you can.

Thanks!

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it looks great for an early knife in the career of a craftsman. Personally, I would polish all of the scratches out. Switch direction every new grit of abrasive. Start with 200 or 220 grit. Be very obsessive about the scratches. Also, learning to do hamons can add a lot on knives like this, if you want.

Make the handle with more confidence. Either make it rounded on the bottom, or shaped. You sort of made contours, but they were very tentative.
Hope you don't mind the advice. The knife looks good, especially for an early one.
 
kevin (theprofessor) said:
it looks great for an early knife in the career of a craftsman. Personally, I would polish all of the scratches out. Switch direction every new grit of abrasive. Start with 200 or 220 grit. Be very obsessive about the scratches. Also, learning to do hamons can add a lot on knives like this, if you want.

Make the handle with more confidence. Either make it rounded on the bottom, or shaped. You sort of made contours, but they were very tentative.
Hope you don't mind the advice. The knife looks good, especially for an early one.
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Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the advice. I still haven't put the final polish/edge on the blade so hopefully I'll be able to get all the scratches out.

I get what you mean about the handle. I was very limited with what I could do because of the size of the center piece of antler. The sort of contour on the bottom is actually a rough patch of unsanded antler.

Thank you again for your advice.


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