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iraqvet1980

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I am still a noob at the whole knife-making bit, so be gentle !! :D

This is one of the knives that I finished in the last week. I forged it from an old garden tiller tine, which I assume was 1095. I think it turned out fairly well, overall....for an old piece of gardening equipment. Overall it's about 10" in length; blade is 6", handle is 4". It has a full flat grind, as you all can see. I finally got the hamon to show up after I hand-rubbed it to 800 grit. I made the sheath as well, and it's just stamped leather with a ray-skin inlay.

I entered this one into the local county fair in the "Handmade Knives" class. I'm hoping for a blue ribbon or best of show, but just getting it seen is good enough !

------ UPDATE !! ------ The knife won a blue ribbon at the local fair, and the judges recommended that I send it on to the District Fair. If it does well there, then it's on to State. I'm keeping my fingers crossed ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I hope you all like ! :)
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Yeah, my phone camera isn't the greatest. I apologize for the quality...but I just can't see spending money on a camera when I could buy knife-related goods instead. :D
 
iraqvet1980 said:
I just can't see spending money on a camera when I could buy knife-related goods instead. :D
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You definitely have your priorities in order!

BTW, what was your MOS?
 
11B, all the way...I did two tours and when I came home I had to find something new to occupy my time. I have always been interested in knife making and so I decided to give it a shot. It's slow go, but I love it !

Thanks for the compliments, btw !! :D
 
I was 11C. I'm getting into knifemaking as well.
 
Ol' Redlegs, eh, Charlie ? I'll tell you one thing for sure.... I always told my squad members not to piss off the 11Charlie's 'cause they might not decide to help us when we needed it real bad. (That never happened, but still helped keep some of my buddies in check.) ;)

Good to meetcha, btw.... :)
 
We weren't allowed to use our tubes so I was basically an 11B. They wouldn't give us frag or 40mm either.
 
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