The Ugliest knife

This is my first knife from start to finish all by myself.

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Definetly not one for the pretty catagory, but it was my first. I'm very proud of it and carry/use it almost every day at work. It is a cable knife. I was sick and tired of the crap knives that were issued to us and finally got around to making my own. Since then I have made my wife a kitchen knife which gets used several times a day. And I made myself another knife that would be an everday carry if I ever get around to learning how to make a sheath for it.
 
Donald Babcock said:
This is my first knife from start to finish all by myself.

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu281/donaldbabcock/100_1797.jpg

Definetly not one for the pretty catagory, but it was my first. I'm very proud of it and carry/use it almost every day at work. It is a cable knife. I was sick and tired of the crap knives that were issued to us and finally got around to making my own. Since then I have made my wife a kitchen knife which gets used several times a day. And I made myself another knife that would be an everday carry if I ever get around to learning how to make a sheath for it.
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Giving Donald a little help.

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Funny thread :p

For me, it's a toss up between this one:

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Ugly tanto/serration/bottle opener experiment...ended up being my "shop knife" :D

...and this one:

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My first forged blade...mind you, even if it's kinda ugly, I love this knife! The handle is really comfy, and the edge holding is the best among all my kitchen knives. It also reminds me of the nice day I spent making it with my friend Bob Mayo :thumbup:
 
I almost forgot about this one. An early experiment with variable quenching. The handle is a simple piece of pine coated with clear coat. Its also my only hidden tang knife. To make the notch for the tang, I first heated the tang and used that to burn the pattern in one of the handle scales. I then used a bench grinder to gradually remove enough to ensure a snug fit. I then just sandwiched the tang between the scales and attatched them with wood glue. (Its all I had at the time.) The handle is surprisingly comfortable for its shape.
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Here's a blade on a stick that I had almost forgotten about; 4-1/4" blade, hammered out of a file of course. Stick tang. Lilac handle. It's actually fairly handy. Don't ask me why I made the sheath like that because I Don't Know :D

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Presenting the "Walks like an Egyptian Cactus!", my presentation to this thread:
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THe first knife shaped object that I made- non heat treated steel that was still quite hard and got sharp, but also made to order to look like that.
 
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