Wharny WIP 1st Knife....

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combatviper

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Howdy, this is my first knife endeavor, and it has me hooked. Ive been lurking and reading and amassing my tools and sadly enough, I have only started on my first knife with a month until I ship out to boot camp. I ordered some 1080 from TKS, and I have been doing leather work for about a year now, so I have been itching to start, I just have never had the time.

I have been draw-filing the bevels after cutting it to shape with a cut off wheel on my angle grinder. Then I got slightly impatient and decided to try my hand using a bench grinder. It has actually been working out well, and Ill be hand sanding to finish so the slight uneven blade is no big deal. Im doing a wharncliffe(sp?) style blade as I found it the easiest to keep the blade bevels even and straight and it also is a bit on the original side compared to the other knives I possess.
Ill be sending it out for heat treat once Im done, I just dont know where to send it yet. Pics will be up shortly, so no fear the camera will soon be here.
 
It helps to see where you are from, there may be knife maker nearby or a shop that can be recommended. Carbon steels are a little tricky to send out since only a few shops will do an oil quench but someone may chime in with some suggenstion, meanwhile please fill in you info so we can see if someone nearby can help. We love pics.
 
Sorry about that, thought it was with my name, Im in Virginia Beach, Va. Its coming along nicely, starting to actually look like a knife some what, but there is a lot of stuff to do, and im also thinking of leaving it rough for the finish, as I have no where near the time to actually finish it, plus I want my first to be memorable, and I made this for pure utility, nothing more.
 
FYI typically you make the edge about the thickness of a dime and I would not sand past 220 grit prior to HT. Be carefull with too rough you can get cracking. Let see who is from Virginia Beach or knows of a HT shop nearby.
 
Understood, and thank you for the tips, I have the edge at a thickness that is good for the HT, and I am trying to do it well, its just that the hands-on time is completely different from reading about it, and I like a great finish, its just finding the time is difficult, especially with just hand tools, for the mean time. But Im very happy to start this addiction.:D
 
Wish you good fortune in your knifemaking, and in boot camp and whatever comes after. Good on you!
The file is actually a good way to flatten everything out after grinding, before you start sanding, if you are not happy with your grinds.
 
Looking forward to seeing the knife. Also wanted to say good luck to ya in starting your military career and thanks for your service. This is off subject I know but I wanted to give you a bit of advise from my own experience in the Navy. After boot camp in your schools you will find a lot of folks with bad attitudes about the choice they made to join, don't get mixed up in all of that. Those who did made their opinion too early got kicked out and never really got to see the real military. Boot and schools after is not the real military so give it a chance. The military is a great place and a great adventure. The best times I have ever had were in the Navy and I got some great experience from it. The experience I received got me a great job when I got out too. I was stationed in VA Beach for a year at Damneck for a an electronics school I had. That was a pretty fun place. Great fishing. Anyway good luck to you again on the knife and the military.
 
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