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Younger sister making first knife

We recognize the safety issue. No children were hurt in the making of these knives.

The distal taper and tapered tang were produced with the surface grinder:
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A grinding jig was used for the starting flat grind:
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The freehand grinding is for the final convex grind:
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The knife so far:
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Great thread! What I love besides seeing a new maker is the little details that jump out that show the commonality of shops.. like the halogen work lamp on a ladder and shipping boxes being recycled as bench storage because there's enough tape on it to make it tough :D
 
Will Leavitt said:
Great thread! What I love besides seeing a new maker is the little details that jump out that show the commonality of shops.. like the halogen work lamp on a ladder and shipping boxes being recycled as bench storage because there's enough tape on it to make it tough :D
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I agree! :)
 
AWESOME!!! :thumbup: And speaking of little details, I have the same brand and size of chicken bullion in my kitchen! ;)
 
Nice thread man! And congrats too your sis for her first knife! Yo dad has some nice machinery over there, makin me drool right now.
 
I wish my first knife came out that well. I know that skill is more important than tools, but those tools sure looked helpful to me! :)

Great job to the new maker!
 
Thanks for such an informative and cool thread, Larrin.
A glimpse into your dad's awesome shop.
Your talented sister making her first knife...that really turned out nice. :thumbup:

Doug
 
Doug C said:
Thanks for such an informative and cool thread, Larrin.
A glimpse into your dad's awesome shop.
Your talented sister making her first knife...that really turned out nice. :thumbup:

Doug
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She's definitely more talented than me! :)
 
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