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Pics of your first

Started by sticshooter, March 05, 2008, 06:59:00 PM

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sticshooter

I would like to see everyones first knife they made. So who has pics? Don't be shy   :o   .Let's seee em
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Leftieshot

OK, but the pixels are TOO BIG so I've been told.

ber643

It was only about 3 months ago, if that, Frank, but there might be one person left that hasn't seen it yet -    ;)   . I won the Gut Hook Blank in a gift draw and now here I am, 4 knives later, and gathering stuff and info to do more - "and another one bites the dust" -    :D   I always loved knives, as is well known, and I really love finding I can put together a servicable one (or 2) myself, after all these years.

First one:

 
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Leftieshot

Finished that one last night, besides sharpening and sealing the wood.  Now its time to TRY and make a sheath.

Lewis Brookshire III

Here's the first one I ever made. It was made from a Skid plate off a Toyota land cruiser that I had.

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- Jim Elliot: Missionary/Martyr.

Jeremy


This was my first knife and was my contribution to the 2005 St Jude CHR auction.  It was won by none other than our own Doug Campbell!  To say I was hesitant to send it to a real knifemaker is an understatement!!!

1095 blade, walnut handle, nickel silver guard and pins.  The spacer is nickel silver sandwiched between two white fiber spacers.
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tomh



I posted a thread on this a week or so ago.

Blade is 1084 differentially hardened, nickel silver guard, stabilized spalted birch handle. Made under the guidance of ABS mastersmith Ed Caffery.

Now I am waiting on UPS to bring me some leather tools so I can make her a sheath!

Ru

you asked    :rolleyes:
Heres the first knife I ever made...I think I was about eight years old.  
I think the handle is cherry with brass around the edge

Jeremy

Tom, show-off!!  :D    :campfire:  
Having a mentor like that is a GREAT way to get started the right way!
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ArcticArcher



First one I made from "scratch".  Man this is addicting.  Hoping to get better with it. Not sure I will get to the level of some of the others on here, but nothing wrong with striving to those levels
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swp

The top two are my first followed by the bottom three a week latter. Not much to brag about but they were a start.
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4runr

Kenny

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and in my heart I find a need
of Him to be my Savior
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ArcticArcher

I will say I feel like a pre-schooler bragging about a painting and having it next to a Picasso or Monet.  Gosh, ya'lls firsts are better than I ever can think about being.
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tippit

You guys are killin' me.  These are my fist two that I pounded out from old files. They never got beyond this stage as I knew nothing about grinding, quenching, tempering, etc!

That's were Mr Campbell came in and taught me thru Trad Gang PM's  :notworthy:    :notworthy:  Doc

 
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el oso

the pic sux, but the bad pic makes the knife look beter ha ha                                                                                                          
short fat bald and broke is no way to go through life

sticshooter

GREAT KNIVES GUYS. DHANKS FOR POSTING. DOC FINISH THEM BABYS UP. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY WOULD BE SWEEEET!THAT BIGGER ONE WOULD BE A AWESOME SKINNER.<><
The Church of God is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.

"Walk softly..and carry a sharp   Stic."
TGMM

4runr

BTW,Frank, you gonna show us your first?
Kenny

Christ died to save me, this I read
and in my heart I find a need
of Him to be my Savior
         By Aaron Shuste

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OconeeDan

My first here, still cuts patches for the muzzleloader.  
The only power tool I used was a 6" bench grinder.  Then used LOTS of wet/dry sandpaper and files/rasps.
The sheath is rawhide, made from soaking a dog chew toy in a bucket of water.  Still working fine but gets soggy when in the rain!
Dan

tippit

I'll never finish those.  It's nice to know where you came from  ;)  Doc
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farmboy

This is actually my second.....My first was a failed attempt at a small file knife.  I broke the blade while "testing it" for hardness.....no it didnt bend after being hardened!....This one is a lawnmower blade that I annealed shaped and re treated....I owe my susccess to the people on this forum....thanx!


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