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New guy here. I have always been a tinkerer but only started knives 2 years ago. I enjoy building the tools as much as the knives! I love forums and boards. I am more or less self taught and boards like these are how I puzzle things out. Here are a few of my examples.

Very nice work. I also new here. I've been piddling around with making knives for many years. Just recently gone to the refining of my work. Your work is a good standard to look at. Most of my stuff has been the primitive style, Rendezvous Mountain man style is what I call it. And recently started playing around with making my own sheaths. I met a Master Smith a few days ago and was spellbound by several things during the visit. So here I am...

Just joined the forums today and thought I would drop a post here.

This is my first knife, I started working on it in October and wrapped it up just before Christmas.

Specs;

Drop Point Hunter

3.5" 1084 blade length

Bocote scales

7.5" Overall length

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Very nice work. I also new here. I've been piddling around with making knives for many years. Just recently gone to the refining of my work. Your work is a good standard to look at. Most of my stuff has been the primitive style, Rendezvous Mountain man style is what I call it. And recently started playing around with making my own sheaths. I met a Master Smith a few days ago and was spellbound by several things during the visit. So here I am...

I didn't get to check the board for a while but thanks and good to have you here brother. I spent my time in Hollywood.

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Just joined the forums today and thought I would drop a post here.

This is my first knife, I started working on it in October and wrapped it up just before Christmas.

Specs;

Drop Point Hunter

3.5" 1084 blade length

Bocote scales

7.5" Overall length

Good clean work and I like that touchmark. Etched?

Welcome to the new guys. Sorry I don't always remember to check every thread or even forum. But I do appreciate all of you sharing your work. As an apprentice I should probably share some of mine in this thread too.

The second image is a boar type spear I am working on as I have time.

Chris

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Welcome to the new guys. Sorry I don't always remember to check every thread or even forum. But I do appreciate all of you sharing your work. As an apprentice I should probably share some of mine in this thread too.

The second image is a boar type spear I am working on as I have time.

Chris

Wow. That is nice and you have some really good hammer control. With your work, an apprentice ranking is just proof of a mandatory 3 year wait.

Thanks for the complement Jason. I do enjoy forging.

Chris

well i really do not want to figure out how to resize my photos right now as i have been up since 12am. however, hears a link to my latest finished blades via my imugr account: http://imgur.com/a/KgfhN

the Twins are my 17th and 18th blades. i actually have not finished my 16th blade yet but it just needs a handle on and i keep forgetting to put it on as i have the blade stored on a cluttered shelf. Any tips on how to improve are welcome. i do know messed up the pin holes on one side of the lower blade. but it was my first time using CORBY BOLT's. Im going to get some sleep now.

Well, I don't have much to contribute, but here's where I'm at so far. Since these last ones, I've met someone with experience that is going to help me along. I've been learning everything I can from the internet, but to me, that only goes so far. You miss little nuances sometimes.

Below is one of the first knives to come out of my new shop. A friend gave me some lawn mower blades, so I made him a knife from it and I used oak flooring for the handle. I initially did the ROUGH kydex and then I wanted to try a leather insert, so I offered to make my friend, CRB, a leather sheath. It was more or less and experiment in a lot of things.

The big chopper is one of the more recent ones that I've made. A friend gave me some leaf springs so....I made him a big knife. Again, experimentation with different things.

The last on is the first knife that I ever made, messing around in my dad's repair shop at the coal mines. No heat treating at all. The handle is brass and rubber stacked with some steel washers. Just a fun project with my dad!

Once I return from my work trip, I'm switching strictly to known steel because I know that's the only way to get my heat treat down and start making good knives. It's fun to work with files and leaf spring, which in my opinion, can help grinding technique and profiling, but once you're done, you have something that isn't "proven". Heck, even with known steel, that happens, so why not eliminate some variables!

P.S. - Yes, that is a honey badger on the lawn mower blade knife! Trying to have fun with etching!

I hesitate to post pics here, but we all started somewhere. <img src=' http://www.americanbladesmith.com/ipboard/public/style_emoticons//biggrin.gi f' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />

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I hesitate to post pics here, but we all started somewhere. <img src=' http://www.americanbladesmith.com/ipboard/public/style_emoticons//biggrin.gi f' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />

Nice brute de forge blades, keep up the good work. =)

I just finished this one

well as i found a nice resize program in the windows shop i thought i would post my first picture here.

I call this guy Scary its got what i think is w1 core forge welded with what i think its 5160 and 1075. i made it as a blade for forge welding practice so i just made something that looks weird. I call it Scary as its the single sharpest blade i have made to date the handle is self made oak scales with brass pins .

Just finished this guy on Monday:

Tanto Kard hybrid:

Over all length: 9 1/8^”

Handle: 4”

Blade: 5 1/8”

Blade construction: 5 bar laminate

Core: 52100

Inner laminate: 80CRV2

Outer laminate: 1018? Hardware store mild steel.

Grind: double bevel

Handle material: red linen MICARTA machine sanded to 600grit

Pins: 3/16 brass rod

Well this is the first blade where I used no adhesive to affixthe handle to the blade. I was planning on this blade being a classical tantowith a western style handle but the handle designed as it looks more like atanto kard hybrid. The kard is a middle eastern knife. I believe the 1018 is either blending in withthe 80CRV2 or I ground threw the 1018 altogether. After acid etching it in amix of white vinegar and ferric chloride, I hand polished it using Smartwax 40102 Blue-B-Gone Ultimate MetalPolishAll. All in all I like how my new EDC turned out.

What do you all think?

Hello~

The following is my first attempt at forging a chef's knife.

Had a great time making it and it performs well.

Blessings,

Greg Cumbee