Rainbows Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Thought I might as well post the first knife I made, in ten years time I might hunt this thread out and then I can see how far I have come after (hopefully) improving. O1 steel blade with a walnut handle and brass inserts. It was supposed to be a stock removal knife but when heat treating it I pushed it further into the fire to heat the entire blade the tip hit the base of the forge and the knife bent at the point where it was already hot so there is now a tiny amount of forging that's gone into it to get it straight again. The design is very loosely based off my grandfathers scout knife, a camillus 1007, which snapped in half a bit before making this one. Blade also has a weird texture in it after heat treating, before quenching it it was a perfectly flat bevel to the best of my knowledge but now it has tiny bumps and stuff, when sharpening it post heat treat the top of the bumps got polished and flattened leaving black in the deeper parts which I thought looks kinda neat so I didn't grind them out all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swords9023 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 That is a fine start. Your handle is incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyfelwr Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Looks pretty good, does the tang go all the way through the handle? Sometimes when I get my steel a little too hot before quench I end up with the patterns you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbows Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 The tang goes right through and is visible at the bottom. The original pan was to have a bit of brass at the bottom which I glued on but I didn't let it cure long enough before shaping it so it fell off and I thought I might as well let it stay off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhartironwerks Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Well, it's a little wonky, and maybe you got it too hot. It's all good though. Keep up the effort. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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