OFFICIAL FIRST KNIFE PICTURE THREAD...
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First knife
This was my first knife,made from an old black diamond file,whitetail antler.From a small 9 point buck I took one year, and a brass washer. That was around 20 years ago.used hand tools to make it,I remember it took me about 2 weeks to finish.It works ,and has field dressed several deer. Its a keeper! View attachment 4665
This was my first knife,made from an old black diamond file,whitetail antler.From a small 9 point buck I took one year, and a brass washer. That was around 20 years ago.used hand tools to make it,I remember it took me about 2 weeks to finish.It works ,and has field dressed several deer. Its a keeper! View attachment 4665
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NoahL
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My very FIRST knives I made were crappy little things made of mild steel and shaped nearly entirely with an old belt grinder with a bad belt on it. I don't have any pictures of those 
. My first knife I ever finished it this one from February 2009, but to be fair, I had a ton of help from Tai Goo
~Noah
. My first knife I ever finished it this one from February 2009, but to be fair, I had a ton of help from Tai Goo
~Noah
CDHumiston
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Darrin Sanders
Moderator
OK here goes, this thing is a total mess but I wouldn't part with it for anything. 1095, brass, and ironwood.
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JDB
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LMBOff!!!! Hey Mike, I'd have never guessed that Gil had inspired that knife! ;~)
Great first knives guys. Having mentors and the resources of sites like on the dog here really shows in the work you guys turned out right out of the box.
Very COOL!
Great first knives guys. Having mentors and the resources of sites like on the dog here really shows in the work you guys turned out right out of the box.
Very COOL!
Here's my first attempts.
The one on the right is my first and was made from an old lawnmower blade, Cholla cactus, moose antler and Walnut.
My second one, on the left, has a blade that was forged for me by a local blacksmith from what he described as "Sweedish Sandvik steel". It sports a handle of Cholla cactus, moose antler and Lignum Vitae, with silica-bronze fittings. This one has a rather awkwardly shaped tang/blade junction which resulted in the angled bolster. I still use this one as my bushcraft beater and while the handle isn't very ergonomic, it has stood up well.
#1 on right, #2 on left
And..... this is my latest finished last night!!
The one on the right is my first and was made from an old lawnmower blade, Cholla cactus, moose antler and Walnut.
My second one, on the left, has a blade that was forged for me by a local blacksmith from what he described as "Sweedish Sandvik steel". It sports a handle of Cholla cactus, moose antler and Lignum Vitae, with silica-bronze fittings. This one has a rather awkwardly shaped tang/blade junction which resulted in the angled bolster. I still use this one as my bushcraft beater and while the handle isn't very ergonomic, it has stood up well.
#1 on right, #2 on left
And..... this is my latest finished last night!!
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Claemore
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I'm kind of embarrassed to post pics of my current knives anywhere on this board after seeing some of y'all's firsts! Unfortunately I don't have pics of, or have any of the knives I first made. Later after scanning and if I can find them, I'll post my first successful knives I made.
NoahL
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Can't see yours--I think your pictures might be set to Friends Only, or the link is bad--it just takes me to my Facebook home. Maybe try switching it to Everyone, or posting them on an image host like tinypic.com?
~Noah
Here is the first knife I started back in 1991. D2 with Wenge handle scales. Made with files, sandpaper and a hacksaw. It only took until 2007 to finish and people think my waiting list is long these days
Here is my first slip joint as well. That was made in Jan '08. O1 blade, Nickle Silver liners and bolster and ivory paper micarta scales. It is a screw together construction slip joint. I have been thinking of doing some more the screw together ones again recently.
Alistair
Here is my first slip joint as well. That was made in Jan '08. O1 blade, Nickle Silver liners and bolster and ivory paper micarta scales. It is a screw together construction slip joint. I have been thinking of doing some more the screw together ones again recently.
Alistair
Erik Markman
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Here is my first one.
It's made of cable, bronze and Paduk.
Made it after reading 50$ knife shop.
It's made of cable, bronze and Paduk.
Made it after reading 50$ knife shop.
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CShepherd
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Here is my very first (not counting a couple of kits I did). It was made from a Nicholson file. I annealed it, shaped and beveled it, then heat treated it myself. It was a lot of fun. Really is a great knife but it will rust if you say "water" anywhere near it.
Charlie
Nikov knives
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My first try. Steel 1.4034 (or 420 AISI) and micarta handle. In year 2007
brittgudowski
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calharkins
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This is my first knife. A guy stole it and my rifle from my locked truck. They got the guy and I got my rifle back, but no knife. Dang!!
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Bennie Lovejoy
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This was my first done about 9 months ago. Forged from a tiller tine with brass gaurd and white tail antler.
Bennie
This was my first done about 9 months ago. Forged from a tiller tine with brass gaurd and white tail antler.
Bennie
ddavelarsen
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My first knife was stolen too man, that sucks. I've been watching for it for 20 years, no luck. I hope you find yours some day.
This beauty (cough) is my first knife. I used nickel silver for the bolster and stainless for the pins. I have no idea what the steel is - probably ats-34. The sheath is stamped (stomped?) with something. It was wax/oil dip. I think I dyed it 4 or 5 times so get it as black as night. I pull this out every now and then and smile.
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David Schott
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Here is my first ever sole authorship:
Josh Dabney
Moderator
Thought I'd lost these pics but here's my first KSO. It's a small paring knife made from 1/8" O1 with handles of homemade felt micarta.
It really is a KSO due to getting a nice pretty deep blue torch temper LOL. My first and last attempt at torch tempering lol.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I bent the tang while drilling holes after tapering, LOL. The top Idler got real hungry when going back to clean up the tang after drilling. LOL live and learn. This very knife started my addiction though so I keep it around as a keepsake cuz it's otherwise useless
-Josh
It really is a KSO due to getting a nice pretty deep blue torch temper LOL. My first and last attempt at torch tempering lol.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I bent the tang while drilling holes after tapering, LOL. The top Idler got real hungry when going back to clean up the tang after drilling. LOL live and learn. This very knife started my addiction though so I keep it around as a keepsake cuz it's otherwise useless
-Josh
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