Your First

[D.Ellis]

Be for-warned! The hideousness of what you are about to see may shock you! Scroll down at your own risk!    


 

This is the very first knife I ever made.......stock removal(with a stone wheel bench grinder) out of bandsaw blade steel........a modification of a similar design that a lot of guys were making in shop class. Handle is black walnut sourced from the wood shop scrap bin.
I made this knife in high school......grade 11 to be precise. I would have been 16 at the time. Circa 1994. I still have it, but had to do some digging to find it to take the pic.

Most of you have seen the more recent blades......like this one.
 

Darcy  

[Hopewell Tom]

Great thread idea, Izzy.
Lin, love the fringe on that first sheath. Nice work fellas.
I have some old files in a coffee can in the basement that I always envisioned making a knife/knives from. Just drew out a profile out on one last month, just playing around. Maybe I should get to it. Seems so intimidating. But no one makes a masterpiece at first obviously. I can see how one could get carried away. As long as the first one could cut something...

[Msturm]

Here is my first. I tried to forge it. It is pretty ugly. it cuts though. Handle is off of a small white tail shed. Sheath is Birch bark.
 

My second one was about a week later. I just removed material from an old file.  handle is Paduk. pins are Aluminum rod I had laying around.
 

[Antlerhog]

Very interesting thread.

Jay

[ron w]

Pretty neat stuff.........

[PaPaFrank]

Man, what a cool thread!  ...only on Tradgang

[Frenchymanny]

Here is my first, made from a damascus blank bought on ****

   

It was gifted to my hunting partner at that time

The pins are made of an ebony dowel hand turned

F-Manny

[Lin Rhea]

I have enjoyed re reading this thread.

I'm glad you bumped it Manny. Nice handle work.

[Frenchymanny]

Thank you Lin!
From you that means a lot!

F-Manny

[akaboomer]

Great thread. This was my first. It has some pretty obvious issues with the handle and finish.  1084 hand forged and shaped with files.
 

Chris

[just_a_hunter]

My #1 (right) and #2 (left). Circa 1998-1999. Jr. year in High School metal shop. I'm pretty sure it's a felony to make knives in school anymore.

I actually threw them away a few weeks ago when I was giving my shop an overhaul. Been packing the things around for 17 years and haven't ever been real proud of them. They were duct taped in a box in the bottom of the trash trailer for a week and when it came time to throw that box away at the dump, I couldn't do it. This post sure makes me glad I didn't.

     

Todd

[Izzy]

Cool stuff guys.

[Kevinnator11]

My first made from D2.  First one I ground and it ain't pretty.

 

This is the latest.  Made for a guy from his first kill's antler.  He was adamant that I use the complete antler.  Also from D2 with a copper bolster which was my first.
 
The sheath is my go-to for hunting knives due to them being more secure.  Not an original of mine but a very effective sheath.