My No.1

[TRAD JOE]

Hi all, finally finished my first knife! I had a lot of fun making it and I can see how this can turn into yet another addiction.

Don´t know what steel the material is. It´s a bit on the soft side but it was good practice and I am sure it can be useful as a hobby knife. Overall length is about 4". Used a few rasps, sanding paper and a Dremel tool. It´s still a bit rough  but I think this one is finished.

Here are a few pics of the process:

The general form:
 

Polished and Drilled:
 

Using the blade to shape the handles:
 

Handles finished without oil:
 

After rubbing and sanding and rubbing again with TruOil:
 

Joe

[skullworks]

Great work! Welcome to the addiction!

[prarieboy]

great start! Hang on now brother this ride gonna be wild!

[swp]

Congrats on the knife & addiction.

[DANA HOLMAN]

Good job
once you start, you can not stop
dana

[LONGBOWKID]

Congrats...You done gone and done it now! I am sorry, we can no longer save you..  

[Gerardo]

Congrats .. on the knife and to think that we started together now i need to finish mine,

the knife is great I hope I can see it soon, and take a look at the follow up knife

[TRAD JOE]

Thanks to all for the comments and encouragement.
No. 2 starting soon...