Pics of your first

[sticshooter]

I would like to see everyones first knife they made. So who has pics? Don't be shy     .Let's seee em

[Leftieshot]

OK, but the pixels are TOO BIG so I've been told.
 

[ber643]

It was only about 3 months ago, if that, Frank, but there might be one person left that hasn't seen it yet -       . I won the Gut Hook Blank in a gift draw and now here I am, 4 knives later, and gathering stuff and info to do more - "and another one bites the dust" -    :D   I always loved knives, as is well known, and I really love finding I can put together a servicable one (or 2) myself, after all these years.

First one:

 

[Leftieshot]

Finished that one last night, besides sharpening and sealing the wood.  Now its time to TRY and make a sheath.

[Lewis Brookshire III]

Here's the first one I ever made. It was made from a Skid plate off a Toyota land cruiser that I had.

 

[Jeremy]

This was my first knife and was my contribution to the 2005 St Jude CHR auction.  It was won by none other than our own Doug Campbell!  To say I was hesitant to send it to a real knifemaker is an understatement!!!

1095 blade, walnut handle, nickel silver guard and pins.  The spacer is nickel silver sandwiched between two white fiber spacers.

[tomh]

I posted a thread on this a week or so ago.

Blade is 1084 differentially hardened, nickel silver guard, stabilized spalted birch handle. Made under the guidance of ABS mastersmith Ed Caffery.

Now I am waiting on UPS to bring me some leather tools so I can make her a sheath!

[Ru]

you asked    :rolleyes:
Heres the first knife I ever made...I think I was about eight years old.  
I think the handle is cherry with brass around the edge

[Jeremy]

Tom, show-off!!  :D      
Having a mentor like that is a GREAT way to get started the right way!

[ArcticArcher]

First one I made from "scratch".  Man this is addicting.  Hoping to get better with it. Not sure I will get to the level of some of the others on here, but nothing wrong with striving to those levels

[swp]

The top two are my first followed by the bottom three a week latter. Not much to brag about but they were a start.
 

[4runr]

 

[ArcticArcher]

I will say I feel like a pre-schooler bragging about a painting and having it next to a Picasso or Monet.  Gosh, ya'lls firsts are better than I ever can think about being.

[tippit]

You guys are killin' me.  These are my fist two that I pounded out from old files. They never got beyond this stage as I knew nothing about grinding, quenching, tempering, etc!

That's were Mr Campbell came in and taught me thru Trad Gang PM's        Doc

 

[el oso]

the pic sux, but the bad pic makes the knife look beter ha ha                                                                                                          

[sticshooter]

GREAT KNIVES GUYS. DHANKS FOR POSTING. DOC FINISH THEM BABYS UP. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY WOULD BE SWEEEET!THAT BIGGER ONE WOULD BE A AWESOME SKINNER.<><

[4runr]

BTW,Frank, you gonna show us your first?

[OconeeDan]

My first here, still cuts patches for the muzzleloader.  
The only power tool I used was a 6" bench grinder.  Then used LOTS of wet/dry sandpaper and files/rasps.
The sheath is rawhide, made from soaking a dog chew toy in a bucket of water.  Still working fine but gets soggy when in the rain!
Dan
 

[tippit]

I'll never finish those.  It's nice to know where you came from    Doc

[farmboy]

This is actually my second.....My first was a failed attempt at a small file knife.  I broke the blade while "testing it" for hardness.....no it didnt bend after being hardened!....This one is a lawnmower blade that I annealed shaped and re treated....I owe my susccess to the people on this forum....thanx!