My FIRST knife..

[LONGBOWKID]

Well, fellas I finally finished it up. Walnut scales and copper pins. Blade is finished to 400 grit and left a bit rough looking.

Hope yall enjoy

 

 

The Kid

[LONGBOWKID]

You can really see the scratches in the blade with the flash on! lol

 

[JMR]

Congrats on getting it finished. It looks good!!!

[prarieboy]

LOOKIN GOOD #1 is!

[Leo L.]

Looks great for a first.  How was it made?  Stock removal?  Forge?  What material?

[Guru]

cool little knife!  

[Chris Surtees]

   

[Steve Nuckels]

Very nice!  Most interesting shape! I'll bet it fits in the hand nicely!

Steve

[theunluckyhunter]

hell of a lot nicer than my first!

[Nosight]

IMHO,, I think you are hooked on a new hobby...

Looking good,,Want to see more of your work..

Later....Buzz

[LONGBOWKID]

Here it is after a few coats of tung oil and buffing with 000 steel wool..


 

 

The Kid

[Leo L.]

That tung oil doesn't really bring out the natural color of the wood does it.  I just did a test run tonight on some scraps from the piece I'm working on, I was disappointed with how dark it made it.

[Toecutter]

And it looks like you added some file work to boot!!  Nice job all around    

Nathan

[LONGBOWKID]

I think it does Leo. What I reccomend, is sanding to atleast 400 grit, wet your scales, let them dry, sand again, that swells the pores in the wood, and as you sand them down, repeating this process, you will fill in all the grain and it will be like glass, then coat with tung oil. It does darken it a bit, but I thought it turned out nice.

I only wet the scales on this one once, but even one time makes a difference.

Thanks for the compliments yall.

The Kid