First Try

[mastin03]

First off I just have to say that Tippit is one heck of a guy.  He made a gorgeous blade that he put a paracord handle on and sent to me to give to my brother for christmas through the trad gang santa, and he asked for absolutely nothing in return.  Just an amazing act of kindness, and the blade was absolutely beautiful.  

He also served as a little motivation for my dad to try his hand at making knives after seeing jeff's work, he's now made 4 or 5 i believe.  My brother and I decided to jump into the fire as well and this is what came out of it from my end.  There are plenty of things wrong with it, but for my first, I was pretty happy.  Blade came from an old miter saw blade, and modeled after a buck drop point my dad had.  Handle is laminated Oak and Pine (what we had in the garage)

BTW, these things arent easy to photograph

[sticshooter]

It's to late     Nice first knife. and yeah doc is one of a kind.<><  

[JEFF B]

oh yeah that is good for a first knife. man you should have seen mine.  

[KHALVERSON]

nice lookin nessy  

[tippit]

One of my other passions is fly fishing.  Glad to see I can still hook one...Good going Clayton    tippit

[Steve Nuckels]

Great thread!  Very nice first!

[redneckrampage]

sticshooters right, its all over ur hooked, i got my first one done after a year in process and now im looking to have 4 fillet knives done in a few months...now if i can talk my dad outta that wetgrinder he got at a farm sale

[prarieboy]

Certainly looks Good!C-ya Bob

[Leo L.]

It turned out well for the first one.  Good job.

[mastin03]

thanks for the kind words gents...definately learned a few things to add to the "what not to do" but its a start...already have the next one planned out whenever i can get my hands on some steel

[chiger]

Lord have mercy...Kentucky boys showin' up everywhere round here!  Hay mast, from a 'tween the rivers boy' a couple hours south and west on the lakes.  

And welcome to the fraternity of obsessed and deprived too!  As the guys said, ain't no goin' back now.

Way to get stuck in.  Even threw in some file work.  Cool!

You are going the way of most beginning makers.  Using found or reclaimed materials is the way most makers start out.  It's a time honored tradition!  

Use that thing as much as you can and figure out what you like and don't like about it.  Then apply that to the next ones.  

Learning the HOW to make a knife better is the easy part if you're patient.  The real trick is how to make a knife DESIGN better.

Good luck and great start mast.  With all the makers you have around you this should be fun to see how you progress.  And if there is every anything we can do to help...just ask.

Oh, and just in case you're a Cardinal fan...Go Big Blue!  ;~)

[mastin03]

thaks for the advice chigger and as a recent graduate of UL with my masters degree i must say

C-A-R-D-S Cards, Cards, CARDS!!  haha.