First forged knife

jonathan creason · June 28, 2011, 08:01:00 AM

Forged this one out of a bar of 1084 using a 2 brick forge and a post anvil. Been wanting to try the paracord wrap for a little while, so I thought this one would be a good one to give it a shot on. It's not nearly as nice to look at as a piece of spalted wood, but dang it feels nice in my hand.

Steve Nuckels · June 28, 2011, 08:49:00 AM

Jonathan, congratulations on your first forged blade, it turned out excellent! Welcome to the addiction!

Steve
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Potomac Forge

Roughcountry · June 28, 2011, 08:59:00 AM

Congrats, looks great to me

T Lail · June 28, 2011, 02:33:00 PM

very nice !!!!!

KHALVERSON · June 28, 2011, 06:17:00 PM

dang i wish my first forged blade looked that good
kind of reminds me of a warncliffe style blade
keep up the good work and welcome to the addiction
kevin

DANA HOLMAN · June 28, 2011, 08:04:00 PM

Nice job, keep it up
Dana

LONGBOWKID · June 28, 2011, 08:10:00 PM

Looks great

GWV · June 28, 2011, 09:18:00 PM

Looks nice!

gudspelr · June 28, 2011, 09:47:00 PM

Awesome job-looks great.

Jeremy

jonathan creason · June 29, 2011, 11:33:00 AM

Thanks guys. It may not look like it, but I've got a ton of time wrapped up in this one with all the filing and grinding I did. I managed to hammer a very basic profile of it, but it was very crude. I've got a lot of work to do before I can get to where I can do most of my shaping with the hammer. I really need to free up some time and go spend a day in a knifesmith's shop.

caleb0100 · June 30, 2011, 10:45:00 PM

Looks great!! Great job on the handle too!