View Full Version : Made a knife and now I'm hooked


Deaver
11-21-2001, 10:04 AM
Was at the deer lease a few months ago and my friends little boy was so fasinated by the hunting knife I had he couldn't stand it so I carved him one out of a piece of wood, he was not impressed he wanted a "real one". When I got back home I took a piece of 1/8"x1-1/2" cold finished 1018 and cut out a drop point hunter? 6"blade 5"handle, ground about a 60 degree "chisel" edge on it so he would think it was sharp, put hard wood oak handles on it with a brass guard and really started getting into it, pollished it all out and by golly it looks pretty darn good, mild steel and all.
That's it I'm hooked, I've ordered some steel, in the process of building a grinder. I've been lurking around this forum a few weeks and found it extremely informative. Need to order Gene Osborn's video and by the way Gene I saw on one of your post you gave a phone number and sounds like your on the east side of Ft. Worth as well as I.
Sorry to ramble on so, just wanted to share my story.
Looking forward to leaning from the masters.

Deaver

primos
11-21-2001, 11:45 AM
Welcome to the forums and to knifemaking Deaver. Glad to have you.

MJHKNIVES
11-21-2001, 02:11 PM
Welcome to the forums and knifemaking,I think you will find both rewarding.:)

DC KNIVES
11-21-2001, 03:02 PM
Great,another one bites the dust.Welcome to the wonderful world of ground knuckles,burnt fingers,perpetual bandaids,late nights in the shop and s--teating grins when you see your work posted here.Dave:lol:

Don Cowles
11-21-2001, 07:48 PM
Welcome, Deaver- glad to have you with us.

Bob Warner
11-21-2001, 08:30 PM
Another DFW knifemaker, great!!!

Welcome aboard, get Geno's video for sure, it will make sense of a lot of the things you are reading here that are still fuzzy.

We could have a DFW knifmekers guild, there are enough of us here.

AbelKnives
11-22-2001, 04:14 PM
Great! another Newbie!

Welcome to the Forms