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Old 01-18-2015, 02:11 AM
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My first works

After many many time.....this is my first works

Steel: C70
Thickness 4mm
Lenght 113mm

Handle : Bog Oak red spacers and deer horn Lenght 135mm
Handmade leather sheath
Total lenght: 248mm






This is the second and it's born by a fail blade that I try to save....

C70 steel and beech handle






Sorry for my english
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Old 01-18-2015, 07:41 AM
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Welcome Grappo
Love the look of bog oak! Handle shape looks like an interesting combo of deer foot and pistol grip, nice.
Your English is fine, Thanks for sharing.


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Old 01-18-2015, 11:48 AM
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Very nice work. You should be very proud of both. My only critique would be that like many new makers, you have curves where there shouldn't be curves and exaggerated curves where a gentle curve would be perfect.

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Old 01-18-2015, 12:04 PM
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Thanks for answer and advice
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Old 01-21-2015, 04:38 AM
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Thanks for critique need to do better
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Old 01-21-2015, 05:54 AM
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I think most of us makers continually strive to do each knife a little better than the last and we can always find something we can do better or improve on the next one.
The real trick to the game is if the blade functions as planned - cut as designed and hold an edge properly. The fit & finish will follow - working the knife hard will help with the ergonomics of handle design and shape. It's all a fantastic adventure for most of us.

Can't help but notice the jeweler's plannishing hammer and the style of your bench anvil. Are you also a jeweler or precious metal smith? The anvil appears to be a cut off section of a large motor armature, very clever.
I made several bench anvils of similar construction that see's constant use on each of my shop benches. All are a little different in size/weight according to needs of that particular bench. All are constructed from various size pump drive shafts with some mounted on larger chunks of steel as yours is.

Just a note on your sheath/leather work - the tooling looks pretty good, but take a little more time with lining up your stamp (little jumpy around the outside edge). Lightly scribing a guide line will help or you can use a red pencil or pin to mark the guide line, the dye will hide or blend with the red. As with anything mark it accurately and follow your mark. Same with your stitch line. I've seen a lot worse leather work by guys that make beautiful knives and should know/do better.

Keep striving for excellence and your work will improve.


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Old 01-21-2015, 08:04 AM
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Old 01-21-2015, 08:07 AM
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I think most of us makers continually strive to do each knife a little better than the last and we can always find something we can do better or improve on the next one.
The real trick to the game is if the blade functions as planned - cut as designed and hold an edge properly. The fit & finish will follow - working the knife hard will help with the ergonomics of handle design and shape. It's all a fantastic adventure for most of us.

Can't help but notice the jeweler's plannishing hammer and the style of your bench anvil. Are you also a jeweler or precious metal smith? The anvil appears to be a cut off section of a large motor armature, very clever.
I made several bench anvils of similar construction that see's constant use on each of my shop benches. All are a little different in size/weight according to needs of that particular bench. All are constructed from various size pump drive shafts with some mounted on larger chunks of steel as yours is.

Just a note on your sheath/leather work - the tooling looks pretty good, but take a little more time with lining up your stamp (little jumpy around the outside edge). Lightly scribing a guide line will help or you can use a red pencil or pin to mark the guide line, the dye will hide or blend with the red. As with anything mark it accurately and follow your mark. Same with your stitch line. I've seen a lot worse leather work by guys that make beautiful knives and should know/do better.

Keep striving for excellence and your work will improve.
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Old 02-09-2015, 07:36 AM
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Ready for handle









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Old 02-10-2015, 08:40 AM
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Good eye Carl , you beat me on the interest to the anvil on the bench !!

Grappo keep em coming !!


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Old 02-10-2015, 08:50 PM
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Good looking knives.
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Old 02-11-2015, 05:28 AM
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Yeah Rob......I even see anvils in my sleep sometimes. Don't care what the wifey says, you cannot have too many anvils!
I just always like to look at all the background stuff in pics, amazing what one can see for the looking. Some pretty "telling" things show up.


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Old 02-15-2015, 04:21 AM
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Steel C70 with hamon
Handle walnut wood
Spacers Blu 0,8mm
Total Convex
Heat treatment by Francesco Goffredi
Total 25cm
Blade 13,2cm

Sorry for not too good pics waiting for critical and comments





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Old 02-15-2015, 08:35 AM
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Looks good. Be sure to make one like that to test, work it very hard, so that you know that it functions as good as it looks ...


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Old 02-15-2015, 10:39 AM
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Thanks Ray Rogers!!!
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