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John T Wylie Jr · #1 03-10-2005, 01:31 AM

3/16 O1 , 7 1/2 OAL , 3 1/2 Blade...hollow ground , black G10 , 2 brass pins and 1 mosaic. Still need to work the edge on some stones to get her hair popping sharp.

This is a total blast , I am so in love with grinding . So much to learn ... gonna be a long fun filled road ahead...

now to get busy building that forge

open to any contructive criticism

DutchKnife · #2 03-10-2005, 02:44 AM

Hi there Vegas Man !!!!!!!!!

Seems like you are doing allright !
Like the shape of it !

Keep up the good work.

Hot&CoaledForge · #3 03-10-2005, 03:49 AM

Excellent job! Good clean grind lines, nice shape, and that mosaic pin sets it all off. - Jim

Carey Quinn · #4 03-10-2005, 04:39 PM

Vegas, if that's your first one, wow! Really nice.

SKIVIE · #5 03-10-2005, 04:47 PM

Looks super. You and James seem to be picking it up quite nicely. You sure have picked up the grinding quick.

Looking forward to seeing #2

Shane

John T Wylie Jr · #6 03-10-2005, 04:52 PM

I wish my bro Fed Singertat2 could make it over more often. We feed off each other... the air is electric when we work together.

SteveS · #7 03-10-2005, 04:55 PM

No way dude! That is soooo good. First or not. I'm jealous of your grinding abilities.

Steve

singertat2 · #8 03-11-2005, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by SKIVIE

Looks super. You and James seem to be picking it up quite nicely. You sure have picked up the grinding quick.

Looking forward to seeing #2

Shane

thanx shane!! i guess i better try to post up tha couple i have done recently i just have trouble postin here but i'll give it a try!! -fed

singertat2 · #9 03-11-2005, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Vegas Henchman

I wish my bro Fed Singertat2 could make it over more often. We feed off each other... the air is electric when we work together.

john is right!! when we get together at tha grinder we both do better!!! and we're helpin each other along and through our journey's while learning this new found craft!! -fed

TKSmith · #10 03-11-2005, 11:34 AM

A whole lot better than my first knife. It has a nice shape to it. Looks like you spent some time getting the pattern just right before you made it. Looking forward to seeing more. You should post it in the display case if you havn't already.

Messinger · #11 03-11-2005, 01:53 PM

Vegas,
That knife looks great! Awesome work!
-Ben

John T Wylie Jr · #12 03-11-2005, 11:46 PM

thanks for the comments , working on 2 more now , hope to get em done in the next week or so. Putting a new roof on the house this week eliminated all my shop time , well most of it , I did manage to get the ruff grinds done on 2 more blades.

GHEzell · #13 03-12-2005, 07:47 PM

The thing I like most about this knife is the choil... it's shape doesn't look like it would hang on the materials being cut, and the way you've done it would not cause a stress riser, or a sore finger if it strays too close. Normally I don't really like one on a blade, but this is an exception...8)

Beautiful design, beautiful workmanship.

John T Wylie Jr · #14 03-27-2005, 02:00 AM

I wasnt sure if I was gonna like the choil or not..but I like , but I guess I am partial....

took a break from the roof repairs on the house and went out back to the shop and got a lil more work done on a few pieces....

most are O1 , with the exception of the top right 2 blanks and the bottom 2 ( which are ATS34 , the lil ones are 15n20 .100 thick , make nice slicers

the O1 is pretty thick for my tastes ( 3/16 ) so I tapered the tang on the one 2nd from the left....

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