Good work Josh! Keep up the good work!

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Good work Josh! Keep up the good work!

Thank you Sir! Critiques and feedback are always welcome!

I am very new in many ways, here are some things I have done here and there over last year or so. Working toward more precision building and why I came to the ABS specifically. The pattern material is not mine, so I suppose those where more cutler work working on fit and finish. I have begun focusing more on the forging these last few months......have a lot of goals skill wise to work toward and hopefully will attain those goals.

Girnie, there is a maximum photo size limit of 1000 x 1000 pxl for photos put into posts.

You need to delete and re-size your recent photos.

Thank you.

Karl

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Sorry for the terrible picture. However this is my first knife, I decided to do a clip point with an old axe handle that I burnt and oiled. I’m not sure the metal, it’s just some flatstock that took a hardening well. Steel pins. I had to split my scales my self without a vertical bandsaw. That lead to some uneven lines. I know that mistakes I actively made, any critique on ones I might not be aware of is greatly appreciated. The false edge is casting a shadow that’s not a drop or hook on the spine towards the clip. Thanks y’all. PS, I was personally more focused on indexing the handle for some reason than the cleaning the drimal lines.

Here's a few of my recent pieces. I'm looking forward to improving and getting better.

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Eddie, I'm liking that little chef's knife.

Hope the re-sizing attempt worked. GJC

Two months in to this adventure so far. Here are the first few.

First knife

Learning pile so far

Second knife completed.

Preview of 3rd. That is the second knife as well post temper.

Good work!

I would highly recommend that you find the nearest hammer-in; take your knives.

There you will be able to discuss with several experienced makers the ways you might improve.

It is a huge benefit to your work to be able to have someone look over your knife and

talk about the issues you may have; but more importantly; ways to overcome those problems.

As a knife maker you can learn more in a weekend; that will directly impact your work, than you think

is possible.

I spent years trying to learn in a vacuum. It makes for very slow progress.

I finally came out of my cave and got serious about improving my craft.

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Good work!

I would highly recommend that you find the nearest hammer-in; take your knives.

There you will be able to discuss with several experienced makers the ways you might improve.

It is a huge benefit to your work to be able to have someone look over your knife and

talk about the issues you may have; but more importantly; ways to overcome those problems.

As a knife maker you can learn more in a weekend; that will directly impact your work, than you think

is possible.

I spent years trying to learn in a vacuum. It makes for very slow progress.

I finally came out of my cave and got serious about improving my craft.

Thank you for the response and feedback.

I have been looking for hammer-ins near me, looks like the NC guild meets again in October so going to try to get to that.

There are classes near enough as well, but that is a time vs money thing right now, but is something I want to do.

I will add to what Mike says.

To pay money to learn might seem like paying for something that's intangible. But when you go to an ABS hammer in it's not just a club meeting or a free-for-all. There is a prescribed set of instruction that will be presented and the schedule will be clear ahead of time along with a list of approved instructors.

These hammer Ins and classes are how Mike and I got fired up and got out of our caves. <img src=' http://www.americanbladesmith.com/ipboard/public/style_emoticons//smile.gi f' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

I went to my first Hammer-in almost 2 weeks ago. I learned more there then I did in 2 years of researching on the internet. Especially on the day of the knife show where I got to hold a lot of beautiful, well made knives. I had to take a plane and rent a hotel and spend a good amount of money to go but I would do it again in a heart beat.

Ditto, Jason!