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jonnie drake
20-07-2010, 17:40
here she is :) im quite proud of my little self even though I made a few mistakes. Very comfy to use!

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welshwhit
20-07-2010, 18:24
Looking good!

Drew
southey
20-07-2010, 19:53
Really like your work, that wood has a great figure youv'e brought it out well.
Robbi
20-07-2010, 19:59
looking very good ! well done.
Wilderbeast
20-07-2010, 20:13
Well done mate, cracking first effort!
Ph34r
20-07-2010, 21:10
Go away, you are making me look bad lol. Very nice job. I like the way the tang stretches beyond the scales. I'm guessing you/ your customer is a lanyard person?
Tank
20-07-2010, 21:35
what mistakes did you make and what did you learn by making them?
jonnie drake
21-07-2010, 01:04
thanks for the very kind comments gents!

I'm not a big fan of lanyards they tend to annoy me, which is a dangerous thing when im holding a knife :p

tank, I made a few mistakes but they were only cosmetic- I didnt finish the finger guard end of the scales good enough before attaching them, I left the finger guard area last to clean up when I was glueing the scales on so there is some residue left, I was a bit heavy handed with files around the tang area especially where the tang is concave, you can see on the last pic where I have scuffed the metal which looks a bit crap, and there is an area at the back where I had sanded the scale too low so there is excess glue which also looks a bit crap.
Gill
21-07-2010, 09:03
That looks very professional ,very well done.
jonnie drake
22-07-2010, 20:49
thanks gill :)
Tengu
22-07-2010, 21:08
what wood did you use?
jonnie drake
22-07-2010, 21:29
spalted lime burr
Shinken
23-07-2010, 07:23
Very nice mate that is better shaping than knives ive seen from some well known "pro" makers. Lovely shape mate
jonnie drake
29-07-2010, 10:30
cheers mate, I cant put it down! It's my first full tang all I've used before is mora's im happy to say I much prefer this.