Made my First Knife today!

[preachtheWORD]

I have been inspired by the incredible work I have seen on here and decided to try it for myself. I will probably never produce the awesome knives of the master craftsmen of WSF, but I reckon I could make something that was at least functional.

I started out with a planer blade, and used a bench grinder and a file. I still have a LOT of work to do with a good whet rock, so it is far from truly finished. The handle is cherry. I sawed a slot in the handle and used a wooden mallet to put the blade in. I used JB Weld to glue it in. Hopefully it will hold! A little stain and a little clear coat, and this is what I've got:

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(Hard to guage the size by the picture, but the whole knife is about 10")

It was fun and not as difficult as I thought ... but I imagine it is really hard to produce nicer looking knives.

Go try it yourself!

[crashdive123]

Looks great, and a heck of a lot better than my first one.

[Rick]

Looks just fine from where I sit. Anytime you can make something useful and attractive is pretty much a win/win in my book. Nice job!

[Ken]

Nice work!

[preachtheWORD]

Thanks guys. I may try a micarta handle for the next one - thanks to Crash's video.

[Justin Case]

Looks Cool ! I like the holes in the blade !

[p moore]

That looks like it will work well for ya, congrats on the first of many.

That planer blade is some tuff stuff isn't it.

Paul

[justin_baker]

Pretty cool, but i wouldnt trust a knife that wasnt full tang. Although i have never made a knife, having a partial or internal tang would seem way too complicated and hard to get right, full tang is probably the way to go!

[preachtheWORD]

Pretty cool, but i wouldnt trust a knife that wasnt full tang.

It is full tang. The tang is just under an inch wide all the way to the butt of the handle.

[rebel]

That's a cool looking knife!

[panch0]

Nice job PreachtheWord!

[your_comforting_company]

Great job PTW!

[Swamprat1]

Looks good. Lot better than my first knife. just a piece of flat iron with a hunk of hickory for a handle. If you look close, it almost looks like a knife, lol. Just keep at it, you will only get better.

[Ole WV Coot]

You done good. It don't need to be pretty to work. I've given away a few that looked decent but for myself I make them to use and keep a half dozen blanks in the shop just in case.

[Camp10]

Nice work PTW!

[kyratshooter]

Don't worry about the JB Weld, it will hold. The wood may fall apart but the JB Weld will still be hanging onto the blade.