Second using ZDPs easy Scandi tutorial.

[ggfh666]

Thanks to Dan's tutorial my SKITH turned out quite good (to my standards as a beginner that is). So I decided to try it once more.
This time with a bigger blade and a nice piece of olive wood.
I like it a lot.
On my next attempt I will use his new tutorial....

more pics on the site.

[Trond]

Very nice, well done for a second knife! :)
Keep them comming

[Basemetal]

That's a neat looking knife. :approve: I like the way the handle goes native toward the end (Can you post another pic?). Good no-nonsense camp knife there for anyone who likes a large blade. Doesn't look like a second knife at all -looks pretty professional to me.

What blade did you use?
:bandit:

[ggfh666]

Iit's not my second, it is the fourth. It's the second done via ZDP's method.
More on my site.

[Basemetal]

I see from your website its the Lauri Hiking blade and from the better pictures of the handle that it's fully finished. I thought from the thumbnail you had left the end rough -almost like a stag crown handle -now I see it was just the colouring of the grain. Still think its a beautiful knife.

Have you had a stab at a sheath yet? If you don't want to, the sheaths from Brisa are a good alternative and can be used as they are or finished/customised easily.

[ggfh666]

I've got some Brisa sheaths here.
I ordered some leather as well so I may have a try on a sheath.

[Hellz]

I really like it. Quality stuff :biggthump

[ZDP-189]

Thanks to Dan's tutorial my SKITH turned out quite good (to my standards as a beginner that is). So I decided to try it once more.
This time with a bigger blade and a nice piece of olive wood.
I like it a lot.
On my next attempt I will use his new tutorial....

more pics on the site.

I can't take any credit here. You're a talented knifemaker in your own right and will soon no doubt surpass some of the (relatively) old timers.

I was really encouraged by your kind comments on my first tutorial, and trying to stay one step ahead is keeping me busy searching for new skills to learn - like making a hidden tang handle.

Your latest knife is truly excellent. You have a good eye for proportions and can ad-lib to make the best of the wood. The result looks to be to a professional standard.

The question is: which direction will you head in? Will you take the style to perfection, and make knives like PB Knives, or will you learn lots of different kinds of knives like Trond, jbaron and Dave Barker?

Personally, I'm trying to learn as many new techniques as I can, while slowly improving my fit and finish. Sometimes it's a whole knife, othertimes a collaboration where I focus on a technical detail, such as silver soldering or milling a bolster. I suppose now I should think about making a morticed tang knife, but that would require either a dremel push router or a long, hard slog with a set of chisels.

What about you? What's you next move (after the 3 piece hidden tang, of course! :wink: )

[ggfh666]

well my latest "Brisa"-order includes : Bowie kit, scout bowie blade, 2 fillet blades (1 for my father's birthday as he is a hobbyist fisherman), Deba kit, leuku blade,...
So I will try some different things.But with what should I start. Maybe thinking?
No blade making myself yet...well actually I ground 1 blade out of a piece of steel on sharpening grinders so it's not really a nice grind. I could do it with files maybe but that would take too long before I see a result. I think I will try HT just for the fun of it. If it works out maybe I'll be tempted to do some blademaking.
I haven't done any handmade blades (like Trond's) yet as this is quite expensive. And almost the only time I use knives is in the kitchen. In that case I would have to try and sell some stuff to make it affordable.
I'd love to get hold on a Tanto like blade with a nice hamon or someyhing like Mushis Bushy, but I'm going to wait until I have enough confidence.
I'll keep you posted on the coming projects.