At last, my very first knife finished.

[SwissTony]

After what seems like an eternity, I have finally finished my first knife.
Specs:
3mm O1
Lace Sheoak scales with black liners.
Mosaic pins
Overall length:215mm cutting edge 95mm

3rd and last pic are with the flash on, the others show the real life colour.







Now I need to learn to do the leather work for it.

[parbajtor]

Not a bad effort for your first. The grind lines are pretty good and it certainly looks useable.
It looks a little square sided for my taste and I 'd be looking at rounding the belly of the handle a little and giving the knife a bit of a waist, but you can do that another time. Just use it for now and find out where you need to do those little tweaks.

[Richie'66]

That's a good effort , lovely wood you've used.
How long did it take you out of interest ?

[SwissTony]

That's a good effort , lovely wood you've used.
How long did it take you out of interest ?

To long
I am not to sure of an exact time, but as I could only do a certain amount per day before I had to stop with my back problems, it took a long time.
Getting the handles on was pretty quick, but the blade took ages, due to lack of technique.

parbajtor: I had thought about rounding the belly of the handle more, but it feels very comfortable in the hand as it is, so I left it. I will change it if it gets uncomfortable in use.

[smarkum]

quite lovely. I'm impressed that you were able to stick with it considering your back and only being able to do little bits. I often get sidetracked or my interest goes out the window if I cannot do large stints. Congrats!

[Baragon]

Good work, realy nice wood you have used for scales looks like its on fire.