The template for my first knife.

[x SF med]

Originally Posted by Kyobanim

I can't believe that you didn't save the stone tablet you etched the design into.


I love a good setup.

Damn Kyo - Bill is only a year or two younger than you, Methuseleh. I'm still essentially a "Spring Troll" and will learn to design and craft knives in a couple of years.

[TheRider]

Originally Posted by x SF med

Damn Kyo - Bill is only a year or two younger than you, Methuseleh. I'm still essentially a "Spring Troll" and will learn to design and craft knives in a couple of years.

Mr. x SF med, if you're a "Spring Troll" then this is me. Because I bet I am the youngest here by far. And that seems to be a VERY BAD thing.

[x SF med]

Originally Posted by TheRider

Mr. x SF med, if your a "Spring Troll" then this is me. Because i bet i am the youngest here by far. And that seems to be a VERY BAD thing.

Rider -
I have to be a grammar and usage policeman here:

1. it's not 'your', because in this case it is not a possessive - it is 'you're' a contraction of you are.

2. always capitalize 'I', unless you are on myspace, texting, or any other board. This is a common convention used in most writing.

I would suggest, just for your own education, to get a good grammar book (The Harbrace College Handbook is excellent, and Warriner's Handbook is pretty good) you will be judged by your writing for most of your life, if you start creating good habits now, it will help you for a long time.

[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by TheRider

Mr. x SF med, if you're a "Spring Troll" then this is me. Because I bet I am the youngest here by far. And that seems to be a VERY BAD thing.

And if it is your desire to "stay" here you will read more and post less. This is not a request.

TS

[TheRider]

Mr. x SF med, It won't happen again. Sorry it happened in the first place.

~Chris

[x SF med]

Rider-
You were chastised by the Team Sergeant for your posting, and should have apologized to him. I merely corrected your poor writing skills. Search for the term SA on the board, it will be a boon to staying a guest here.

You are young, you may yet be trainable.

[Kyobanim]

You are young, you may yet be trainable

You're funnier when you're off your medication. (note the use of the contraction)

[x SF med]

Originally Posted by Kyobanim

You're funnier when you're off your medication. (note the use of the contraction)

Thanks Bro, I can feel the love even nearly 1200 miles away. My meds were left at SHOT.

[BrianH]

Originally Posted by x SF med

Thanks Bro, I can feel the love even nearly 1200 miles away. My meds were left at SHOT.

Wait... you were ON your meds at SHOT?

God help us.

[x SF med]

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

Yes you will make a knife. It is magic the first time we produce a hardened and tempered blade with an edge. I do not want to diminish that experience.
It is still your first knife and that's good news.

Please do yourself one favor, never part with that first knife and then after you've made your first 500 or so, please look at it again. You will have probably made some design and material changes by then.
Hopefully you will do better than my first few hundred knives.

I'm willing to see how this works out, especially if some Quiet Professional in the field, far away from home who might need to do this can learn something about making a knife here.

It's too late for me to post my first knife project, personal use computers and the internet didn't exist back then.

Bill - Your first few knives were sharpened deer antler, then flint, then obsidian, following into copper, bronze, iron and finally steel-- right? All wrapped in Madodon (Mastodon? Grammar Police - PUHLEEEZ Peregrino) sinews for handles, if I'm not mistaken. (Damn, I'm in trouble now, the designer has my D2 in his shop, it's gonna suck when the blade cuts my hand off)


Edit: Peregrino: Pennance will be done for the misspelling, I am heartily sorry for having offended thee (pound chest 3 times) I will check spelling on all extinct creatures in my future postings.

[chance]

Well everything aside what do you gentlemen think of my bowie? Also i just started a kitchen knife for the wife.

[Razor]

To be frank, it looks like a run-of-the-mill bowie knife. Ask again once you're done the grind, and again when you've finished the handle. That's where your personality will show (or not).

[chance]

the handle and grind are done.
Razor mines the one in the picture with the kimber.

[Razor]

Sorry chance, confused you with TheRider.

[Arwr]

Chance,

It is a very nice knife from what I see. Good clean lines. Simple. Far better than most of the designs I see about. The apparent flat grind is a nice touch as well. I wish I were as talented.

Arwr