My first two knives I've ever made
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MountainMan
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My first two knives I've ever made
Both were made in a class taught by David Lisch. The first one was made in his "Introductory to Knife making". I took this class this past March and it lasted two days. We used nothing but the stock removal technique. We started out with a blank of 1095 and made either a skinner, drop point hunter or a chef's knife. I made the skinner.
The second one I made today in David's class called "Shop rat" where you make a hand forged shop knife and add a rat's tail. The steel used is 1080. TBH, this is the one I'm most proud of, blisters on my hand and all......
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MountainMan
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Awesome little knife you made there Mountain Man 
not bad for a days work... eh? Looks like there's a real rat tail down there on the floor 
I wish My Ma and Pa would have put me through knife college but not so lucky... There's a guy up in Oregon who I would like to attend classes with but I think that they are several days long. I can't remember his name but he learned sword making in japan and has a sharpening service all done by hand on Japanese whet stones. He is one of the few guys I would consider sending high dollar scissors to for sharpening as he was taught by some of the best and is a High end Japanese scissor distributor... You should look him up and check out some of his videos...
not bad for a days work... eh? Looks like there's a real rat tail down there on the floor I wish My Ma and Pa would have put me through knife college but not so lucky... There's a guy up in Oregon who I would like to attend classes with but I think that they are several days long. I can't remember his name but he learned sword making in japan and has a sharpening service all done by hand on Japanese whet stones. He is one of the few guys I would consider sending high dollar scissors to for sharpening as he was taught by some of the best and is a High end Japanese scissor distributor... You should look him up and check out some of his videos...DJ Red Tater Tip ~ Killer of Threads, Solo Pioneer in The Intergalactic Cutlery Trade
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MountainMan
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Orvet is in Oregon. He might know who that is.reddirtknives wrote:Awesome little knife you made there Mountain Man
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Great job MM ! 
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damon
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loving that "shop rat"
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Very cool. Great job!