silly mistake

[NatG]

i have recently been making a hook knife for a member, i have shaped, ground, bent, HT'd, finished and sharpened, then i held it in my hand, re3ady to pack up and send off on sat, and realised i'd made it the WRONG WAY ROUND :yikes:

 

[Mesquite]

i have recently been making a hook knife for a member, i have shaped, ground, bent, HT'd, finished and sharpened, then i held it in my hand, re3ady to pack up and send off on sat, and realised i'd made it the WRONG WAY ROUND :yikes:

FOR SALE
One wrong way round hook knife
Ready for immediate dispatch

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[NatG]

FOR SALE
One wrong way round hook knife
Ready for immediate dispatch

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i'd have to find it from under the pile of other stuff in the corner of the shed that i've made similiar stupid mistakes with, it can stay there and rot for all i care;(

 

[Sniper]

If it's the "wrong way round" would'nt it do for a left handed person NatG? I also take it someone won't be carving any spoons next week then LOL

 

[Mesquite]

i'd have to find it from under the pile of other stuff in the corner of the shed that i've made similiar stupid mistakes with, it can stay there and rot for all i care;(

Don't look at it that way Nat.

Yes you made a mistake but try and find a positive. If you're getting orders from people for hook knifes you're bound to get one come along for that type and you've got it ready to go. Just wrap it up, grease up the blade so it doesn't rust and wait for that order Which hand is it for, left or right btwl[?

 

[NatG]

If it's the "wrong way round" would'nt it do for a left handed person NatG? I also take it someone won't be carving any spoons next week then LOL

There is a backup plan which involves saturday morning, an angle grinder and a quick dash to the post office, it won't be as shiny but it will be every bit as god

it's a left handed one, i'll probbably go and fish it out and make a matching pair as a gift at some stage, i know some people like to use two at a time

 

[brancho]

Offer it for sale as left hadded the left handers on here are always twining they cant get one.
:theyareon

anyway a left hand crook knife is useful for right handers for some jobs due to the run of the grain

 

[dwardo]

Left handed sheathes that were meant to be right handed ones are my speciallity

 

[EdS]

might be interested in a decent left handed hook knife

 

[DoctorSpoon]

I find a leftie is vital when you're making a kuksa - deep hollowing like that there's some places a tory just won't go.

 

[Mike Ameling]

It also depends upon HOW you carve. The primary way is to pull towards you in carving with a hook-knife. But some people prefer to push away. So a "left-hand" hook knife easily becomes a "right-hander" for someone who carves by pushing away from their body.

Yes, my ... scrap pile ... has lots of such "mistakes" in them. Eventually they get used for some other project, or just ... re-worked.

Mikey - that grumpy ol' German blacksmith out in the Hinterlands