Woo hoo....Just finished my first forged knife and I am well pleased..

[topknot]

Good work on the sheaf. We all make mistakes.
Topknot.

 

[-Switch-]

Both the knife and sheath are looking good there Jon, top marks.

It must be a good feeling to create your own usable field knife, and that definitely looks like it'll be a user. I quite like that blackened 'just forged' kind of look rather than mirror polished (I don't know all the correct terminology for this sort of thing) and would be quite proud to have that hanging from my belt.

Good stuff

 

[brancho]

Thats a good looking sheath it matches the knife really well.

 

[Earlyturtle]

I really like that, very pleasing shape to it. If I recall correctly, bananas don't grow on proper trees, but on big plants (the largest herbaceous plants, according to Wikipedia). So I guess it's called banana wood for different reasons.
Mike

 

[JonnyP]

Thanks for the kind words guys...
I think banana wood is what the locals call it in India. It certainly isn't the tree that bananas grow on... Its quite a nice wood to use....

 

[British Red]

Thats looking a bit good Jon - no digging up pignuts with that one now

 

[JonnyP]

Thats looking a bit good Jon - no digging up pignuts with that one now

Cheers Red...I will be sharpening some sticks with it, to dig me some pignuts though...
Thats if I can find some down here...
Knife is fitting the sheath a lot better now....

 

[suburban bushwacker]

Good work dude! I really like it - if you're interested in making knives from 'stuff everyday folks leave behind' you might like this blog http://primitivepoint.blogspot.com/ Todd (the blogger and smith) makes some really cool stuff. be sure to look up his 'desert scandi' it's proper lovely.
Cheers
SBW

 

[MitchelHicks]

I know you said you made it to small but I made mine to fit nicely straight away and over a small ammount of time its lossened so im sure it'll ease up after a while. Better a tight fit that a loose one anyway. Always cut bigger if your unsure I think you can always trim a little bit off rather than having to use another bit all together. But a lovely well crafted tool

Good Job

 

[JonnyP]

Good work dude! I really like it - if you're interested in making knives from 'stuff everyday folks leave behind' you might like this blog http://primitivepoint.blogspot.com/ Todd (the blogger and smith) makes some really cool stuff. be sure to look up his 'desert scandi' it's proper lovely.
Cheers
SBW

Cheers for the link SB, interesting stuff on there...

 

[JonnyP]

I know you said you made it to small but I made mine to fit nicely straight away and over a small ammount of time its lossened so im sure it'll ease up after a while. Better a tight fit that a loose one anyway. Always cut bigger if your unsure I think you can always trim a little bit off rather than having to use another bit all together. But a lovely well crafted tool

Good Job

Cheers Mitch...The knife is fitting the sheath a lot better now, but it goes into the sheath too deep, so I may undoo all the stitching and cut the top a bit lower...