Starting with the Basics :)

Multiple issues actually went into putting it on the desk, as opposed to on the floor, not the least of which is space, it's not my shop, so I have to be mindful of spreading out :)

I've got it secured, and operational now. I was surprised when I fired it up, as I was expecting to have to do a lot of tweaking, but it was quiet, vibration free, and the blade stayed on for the few quick cuts I made.
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I finished cutting out my first knife blank (it was originally drilled because I didn't have the bandsaw). I'll be doing a couple more this weekend, with the saw, so no drill holes :)
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Well, it's not a knife yet, but it bears a passing resemblance to one :) this is my absolute very first knife blank... And I'm not completely disgusted with it :) tomorrow I'm going to see about making it even more knifelike!

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Ok, life has been less than cooperative lately. Seems like it's one thing after another, so shop time has been extremely limited. Planning on making some changes though that should help :)

This is what I've managed to create so far. The top one was first, came out a tad smaller than I wanted, and I really borked up the edge grind, and pretty much destroyed the tip. But I learned, and I'm almost sure I know where I went wrong.
Bottom one is the larger one I did today. We'll see how much I learned when I start on it's edge ;)

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Ok, so I wanted to give my brother in law a knife this year, but I ran out of time (and I still can't grind a decent edge). So cheated and bought a finished blade from Texas Knife Makers supply (they are local for me). It's 7 3/4" with a 3 3/4" blade. Black and red layered Dymondwood handle. I also bought a blade and some Kirinite for my mom, but apparently I wasn't paying attention when I ordered and the blade is too big for the Kirinite scales, so I had to put hers off (we're getting her a Kindle Fire HDX though, so she'll be ok ;) )
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And the finished result... I hesitate to call it my first knife, as I bought the blade... But it's my first handle ;) lol

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