A quick lap around the kitchen and desk turns these up, arranged in roughly chronological order:
It isn't everything I've made, I'm pretty ruthless with my testing and have broken lots of test pieces.
There are also multiples of most of the later knives since I've sold some.
The sheepsfoot on the far right I've sold the most of.
A grand total of four.
There are also quite a few knives that I don't have pictures of that have since departed the shop.
I've made more of the little three finger -'merican "tantos" (dead center in the picture) than anything else (because they are so fast to make) but I've given most of them away. The one pictured was the first one I made and got volunteered for my first electro-etching experiment.
Thanks. I'd consider myself an advanced learner. By the 10,000 hour rule I should be getting good sometime around 2025.
My initial training was in industrial quality control, so I've got a good handle on production processes and have been wrenching and pounding on farm machinery my whole life so hand tools don't have much mystery. That isn't a terrible foundation to learn to build knives with. Not as good as being a trained machinist or such, but not bad.
After notching out out the choil it is time to head to the grinder.
The ice bucket keeps me from burning my fingers.
I'm grinding on a 2x42 craftsman mounted on a table.
It is small enough to carry outside on nice days.
The little Craftsman only has a 1/3 HP motor (older ones were 1/2 HP) and runs redorkulus fast so it isn't perfect for knife grinding but does get the job done.
The stock platen is pretty miserable. It isn't true and is made of thin mild steel.
I stuck a 2" ceramic tile onto mine and it works beautifully...boy is it ugly though.
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