First attempt at making a knife (how'd I do misc?)(pics)

[VabaX]

a few days ago, i had one of these,



so i decided to do some of this,



and ended up with one of these,



which turned into this,



this,



and this,




done a full heat treatment on this bish, and its been sharpened to hair-shaving sharpness. made of 5160 spring steel (duh). 10" blade (exactly 10"), 16" overall.
the finish on the surface of the blade is actually a mirror finish (only in the last pic. other were taken before finish was done. doesnt show up in the pic very well) but with the hammer/forge marks and pockmarks etc still on the surface, giving it a bit of a dirty look.

[ctownballer04]

mirin hard

well done

[LowestScum]

[WhyareuG]

Fuarking nice, we got blacksmiths on the misc!

[JohnnyHotSauce]

skyrim forge skills.

Looks proper man.

[OregonBaller]

Mirin craftsmanship

[ThunderMonkeyy]

****. that's cool

[MrMilesy]

op can you make me a rune dagger?

[004553]

op can you make me a rune dagger?

lold

that's pretty impressive op. would not fuk with/10

[biggestmuff]

way to go, Rambo.

[jthectic]

Awesome stuff OP, how did you get into this as a hobby?

[VabaX]

op can you make me a rune dagger?

bro, i'm only just up to steel. i dont have enough XP for even a mithril dagger yet, hehe

[Youbestsquatfoo]

make me a sword OP

[GermanLifter]

looks dull as fuk cuz

[betterthangoode]

pretty sick. any more

[Highjumper21]

That's pretty damn good

Looks good for a first time

[VabaX]

Awesome stuff OP, how did you get into this as a hobby?

good question. i dont remember. i've always had a bit of a thing for knives, but only last year got really into it. only got an opportunity to use a mates forge just this week, so i decided to go for it. i've done other work with steel before, but never the sorts of detail/precission needed to make a nice tool like a knife

[tnel00]

post here when you're forging daedric daggers

no one is impressed with amateur steel daggers

[VabaX]

looks dull as fuk cuz

dull? as in the finish on the blade, or the sharpness of it?

shaves the hair on my arm, cuz.
will also blind you if you get the suns reflection off it in your eyes, so either way it aint dull

[VabaX]

post here when you're forging daedric daggers

no one is impressed with amateur steel daggers

tfw combat levels too low to aquire daedric heart...

[Volumes]

wouldnotphukwith /10

srs op looks good

[VabaX]

size compared to my RD7

[EoR]

"Always had a thing for knives".

Remind me to never piss you off.

[witblitz550]

Very good for a first attempt. I tried making a few, but never ended up finishing them. They still need handles.

How did you file the blade? Bench grinder, hand held grind, file?

Blade thickness?

[aauguzt]

How did you cut the metal?

Nice work otherwise

[laydizzile]

bro, i'm only just up to steel. i dont have enough XP for even a mithril dagger yet, hehe

M8 I will dds you so hard

[VabaX]

Very good for a first attempt. I tried making a few, but never ended up finishing them. They still need handles.

How did you file the blade? Bench grinder, hand held grind, file?

Blade thickness?

used angle grinder for most of the work, brought it in close with an orbital sander with a 40 grit pad, made sure it was fine enough to work on with a whetstone before the heat treatment, then just got rid of the scaling from the heat treatment and touched it up with my stones and she was bangin
its just over 1/4" thick, techinally 4.416/16" (measured by caliper)

[SOCALNINER]

jesus your blacksmithing skills must be at 100 right now .. only trains magic crew checking in

[downunder96]

Looks great brah
Woodgetstabbedwithgladly/10

[MericaBrah]

nice work! Im jelly