Hobbyist knifemaker

[Iron Turtle]

Hi All,

I am a hobbyist knifemaker, and have gravitated towards kitchen knives because you can make a beautiful knife that will actually get used. I enjoy making hunters and skinners, or other field knives, but so often people are afraid to actually use them which seems a shame.

I like to cook, and have reasonable knife skills for an average person, but don't know a lot about what makes one knife design better than another for a particular application. I just recently found out that this place was "a thing", so I hope to lurk about here and learn about what makes for a good knife design.

Here are a few pics of some of my recent work. I've only been dabbling for 4 or 5 years, and haven't made many knives, so I am very new at this. There are some really great knife makers that have really inspired me, and I hope to someday be able to contribute the craft in the way they have.

Thanks for being "a thing"!
-Brian

 

[bkultra]

Welcome to the forums

 

[milkbaby]

Howdy Brian! Welcome.

I'm pretty sure that I've seen your work before either on social media or a knife making forum. Very nice work, especially like your damascus patterns, very classy!

It's sad when a beautiful knife isn't used.

 

[Gjackson98]

Welcome Brian!

 

[SeattleBen]

Handsome work.

 

[Matus]

Welcome, your work is very nice.

 

[Jville]

Nice work

 

[ecchef]

Welcome Brian. Looks like you’re on the right track. Take a look at some Japanese gyuto profiles & geometry in comparison to the Western styles.

 

[Iron Turtle]

Thanks for the kind words everybody. The more I read here, the more I realize I don't know