Here is my first attempt at modeling from reference pictures
Crits wanted
Great work! Especially for it being your first off of refs.
The model looks pretty good. I noticed that it could use some cleaning up, however. The handle looks like it could use some attention to smooth it out, it looks a bit warped and there is some artifact on the face of it. The blade looks a little angular along the edge in a couple spots. The bevel on the back edge is inconsistent as well… Just a little more tweaking and this will be superb!
