I'll have to drag up some pictures later. My first knife was a tiny thing, with a blade of about 1 inch. I made it from a piece of spring steel I found by the railroad tracks, and shaped it with a file. I never could get it quite hard enough. That was when I was in my early teens.
Fast forward 20 years or so (wow, it sounds scary when I say it that way) and I have built a small shop for myself, and someone has turned me on to 'Knifemaking Tuesdays" on Youtube. After watching for a while, I realize "Hey, I could do this too".
The first knife after that was a carving knife for my girlfriend (an amateur woodworker). I ground the blade by hand on a bench grinder (NOT RECOMMENDED) from a piece of D2 flat stock I had purchased. The main purpose of this one was to test out my new kiln, and to see if I could actually heat treat D2. Worked great.
After that I started on a gift for my father, a slip joint folder I have posted here before [thread]7850[/thread] (check out the thread for pictures).
That was the last knife I made. I keep thinking I need to make one for myself, but too many projects are waiting in the queue, and there is just never enough time.