Hi all, Thanks for the feed back on this knife and the shape of it. I am so excited about this design that Mistwalker and I were able to work up. Like he said about 3 weeks back I seen a thread that he was writing in and that he would like to see a custom SOG Bowie and with a full tang handle and some other details. Well the light bulb went off in my head so to speak and I e-mailed Brian right then and there. We chatted on the phone e-mailed back and forth and drew up several designs and after each email and design alterations that we made this design came about and when we both saw that is was done and just sat there looking at it, right there just looking at the design on paper made me relize that for me I have found that one great knife that I was searching for from camp to kitchen to even if I had to go back into a combat zone, with the Marines again this was that one perfect knife that I would want to be with me. Like mistwalker has said in his posts that he loves his knife, He may almost love his as much as I do mine LOL. I have been using mine for the past week, for ALL my cutting chores form making dead fall trap, to slicing up fruit and veggies, to cutting bread and spreading butter, shaving up wood and batoning for the family campfires we have on the farm, clearing brush along some of the over grown trails that I had not been hiking a long on lately, cutting open boxes and mail. and if it came down to having to use this knife to defend myself or to take the fight to who ever or what ever this knife it going to perform like it is suppose to IF needed. mistwalkers design thoughts really show with this blade shape. even with it 3/16" thick blade this knife flows in the hand ready to cut what ever needs to be cut.
Yes Kgd I asked him about having one made in a thinner steel too LOL. the smaller knife that mistwalker posted with the tan and the orange handle knife I am going to make some out of 3/32" and then 1/8" and then I am going to make up a 8" and a 10" in the thicker steels to.
There was a thread a couple of weeks back about if you lost one of your knives would you replace it. Well I can tell you I will be making extra's of this knife for me. and in several different blade lenghts. I know for sure several in the 4.5" and the 6" and then if I like the 10" one that I plan to make this week I will be making more of them to.
I did a tiger stripe patina on my orange handled one and the 7". I think it turned out pretty good.
Here is the dead fall trap with 2 rocks. Carving the notchs and the bait stick notch was a breeze. I thought it was much easyer with a thicker spine then a thinner one when doing push cuts.
Slicing up some straw berries was as easy as with a thinner knife.
cutting bread and spreading butter easy enough to LOL
Battoning was a joy.
hiking along this little stream and doing a little brush clearing was a dream
This pic was with the 7" and the two 6" knives just before I packaged up Mistwalkers knife. I will be making myself one with a green handle to. that is a great color
here is pic of some of the gear I have been carring when out in the woods.
I have my 2 knife set up with the same sheath. one large knife and a smaller knife and you have the dream team I think.
Thanks again to mistwalker and his thoughts help on this knife design that we were able to come up with it and the great feed back from all of you to
Bryan