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I have read many threads that discuss the individual opinions about peoples favorite knife or knives. These have been some of the more fascinating threads in my opinion. I propose a new discussion in this area. Instead of picking one's favorite knife and explaining your reasons. I would like to know what you would make if you could design your ideal knife. I understand that those of you who make knives are often constrained by price and availability of material, not to mention the amount of work that a certain piece might require to complete, and last but not least the demands of the knife buying public.
I would like to see what kinds of designs both knife makers and enthusiasts would consider if they could design what their ideal knife looks like and what it is made of.
I expect that someone who curently makes knives will have something totally different in mind than would the knife enthusiast. I would be interested to see such things as dimensions of the blade, blade material, handle material, type of grind and what rockwell you would give the blade.
I myself have my version of an ideal blade that I might try to make someday. I would start off with CPM10V for the blade steel. Preferrably 1/4 inch or slightly thicker. The blade would have a cutting edge of approximately five and a half inches with a finger choil about an inch long and half an inch deep so that I could choke up on the blade for the more delicate cutting tasks. I think that I would probably give it a five inch handle with a rounded birds head design.This would have ironwood for the handle slabs because it is relatively tough and durable. It would be balanced at the finger choil so that it would balance well if I ever had to use it to defend myself. I also expect that if I gave it a Moran grind, (primary bevel only, ground in a continuous convex arc all the way to the spine) and a deep belly with a shallow drop point that I could also us it for light to medium chopping,such as dry deadfall for firewood. I also like CPM10V for it's edge holding. I also believe that in a short knife with a thick grind that this steel would be strong enough to tolerate being pried with. The fact that it is not stain resistant is something that I've considered but would rather have the edge holding and toughness that this steel appears to have in the steel charts. Last of all I would give it a hardness of 60rc on the rockwell scale. Assuming that It could be done it would have a nice hand rubbed finish to about 600 grit.
So. What does your knife look like?
I would like to see what kinds of designs both knife makers and enthusiasts would consider if they could design what their ideal knife looks like and what it is made of.
I expect that someone who curently makes knives will have something totally different in mind than would the knife enthusiast. I would be interested to see such things as dimensions of the blade, blade material, handle material, type of grind and what rockwell you would give the blade.
I myself have my version of an ideal blade that I might try to make someday. I would start off with CPM10V for the blade steel. Preferrably 1/4 inch or slightly thicker. The blade would have a cutting edge of approximately five and a half inches with a finger choil about an inch long and half an inch deep so that I could choke up on the blade for the more delicate cutting tasks. I think that I would probably give it a five inch handle with a rounded birds head design.This would have ironwood for the handle slabs because it is relatively tough and durable. It would be balanced at the finger choil so that it would balance well if I ever had to use it to defend myself. I also expect that if I gave it a Moran grind, (primary bevel only, ground in a continuous convex arc all the way to the spine) and a deep belly with a shallow drop point that I could also us it for light to medium chopping,such as dry deadfall for firewood. I also like CPM10V for it's edge holding. I also believe that in a short knife with a thick grind that this steel would be strong enough to tolerate being pried with. The fact that it is not stain resistant is something that I've considered but would rather have the edge holding and toughness that this steel appears to have in the steel charts. Last of all I would give it a hardness of 60rc on the rockwell scale. Assuming that It could be done it would have a nice hand rubbed finish to about 600 grit.
So. What does your knife look like?