Akamata Knife - a front flipper I designed

[Arata_Shiryo]

This knife was primarily based on the japanese honesuki knife. I was trying to make a smooth flowing knife, representing a snake. The whole knife is designed with circles, based on the golden ratio.

Unfortunately I have yet to find a manufacturer, but because of my background I was able to create realistic renderings of what the knife would look like in real life.
Fusion 360 was used for all of the modeling and the scene creates, as well as rendering, was done in Blender. Some post processing was also done in Photoshop and Lightroom afterwards.

I would love to hear your opinion on this design and what you think. Please let me know if there is anything that you would have done differently!
Appreciate your time and have a beautiful day!

 

[Mecha]

I like it!

Only problems I could see is, depending on the thickness of the handle, it might be hard to sharpen the back part of the blade without hitting the handle with the sharpening media unless the angle is obtuse. The front flipper tab also might get caught on the edges of a pocket and things, since it does stick out a lot.

The knife looks pretty awesome.

 

[Arata_Shiryo]

I like it!

Only problems I could see is, depending on the thickness of the handle, it might be hard to sharpen the back part of the blade without hitting the handle with the sharpening media unless the angle is obtuse. The front flipper tab also might get caught on the edges of a pocket and things, since it does stick out a lot.

The knife looks pretty awesome.

Thank you mate! I will keep that in mind for the next design. Hope you have a great day!