Anniversary Knife Contest!

Ok I deleted my other entry and here is my new one that I doodled up in math class :p with a couple revisions ect.

Pocket Bowie
4 1/4" handle
4" blade
1" tall at the blades tallest point.
Full Flat ground
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Sorry that my lines arn't the cleanest. Free handing and all lol.
 
Here's mine.....

I named it the "Treeline Bowie" and was meant to be a slightly larger, beefier cousin of the Trapline.

5.5" Blade
4.5" Handle
1.5" Wide

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Thanks for the contest John and here's to many more!!!!!
 
Another GREAT design! WOW, everyone is better at this than me! I would pick at least 5 designs a head of mine. I find the contest enjoyable because it makes me think of what I will ask john to build next! Thanks again John, i don't think I'm getting a free knife out of this, but i have enjoyed it a lot
Dan
 
I'm glad I stopped by...I may have missed this!

Here's my design. I think it would look great in burlap micarta with brass pins or ghost jade G10 with stainless pins. The varied grind would provide a strong tip even though it's quite pointy. Would make a good driller. The taller grind near the handle would provide a nice low angle for carving, etc. John, if the varied grind is something that you can't or won't do, just let me know. I'm thinking basically flat grinds with a secondary convex edge. Leaving the forge scale above the grind lines would really set it off. I'm thinking of calling the design "Bird and Bushcraft" because I wanted to combine some qualities of a bushcraft knife (think woodlore style) with those of a bird and trout knife.

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Thanks for doing this again, John. Its fun!

Matt
 
M3mphis said:
I'm glad I stopped by...I may have missed this!

Here's my design. I think it would look great in burlap micarta with brass pins or ghost jade G10 with stainless pins. The varied grind would provide a strong tip even though it's quite pointy. Would make a good driller. The taller grind near the handle would provide a nice low angle for carving, etc. John, if the varied grind is something that you can't or won't do, just let me know. I'm thinking basically flat grinds with a secondary convex edge. Leaving the forge scale above the grind lines would really set it off. I'm thinking of calling the design "Bird and Bushcraft" because I wanted to combine some qualities of a bushcraft knife (think woodlore style) with those of a bird and trout knife.

Birdandbushcraft.jpg


Thanks for doing this again, John. Its fun!

Matt
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I like that. In fact, I like that a lot.
 
Bumpity bump...deadline for designs is tomorrow!!!!! (I'm not sure of the exact time...)
 
Deadline is 12 Midnight CST tomorrow. Over the weekend, I will be organizing 2 batches for voting (too many for one batch). This will be round 1 of the voting. The top 10 designs will go to round 2. Each person will get 1 vote per batch. I see a lot of designs that I would be proud to add to my line.
 
So this is a design I came up with called the "Kifaru". It means Rhino in Swahili. I designed it as a hybrid knife/light chopper platform. To me, it would be perfect as a slicer with a full flat grind and some thin stock 01. As a chopper, you could beef it up to 3/16" and go with a convex grind to do the job. I like "different" looking knives, and this one stood out to me out of the rest of the drawings that I did. It has a pointed, exposed pommel, a 6" blade, and a 4.5" handle (including pommel). I think it would be a wonderful tool for any kind of outdoors use! Thanks for the chance John, and to the rest of you: amazing designs, if money really did grow on trees I'd be commissioning the creation of many of them! Good luck to everyone!


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Holy crap. I gotta get a drawing done. Almost out of time. :eek:

pitdog said:
Congrats on hitting your 4th year John !

I'll add my entry now as I'm starting a block of long night shifts and don't know if I'll be able to post again before Friday.

Tried to keep it a little less wacky than my designs of the past John, I figured the blade shape would keep the tip plenty strong so it should be a great all round edc !


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Thanks for the chance !
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Jeeze Pit. Think like me much? I had a Santoku idea rattling around in my head. Back to brainstorming.:mad: :D
 
Nice one PMBSPYDER!, that one begs to have something to chop up. i agree it would be great as a multi purpose kitchen slicer if yo went thin and probably a pretty good chopper if yo went heavy. Nice1
 
danc said:
Nice one PMBSPYDER!, that one begs to have something to chop up. i agree it would be great as a multi purpose kitchen slicer if yo went thin and probably a pretty good chopper if yo went heavy. Nice1
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Thanks for the compliment Dan! I have to admit I'd probably go with 3/16", but that's just my love for blade heavy choppers. I think if you drop it down to 1/8" or 5/32" it would be the best of both worlds. Also, off-topic, when work slows a bit for me we should meet up and do some gear testing! -
 
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