Caswell FB Prototype

JCaswell

JCaswell

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Here's a quick look at a new little knife I'm working on.

Blade:
S30V
3.25 long, .200 thick.
HT by Bos to 59Rc

Scales:
‘Desert Blonde” canvas Micarta (will also have G-10 and other Micarta colors).
Textured (like the folder texture but ‘scaled up’ quite a bit.)

Other unique features:
scale bushings (like 1911 grips) and large ‘oversize’ Torx SS fasteners.
Proprietary, patent-pending “Omega” low-profile lanyard-spool system.

I'm debating final finish for the blade. I'm thinking either satin or bright 'stonewash' ...
 

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That is really sweet! There is room between the scales to add some fishing line, hooks, dry flies, etc.......
 
That's awesome! You've incorporated a bunch of really great ideas, and done it in an appealing package... nice!
 
Nice one, Joe.....will make a real nice companion for one of your folders. :cool:
 
I'm in love with that knife, and I wish I could say in a strictly pluetonic way...
 
A. Brett Schaller said:
Can you give us more information on the idea behind the lanyard system?
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Well, the lanyard system is made up of an 'Omega'-shaped cut-out into the actual blade profile and a corresponding 'spool'-shaped piece that drops into the round part of the Omega-shaped cutout. This spool is constrained by the undercut of the Omega-shape and by the handle scales.

Though there's certainly nothing wrong with a simple hole for the most part, this system offers a few advantages.

First, it eliminates the need an hole in your handle. There's obviously an aesthetic advantage here IMO, and maybe a modest comfort advantage depending upon the comparative placement of the standard hole (Some lanyard holes-put the lanyard where you feel it, and it can be annoying that way, especially when the hole is inboard a bit.)

This particular solution is simple, not particularly costly or difficult to make and effective, easy for the user to access an compatible with any number of lanyard configurations.
The lanyard projects from the knife in an orderly way that's seems 'cleaner' to me than an exposed knot with the lanyard sometimes biasing one way or the other depending upon how it's tied.

May not seem like a big deal to most, but I thought it was an area worth developing an alternative solution--as long as that solution was not complicated, costly, fragile or heavy. I think this meets those requirements.


:)BTW, Thanks to all for the kind words and encouragement! It is much appreciated!:)
 

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That is cool, I like that lanyard spool :thumbup: And the knife looks like a great edc size too.
 
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