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Just how do you decide what group a knife falls into? I am not sure how other makers go about their design process, or if they sit down and think to them selves "I am going to make a Skinner" or "a Bowie" and so an and so forth. When I sit down to design the only thought in my head most of the time is "I want to make a knife" or "What will fit on this piece of steel"
This is what happened with the Dan Seaver Damascus I have, I never really thought of what it would be used for or what category it would fit into, the same thing with my first knife and the two Bowie like knives I have done. I started off with the idea of making a couple of folders when I ordered the steel, but once I got it in hand it evolved into this
Overall Length: 8 15/16
Blade Length: 4.3
Cutting Edge: 4.2
Handle Length: 4.7
Grind: Full Flat
Just what would I call this knife? I am trying to do a little write up on it to go along with the knife when I send it out to my brother next week for his birthday. It now has blue dyed birch burl scales that have been shaped fairly thin, but still has a near dead flat top, other then the radius edges for comfort. I am leaning towards the bird and trout class, but am unsure. I don't think he will use it much. He saw the pictures of it and commented on how much he liked it, but once he found out how much money I have in materials on it he said he could never afford it, he's a single dad with 2 teenage boys so money is tight for him. He hunts and fishes when he can afford to get out, but would never buy anything like this for himself.
Once I get the sheath done I will post some pictures of the completed knife.
This is what happened with the Dan Seaver Damascus I have, I never really thought of what it would be used for or what category it would fit into, the same thing with my first knife and the two Bowie like knives I have done. I started off with the idea of making a couple of folders when I ordered the steel, but once I got it in hand it evolved into this
Overall Length: 8 15/16
Blade Length: 4.3
Cutting Edge: 4.2
Handle Length: 4.7
Grind: Full Flat
Just what would I call this knife? I am trying to do a little write up on it to go along with the knife when I send it out to my brother next week for his birthday. It now has blue dyed birch burl scales that have been shaped fairly thin, but still has a near dead flat top, other then the radius edges for comfort. I am leaning towards the bird and trout class, but am unsure. I don't think he will use it much. He saw the pictures of it and commented on how much he liked it, but once he found out how much money I have in materials on it he said he could never afford it, he's a single dad with 2 teenage boys so money is tight for him. He hunts and fishes when he can afford to get out, but would never buy anything like this for himself.
Once I get the sheath done I will post some pictures of the completed knife.
but it would be one expensive set of steak knives, between the steel and the scales I have about $100 into it, then there is the ime it took me to make just the one
