CPM 3V PotBelly - Repost with Price Drop

[Big Chris]

Specs:
.140" CPM 3V
9" OAL
4.375" Blade
1.6" Wide at Plunge and 1.81" Wide at Widest
Full Flat Grind
Natural Canvas Scales with White G10 Liners
Aluminum Pins and Tube
Deep Pouch Leather Sheath by Me

Asking $250


Price includes shipping via USPS Priority Mail to all 50 states with delivery confirmation, others can contact for additional shipping charges
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First, "I'll take it," gets it.

Feel free to email any questions/comments to bigchriscustomknives@gmail.com.

Thanks for looking!
Big Chris

 

[Fancier]

Hi Chris! I keep looking at this knife and wondering at the intent behind the blade shape.
It seems to give a lot of spine thickness up to the apex and then begin to thin down to the point.
If I'm right that gives a sturdy base with a thinner more slicey tip, although with your grinds it is certain to be a good slicer anyway.
Since it has a bushcraft style handle I'm thinking that it is sort of a hybrid between a bushcraft knife and a skinner.
On the other hand, maybe you had an oddly shaped piece of stock left over from another project!

 

[Big Chris]

I have made a couple of these and they are very useful once in hand. The spine thickness is very consistent from handle to top apex, and then it starts thinning down as you approach the tip. It was meant to be a type of Nessmuk/Skinner/Camp Knife. I like wide blades, but I do not like having the cutting edge way out in front of the fingers. I think this takes away from edge control when cutting or fuzz sticking. The wide blade also gives a lot of steel for strength at the same time as allowing low angle cutting geometry. The edge on this one is thick enough to handle some camp chores, but thin enough it will easily slice when it comes to prepping veggies and meat for the nights stew in camp. Another added bonus is that with the wide curved blade there is a lot of cutting edge to play with.

 

[Army of Nobunaga]

To help answer as I own a couple of this shape is that these shape of knifes make a better edc to me. In fact if this one had had a slight thumb ramp I would have already bought it.

The wider the blade width the easier it is to control when you have to apply a lot of cutting pressure.

Also as many of you I use my edcs in the kitchen.... wider knifes slice/dice (combination of both, thinner slices better) better in my opinion.

This sort of knife can be used from the oilfield to camping to rock climbing to the kitchen to hunting/skinning... I know because I use a few knives this shape for all of those. Sort of a master at none but really good at all. At least imo. I could ramble on and on but in the end its only my opinion and we all have those.



lastly as for my thumb ramp comment... if you have a thumb ramp with ridges you can invert the knife and use it as a probe with the ramp in the crook of your thumb anf pointy finger... very handy for precision use.

 

[Big Chris]

Thanks for the comment and added clarification Nobunaga.
I know the knife looks a little funny, but there is a ton of function designed into the blade, and I doubt that the end user would be dissatisfied.

 

[CRKDMike]

I really like this knife, especially the handles. It looks super comfortable. Not to mention CPM 3V....great wear resistance, and as tough as they come. It's a recipe for a great knife. Wish I had the cash for it....