Critique my design! And get brutal with it! ( You cannot dissuade me from making this knife!)

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So, other than the angle of the blade to handle, this one is looking more and more like this one - David Mary Knives Whartastic with 3.25" blade. The Whartastical may increase handle length for an extra 3/4" total (7.25")

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tinfoil hat timmy tinfoil hat timmy 's design edits takes it farther away from an existing knife instead.

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Sometimes building a better mousetrap isn’t such a bad thing.
 
Despite all the good fun in some answers, the truth is you are close to what you want in the first version.
Get rid of the thong hole and bird's head. Eliminate the plunge and grind the whole blade length.

I make a very similar kitchen knife. I call it a small santoku.
 
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As far as the sharpening choil goes , the reason I'm not putting one on this knife is because when I poke it into the bag of chicken feed to slice it open I don't want the bag catching in the choil. And the reason I don't want to sharpen the blade all the way across is because the heel of the blade doesn't stick out far enough below the handle . The heel of the blade is about halfway in the middle of my finger! And I think I'm going to stick with the birds beak at the butt of the handle in case I need to pull on the knife,as in the case of cutting leather or marking wood! And I agree about a little bit of belly or rocker in the blade. I originally drew it that way and then I thought it looked better all straight and square like that... Oh and the lanyard hole, I always put lanyard holes because they're one of my pins!
 
Michael Black said:
Just to jump in with the comments about the plunge, if you decide to keep the plunge, you might want to at least add a sharpening choil.

Love, the overall design though! Looks super useful.
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For the love of God....... No sharpening choil.
Why do makers use them????
Seems so Wrong
 
Crag the Brewer said:
For the love of God....... No sharpening choil.
Why do makers use them????
Seems so Wrong
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I had a look at my $8 knife that I like the patern of and while it has no choil they did stop the sharpening 2mm from the plunge line.
They lost control of the bevel at the tip on closer inspection on one side.
Out of the pack it was sharp but a tomato soon changed that.
Once the Toohr arives and I have enough design information I will give it a sharpen and see if it improves edge retention.
I need to add a file guide or 2 to the make/buy list.
 
Crag the Brewer said:
For the love of God....... No sharpening choil.
Why do makers use them????
Seems so Wrong
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Well, it's called a sharpening choil, not a cutting choil. I sharpened two knives the other day. The one with a choil was a breeze to sharpen. On the other one it was a little tricky to sharpen near the plunge and it's easy to scratch the plunge with the stone. Not all choils are the same. A 5/32" half circle might snag what you're cutting, but a shallow larger radius might not.
 
I make knives with sharpening choils and without depending on the intention of the knife. I agree that a knife with a sharpening choil is much easier to sharpen ! I will have to admit that sometimes I will include a sharpening choil or not simply based on looks. On some blades the lack of a sharpening choil just looks unfinished.
 
I say make the knife as you drew it, and then use it for a week. You'll know what changes you need to make (or not) far better than any advice or criticism given here. Everyone has preferences, including yourself. Some guys love sharpening choils and would never make a knife without one; others hate them and would never dream of using one. Same with birds beak pommels.

At any rate... sharpening choils can be added (or plunge lines lowered) after the fact, and handles can always be re-shaped too. Just a thought.
 
I hear ya on the rocker issue! I'll admit that the main reason I'm not going to include rocker on this one is looks!
 
Deep hollow grind. Either make it plungeless or give it just a touch more of a ricasso (just an aesthetic thing for me) no sharpening choil. Keep the handle just as it is. Make a reverse thumb ramp possibly.
 
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