• The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
    Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
    Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.

  • Today marks the 24th anniversary of 9/11. I pray that this nation does not forget the loss of lives from this horrible event. Yesterday conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was murdered, and I worry about what is to come. Please love one another and your family in these trying times - Spark

Critique my knife drawing

D

David LaFerney

Joined
Feb 4, 2015
Messages
122
I've seen in other threads this being quite a productive process - so let me have it. I think that the #2 knife turned out pretty good - now I want to scale it up with a bit more handle and a full size blade. So #3 is what I'm developing.

%233woodlore-plan.jpg
 
You went with a full flat grind on #2. Why are you planning a scandi grind for #3? I don't see any problems with what yu are drawing for #3. Have you considered a handle shape that is wider at the butt end?
 
i4Marc said:
You went with a full flat grind on #2. Why are you planning a scandi grind for #3? I don't see any problems with what yu are drawing for #3. Have you considered a handle shape that is wider at the butt end?
Click to expand...

I'm going with a scandi grind on this one because I've never used a full sized woodlore type knife so I wanted to make one to see what all the fuss is about - and they mostly all have scandi grinds. Just experimenting in other words. Nonetheless, I have ended up making the grind wider than in the plan on my first go at this knife - more to even out my imperfect hand work than anything.

The butt of the handle is thicker from above, but the profile is somewhat constrained by the 1" stock I'm using, and also the fact that I find a slightly down curved spine aesthetically pleasing. So the narrow stock and curved shape result in what you see. I have some other drawings for wider stock in the works that depart a bit from that.

Thanks for the input.
 
The down turned spine is fine. I was thinking dropping the bottom line. But it sounds like you know what you want. You're doing nice work. Keep us posted.
 
I love it. I love the #2, and think it would be useful for a lot of different tasks. It's not too big, so it would be easy to carry in a backpack or glove box.

Handle comfort is important. If you plan on doing some forceful push-cutting, be sure you have some handle material where the webbing between forefinger and thumb would be pushing on the spine.

[edit]: I do find both designs esthetically pleasing. That's one thing I love about knife-making is finding the balance between practicality and esthetics. That includes doing the best you can with materials on hand.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top