Critique my knife

Would you use this knife?

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scarysamcary

scarysamcary

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As I continue my journey as a knife maker, I have found that some knives just get made. I don't know what I was thinking when I designed it. I had two feet of 0.07/2inch 1084 to play with and I wanted a 12in chopper, so I just made one.

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I'm still as green as could be, so I want to know if you would use this knife and why. Tell me what you think, you won't hurt my feelings.
 
I like :
- the simple, efficient blade
- the straight handle
- the thin stock

I don't like :
- the low saber grind

I'm sure it would be great :
- in the kitchen for cutting up bigger pieces of meat, whole fishes, stubborn root vegetables, etc.
- for butchering a cow, a pig, a deer,...
 
scarysamcary said:
As I continue my journey as a knife maker, I have found that some knives just get made. I don't know what I was thinking when I designed it. I had two feet of 0.07/2inch 1084 to play with and I wanted a 12in chopper, so I just made one.

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I'm still as green as could be, so I want to know if you would use this knife and why. Tell me what you think, you won't hurt my feelings.
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Looks good to me!

The only thing I would say is that the handle looks a little slick. Also, how big is the handle?
 
The handle is 4iches by roughly 4/5ths an inch and thin at only half an inch.

It is forward heavy with a +2inch POB, but the overall weight is only 6.60oz so hand fatigue will take a while. It is light and nimble in use and shaving sharp, but even with that forward balance it lacks power in the chop due to it's lightweight and thin stock.
 
I like what you're doing: keep it up! 👍
I'm just concerned about the trailing edge of the blade where it meets the grip...
Perhaps some sort of guard is needed?
 
Just the idea that you could pull it out if your head and make it a thing is something to be very proud of. I don’t have that kind of vision, and if I did, I wouldn’t know where to start trying to make it. I don’t have much use for big knives myself, but obviously a lot of members here do. And that thing just screams ‘I destroy big stuff’. Very cool!
 
Just Doing it is one of the Best things about being a knife maker. Good Job!!!

Love that style. Timeless. I really like it

I'd maybe bring the grind lines up higher, but that's nitpicking.

Straight boring handles are some of my Favorites. As long as the length and thickness work out.
 
For a large chopper, I much prefer some thing with a palm swell, a flare at the back or some other thing to keep it from flying out of my hand while chopping. That knife, with its small straight handle, just looks like it’s waiting to go airborne.


I agree with the poster above about the grind. I think I would be much more keen on that knife if it had a convex.
 
I love the dimensions and the blade. But I'd be afraid it would slip out of my hand, both in the kitchen or outside chopping. A little contour in the back of the handle would be great. Nice to have finger room in the handle front, close to the blade though (for cutting on a board, etc.).
 
Thank you all for the input. I was expecting much harsher criticism, so I am tickled pink by all the kind words. Obviously the handle size/shape is everyone's biggest issue, so I will keep that in mind as I go forward. I rarely make a blade with this small a handle or with this little contouring, so I will just avoid doing that again in the future.
 
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