Cur Dog

[Barker]

I made this knife for a bladeforums member. It is a collaboration of his design and my construction. To be honest, at first I wasn't that thrilled with the design. Mainly because I had only made about 25 knives at the time he contacted me and didn't know if I had the skills to pull it off. But, because I'm a custom maker I 'm up for anything. Well as I got a few more knives under my belt and more knowledge I finally finished this one. I call it the Cur Dog because it is a mix of sorts, it's small and strong and cuts like nothing I've ever made before. The blade is 3" long made of 5/32" CPM154. The grind is hollow on the left side and flat on the right with a swedge. I ground them down to a less than .005" egde and put the secondary bevel on the hollow ground side. It also has a fore finger groove. The handle is 3.5" long black G10 scales with corby bolts. Thumb grooves on each side. I have to admit this design is awesome and my hat is off to Jon Law who designed it. It was my plesure to make it for him.
Your comments would be greatly appreciated.
-John

 

[Fletcher Knives]

That knife is GORGEOUS! Great job man. New maker or not, your work on this knife is terrific. Very cool design too. The owner should be crazy happy with that.

 

[biogon]

WOW!

Looks amazing!!

Thank you so for much for working on this project. She really came out like I imagined.

A quick description of the design philosophy:

Utility EDC with a short blade for legality, long handle for comfort. Low wharncliffe-style blade to keep the tip pointy and easily accessible, but a bit of a belly just so you can keep cutting on a flat surface without the perpetual "first quarter of the blade" problem with a complete wharnie.

The grind is modeled on the traditional Japanese sashimi knives -- low saber Puukko-style on the right-hand side, and a high gentle hollow on the left side for ease of sharpening (lay the whole flat on the stone and hone.)

The hump on the spine near the tip is for index-on-spine grip control, and the thumb grooves on the sides are for kitchen-knife grip.

Basically, geared toward slicey/stabby while maximizing control over power in all grips.

Thank you, John, for working on this again.

Can't wait to get her and cut up some stuff!

-j

 

[J. Rosa]

Pretty sweet John! That is a solid design. I thik you pulled it off pretty well.

 

[SpearZ]

It's kind of a hammer head tip, once the impact tip has broken thru the rest of the blade enters easily, is my thought :thumbup: