Design feedback on a general purpose bush-craft. WIP. Done with pics

Yesterday i scored some 3,5 mm aeb-l steel, and today i drove by a tiny watercutting sign in a suburban industrial area. I went in to the shop an there was a friendly old man whit a watercutting table. He priced by the minute whit no initial fee so it will be around 10-14$ a blank. I´ve been looking so hard for a place like online that and now i found it guided by intuition in irl instead. :) :) :). Whit some luck there will be action next week. :)
 
peppen108 said:
The second one is a adoption to a steel bar I can get my hands on for cheap. The first one will cost 10x more. The last one is just at better fit adoption to the cheap "Mora"-bar to maximize the shape.

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I am also at the point where I am thinking about blade design. I would like your bottom design best if the finger grove were moved back from the edge about 5mm. You could also add a drop point to it. I think that this would be the easiest to make.
 
Good observation Bo T.
Having a small flat section behind the edge and before the choil will keep fingers and edges away from each other.
And, as you said, a tiny drop to the point will aid the look.
 
Tanks for the tip on the droppoint. I am going to draw some variations on the top knife tonight. I have had the choil meet the edge before and it feels 100% safe and gives you god momentum carwing..
 
A is th original. B has had the back straightened and the point dropped. C is B whit the top and bottom off the handle aligned.


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I don't think you have a loser in the bunch. My eye says that CB and CC are off balance somehow, but not much. I think you should cut a couple of them out in wood to see how they feel in your hand.
 
Verify this elsewhere but in the bushcraft class I took, baton hitting the upper edge for cutting/chopping would be better if it was level/straight line. The arc design would make a hitting blow less efficient in my opinion. Google classic bushcraft knifes and imitate some of their designs.
 
I actually found a laser cutting machine today and made friends whit the operator. I saw it in the background in the newspaper a year ago and i taught since i found a water cutter yesterday I might give this a try today. And bingo. I can cut next Thursday if I´m in doubt.
 
I like CBA.

MT Borg,
The small arc on this blade will not deflect the splitting force if batoned.
 
MT Borg said:
Verify this elsewhere but in the bushcraft class I took, baton hitting the upper edge for cutting/chopping would be better if it was level/straight line. The arc design would make a hitting blow less efficient in my opinion. Google classic bushcraft knifes and imitate some of their designs.
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I guess the bush craft teacher was right in principle,. I´ve kept the tip rather straight compared to some of the bush craft knifes out there. But if you angel the handle down some when batoning this shape wont be a problem imo.
 
This will be the last update tonight (I´m getting sloppy) but feel free to pitch in any thoughts even if It will set med back or the idea branches of.

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