Dimensions for head knife?

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Maelstrom78

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The least enjoyable part about making a sheath for me is cutting out the rough profile from the hide.

Anybody help me out with some dimensions for a head knife? I'm going to try making one out of some .070 AEB-L I have lying around.

Thanks!
 
Here is a photo of one of Dave's and one of mine side by side.
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Mine measures 4.25" tip to tip and 5.75" from center of the cutting edge to the end of the handle. I believe Dave's is about the same in width but is 3/4 to a full 1" shorter in length. Mine was made with .053" 13c26(virtually the same as AEB-L) and I believe Dave's was the same. The .070 should work, just be sure to grind it thin.

Chris
 
Grind it thin if you are starting with stock that thick.
 
I find from experience that .041 is about the ideal thickness overall and then down to zero for the edge.

Keep in mind I'm just a user…..not a maker.

Paul
 
I agree with that zero grind, no secondary bevel. Be careful grinding they are a different beast and stick out different places. Easy to catch a corner on a belt and have it flung at ya. I've gone to doing most of my grinding on a round knife standing perpendicular to the belt. AEB-L is a great steel for this app. I have Peters do my ht and we get 63RC on em. They really hold an edge that way. Still very easy to resharpen. I've spent quite a bit of time on the phone with Paul and have tried to incorporate quite a bit of his user experience into the roundknives I'm making. Go THIN.
 
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