Favorite ~7" Slicer Pattern?

[Marion David Poff]

So,

I am working on getting a custom ~7" Slicer/Wilderness Blade....

It's essential functions will be slicing, shearing, push cuts and some piercing. No chopping, prying etc.... I would like it to be equally at home in the kitchen or in the field. I know how to engineer it for the required tasks, but I am having some issues with the form of the thing, the shape, the pattern.

I tend to go to ABS style patterns for this type of knife, but I am open minded, and honestly do not feel I have seen the end all be all of this style.

And I am wondering what is your favorite pattern?

Images would help.... : )

I will have a bigger knife, so it need not be bulletproof, and even if I wanted that, I could just make it thicker.

I am looking for something...

Rezin Bowie meets F Dick?

Butcher Knife meets Busse?

Searles meets Spyderco?

Hudson Bay/Cumberland meets Perrin?

Seax meets Mad Dog?

Grohmann meets Harsey?

So, I am looking for patterns, shapes, the way the handle and blade combine for function....

I think that I am leaning towards a Seax style, low point like. Think Santoku with narrower tip.... But, that may not be it....

What sort of handle should it have, to make the best of it's blade?

Let's brainstorm, you know, throw some ideas against the wall, and see what sticks....

Marion

 

[Jared Stenoien]

how about a nessmuk? http://www.oldjimbo.com/survival/racquette/nessmukbydale.html

 

[hank_rearden]

a drop point where the first two inches from the point can skin, slash, prick.

a belly 2 1/2 inches from the point (not too deep, kinda like a carving knife) for a nice bite during a draw cut and of course some chopping.

a slightly convex profile from that belly to the choil for witthling, slicing, carving on wood.

the lighter and slimmer, it's a carving knife.

the heavier with a deeper belly, it's a pinoy gulok.

 

[Marion David Poff]

mrstenoien - Strangely enough, my mind thought of Nessmuk.

In fact I was going to add a couple more non sequitur couplets....

Nessmuk meets Terzuola?

Punal/Cuchillo/Facon meets Strider?

hank - good analysis