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Has anyone ever spaced out the handle. Good idea or no.
 
I'ts not so different than the stacked handle on a kabar I suppose. If it was chamfered in the right spots and the gaps weren't too big I suppose it be worth a try. It would add some nice bite while wearing gloves or to channel away blood, mud or dirt.

Worst case you put some kind of sub-bolster or sub-hilt to fill the gaps.

I am not a maker. I mean, I made brownies once...nevermind. :(
 
I'm going to vote no, and not to be a dick. I just don't see any advantage to it. Other possible issues I see are:

You need at least 6 pins to index everything and keep it all square and symmetrical side to side so it doesn't look terrible.

When you epoxy the scale pieces on, it will be tough to clean up the squeeze out between pieces and make it look decent.

The exposed tang area will be more prone to rust because it's exposed, not sealed, and difficult to clean and dry properly between scale pieces.

These are just a few of the issues I see. In a case like this, where custom makers are doing insanely creative builds, if nobody is doing it there is likely a reason. I think this is a case where the wheel is already invented, proven, and works.
 
I think it could work if you only have the middle piece as a sort of palm swell, and you are using 1/4" thick steel where you are round the edges almost like a integral handle.
 
I would also say no for the same reasons that Grayzer86 pointed out. But you can certainly do it! Little extra pin work & whatnot. Unlikely to be "the next best thing since sliced bread"! But it would be unique.

I'm wondering, does your thinking behind this have a specific agenda? Say, weight savings? Because there are better ways. Or was this simply to be unique?
 
I say no. It is only going to leave more areas for moisture and gunk to get under the scales and attack the tang.

I thought it was kinda dumb on this folder too.
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I say try it! Why not? I would use a g-10 spacer between the tang and the wood to keep the "gunk" off the steel. G-10 spacer opens up some nice contrast options too.
 
One Armed said:
I would also say no for the same reasons that Grayzer86 pointed out. But you can certainly do it! Little extra pin work & whatnot. Unlikely to be "the next best thing since sliced bread"! But it would be unique.

I'm wondering, does your thinking behind this have a specific agenda? Say, weight savings? Because there are better ways. Or was this simply to be unique?
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Just for the hell of it
 
Still trying too hard.

Master the basics to perfection.

Look at thousands of good knives to develop an eye. Start in the Customs forum.
 
Perhaps if the blade is a safe queen. First time you use it dressing out an animal, I think you will not like those spaces.
Look like gunk catchers to me. There are art knives and working knives. Working blades need to incorporate the attributes
that serve their specific, or perhaps general, purpose. Art blades aren’t necessarily designed to be used on a regular basis, or at all, so
ergonomics and functionallity elements can be trumped by artistic ones. The blade posted above appears to be a hunter/skinner.
You didn’t pay for my opinion and you got your moneys worth!
 
I think you should definitely do it! Sometimes we can learn from our experiments and also from our failures. These types of lessons often stick with us better than somebody just telling us something.
 
Jonathans said:
Perhaps if the blade is a safe queen. First time you use it dressing out an animal, I think you will not like those spaces.
Look like gunk catchers to me. There are art knives and working knives. Working blades need to incorporate the attributes
that serve their specific, or perhaps general, purpose. Art blades aren’t necessarily designed to be used on a regular basis, or at all, so
ergonomics and functionallity elements can be trumped by artistic ones. The blade posted above appears to be a hunter/skinner.
You didn’t pay for my opinion and you got your moneys worth!
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There a folder knive too , I can bet lot of guys sometime use them for dressing out an animal ?
 
Natlek, While living in Kodiak for 20 yrs I’ve never seen a local take to the field for game larger than a ptarmigan or a salmon with a folder to be used for anything other than a camp knife. I might be wrong about the salmon though!
 
Jonathans said:
There are art knives and working knives. Working blades need to incorporate the attributes
that serve their specific, or perhaps general, purpose. Art blades aren’t necessarily designed to be used on a regular basis, or at all, so
ergonomics and functionallity elements can be trumped by artistic ones.
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Very good point. Ferrier rasp knives are one thing that comes to mind when I think "art" knife. The pits on one side and grooves on the other would be hell to try cleaning guts out of:eek:
 
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