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or 'Gnar' for short 
This is a pattern I've been working on for awhile, and now that it's built, I understand better why it's one of my favourite designs so far.
Timothy A. Johnson brought a lot to the table with this knife. It calls for an insulated handle via mortised tang construction, but I never expected the handle to be built like this! The edge on the NitroV* blade is kitchen knife sharp...like- hairsplitting sharp. Although I designed this to be a heavy duty tactical knife for any environment, I'm glad to have a version which is lighter, stainless, and more practical for regular stuff. That means I'll probably get to use it more, and that interface is really important to me, since I always want to improve my skills wrt designing cutlery
The balance that Tim was able to achieve is impressive! That, coupled with a handle that feels like it melted into your hand should equate to a knife you could use all day as though it were an organic extension of your arm. I'll have to make a sheath for it so that I can start using it for stuff, which I haven't done yet since I wanted pictures of a clean knife and no way to carry it safely
There's not much more to tell you than what I've already said, so I'll let the pictures do the talking
Balances at the index finger bay;
Palmwood and micarta;
Ps. Tim's logo might look a little familiar, there's a reason for that
*NitroV:
C: 0.680
Si: 0.384
Mn: 0.780
P: 0.0190
S: 0.0020
Cr: 12.980
V: 0.079
N: 0.1098
This is a pattern I've been working on for awhile, and now that it's built, I understand better why it's one of my favourite designs so far.
Timothy A. Johnson brought a lot to the table with this knife. It calls for an insulated handle via mortised tang construction, but I never expected the handle to be built like this! The edge on the NitroV* blade is kitchen knife sharp...like- hairsplitting sharp. Although I designed this to be a heavy duty tactical knife for any environment, I'm glad to have a version which is lighter, stainless, and more practical for regular stuff. That means I'll probably get to use it more, and that interface is really important to me, since I always want to improve my skills wrt designing cutlery
The balance that Tim was able to achieve is impressive! That, coupled with a handle that feels like it melted into your hand should equate to a knife you could use all day as though it were an organic extension of your arm. I'll have to make a sheath for it so that I can start using it for stuff, which I haven't done yet since I wanted pictures of a clean knife and no way to carry it safely
There's not much more to tell you than what I've already said, so I'll let the pictures do the talking
Balances at the index finger bay;
Palmwood and micarta;
Ps. Tim's logo might look a little familiar, there's a reason for that
*NitroV:
C: 0.680
Si: 0.384
Mn: 0.780
P: 0.0190
S: 0.0020
Cr: 12.980
V: 0.079
N: 0.1098
