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Hello hello!
I designed this to be a multi purpose, light weight outdoors knife. The leaf shaped blade is a versatile shape, while the handle provides many options for your hand, and the knife is generally svelte and unobtrusive.
The particular iteration is a little different than what I originally had in mind. A local friend of mine wanted a knife for gardening, so this knife has a hollow ground main primary bevel, while the primary bevel out toward the tip is flat ground with a convex plane. The idea being that the acute main edge will prune effortlessy and leave a clean cut, while the portion of the blade out toward the tip is robust enough for minor digging type work and more heavy use. There is no distal taper, and while this knife isn't built for super heavy duty use, the blade is very stiff. I opted for a coarse grit, hand rubbed finish.
The construction of this knife's handle utilizes a G10 frame, which is pinned in place to both handle scales using 2mm stainless steel pins. The scales are burlap micarta, which is quite abrasion resistant and tough, and they are held together via two G10 pins and a brass lanyard tube. The steel is AEB-L, with a cryogenic quench for high hardness and maximum wear resistance for this material.
The sheath is 9oz veg tan leather, dyed and hot packed, and per customer request built for calf carry. I have to measure her leg yet, so that I can build the strap system which is be adjustable via chicago screws and easily mounted and dismounted with snaps. The straps will be Biothane.
Thank you so much for looking! Comments, questions etc are welcome.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I designed this to be a multi purpose, light weight outdoors knife. The leaf shaped blade is a versatile shape, while the handle provides many options for your hand, and the knife is generally svelte and unobtrusive.
The particular iteration is a little different than what I originally had in mind. A local friend of mine wanted a knife for gardening, so this knife has a hollow ground main primary bevel, while the primary bevel out toward the tip is flat ground with a convex plane. The idea being that the acute main edge will prune effortlessy and leave a clean cut, while the portion of the blade out toward the tip is robust enough for minor digging type work and more heavy use. There is no distal taper, and while this knife isn't built for super heavy duty use, the blade is very stiff. I opted for a coarse grit, hand rubbed finish.
The construction of this knife's handle utilizes a G10 frame, which is pinned in place to both handle scales using 2mm stainless steel pins. The scales are burlap micarta, which is quite abrasion resistant and tough, and they are held together via two G10 pins and a brass lanyard tube. The steel is AEB-L, with a cryogenic quench for high hardness and maximum wear resistance for this material.
The sheath is 9oz veg tan leather, dyed and hot packed, and per customer request built for calf carry. I have to measure her leg yet, so that I can build the strap system which is be adjustable via chicago screws and easily mounted and dismounted with snaps. The straps will be Biothane.
Thank you so much for looking! Comments, questions etc are welcome.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you!
Would take an effort for me to dig with it - not on the knife's part, as I understand, but it's like that new car thing. 
