Help! My wife and son are arguing over this one. Just take a look and help me out of.

kenhills

kenhills

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Hi All,

This project has been on my mind for a while it started out as a concept knife. I have been trying to blur the line between a camp knife and a bush craft knife or small hatchet. I guess it worked my wife wants it in the kitchen and my son wants to take it backpacking. Simple solution, sell it here. I am not getting in the middle of that. So someone get me out of this and buy it or at least make me a reasonable offer. Ken


The Specifics:
3/16ths 1095 to a RC of 57-58
Hollow grind on a 10 inch wheel, shaving sharp (arm hair any way)
Mirror finish
Overall length 10 inches
Blade length 6 inches around the curve
Handle is Red Maple 5 ½ inches long
3/16ths brass pins
$115 shipped to the lower 48 add another $15 for a Kydex sheath but lets talk about what your requirements are before I make it. Comments are always welcome.


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A few reasons, first it gives me a better edge and its easier to sharpen by the end user when it needs to be. Two is that I also spend time in the kitchen. I have good knives but they are all flat ground so when thinly slicing some food I am always "pealing" them off the knife after the slice. With the hollow grind they tend to fall off instead of sticking to the blade.
 
This would make an outstanding small cleaver for the kitchen. With that hollow grind I'd be worried about chopping/bushcraft use. You should give that to your wife and make another with a flat or convex grind for your son to carry in the woods. That way everyone's happy.
 
That is an excellent suggestion. Never thought of the fact that the hollow grind might not hold up. I don't know about battoning but I think it would hold up to general bush work. But your point is well taken. Next one will be either a flat grind or perhaps a chisel grind. I find the convex grinds are hard to keep sharp. Any thoughts on the chisel grind. It could be built for left or right handed work as a chisel grind tends to move in one direction or another. Anyone out there remember if it moves in the direction of the bevel or away from it?
 
So then for a right handed person I would make the bevel of the chisel grind on the right side of the blade as the blade points away from you? Just making sure I have my head wrapped around it.
 
That would be correct. If the knife is edge down, spine up, point to the left, and handle to the right, you shouldn't be able to see the bevel for a right handed chisel.
 
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