Help with knife design. Now a WIP. FINISHED!! Almost

Okay, that makes sense. My thought is it's looking better by far than when you started. Be aware that if you use it for gutting or cleaning game or fish, those triangles are just going to make it harder to clean. Unlike others, I actually like the aesthetic.

- Greg
 
tryppyr said:
Okay, that makes sense. My thought is it's looking better by far than when you started. Be aware that if you use it for gutting or cleaning game or fish, those triangles are just going to make it harder to clean. Unlike others, I actually like the aesthetic.

- Greg
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Thank you

Nick
 
Ok this is Rev. 1.3.

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Changed the handle shortened the jimping and moved it back a little.
 
for utility use
i would drop the pockets , or leave theme in but full flat grind the blade,

egde angle will be to thick to be to thick for lots off uses, to have a small degree cutting angle
by flat grinding you also make the point a little thinner,

for crow bar use.. best leave as is , but do a chisel grind or accept the bevel will not have the same angle over the length
 
You talk about the pockets making it lighter, this is true but what is the blades intended use for you. When it comes to balance there is in my opinion three variants. Handle heavy makes the knif fast in hand liked by knife fighters, center balance makes for a great thrower and blade heavy is perfect for bushcrafty stuff, chopping batonning and what not. Unless its just for looks and collection then by all means plate it gold and throw in a expresso maker you know :D
 
I think it is looking better and better! Great job for an early design and more importantly you are listening to feedback. I see good things in the future. You came to the right place for feedback too, nice!

I'm personally not a fan of jimping but that isn't really important, what is is that it is nice and comfortable. I like to make sure they are very smooth and well finished before heat treat. Jimping is a trade off, you are less likely to slip up on the knife, it aids in some control... on the other hand it won't be as comfortable over long term use.

The grind could be great, saber grinds are well proven and a great choice for a camp knife.

The handle looks fine to me, keep that drop to it for sure.

aesthetics of the triangles... I tried some in earlier designs and looking back I don't like them, to each their own. I see where you are coming from though.

One thing to consider is that with a saber grind you probably want some weight behind it for light chopping or at least nothing to catch when splitting or plowing through material.

Keep up the good work!
 
Well obviously the triangle pockets are very unpopular as they serve no purpose except looks and could possibly hinder the usefulness of the knife overall.

However, I like them (at least I think I will) and they are staying.

This is one knife in a future of hopefully many and I'm just stuck on this idea. I really do appreciate all of the advice but the pockets I guess I'll have to learn the hard way.
 
Daniel Fairly Knives said:
I think it is looking better and better! Great job for an early design and more importantly you are listening to feedback. I see good things in the future. You came to the right place for feedback too, nice!

I'm personally not a fan of jimping but that isn't really important, what is is that it is nice and comfortable. I like to make sure they are very smooth and well finished before heat treat. Jimping is a trade off, you are less likely to slip up on the knife, it aids in some control... on the other hand it won't be as comfortable over long term use.

The grind could be great, saber grinds are well proven and a great choice for a camp knife.

The handle looks fine to me, keep that drop to it for sure.

aesthetics of the triangles... I tried some in earlier designs and looking back I don't like them, to each their own. I see where you are coming from though.

One thing to consider is that with a saber grind you probably want some weight behind it for light chopping or at least nothing to catch when splitting or plowing through material.

Keep up the good work!
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Thanks!
 
Ok I found a piece of A36 in the scrap pile at work today and decided to do a test run.

I'm glad I did because I want to change the handle a little bit. It's too wide

Here it is profiled and pocketed....

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I started to grind on it and clean up the mill scale a little.

Again I'm glad to have a practice piece it's hard to transition smoothly from the flat part to the curved part.

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Another close up.


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It's pretty huge and yes I still like the pockets if anyone was curious. The only thing that sucks is that this piece is 1/4 thick so not a very good representation of what the finished knife will be. Also I only worked on one side of it.

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So will it be a complete chisel grind? Emerson has famous utility knives with that grind, it should work well with what you have done so far.

Good machine work.
 
ron_m80 said:
So will it be a complete chisel grind? Emerson has famous utility knives with that grind, it should work well with what you have done so far.

Good machine work.
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To be perfectly honest I'm not sure what that is. I'm going to grind both sides the same. Similar to what is in the pictures.

EDIT: I did some research and I now know what a chisel grind is. It's pretty self explanatory but I don't like to assume things. So no not a chisel grind.
 
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Get rid of the triangles brother....

If you are doing it for design.... dont

If you doing it to lighten the knife then get some 1/8" stock

But you are on the right track
 
I'd lose the triangles too.

No point, hard to clean, hard to finish the insides of them, looks like the stuff Frost or United Cutlery sells.

I'd also use thinner stock and do a full flat grind, that will give you lots of weight reduction.


This photo
http://i.imgur.com/Bl3H5.jpg
Mockup the full handle thickness's
It looks as if the handle is a good fit to your hands now, but once you have their full thickness, the handle may be too large.
 
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