Help with my design

Thanks for the insight! Like I said in the OP, I intend it to be an all-around utility knife, not just a chopper. Through my own use, I've found that the usual hot-spot for me is on my pinky finger and the fleshy part of the hand, both towards the butt end of the knife. It's usually not too much of a problem as long as there's no gimping there, or I wear gloves.

The balance point I imagine, just from looking at it will be right at the end of the handle, or maybe just a bit before it, depending on scale thickness.

Unfortunately, my resources at the moment really limit me to making templates out of paper or cardboard.

BTW I really dig the grind on that 2nd one, Hankins. :thumbup:
 
Thanks
See what 15yrs of practice gets you :thumbup:
Whenever I'm not sure of a design concept I use 1/4" thick wood you can get at home depot in the trim Isle
Costs about $3 for a 3" wide x 2' long piece and you can use it for handle scales as well.
It's an easy way to tweek designs before committing them to steel. Easy to figure out balance points etc.
 
Dunno...those up her are strange grinding...I mean..there's first, a very large point at the top of the blade that will not help in neither cut or batoning\chopping. If you want a full height blade (the best to me) you can just keep a little saber but not others sick grinding, that looks good but didn't help in cutting tasks.
My two cents, as user and not maker.
 
This project has been put on the back burner recently. I made some cardboard scales this morning.
I found out that cardboard is kinda tough to cut precisely so the cardboard model is slightly larger than the drawing.
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doesn't hold an edge very well either, but watch out for paper cuts!
 
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