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For those who do not know, Ron is a Canadian bladesmith and is pretty low-key but does really nice work. This "basic" knife is very much below his talent level and skillset.
Here is a pic he sent me this morning of my custom knife, ready to ship to me this week. I will post more pics when I receive it.
I designed this very no-frills utilitarian style knife to be a jack-of-all-trades tool. I want to be able to process food or wood. I want to be able to skin a rabbit and dress out a deer, or even fillet a fish. While this length blade may not excel at any of those tasks, it should be able to do a decent job at any of them.
When I designed this, I specifically spec'd the handle to fit my hand exactly. Most knives are a one-size-fits-all, except they don't. I don't have overly large (as in wide) hands. So I specifically had the space between the front "guard" and rear "pommel" built to a pretty specific dimension.
Ron does most of his work in 154cm, which suits this knife just fine. I don't want to worry that I forgot to wipe it down with oil after a day in the woods, or a weekend of camping, or leaving it in a wet leather sheath overnight. 154cm is my favorite stainless steel. It sharpens easily and takes a fine and relatively long-lasting edge. I asked for this one in .20" thickness. Thick enough for decent strength, but thin enough to be light in the hand.
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I find that the majority of my knife requirement tasks lately are usually of the slicing/cutting/skinning variety, so I wanted a blade with substantial belly and a full-flat primary grind. I didn't need or want a drop or clip point on this one, or upper swedges. Again - utilitarian and no frills, simple but functional.
I will most likely make (or commission) a kydex sheath for it at some point.
Here is the original sketch I sent him for this build. I'm not worried about any of you bastids stealing my design - it's pretty generic. I think Ron nailed it.
Here is a pic he sent me this morning of my custom knife, ready to ship to me this week. I will post more pics when I receive it.
I designed this very no-frills utilitarian style knife to be a jack-of-all-trades tool. I want to be able to process food or wood. I want to be able to skin a rabbit and dress out a deer, or even fillet a fish. While this length blade may not excel at any of those tasks, it should be able to do a decent job at any of them.
When I designed this, I specifically spec'd the handle to fit my hand exactly. Most knives are a one-size-fits-all, except they don't. I don't have overly large (as in wide) hands. So I specifically had the space between the front "guard" and rear "pommel" built to a pretty specific dimension.
Ron does most of his work in 154cm, which suits this knife just fine. I don't want to worry that I forgot to wipe it down with oil after a day in the woods, or a weekend of camping, or leaving it in a wet leather sheath overnight. 154cm is my favorite stainless steel. It sharpens easily and takes a fine and relatively long-lasting edge. I asked for this one in .20" thickness. Thick enough for decent strength, but thin enough to be light in the hand.
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I find that the majority of my knife requirement tasks lately are usually of the slicing/cutting/skinning variety, so I wanted a blade with substantial belly and a full-flat primary grind. I didn't need or want a drop or clip point on this one, or upper swedges. Again - utilitarian and no frills, simple but functional.
I will most likely make (or commission) a kydex sheath for it at some point.
Here is the original sketch I sent him for this build. I'm not worried about any of you bastids stealing my design - it's pretty generic. I think Ron nailed it.
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