I Designed a knife and now the design puzzles me

[redsquid2]

Ignoring the ones at top center and bottom center, it’s the one in the left column, second from the bottom. I don’t remember what I was thinking when I was drawing up the design. I am looking for thoughts on whether it would be useful or what could be changed about it. I guess I made it that way because I thought it looked cool. But now I have my doubts about its utility.

It’s D2 of thickness around .110”, and I plan to have it at 61 hrc.

Thank you in advance for any positive feedback.

 

[Shorttime]

Grind the guard tab a little smaller. Like the one beside it, in the right-hand column.

Seems like a nice general-purpose kind of knife, to me.

 

[Elgatodeacero]

Yes, I agree, get rid of the guard and make a larger finger choil And slap some desert ironwood on it!

 

[scdub]

I agree it’s a bit chonky in the guard area.

I say keep the full length of the guard but make it narrower/thinner and curved like your others, and grind out the quillion deeper so that you get a “full finger stop” guard (4th one down on right side column is ALMOST a “full stop” guard).

Along with the blade angle and flat spine a substantial guard will make this a great little SD knife.

 

[shane45-1911]

Nothing wrong with it - it has a decent skinning profile.

 

[akguy59]

I agree with most of the previous posts and I really like your designs. They all look like the kind of knives that I would carry. Nice work.

 

[Bob Denman]

I'd buy it...

 

[Zulus]

You got few interesting shapes there
I must check you later :^)

 

[abcdef]

You should have let us guess which one puzzled you.

But to answer your question, most seem to think it is all right now.

 

[redsquid2]

Wow I think I messed it up. Somebody suggested a finger choil so I made a finger choil. Then I realized that the bevel should start in front of the choil. Well maybe it will still be useful. What do y’all think

 

[shane45-1911]

Wow I think I messed it up. Somebody suggested a finger choil so I made a finger choil. Then I realized that the bevel should start in front of the choil. Well maybe it will still be useful. What do y’all think

Lots of knives have a finger choil as part of the bevel, and just as many have part of it on the bevel (half ricasso, half bevel).

I like finger choils, but I don't like it reducing edge real estate so much. I prefer a choil on the ricasso.

 

[Bob Denman]

Ditto!

 

[scdub]

Yeah I think the “larger finger choil” guy wanted the guard gone and the choil to be enlarged where the guard once was…

The blade is so short now, if it was me, I think I might try to shorten the handle by about an inch (removing the lanyard hole) and turn it into a 3-finger handle.

 

[JupiterPaladin]

Wow I think I messed it up. Somebody suggested a finger choil so I made a finger choil. Then I realized that the bevel should start in front of the choil. Well maybe it will still be useful. What do y’all think



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I don't think that's messed up at all. If you really dislike it though, you could grind the handle a bit thinner on the width and grind the blade thinner to where the choil was cut in. Then you'd need to redo the grind to put the edge back on but it would just be a thinner knife. Either way, it can be made awesome however you choose man.

 

[Jsega51]

It got worse! Balance it out and use it as a shop throwing knife lol.

 

[redsquid2]

It got worse! Balance it out and use it as a shop throwing knife lol.

Stop it! No!

 

[unwisefool]

Regrind that thing into a steak knife and promise never to look at choils again

 

[redsquid2]

Regrind that thing into a steak knife and promise never to look at choils again

Yeah I’m staying away from choils for a while.