I need a favor from somebody with a CS recon scout.

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tmix

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I love the blade design and have tried drawing it, but can't seem to get the profile right. I have some D2 stock that I would like to duplicate the blade with. (a much better steel than SK5) I'd buy one and do this myself, but I don't want to waste $80 on a knife I won't use. Soooo...

Would someone be willing to take their Recon scout, trace the blade on a piece of paper all the way up to the guard, scan it, and email me the tracing?

I've tried to use pictures I found on the internet, but they are always taken at angles that prevent me from getting the blade shape right.

I would really appreciate the help.

(I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong section of the forum. Please move if necessary.)

Thanks,

tmix
 
Since there is a perfectly good and almost straight-on picture of this knife on the cold steel website I'm not sure what the problem is.

More importantly, asking someone to help you copy a knife isn't likely to make you very popular.
 
He's duplicating it for his own use I would assume, so what's the problem? It's not like he's making replicas and selling them. Good lord.

Good luck man, hope someone helps you out.
 
Since there is a perfectly good and almost straight-on picture of this knife on the cold steel website I'm not sure what the problem is. Like I said above. The pictures available online are shot from angles(albeit slight) that prevent me from getting the blade shape I want.
Additionally, getting the scaling correct is another issue. There simply aren't any pictures of the knife at actuall size. If I take one of the available pictures and scale it up, the image gets very pixelated and blurs the hard lines I need to trace.

More importantly, asking someone to help you copy a knife isn't likely to make you very popular.
I doubt cold steel originated the bowie design. Additionally, who cares. I'm not here to be popular. I'm here to be civil with my fellow knifemakers, share whatever I can with those who need it, and because there is knowledge base here, that isn't anywhere else. Besides, no one on this forum seems to like cold steel anyway.
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I would really like a 1:1 scale tracing of the blade that I wouldn't need to alter to use.

Sooooo....If anyone would be willing to help me out, I'd be very appreciative.

tmix
 
Does this help?

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How about this? Print out the picture + scale so the ruler in the pic matches 1:1 to a ruler laid on the printout.

Edit---If you want, I have a higher res version (bladeforums limits the max size) I could e-mail you.....
 

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