I want a Cricket Hawkbill

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marty123

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I want a Cricket Hawkbill.

I have a Cricket (FRN/PE). A great little knife. The "S" curved blade works very well.

As an addition to the line, how about a Cricket Hawkbill? Put a hawkbill blade into the Cricket handle. Sounds good to me.

The Spyderhawk looks like a nice knife. I haven't seen one in person, just on the internet. Maybe I'll buy one. But right now, I want a smaller hawkbill.
Hence, the Cricket Hawkbill: same great handle, a similar blade shape and size, but a hawkbill edge instead of the current "S" edge.
 
wouldn't be the most professional results, but could be done by hand in about a week(with my skill level). Theory behind it isn't hard, nor is shaping... just steel choice and heat treat.


Find a chunk of steel, probably end up with 440C or ats-34. Pop the blade out of the cricket, and scribe the shape on the steel. Cut it out, leaving 1/8" ish for adjustment, which will be filed away). The only perameters you have to stay within are steel thickness, tang shape(and angle for lock), and tip placement to insure it doesn't contact the FRN inside. Also would probably end up as a nail nick if not a stud, as the spine would have to be way out and the hole more than the standard 1.1-1.2" from pivot for the hole opening. Either files or sandpaper to get the bevels down.

It's something I have considered before, but lack the time/patience for right now.
 
Hey Marty,
I always thought that a key chain sized Merlin Jr. would be neat. A real retrackable claw. A hawkbill in the shape of the Cricket would also be cool and I like liner locks. Hmm...I could picture it now... :rolleyes:
 
VampyreWolf: If I was to make my own hawkbill blade for the Cricket, I would perhaps reshape the existing "S" shaped blades edge into a hawkbill. I've done some reshaping of other knives, so maybe I could do a Cricket. Making a whole new blade sounds too difficult for me.
 
the problem that would come in reshaping the factory blade would be regrinding the sides. I'm thinking that'd end up as a zero bevel edge, done by files. Whereas done from scratch, you could chop the curve into it with a dremel and then file it flat into the edge.
 
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