Peppen108.
Your designs are not particularly innovative but they are pleasing to the eye. Sometimes designs that look like other designs create a feeling of familiarity in the eye of the viewer. This can be a good thing. But that doesn't matter so much. We, as knife enthusiasts, spend a lot of time looking at other people's work. It is natural that we are consciously or unconsciously influenced by these works. As a creator you are oftentimes at the mercy of inspiration. If your creative mind has an itch for a certain line or shape, you must scratch that itch. That is an emotional action. But once the design is roughed out on paper (or on the computer) you can approach it objectively making changes that are more analytical in nature. You have nice designs there. Now you can incorporate suggested ergonomic changes such as MudBug007's, or your own, as well as making aesthetic alterations if you feel they are necessary. When you have those changes made transfer the design to a piece of Masonite board, cardboard or acrylic sheet and cut it to shape so you can feel how it fits in your hand. That will give you the best feedback as to whether or not the handle shape/ angle, blade length or other variables are working well. Then make the darned thing and don't forget to show us the results.
