Jerry Busse
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For those of you who don't know how I design knives, this may prove to be very informative and frightening. . . . I use CAD (Carling Aided Design). . . . I'm an old school knifemaker and have yet to change how I design blades. . . I usually grab a Papermate #2 Sharpwriter mechanical pencil, a scissors, a HUGE roll of scotch tape, a stack of printer paper, a 12 pack of Carling Black Label, and a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue. I then get busy with my bad self and start sketchin'. . . .
I made a list of the ideas that you guys have suggested and tried to incorporate those that seemed to be the most called for and those that seemed to be the most logical.
You can see from the pic that this has been pasted together about 400 times and there are numerous erasures but in the end I think we have a really cool blade!. . . . The stock is 3/16" for lightweight carry and features a near full-height convex grind. The spine is flat and is perfectly perpendicular to the edge. There is a very small drop in the point that runs approx. 1 3/4" from the tip which you will note is only above the sweep in the cutting edge and therefore will not cost you any necessary spine slamming area. This small drop brings the point of the knife closer to the center of the blade while greatly increasing the penetrating power of the blade. The first ever thumb notches are planned for this blade and only ride above the ample choil (for gloved hands) and will add a bit of extra control when choking up on the blade. Their location will, again, not cost you any loss in spine whacking area over the straight part of the cutting edge! :thumbup:
The guard is extra long and will ensure that your hand never slips past it and onto the cutting edge. . . The handle is extra long features a flat faced hammer butt that is at an exact 90 degree angle from the centerline and cutting edge of the blade. This allows the maximum amount of energy to transfer to the tip when pounding on the butt of the knife. The lanyard hole has been recessed into the handle for protection while pounding and during other forms of heavy use/abuse.
Here are the specs:
Blade Length: 7"
Overall Length: 13"
Blade Width: 1 3/4"
Grind: Convex
Handles: Micarta and G-10
I am currently drawing up the Baby SARsquatch to be used as a companion knife to the SARsquatch. . . . I think I might need to buy some more scotch. . . . tape. . .
Let's Drink!!!!
Jerry
I made a list of the ideas that you guys have suggested and tried to incorporate those that seemed to be the most called for and those that seemed to be the most logical.
You can see from the pic that this has been pasted together about 400 times and there are numerous erasures but in the end I think we have a really cool blade!. . . . The stock is 3/16" for lightweight carry and features a near full-height convex grind. The spine is flat and is perfectly perpendicular to the edge. There is a very small drop in the point that runs approx. 1 3/4" from the tip which you will note is only above the sweep in the cutting edge and therefore will not cost you any necessary spine slamming area. This small drop brings the point of the knife closer to the center of the blade while greatly increasing the penetrating power of the blade. The first ever thumb notches are planned for this blade and only ride above the ample choil (for gloved hands) and will add a bit of extra control when choking up on the blade. Their location will, again, not cost you any loss in spine whacking area over the straight part of the cutting edge! :thumbup:
The guard is extra long and will ensure that your hand never slips past it and onto the cutting edge. . . The handle is extra long features a flat faced hammer butt that is at an exact 90 degree angle from the centerline and cutting edge of the blade. This allows the maximum amount of energy to transfer to the tip when pounding on the butt of the knife. The lanyard hole has been recessed into the handle for protection while pounding and during other forms of heavy use/abuse.
Here are the specs:
Blade Length: 7"
Overall Length: 13"
Blade Width: 1 3/4"
Grind: Convex
Handles: Micarta and G-10
I am currently drawing up the Baby SARsquatch to be used as a companion knife to the SARsquatch. . . . I think I might need to buy some more scotch. . . . tape. . .
Let's Drink!!!!
Jerry
