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I have been chasing my "perfect knife" for a while , like I spose a lot of people have ...
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I had a lot of things I wanted it to be good for , without having a knife that tries to be good for too many things but ends up being good for nothing much .
I want it to have belly for skinning , blade for slicing , a solid point thats not going to bend easy prying around in joints or drilling holes , its got to be solid enough to belt on for batoning ( I dont need to but I like to now and then ) there has to be enough thickness in the blade to allow for some prying , but the edge has to be thin enough to do meat dressing and kitchen duty ... and some other stuff thrown into the mix as well ...
I made a blade that suited me but sold it as soon as it was finished pretty much and Ive always regretted letting that one go .
since then I have made friends in the global knife community and met a guy in Pakistan who is on a mission to prove that not every maker in Pakistan uses junk steel or makes substandard knives , we got emailing and I sent him the photo I had of the knife I wanted to make , he said he could do it .
he was right .
OK , this is made from "leaf spring steel" ( unknown hi carbon ) and its made in Pakistan ... before anyone gets snobby about it tho ( as if anyone would ) , take a look at it
I used to to make lunch with , its allready forming a patina , I batoned it thru a few bits of firewood ( as ya do when your new knife arrives ), and shreded some sticks , no noticeable loss of sharpness ...
The handle is the single most comfortable handle I ever held on a knife yet , the slightly hollow ground blade makes for a edge so sharp its silly , but its still strong enough to put up with prying and stuff ( in my firewood anyway )
Im pretty happy with this one , more so because I designed it
Just felt good about it and wanted to share .
( begin umpteenth rewrite .. )
I had a lot of things I wanted it to be good for , without having a knife that tries to be good for too many things but ends up being good for nothing much .
I want it to have belly for skinning , blade for slicing , a solid point thats not going to bend easy prying around in joints or drilling holes , its got to be solid enough to belt on for batoning ( I dont need to but I like to now and then ) there has to be enough thickness in the blade to allow for some prying , but the edge has to be thin enough to do meat dressing and kitchen duty ... and some other stuff thrown into the mix as well ...
I made a blade that suited me but sold it as soon as it was finished pretty much and Ive always regretted letting that one go .
since then I have made friends in the global knife community and met a guy in Pakistan who is on a mission to prove that not every maker in Pakistan uses junk steel or makes substandard knives , we got emailing and I sent him the photo I had of the knife I wanted to make , he said he could do it .
he was right .
OK , this is made from "leaf spring steel" ( unknown hi carbon ) and its made in Pakistan ... before anyone gets snobby about it tho ( as if anyone would ) , take a look at it
I used to to make lunch with , its allready forming a patina , I batoned it thru a few bits of firewood ( as ya do when your new knife arrives
), and shreded some sticks , no noticeable loss of sharpness ... The handle is the single most comfortable handle I ever held on a knife yet , the slightly hollow ground blade makes for a edge so sharp its silly , but its still strong enough to put up with prying and stuff ( in my firewood anyway )
Im pretty happy with this one , more so because I designed it
Just felt good about it and wanted to share .
Very nice looking knife, I might have it a bit thinner [edit: just read 4mm, sounds about right] and maybe a bit different grind, but otherwise great design.
