Just finished - 16.5" Trench Knife, Snakewood etc.

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Mark Terrell

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Just finished this one up, the pictures aren't the best, but I'm still working on the photography end of knifemaking.

It's just over 16.5" long quadruple hollow ground and 1/4 CPM 154. It's got a satin finish and exhibition grade Snakewood handles with red carbon fiber liners..

Anyway, I'll have this one at Blade, come by and have a look. It's off to Paul Long for a sheath as we speak.


Mark T.

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That's really something. I love it, but since I live in Canada, that would be a design that I would never be able to own. :(
 
Thanks guys. Yeah the international shipping on these gets a bit dicey. They're illegal almost everywhere, but then again, most aren't going to use it for an EDC.

It is a design that I really enjoy making and it lends itself to a bevy of blade designs. This is the 4th or 5th different style of Trench Knife that I've made thus far, and I've got plans for quite a few other versions...

Thanks again all,


MT
 
That is a pretty wicked knife, I really like that. The knuckle gaurds look really good on that.
 
Mark Terrell said:
Just finished this one up, the pictures aren't the best, but I'm still working on the photography end of knifemaking.
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Your photography is good enough to make me pee in my pants. Don't post any pictures of pretty girls. The pretty knives are enough.

Very nice work, Mr. Terrell.

What is your opinion on making a double-edged dagger into a good slicer? I'm learning that the diamond cross-section of many daggers does not lend itself to slicing, especially when the blade is narrow. The geometry of the blade is too obtuse.

Any thoughts?
 
The best slicing daggers I've made have been either slightly broad, or out of thinner stock. Both of those are kind of cheater ways of making better cutters, but they work.

It's a real give/take because you sacrifice that cool center ridge (which also stabilizes the knife and strengthens it) for slicey dicey...

On double edged ones like above, I'll do one bevel at 2/3 to 3/4 the blade width, and the other at 1/3 to 1/4 the blade width. That allows you to have one dedicated cutter/slicer that can cut a fairly deep slice with little resistance...



MT
 
Oh, yeah, it does hurt. I've got a few puncture wounds from it. I may have to implement a hands off policy on this one at blade.
 
This isn't the best picture in the world, but this is what it looks like in its new sheath. It's not the same knife but it's the same model....I think.

If not, then Mark can explain this one.

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Paul
 
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