Knife I'd like to see

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godspanther

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A fantasy phurba dagger, 10" blades stainless surgical steel, full tang, 7" bronze handle. Blade thickness 3/16, cheek 3/4" 3/8" bevel grind both sides. Now a tanto blade is a 45 degree angle but since this is a phurba with 3 blades a 22.5 degree angle on each blade gives the required 45 degree tanto angle. With the 3 blades joined at the 60 degree bevel the curved spinebacks form a void which doubles as a blood grove. From the point follow the blade back 3 inches along the 22.5 degree angle. At that point the blade would recurve into a gut-hook. The last 6" of the blade would be arched and serrated. For the serrations I imagine a pattern remnicient if the back of a tiger shark tooth. I imagine a bronze handle but will leave the sculpting idea to the individual who actually forges the blade.
 
I don't know what you are trying to accomplish here. Do you want to have this made for you? Do you want to have others chime in with what they would like to see?

Oh, and:
 
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godspanther said:
A fantasy phurba dagger, 10" blades stainless surgical steel, full tang, 7" bronze handle. Blade thickness 3/16, cheek 3/4" 3/8" bevel grind both sides. Now a tanto blade is a 45 degree angle but since this is a phurba with 3 blades a 22.5 degree angle on each blade gives the required 45 degree tanto angle. With the 3 blades joined at the 60 degree bevel the curved spinebacks form a void which doubles as a blood grove. From the point follow the blade back 3 inches along the 22.5 degree angle. At that point the blade would recurve into a gut-hook. The last 6" of the blade would be arched and serrated. For the serrations I imagine a pattern remnicient if the back of a tiger shark tooth. I imagine a bronze handle but will leave the sculpting idea to the individual who actually forges the blade.
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godspanther said:
It occured to me recently that the depth of the blade on every butterfly I'd ever seen is limited by the size of the handle. In order to conceal the blade and still make the handle small enough to be practical the blade had to be narrow. Or did it? Former balisongs have all been shallower due to the nessecity of fitting inside the handles and this limits the design features that can be added to the blade without sacrificing the blades strength and structural integrity. A deeper handle design would allow for more features like guthooks, drop points, serations, bloodgroves, etc. The problem is how to design it so without the two swiveling handles becoming so large as to be impractical. It occured to me that if the two swiveling handles were different sizes they could be designed to fit one inside the other when opened. This would let the still fit the hand comfortablely & allow for a deeper blade design and greater creativity therein. Are there any bladesmiths out there who feel like trying this idea out?
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I'm thinking "serious." De gustibus, I guess.

Having it built might be a job for our friend Charlie Mike!
 
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