kukri style outdoors knife design

Lieblad said:
Kind of unique hinged tail piece of a tang. A lot of fiddley extra, but alls well if you like it...
Goodluck getting its handle internally machined out. Will it be one solid piece?
If so, its needing substantial hollow space internal to allow your hinged piece entry, then turn the bend to exit at a pommelnut. You might consider alot of internal sloppiness. Then after threaded thru, fill its voids with epoxy before screwing on its pommel.

I think it willl be fine near its ricasso, just keep the beginnings of taper wide as possible & dont create stress risers where directions change.
Good luck getting that complex internal passageway machined out...
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any suggestions on now to improve the design? This is the first time I've designed a knife
 
i would go with a full tang. you can still have it be full tang and sculpt your handles around it. the handle would be a tad bit wider, but if you dont wear gloves, I would recomend that. if ou do wear gloves, im guessing you do, then definitely make it full tang and expose the tang. i have no idea if any of that made sense, i have a concussion.
 
grumpy_grinder said:
Ah you beat me to the punch pat!! beautiful beautiful beautiful! Where on eart did you find that pommel!? Va peut être falloir l'enregistré avec le retour du régistre d'arme a feux du québec :rolleyes:
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LOL Good one!

Glad you like it. Not sure what you mean about the pommel? Found it on my head I guess. ;)

I found out doing those that you can design it up to a point but a lot of it happens while shaping. Well it does for me anyway.
 
If I may, I'd like to critique your design a little bit. I've only been making knifes for a few months, but I used a machete to clear brush nearly every work day for a few months on the farm, even clearing small trees about three inches thick. I would ditch the kukri design. When chopping small trees for wood, you will end up burying your blade in the ground, which as you know will dull it quite quickly. I've found that a machete, in combination with a small hatchet or forest axe, will clear more than enough brush. If you need more wait on the blade if you don't want to carry an axe, I would probably go with a Parang.
 
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TN metalman said:
If I may, I'd like to critique your design a little bit. I've only been making knifes for a few months, but I used a machete to clear brush nearly every work day for a few months on the farm, even clearing small trees about three inches thick. I would ditch the kukri design. When chopping small trees for wood, you will end up burying your blade in the ground, which as you know will dull it quite quickly. I've found that a machete, in combination with a small hatchet or forest axe, will clear more than enough brush. If you need more wait on the blade if you don't want to carry an axe, I would probably go with a Parang.
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I carry a 3 lb double headed axe on the snow mobile. this knife is for lambing branches for a fire , chopping through ice to access water , chopping through bone , dig , or do any other chore with. I always have a leatherman in my pack or my buck skinner for smaller more precise chores. This is an alternat solution for packing light once I get to a destination for snow shoeing. The axe is heavy and and my bow saw is not versatile.
 
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