Let's see some Survival knife concepts !!!

[Loosearrow]

though the pelvic tool looks useful, I can't help but laugh at the name

I never split the pelvis and expose and dry out the haunch. Just cut arount the rectum, tie off and pull through. I have an old Gerber steel that looks close to that. Nice idea for a sharpner, you could even use it as a scraper for ferro rod or fat wood. Interesting idea.

 

[tlmdiving]

...hey guys, what happened to all the hollow-handle types? the only drawback I've ever found to them, was that they are tough to unscrew with cold hands (common occurence when outdoors...)...

 

[J.Wade]

Just some designs of mine they are meant to be simply servicable

nice to see some of your work again Abe, looks really good, leather work looks good to.

cya
jimi

 

[Joben]

I sketched a bowie for the Design a Rat contest.

What do you guys think?

 

[JK Knives]

One of my customers came up with this design. I think it will work out well.

 

[C Bryant]

One of my customers came up with this design. I think it will work out well.

That is just wicked!

 

[dphillips]

I never split the pelvis and expose and dry out the haunch. Just cut arount the rectum, tie off and pull through. I have an old Gerber steel that looks close to that. Nice idea for a sharpner, you could even use it as a scraper for ferro rod or fat wood. Interesting idea.

It works well for scraping ferro rod. That was one of the first things I tried with it.

 

[Joezilla]

That is just wicked!

mistwalker?

 

[Joezilla]

One of my customers came up with this design. I think it will work out well.

woops, disregard other post.
could it be mistwalker?

 

[Marion David Poff]

This was my first serious design.

Bill Siegle made it for me... It has come to be known as.... The Cutlass.....

To give you a sense of size, this is my holding it, followed by me holding a normal sized knife....

 

[dphillips]

Curious what the hole in the center of the ricasso is used for?

 

[Marion David Poff]

That was for a round head bolt that was part of the retention for the kydex sheath.

It did not work very well, so I took it out.

Marion

 

[JK Knives]

woops, disregard other post.
could it be mistwalker?

Nope. I`m also working on an 8" blade version for myself, with more chopping in mind.

 

[WILLIAM.M]

this was my first serious design.

Bill siegle made it for me... It has come to be known as.... The cutlass.....

to give you a sense of size, this is my holding it, followed by me holding a normal sized knife....

love that handle

pm me

 

[untamed]

Funny, I sent this drawing to a BF buddy of mine (Quiet Storm) on 08-28-2008. I call it the "Nukri", like a kukhri without the scoliosis! The scan got chopped off a bit on the handle, but its sort of the same deal.

Great minds think alike huh?

 

[untamed]

With apologies to both RAT subforums and Jaguar Paw, the designer, for "swiping" this (Mods, if you think inappropriate, please remove, again with apologies all around) but I do feel that this design perfectly captures my ideal as well. It reminds me of the Trace Rinaldi/TOPS D.A.R.T. blade which I happen to love WITHOUT the large finger choil and a diminished recurve on the edge thumbup: for me!)

Strictly personal preference though:

- Blade = 10" length, 1/8" thickness and 1.75" on height. A2 or 5160 steel
- Give it a hint of a point
- Remove the top guard (though it's not really that pronounced to begin with)
- Reduce the lengths of the guard and the bird's beak pommel (might get in the way and to give the grip some wiggle room for chopping)
- Relates with the above; straighten the handle ever so slightly (juuussstttt a tad)

You can now imagine, IMO, the best survival blade design to take on the world!

 

[JC in SC]

Funny, I sent this drawing to a BF buddy of mine (Quiet Storm) on 08-28-2008. I call it the "Nukri", like a kukhri without the scoliosis! The scan got chopped off a bit on the handle, but its sort of the same deal.

Great minds think alike huh?

That is exactly what I was going for, short Kukhri without so much bend angle. I haven't started on them yet as I've been working on a smaller EDC for my first knife.

 

[untamed]

With apologies to both RAT subforums and Jaguar Paw, the designer, for "swiping" this (Mods, if you think inappropriate, please remove, again with apologies all around) but I do feel that this design perfectly captures my ideal as well. It reminds me of the Trace Rinaldi/TOPS D.A.R.T. blade which I happen to love WITHOUT the large finger choil and a diminished recurve on the edge thumbup: for me!)

Strictly personal preference though:

- Blade = 10" length, 1/8" thickness and 1.75" on height. A2 or 5160 steel
- Give it a hint of a point
- Remove the top guard (though it's not really that pronounced to begin with)
- Reduce the lengths of the guard and the bird's beak pommel (might get in the way and to give the grip some wiggle room for chopping)
- Relates with the above; straighten the handle ever so slightly (juuussstttt a tad)

My crude re-interpretation of Jaguar Paw's blade (a catchy name by itself) with my stated preferences -

I think parts of the Filipino "bolo" seem to manifest themselves in it.

 

[J. J. Magnum]

One of the finest "survival" knife concepts came from Abe Elias at Diving Sparrow (known hereabouts as Canranger!). The Northern Bushcraft/Survival (or NBS) came about from my conversations with him concerning some modifications of a knife he made for a well known magazine editor. The result was the NBS...

In the 3 years that I have put the knife through its paces it has yet to chip, or significantly dull. A quick pass over a plain strop from time to time has kept it sharp. Here it goes through seasoned white oak...

I liked it so much that I had him make me one more in ATS-34 (the original was in 1095)...

I own lots of other knives, but this is the one I go to.

 

[WalterDavis]

I finally finished up one for me in between orders Actually, I was going to put 'er up for sale, but I found that it had a bit of a warp after heat-treat a couple of weeks ago, and rather than re-do it I figured it was a perfect oppurtunity to put one of my own on my side for a while 12 3/4" overall, about 8 1/4" tip-to-plunge line. The sabre ground 1/4" 5160 is thin enough to take a good edge, but tough enough to hold up, and fairly light to boot (especially compared to a similar sized convex ground knife)! The handle looks short, but it fits my (wide) hands well, and doesn't create any excess weight. This is as light and portable as I can make it, while still maintaining that comfortable SHTF heft

Now I've just got to make a sheath for 'er, and get some woods time:thumbup: