Looking for knife design ideas

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tstad21

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I am looking to commission a purpose built custom knife. I have a friend who makes knives and he has made two of them for me. I'm wanting him to build me a large knife to use for sticking wild hogs. I want to give him some direction so I'm looking for ideas that I can give him for a start.

Does anybody know of an online reference where I could see a bunch of silhouettes for larger knives that I could look through and get some ideas?

Thanks for all your ideas.
 
I hope my friend Ryan Weeks doesn't mind me borrowing his photo. This is one that he made.
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The bottom one in this pic is one of my designs made by JK Handmade knives. I think it would do nicely.
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Look for the "Best Bowie" threads. Drool over the damascus, walrus, etc, but pay attention to the blade shapes, guard configurations, handle shapes.
 
In my experience you do not need a blade that is excessively long

I love my 10 + inch Bowie style blades but I think especially if your hunting with dogs a blade that is 7 to 8 inches is a good hog knife and easy to move with

I do like a guard on a knife designed for sticking

Something like this would do nicely

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The Randall 13-12 is a pretty good design too. 12 inches of 1/4 inch steel.
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I think a look through the gallery thread would be a good start. There is a wealth of great designs there.
 
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