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making a new knife need some input
- Thread starter tubebeast
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My suggestion is to make the finger notch deeper. Frank
As was said, it is a very functional design. Very simple to make with minimal shaping of steel.
Just as a mental exercise I drew a series of knife profiles starting with a design even more simple than yours, and then making one or two changes, progressed through a sort of evolution. I share it here for what it's worth.
The top image is a pointy piece of steel with a cutting edge and a finger notch.
Second image has the finger notch widened in back to make it more comfortable.
Third image gives the blade a dropped point.
Fourth image drops the top and back of the handle.
The fifth image further modifies the bottom of the handle and gives the blade a clipped point rather than a rounded dropped point.
The sixth image has further modification to the bottom of the handle and the blade is more narrow (top to bottom).
- Paul Meske
Just as a mental exercise I drew a series of knife profiles starting with a design even more simple than yours, and then making one or two changes, progressed through a sort of evolution. I share it here for what it's worth.
The top image is a pointy piece of steel with a cutting edge and a finger notch.
Second image has the finger notch widened in back to make it more comfortable.
Third image gives the blade a dropped point.
Fourth image drops the top and back of the handle.
The fifth image further modifies the bottom of the handle and gives the blade a clipped point rather than a rounded dropped point.
The sixth image has further modification to the bottom of the handle and the blade is more narrow (top to bottom).
- Paul Meske