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What are your thoughts on something like this? Specs are: 12" oal, 5" handle, 3" tall blade. I`m thinking 3/16" for the woods and 1/8" for the kitchen. As you can tell, I got the idea from CBryant`s Fire Kit Knife. Let me have it!

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I like the idea.

In some respects, it reminds me of a Grohmann #4, which is a kick-ass design. The handle looks comfy, and I wouldn't change it except to add a lanyard hole. As for the blade, I'm thinking that it would make sense to move the point up a bit, and reduce the width towards the tip. Also, I was just out for a hike using my JK HB (man, I love that knife!), and I was struck again by how nice it is to have a functional edge right next to my fingers - it lets me strip bark and carve fuzz sticks with surprising ease, given the size of the blade. So, for this knife, I might consider going for a less gradual transition between the handle and the cutting edge.

To be perfectly honest, though, it looks great as-is. Very cool. Sort of like a HB-Nessie-Ulu.

All the best,

- Mike
 
Mentor said:
I like the idea.

In some respects, it reminds me of a Grohmann #4, which is a kick-ass design. The handle looks comfy, and I wouldn't change it except to add a lanyard hole. As for the blade, I'm thinking that it would make sense to move the point up a bit, and reduce the width towards the tip. Also, I was just out for a hike using my JK HB (man, I love that knife!), and I was struck again by how nice it is to have a functional edge right next to my fingers - it lets me strip bark and carve fuzz sticks with surprising ease, given the size of the blade. So, for this knife, I might consider going for a less gradual transition between the handle and the cutting edge.

To be perfectly honest, though, it looks great as-is. Very cool. Sort of like a HB-Nessie-Ulu.

All the best,

- Mike
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I just sketched one out to your description, with the point raised and less gradual transition...it came out looking a dead ringer for the HB !!!!!
 
I'd keep it in the kitchen. I have an Asian-style cleaver I use a lot in the kitchen. The key for my purposes is to keep the blade thin. 6-7" of straight cutting edge sounds good. 1/8" would be plenty thick. If it had a full flat grind it would slice with them best of them and be awesome.
 
Would make a great cleaver, and with a few minor changes it might be more versatile. I agree with Mentor regarding less of a transition between cutting edge and handle, and about the lanyard hole. I also think slightly less height...perhaps 2.5", bringing the tip up. Handle shape looks great.
 
How about this version John, I raised the tip a little and also lessened the handle to blade transition.I had to shorten it a little as my paper is only around 11" but you get the idea !

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I would change the edge, make it curve from front to back like a JYDII or nessie. That is one beastly blade :eek: can't wait to see it finished.
 
I don't know if it needs more curve, but the lower tip and longer straight cutting edge work for me.
This would be an awesome kitchen knife made in 3/32". I have a Chinese cleaver/kitchen knife that needs replacing.
 
knifenut1013 said:
I would change the edge, make it curve from front to back like a JYDII or nessie. That is one beastly blade :eek: can't wait to see it finished.
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You probably won`t ever see one finished, as I was just tossing out an idea. I no longer make knives unless I actually have an order for them, as they just sit on the exchange and don`t sell.
 
pitdog said:
I just sketched one out to your description, with the point raised and less gradual transition...it came out looking a dead ringer for the HB !!!!!
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Ha! I can see how that would have happened. Not terribly innovative of me, was it? ;)

All the best,

- Mike
 
I look at the exchange as more of a marketing opportunity than a method for selling knives (easy for me to say since I neither make nor sell knives). I've purchased a few knives off it directly, but more often than not I see a knife posted there that gets me interested in checking out the makers other products...and that's how I've come by most of my knives.
 
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