Need your opinion on my Skinner design please.

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Ryan J

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Hello everyone. I'm about to start this Skinner and wanted to know what you guys think about a few of the features. Everything else is pretty well a go ahead.

What I'm not sure about is the large choil. You can see where I intend for the scales to stop, I intend for the choil to be an area where the knife can be chocked up on for delicate work.

The question is, do you think I should keep it as it with the plunge line starting in the enlarged choil, or make the choil a regular finger groove and add a small choil in front of it? My concern is tha, as it is, the beginning the edge may hook and cut the hide.

Here it is in the configuration I'm leaning towards. With the plunge line a little past midway in the oversized choil.



Here's the second configuration with a regular choil. Just realized that since I posted this, both pics were identical. I just fixed that.




Design was inspired by the buck Kalinga. Mainly the upswept point. That's traced out on Bohler D2. Everything I've done to date has been in carbon steel. I'm excited to work with this D2. Today though, it's baby duty because the wife is working. Hopefully I can contain myself until tomorrow. Might have to see if the hardware store has a face shield and respirator that fits a three year old lol.
 
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Well I guess that means everyone likes it as is lol. I think adding the small choil makes the bigger finger groove redundant. If I have the smaller choil might as well shorten the handle so you're always holding it up by the blade. First one it is then.
 
I can't hardly see them, maybe its just cause I'm on my phone but they are small and when I zoom in its all blurry.
 
Looks pretty good. The only thing I would change is to make the butt a little taller. Your handle is the same height all the way down.
 
I like the blade. It's a nice trailing point pattern. I agree with Matt that there's too much curve going down to the butt. I think having the Spanish notch, large choil and finger groove is too much going on. I personally would lose the large choil and opt for the spanish notch and finger groove only IMHO
 
I agree the second pic has to much going on. Thanks for the input guys. I actually made the handle the same width all the way on purpose, with a scribe. I does look like a little to much curve though. Added a little to it here. Hate to change too much from the wooden model but I'll always get a better idea of look and feel once it's cut out.




I must be getting better! The first time I put up a design for critique it was suggested to change the whole thing!
 
First one is best. No need for two choils.

Please leave out the sales talk, as that is a privilege of Knifemaker membership. You should edit that out for now, and refrain from references to sales until you get a membership.

I'm sure it was a joke, but please understand - A three year old has no place in the shop when you are working. It will be either a distraction to you or a potential injury to him/her when your attention is elsewhere.
 
Edited. My mistake. I wasn't aware. I knew it was against the rules to ask about pricing and such. Hope to get a paid membership soon. And yes I was joking. Three year Olds do a good enough job of trying to destroy themselves without needing shop access. He'd probably climb the fridge and jump off of I let him.
 
When designing your blade ask yourself if you want 1" of it that does not cut.

The ricasso it pretty long.
 
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