New design

In reards to the handles, bare tangs are pretty much non functional for anything but the lightest of work, yes you can wrap them, but unless you are fairly skilled and can do a deent wrap you will end up with something far less ergonomic and secure than a decent full shaped grip. Plus you have all the hassle of cleaning the cord, work on some sappy woods, clean a few fish or small game, get dirty in any way and now try to get the handle decently clean. Look into FRN scales or rubber grips for cost.

The grind is one of Brends trademarks, and quite frankly people seem to love it, Roberston was for years calling it the ultimate tactical blade, I don't see that at all. The long top edge really hampers a lot of use, hitting the spine to cut through heavy material, holding the spine for various shaping / scraping, or even blade grips for precision carving / cutting. Plus with dual grinds you end up with each grind being fairly shallow which produces a fairly severe wedge shape hampering cutting ability. Just look at how shallow the grind runs near the choil, and this is why most precision carving would want to be done.

As for steel, if you want to keep cost down, look towards easier to machine and cheaper to buy steels. For tool steel, something simple like 1050, and for stainless 420HC. This are much more suitable for 1/4" heavy users than D2 and S30V anyway, being far tougher, more ductile and far easier for the user to maintain.

-Cliff
 
I like the design, but agree that for most tasks I would prefer some sort of handle to the knife. A plain steel thandle is fins if all I am doing is cutting up a box or some cord, but such a thick blade indicates to me some sort of rougher duty is the intended duty for the knife.
 
Thanks for the input guys. Please make your comments in the thread after you click on the link going to my forum. That will help me keep track of the feedback.

Bobby
 
Ya know Cliff, not every knife is meant to stab soda bottles or chop concrete cinderblocks. Walter Brend is one of the industry's premire blade grinders, and he has his distinct style, which, in my personal opinion, is dead sexy.
 
Planterz said:
... not every knife is meant to stab soda bottles or chop concrete cinderblocks.
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Yes, and ironically, that is what the existing design is actually geared towards, with the top edge for penetration and the sabre primary grind for high edge strength. The comments I made among other things would actually move it more towards general utility and versatility as noted. Also as I noted, lots of people like the look of his grinds, as stated in the above, I was speaking on the use of the knife as a tool.

-Cliff
 
Cliff Stamp said:
Yes, and ironically, that is what the existing design is actually geared towards, with the top edge for penetration and the sabre primary grind for high edge strength. The comments I made among other things would actually move it more towards general utility and versatility as noted. Also as I noted, lots of people like the look of his grinds, as stated in the above, I was speaking on the use of the knife as a tool.

-Cliff
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Do you ever give a simple "yes, I like it" or "no, I don't" with out all that BS in between? Sometimes that's all the maker wants to know. Not some in depth analysis of why "bare tangs are pretty much non functional for anything but the lightest of work".

Here, I'll make it easy for you:

Do you like it?

Enter 1 for YES

Enter 2 for NO


Personally, I like it. Based on looks alone without handling the knife I would say it has alot of potential.
 
K.V. Collucci said:
Do you ever give a simple "yes, I like it" or "no, I don't" with out all that BS in between? Sometimes that's all the maker wants to know.
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and this obviously isn't one of those times, as the man requested input
 
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