No. 7 - Resurrection

Varga Knives

Varga Knives

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This was the third blade I've ground and I didn't really like much about it (too heavy and ugly) so when it came back from HT it just sat there. And sat there. I never could settle on what to do with it but finally I decided that I had to do something with that big hunk of steel. So, while I have a bunch of blades ground at this point this is only the seventh knife I've finished. It has a distal taper and is lighter than it looks. There was little I could do with the overall handle shape (it was too narrow) but I think it came out okay in the end. I still need to sharpen it, etch my name and make a sheath.

A little under 3/16th 1084
Handle is an inch thick
Unintentional hamon like all the rest of my first batch
Blade is 8" from tip to ricasso

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Thanks for looking!
 
The holes are there to lessen drag in a side wind :). Well, I thought it would reduce weight and look cool, and I do know about stress risers, but I was just fooling with designs.
 
Lessen drag in a side wind!:)
I like it. Gives you something to pinch when your using just the tip.
 
I'm not a fan of the holes in the blade. The size and placement looks like an afterthought. Who cares though? You have to experiment and learn and just have fun. But I do like the blade. Nice shape and grinds. Great effort.
 
Thanks guys. I'm slightly embarrassed to say that the holes were definitely not an afterthought but a perfect execution of a poor plan. But it was fun! The best part was resurrecting something I couldn't even look at. It just sat there on my bench mocking me, throwing it in my face how little I know of knife making. I hope I showed it who's boss. If nothing else at least it's different.

Now bring on the zombies so I can test it out. You know, the slow kind.
 
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