Nuttin but blade

Bill Siegle

Bill Siegle

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OK so maybe a little bit of handle :) Been thinking of a real bare bones blade for the woodline lately. Something along the lines of the CS Bushman with no extraneous features. Just a good cutter :) Here is one I made today. Still needs to be cera coated so it still shows the tempering colors and mill scale. It feels pretty good in the hand. The 1/4in thickness gives you plenty to hold and there are a few holes for tying or wrapping the tang if a survivor wanted. Overall it is 11 3/8in with a 6in blade. I left a little steel in the spine for chopping weight and for prying. I suppose one could use the handle holes to attach it to the end of a spear although I prefer to just sharpen a stick versus possibly loosing my blade to a running off animal. I know the skeletal designs aren't for everyone but I have always been atracted to em :)
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I have broken the edges of the handle a bit and I did some preliminary "banging" on my vice stand with it to see what chopping would feel like. It wasn't too bad :) Not as good as a full scaled knife but hardly abusive :)
 
Aaaaahhhhh! Naked knife! In the name of decency, get some paracord clothing on that tang right away!

Nice job though. :) I love the minimalist approach.
 
Nice! I am drawn to skeleton handled blades as well, not sure why. I guess its the bare-bones simplicity. I've owned two of your skeleton handles blades. Great backpacking knives.
 
Bill, I like that knife alot. I have carried and used a Becker Necker for years, one of the great things about such a knife is ease of clean up, especially for field dressing deer. If I could make one observation: make the handle a little more ergonomic, to allow for greater control, a knife without handle scales needs to be more contoured to make up for the lack of a handle.
 
I like it as a start, but it could use a flat pommel (or how about the end of a prybaby for versatility) and two more inches of blade.
 
I'd like slots in the handle for more paracord wrapping options. I'd like to see handle designs that work in a firesteel too.
 
I like it. Big but flat, so it could easily ride in a survival kit or in the truck.
 
Nice looking blade but just dont seem right. It feels to me that the knife is asking for a handle. the proportions of the knife make the blade look out of place as if its too big.. Now mind you im talking about the looks department. A good knife for me is not just that does what it supposed to but it should be easy on the eyes too. I can just see a nice dark wood handle with the top has a slant forward to cover the top hole. But thats just me and nothing else meant by that..

Sasha
 
One day I have to pick up one of your blades Bill. Your knives are top notch and this one is no exception.

kev
 
I'm just trying to imagine what it would feel like bitter cold. I've fixed cars on the driveway in the winter before and grabbing a big old hunk of zero degree steel is a turn off to me. However, it's a mighty fine looker except for that bit of prejudice.
 
This blade is made of differentially hardened 5160 hence the reason I am going to get it Cera Coated :) The pommel is very slightly curved but would make a fine enough hammer if someone wished to use it that way. As to the cold worries. I agree this probably isn't the knife for that environment but with gloves on in those temps or the addition of a wrap to the handle, you'd have no worries. As I stated before the idea of this one is a bare bones blade. Handle slabs and pry bar pommels would get too far away from that concept. The prybar pommel IMO is one of those "looks good on paper" ideas. I have had a few blades with different approaches to that idea. All of em were uncomfortable in the hand and hard on the wearer when in the sheath. Besides you wouldn't get much leverage with a 4-5inch handle to work with. I would hope one would not be holding the blade when prying with the pommel! I do like the idea of a slot to hold a firesteel however I do not own a mill and I have no plans on filing a slot out. A small firesteel could be added just under a wrap and it would add a nice palmswell though :) One would definitely want to seal the firesteel with laquer or something though as those puppies with corrode to nothing if left exposed too long.
 
A nice, practical tool. Without a thick handle, it would be more convenient to fit in a sheath, to pack away or even 'hide'. Lashed on to a stick it would make a great thrusting spear.

In cold conditions the handle could be wrapped with leather, cord or cloth.
 
coote said:
A nice, practical tool. Without a thick handle, it would be more convenient to fit in a sheath, to pack away or even 'hide'. Lashed on to a stick it would make a great thrusting spear.

In cold conditions the handle could be wrapped with leather, cord or cloth.
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Hey coote, after reading your post about lashed to a stick, I went back and looked at the picture and it greatly reminded me of a CS Bushman with a different handle, of course, (and tons nicer, of course, Bill :D)

Doc
 
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