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Here is a picture of a knife I made a while back. I kind of like the design but the middle bit of metal in between the top if the handle and the blade is a little un necessary. The over all length was 9 inches with a 4 inch blade. The metal is 1085 spring steel and the handle on this is I believe is aspen.
 
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lastbrunneng said:
If you made this knife over again what would you do differently?
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I would take out the middle bit of metal, git rid of the gut hook and flare the copper tubes more in the handle. Also I would shorten the blade tip a little or make it a steeper angle back maybe. Also I might add some gimping.
 
I think you were headed somewhere good with this one. If you do try to do it again I would suggest (along with everything you mentioned) that you take another look at the profile on that middle bit, it sort of pinches in on each side but not with the same curve. That could be a very elegant look if you pulled it off. Try drawing it a couple times, even just trace the knife and redraw the lines right over it. Don't worry about anything fancy like flared pins or gimping yet, get that profile and grind just right because that's what the eye will see first.
 
Personally, I'd put more thought into the handle design. I'm not a fan of jimping, so I'd avoid that, especially if you've never done it before. Most of the newbie jimping I see it, frankly, uneven and poorly executed. If you don't have some means of insuring the spacing is uniform, it's going to look amateurish.
 
How you shape the scales is your decision. I'm just saying it looks pretty basic.
 
Yah I guess it is pretty basic. I would like to get more of a contoured grip but I need to practice. This handle is rounded over in the back and dips down in the two "spots or channels" in the front or blade side.
 
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