optimal handle shape

[Wowbagger]

It is all very easy ; the knife industry has been doing it for decades ; just take it step by step nice and slow and methodical :

Take a fat stick to make the blank for your handle.
Attach a blade of your choice (or better yet ; my choice)
Cut away any part of the stick that bugs you while you are cutting stuff .
Now we are close . . . but . . . this is no "Banana cutter " yet . . . it doesn't have enough "Power".
next step :
Cut away A WHOLE BUNCH OF THE SIDES OF THE HANDLE so . . .
it is pocket friendly .

DONE !​

now that wasn't so hard was it ?

 

[dirc]

yah, but when your mfg setup is just a lathe and robot arms, hard for that to be realistic...

also, you know hands are like vastly different sizes?... shapes? variances on finger thickness and spacing?
better to allow a blank, thicker base to allow users to do stuff, and sandpaper on proper handle wood setup is a miracle, I'll leave this for yall as a homework lesson ; )

I top mine off with a light amount of tung oil, pure, no solvents or bs (or b.l.o. since most of you probably have that laying around)

 

[Wowbagger]

realistic

oh sure . . . throw parameters at me and limitations at me at the last . . .
I call foul .

also, you know hands are like vastly different sizes?... shapes? variances on finger thickness and spacing?

not mine .
They are both surprisingly similar .
Though they show their individuality by being opposites in their view points in almost every way , they are none the less staunchly patriotic and able to grab onto the same handle when the need arises.

 

[Alex Topfer]

Why does it need to be pocket friendly? I've tried fitting a 25cm chef's knife in my pockets, and no one makes a dress with pockets that big

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I'm guessing this was about te other handle thread that was closed. Any constructive comments can be posted in the new handle thread.

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