Alan Folts can do it all
alanfolts@sprintmail.com
However, last I spoke with him his time for knifes was in shorter supply then he likes.
Interesting twist to the Palm-a-hawk layout you have here. Your knife is a good bit larger then the original. The Palm-a-hawk blade is 3.5 from the tip to the front of the hilt. Also, the gap from the palm handle to the hilt seems stretched if the drawing is to scale. I dont think that it would fall into my hand properly, however everyone has preferences for this and my hands may be smaller then some. In the design phase I had several plywood cutouts that I used to tweak the shape. In the final phase Alan made some subtle changes to the geometry that improved the continuity of the design (Alan has an excellent feel for such things).
What I was looking for in this design was the biggest small knife possible. That is I wanted a very small fixed blade designed for self defense that made the absolute most efficient use of every fragment of its size. Hence the palm handle as it is half the length of a normal handle while still providing a very solid controllable, comfortable grip. Next was the choice of the hawk bill shaped blade. For what I have in mind with this knife it is IMO the most versatile and effective shape (dont have time to go into all that now). Last, I had envisioned a blade that was deployed quickly from a Kydex sheath using the reverse grip. But I also wanted the knife setup for effective forward grip maneuvers. For me the Palm-a-hawk works great in all these roles.
What is it that you have in mind with your version?
Why serrations ?
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