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***update*** Okay folks, the little knife in this thread is sold, but there has been a lot of interest in the rest of the batch I started--- So I started a list of names. I currently have 10 other blades that are textured, profiled, and rough ground. Half are flat ground, half are hollow ground. If you were wanting to be on the list, please let me know, along with which type of grind you prefer. I'm going to be finishing these up soon. Thanks guys!!! 
I have knives like this laying around the shop that I use all the time. Back when I worked on the maintenance crew at the paper mill, I carried one in the side pocket of my Carhartt jeans.
Ground from ~1/8" thick, 1084 barstock that I smack with a texturing die made from heavily rusted/pitted steel blocks (it's basically like mill scale, just a little more texture)
Hardened to 60/61 Rc
This one was hollow ground on a 10" wheel and left with a Gator belt finish... it is VERY thin at the edge
6" OAL
~ 2-1/2" blade X ~ 7/8" wide at widest point
I radius all around the handle so it's comfy to hold, and buff the perimeter to a mirror polish.
The sheath is a small pouch made from thin veg tanned cow hide on the outside and pig skin on the inside. There is a rare earth magnet in-between the layers that holds the blade in place.
I sat on the couch the other night with Angi for about an hour and asked her if she noticed anything odd--- she had no idea I had this in my side pocket the whole time and I damn near forgot myself.
It's as simple as a little knife could be, but IMHO, it's pretty darn handy. I should point out that this is a very simple utilitarian tool, and while I wanted it to be clean, the focus was on the shape, heat-treat, and thin edge--- so I did not spend hours and hours trying to make it as close to perfect as possible like I do on my collector grade knives.
$105 shipped in the U.S. This one is sold
Thanks for looking
This is how I always carry mine- You can put it in any pocket I suppose. It does NOT have a belt loop or clip, so it's gotta go in a pocket or a pack.
I have knives like this laying around the shop that I use all the time. Back when I worked on the maintenance crew at the paper mill, I carried one in the side pocket of my Carhartt jeans.
Ground from ~1/8" thick, 1084 barstock that I smack with a texturing die made from heavily rusted/pitted steel blocks (it's basically like mill scale, just a little more texture)
Hardened to 60/61 Rc
This one was hollow ground on a 10" wheel and left with a Gator belt finish... it is VERY thin at the edge
6" OAL
~ 2-1/2" blade X ~ 7/8" wide at widest point
I radius all around the handle so it's comfy to hold, and buff the perimeter to a mirror polish.
The sheath is a small pouch made from thin veg tanned cow hide on the outside and pig skin on the inside. There is a rare earth magnet in-between the layers that holds the blade in place.
I sat on the couch the other night with Angi for about an hour and asked her if she noticed anything odd--- she had no idea I had this in my side pocket the whole time and I damn near forgot myself.
It's as simple as a little knife could be, but IMHO, it's pretty darn handy.
I should point out that this is a very simple utilitarian tool, and while I wanted it to be clean, the focus was on the shape, heat-treat, and thin edge--- so I did not spend hours and hours trying to make it as close to perfect as possible like I do on my collector grade knives. $105 shipped in the U.S. This one is sold
Thanks for looking
This is how I always carry mine- You can put it in any pocket I suppose. It does NOT have a belt loop or clip, so it's gotta go in a pocket or a pack.
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of the others! Just let me know if I have any coming my way and I can arrange payment with you! Any way you cut it, I'd like two please!
THANK YOU!!! 
