Pohan Leu custom "hark"anto

[harkamus]

After I met Pohan for the first time at Blade 2011, I decided I wanted a custom tanto made to my specs, so I went to the drawing board and drew one up on paper. Then I transferred that drawing to Autocad and emailed Pohan the rendering. The result is below.

3/16 inch thick A2 @ 62.5 RC according to Leu's hardness tester.
7 inches overall.
3.25 inch handle.
3.5 inch edge from tip to start of sharpening choil.
Red stingray wrap under epoxy impregnated nylon cord.
Bronze dragon menuki

EDIT: As you can tell, I tried to squeeze as much blade into the design as I could and still have enough grip length for me to get a 4 finger grip on the handle. My next design will be 8 inches overall with 4.25 inch of edge and 3.5 inch of grip. The remaining .25 inch comes from 1/8 inch being the thickness of the guard and 1/8 inch being the diameter of the sharpening choil. I suppose I could keep the same 3.25 inch grip as this version and have a 4.5 inch cutting edge, but the design doesn't quite look proportional this way. Still...4.25 inches of edge in an 8 inch package is very versatile.

 

[stabber]

That is SWEET!! I bet you can shave the Hairs off a Fly's back with it!!:thumbup:

 

[harkamus]

That is SWEET!! I bet you can shave the Hairs off a Fly's back with it!!:thumbup:

Probably could, now if I could only find a fly to shave hairs off.

So I wanted to test sharpness of the knife. I thought, I'll try something I have yet to accomplish with any other knife. I got some random magazine and flipped it to some random page since the covers are usually thicker. Then I shaved the magazine page without cutting through the actual page. I suppose that qualifies as damn sharp.

I'm tempted to buy 1 inch or 1.25 inch diameter hemp rope to try to cut it free hanging. I'm told Pohan's knives can do this easily. I just don't know how easily I can find hemp rope. Doubt my Home Depot has it. heh.