Poll. . . Pick Your Favorite Baby SARsquatch Design!!!!

Pick your favorite Baby Sarsquatch Design

  • Design Number 1

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Design Number 2

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    0
#1 for me, although I am finding myself in agreement that if it had the handle of #2 that would be the best of both.
 
I'll take one of each and let you know in 6 or so months which I like better, if I can decide. I like the looks of #2 a bit better but #1 IS the Busse and more form following function. Not a big fan of choils since both they and teeth can get stuck, but I do see their uses, too. Pete
 
:) Hey Jerry... I seriously hope that ya don't mind... Curiosity got the better of me, so I photochopped some very slight modifications to your #1 knife drawing to see how it would look... I dropped the handle's angle 1.5 degrees, re-angled the butt back perpendicular to the blade as it was before changing the handle's angle, and moved the thumb ramp up a bit... It's your baby (SARsquatch), and please know that I certainly don't want to step on your toes. Cool? I just had to see what I was thinking about...

Here's the photochopped version of your drawing of #1:

BabySAR-mod.jpg


...What do ya think?
 
Raymond1000 said:
# 2 for me. Choils have more dissadvantages than advantages.
Click to expand...

#2 absolutely! On small - medium knives, choils are absolutely useless, save making sharpening a little easier, and it's easy enough anyway. On large, blade heavy knives, sure, you can actually benefit from a choil to move your grip forwards making the blade feel less heavy, but on small knives, please, no choils at all, or very, very small ones. Handles are the part of the knife we're supposed to hold, not the blade, even if it's got a choil cut into it. [/end choil rant]

All that said, I'd buy number #1 if #2 was never put into production. ;)
 
XMP said:
Definitely #1, but if you are going to have a choil at all it needs to be usable, otherwise it might as well have none at all. The HRLM was an example of a useless choil: too small to use for choking up, but moved the blade farther away from the handle. My hope is for #1 with a choil big enough for choking up!
Click to expand...

I agree exactly with XMP.

I also like the changes Jaxx made in post 64... but still want the choil to be larger, so that it is usable, otherwise it might as well have none at all.
 
I don't like number 2 because the design put the necessary talon hole unnecessarily close to the hole used to affix the handle. This weakens the overall center of the design structurally....er at least in my non-Engineers mind.
 
If you look at my post in the original design thread:

rbmcmjr said:
Here's my recipe:

  • DCH handle
  • blade to handle relationship like the HOG Muk, but with the ricasso extending further forward and down to serve as an integral guard (keep the index finger away from the sharp corner of the blade edge plunge)
  • 6"+/- blade of 0.22" or thinner stock (personally, I vote for 0.187")
  • blade tip profile similar to the original satin jack or CPABA
  • straight edge and spine
Click to expand...

can you guess which one I chose?







#2
 
Dunner said:
#2 Here < Choil Hater ;) :D And thanks again Jerry! I love the little beast, choil or not and can't wait to get a set.
Click to expand...

I agree with Dunner. Make the blade on #2 a 3/4 saber grind, remove the thumb ramp, and lose the choil and a winner is born.
 
If these are the final 2 designs, then #1 for me Boss!

But, I think the blade and thumb ramp of #1 mated to the handle of #2 would be perfect. Keep the Talon Hole as well! :thumbup:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top