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I'm pleased to present the first design collaboration between David Mary Custom and New River Knife Works.
ETA: The finished Suretouch River Hawk pics start here: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...-works-exclusive.1871776/page-2#post-21403659
At just over 7" overall, this EDC hawkbill has a full sized handle with a blade just under 3", making it easy to carry, with good ergonomics, and legal just about anywhere. They will be full flat-vex ground for a high performance balance of slicing ability and robustness. I'm honored to have been approached for this project and excited to include Mark VanderWest of Leading Edge Fabrication for laser cutting, and Jarod Todd for heat treating.
There are two versions of the knife, one without jimping, and one with a portion of thumb jimping, and then some jimping further up the spine towards the tip for indexing during detail work where the index finger is riding along the spine. The knife can fill many roles from basic EDC, to yard work, cord cutting, carving, and even Martial Blade Concepts.
At this time handle materials have not been finalized, but I believe we are leaning toward Micarta and G10 handles, and probably a fob tube at the rear and a solid pin up front. These will only be available through Jason
New River Knife Works
; please feel free to reach out to him for base pricing, to express interest in a particular handle material and color, or to make a no money down reservation for one. Perhaps with enough advance interest it will help us narrow down the handle material selection.
The steel, laser cutting, and heat treatment orders have all been placed this week. Feel free to click or tap "watch" on this thread to be kept in the loop as this project progresses. Thanks for looking, and thanks again to Jason and New River Knife Works.
ETA: The finished Suretouch River Hawk pics start here: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...-works-exclusive.1871776/page-2#post-21403659
At just over 7" overall, this EDC hawkbill has a full sized handle with a blade just under 3", making it easy to carry, with good ergonomics, and legal just about anywhere. They will be full flat-vex ground for a high performance balance of slicing ability and robustness. I'm honored to have been approached for this project and excited to include Mark VanderWest of Leading Edge Fabrication for laser cutting, and Jarod Todd for heat treating.
There are two versions of the knife, one without jimping, and one with a portion of thumb jimping, and then some jimping further up the spine towards the tip for indexing during detail work where the index finger is riding along the spine. The knife can fill many roles from basic EDC, to yard work, cord cutting, carving, and even Martial Blade Concepts.
At this time handle materials have not been finalized, but I believe we are leaning toward Micarta and G10 handles, and probably a fob tube at the rear and a solid pin up front. These will only be available through Jason
New River Knife Works
; please feel free to reach out to him for base pricing, to express interest in a particular handle material and color, or to make a no money down reservation for one. Perhaps with enough advance interest it will help us narrow down the handle material selection.The steel, laser cutting, and heat treatment orders have all been placed this week. Feel free to click or tap "watch" on this thread to be kept in the loop as this project progresses. Thanks for looking, and thanks again to Jason and New River Knife Works.
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