Some recent pieces

[skonkworks]

Good evening guys.
Here are some knives I've turned out in the last couple months. Hope you like em! Feedback, good or bad, is always welcome!

Custom kitchen knife in O-1. 12.5" overall length, custom micarta scales made from a customer provided jacket, combo bevel and brass pins.

A very stabby kiridashi-style knife in O-1. About 10" oal. File work, decarb finish, and glass reinforced plastic scales.

14" O-1 cleaver with file work, decarb finish, purple heart scales, and brass pins. V grind bevels with convex edge and differential heat treatment.

Mini chopper in O-1 with mystery wood scales and brass pins

"Talon" knife, just for fun. Made from a 7" piece of O-1 scrap.

 

[scottishsmith24]

Thanks for posting! Your designs seem to be improving a lot. Since you asked for feedback the main things I notice right off the bat are that a) the handles are extremely slim and they should probably have more contouring. And b) on the first knife shown I wish you had removed the gouge mark from the grinder and flattened the blade out. If the satin finish continued across the whole blade I believe that would be your best knife posted. Cheers!

 

[Hengelo_77]

Interesting knives.
I'd invest a bit more time hand finishing those blades, removing the deeper scratches. A good knife is worth that imho

 

[skonkworks]

Thanks for the feedback guys! Much appreciated! As for the gouge mark in the first one, it's actually beveled at a wider angle in the aft 2.5 inches of the blade for increased durability when chopping through bones or other hard materials, sort of like a lot of the Bushcraft knives that have been coming out. The forward portion is a full v grind, and the aft only goes halfway. Just a concept I wanted to play with.

 

[Craig Daniel]

I like the mini chopper and the just for fun talon, The talon kinda reminds me of the Rooster fighting knives I have saw some people make.