Stout Bushcraft Knife

[Bill Siegle]

I’ve been playing with the idea of carrying a smaller blade when camping and here is one I finished today. It is a nice handy size and shape and a little bit stout but not overly so IMHO. I did start with 1/4in 5160 but by tapering the tang and the blade, I got the weight down to 6-7oz. The scales are green canvas Micarta. I sculpted the scales and then scalloped them for texture. It’s very secure but not rough on the hand. Overall it is 9 1/2in with a 4 7/8in blade tip to handle.

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[Bigfattyt]

That looks great. The dual taper likely makes that a light handy blade!!

 

[other memory]

I’m sure it’ll rip. Scales are tits! Cool man.