The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

Nathan the Machinist said:
It has a 20" blade and fullers. I had something dumb in mind for the handle but fortunately this was a collaboration with Dan Keffeler and he put the finishing touches on the design and it is correct now. It will be a real weapon that can remove limbs.
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Now that you have the K18 under your belt, and how much is actually cost, and the money you lost on it…. Will you price this more in line with actual cost, or have you been able to streamline the process and avoid the hangups that lead the K18 to infamy in your mind?
 
Question for Nathan: Will you be offering any knives in the future with the glorious ghetto satin finish? I haven't seen any offered in the Friday sales or the presales in a while now. I thought that was a great value. But maybe just a great value for us, and not for you? LOL.
 
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Richard338 said:
Hopefully the whole hog version will include Matt Gregory carbon fiber handle and saya with 24k gold menuki...
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If all the previous CPKs are any indication, the handle scales will likely be removable.

Hmmm... it would be REALLY cool if someone sent out their Notta-Wakizashi to one of the folks out there to get it fitted with custom 'furniture' (and if they felt like spending 2x - 3x the price of the blade, a traditional polish! No worries about damaging the heat treat. Traditional polishes are done by hand, using water stones, hence why they cost $XXXX).
 
SwarthyGnome said:
Now that you have the K18 under your belt, and how much is actually cost, and the money you lost on it…. Will you price this more in line with actual cost, or have you been able to streamline the process and avoid the hangups that lead the K18 to infamy in your mind?
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I am hoping the cost increase will get streamlined a bit because the grind looks less complex since it's a single edge, but that may be wishful thinking for me.
 
The Amazing Virginian said:
Question for Nathan: Will you be offering any knives in the future with the glorious ghetto satin finish? I haven't seen any offered in the Friday sales or the presales in a while now. I thought that was a great value. But maybe just a great value for us, and not for you? LOL.
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Probably? It's just a clean grind before tumbling finishing. Not a proper satin grind, but there is some skill involved in getting it nice and clean and even. It's a good honest working grind. I like it and I'm sure we'll run it again.
 
SwarthyGnome said:
Hi Nathan, will the CPK Keffeler Wakizashi differ from the super assassin in other ways than size?
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His SA is longer and wider with narrower primary grind and has a lot of cutting power and can literally cut a person in half. No, my Notta-Katana is not the same sort of thing, it's more of a conventional midsize sword. It will outperform historical weapons but it won't be single hitting 2X4s like a Keffeler Super Assassin.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
His SA is longer and wider with narrower primary grind and has a lot of cutting power and can literally cut a person in half. No, my Notta-Katana is not the same sort of thing, it's more of a conventional midsize sword. It will outperform historical weapons but it won't be single hitting 2X4s like a Keffeler Super Assassin.
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goddamn. This sounds like something I have to have
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
His SA is longer and wider with narrower primary grind and has a lot of cutting power and can literally cut a person in half. No, my Notta-Katana is not the same sort of thing, it's more of a conventional midsize sword. It will outperform historical weapons but it won't be single hitting 2X4s like a Keffeler Super Assassin.
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I kinda like that actually, the Super Assassin has such a wide blade that it almost doesn't look like a wakizashi anymore. I'm sure for performance reasons the SA is optimized but it just doesn't look a ton like a wakizashi anymore aesthetically.

Are you thinking of a handle that reflects traditional handle shaping at all, or are you thinking to make a race sword-type handle like the K18?
 
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