Thinking it's time I made another knife for myself lol

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Will Leavitt

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I traded away my last EDC and when I go out I'm usually asked about my knives. I've found over the years that carrying your own knife is about as good a way as generating sales as anything. I've got some nice stag and sketched out this drop point hunter/EDC for myself.

It'll be forged and differentially heat treated out of 1/8" 1084, rust blackened steel fittings, 3/8" at the ricasso, 1/8" at the butt. Almost a 4" blade and about 8 7/8 overall. The piece of stag is in the picture, it's not a crown piece, that's just the part of the beam it came out of. I'm not sure if I want a thong hole or not. Any suggestions or comments please feel free to fire away.

 
Your link isn't working for me, but from what I can see from the thumbnail it looks like a great design!
 
What is 1084 steel like? I can guess at some of its properties from its carbon content, but I can't remember ever seeing anyone talk about it much here.

I don't have any suggestions, but I would love to see it when it gets finished. How does rust blackening work?
 
I love 1080/1084... works great under the hammer, you can get wonderful hamons with it. It's a hard working steel if properly heat treated and tempered. The blackening is basically a controlled rust process, usually seen in Japanese sword/tanto fittings.
 
Nice design. I can't think of any way to improve it :-)

1084 is a favorite steel of many forgers. Only problem is that they don't make it any more...
 
I like it...but thats cuz I love a good dropoint! I think It will be a beaut! Go For It! thanks for showin it-Bill
 
Will, I really like the design. I especially like the way the the point drops so much. This is a very useful and safe way to keep the point away from the other hand, when up in the cavity of a deer. My preference is for a shorter blade, but many would argue against that.
Best wishes, Don
 
Don, I prefer a shorter blade too but the size of the stag is kind of dictating the blade size. I drew up several with my preferred blade length of about 3" but they didn't look right. You're right about the dropped point, that's why I always put one on a hunter unless a customer totally overrides me in the design. For our smaller Alabama deer I use what I call my "deer zipper" it's a necker with about a 2" blade, fits in the palm of your hand with your finger on top of the blade (I normally do about 75% of my work on a deer holding a knife like this.)

Thanks for the comments, if anyone has anything to add fire away!
 
Well, I like the design as it is at the moment.
But if you want the blade a bit smaller, perhaps you can drop the edge more.
That way you get a knife a bit more like the ones David Boye has a lot of in his book.
 
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