Thoughts on Design?

[Jak Epp]

I recently started a knife similar to this, but I wasn’t happy with the way it looked, so I changed the design a bit more. Any thing I should change to make it better?

 

[Crag the Brewer]

I recently started a knife similar to this, but I wasn’t happy with the way it looked, so I changed the design a bit more. Any thing I should change to make it better?

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[Jak Epp]

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Edited, can you see now?

 

[Crag the Brewer]

I can see it now.......

Ways to make it "better" are going to be of opinion...

Me personally I don't like sharpening coils, and I don't like harpoons, especially on a small knife.

But those are just My opinions. Some people might love that stuff. You should make the knives that YOU want, my opinion, or other people's here, doesn't matter.


I will ask a pertaining question though....
What is the blade thickness, and what sharpening angles, bte thickness, too?

*Edit to add...
I really like the pommel, looks like a comfortable handle.

 

[Forrest Taylor]

Looks good to me. Make it and post pics

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I say make what you like.
I would get rid of the harpoon. It serves no function.

 

[godogs57]

I say make what you like.
I would get rid of the harpoon. It serves no function.

Agree. Being a little ticky but I'd do away with the notch on the cutting edge IF it will be used to say, gut deer. Those notches have a tendency to "hang up" on intestines and such. Like the harpoon, it serves no purpose.

 

[Bigburly912]

If you are deadset on a “harpoon” i would bring it back and make it more of a ridge for your thumb instead of up further on the blade but heck it doesnt look bad as is. Somebody would love it, thats the great thing about knives.

 

[Jak Epp]

What is the blade thickness, and what sharpening angles, bte thickness, too?

It’ll be between 1/8 and 5/32. Edge angle 20-25 degrees, and i usually try to bring the edge to about 25-30 thou before sharpening.

 

[Jak Epp]

Thanks for all the feedback, fellas! I understand that the harpoon point might not serve much purpose in a utilitarian sense, but I wanted something with a bit more visual interest than a drop point, and I don’t love how a straight clip looks on a knife with a lower tip like this one. I drew inspiration from Scott McGhee’s Piranha and XO models; I figured that being a master smith, he wouldn’t put a raised clip like that on a using knife if it made it harder to use. I started a blade in a very similar pattern to this one, and I like how the raised clip feels, but that might change with scales attached and everything. I think I will go ahead and do away with the sharpening choil, though

 

[Crag the Brewer]

You said you don't like drop points..... Then maybe don't make it a drop point.
If it's a hunting knife,
What about bringing the tip Up higher?
I could imagine it looking pretty sweet as a straight-back

 

[SharpBits]

As a buyer and not a maker, I will add that I prefer harpoon style blade grinds where the back of the harpoon acts as a thumb ramp. Not every grind needs to be boring, IMO.

 

[JoeBusic]

Make it and use it. You'll figure it out.

 

[Drew Riley]

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In lieu of a sharpening choil, I'd probably do something a little more like this.

Also, if doing a harpoon, I typically like to see a swedge on the back of it. Other than that, it looks like a pretty decent knife to me.

 

[Robert Erickson]

Overall a great profile. One of my favorites. The only thing to adjust, to my eye, is that the blade angle can be canted down just slightly to continue the curve of the spine all the way to the thumb ramp. It's subtle but something like this:

 

[blgoode]

We must be living in alternate universes. I recently came up with something very similar.

 

[REK Knives]

Add a swedge!

 

[Jak Epp]

We must be living in alternate universes. I recently came up with something very similar.

My idea definitely isn’t an original design, but honestly what knife design is original these days? Also, I really like that handle material. Denim micarta?

 

[blgoode]

My idea definitely isn’t an original design, but honestly what knife design is original these days? Also, I really like that handle material. Denim micarta?

Right. We are lucky to really be able to pull from great designs and use that to our own advantages. Happens all the time

 

[David Mary]

Mine would probably look something like this: