Trail Cutlet

Lorien · May 11, 2023

'Cutlet'? What the hell are you on about, Arnold?
Well, it's not a cutlass...so what else do you want me to call it?

This here's .189" thick CPM 3V with an overall length of about 18"- as long as I can fit in the heat treating oven with the door shut
Handle is Terotuf laminated to G10. Brass pins. Skelotonizing cutouts are filled with low rebound rubber which is a gimmick I intend to exploit
The sheath is hand stitched 9oz leather, hot waxed. It was a quickie, nothing fancy but it fits as well as any sheath I've made

Pretty fun blade! It's kind of a grail type design for me in a way, has all the things I like in a big knife for the forest

Love to know your thoughts, and thanks for checking it out!

not2sharp · May 11, 2023

Nice work. My only suggestion is that it might better to place the lanyard in front of the handle rather than the back (or both).

n2s

seanj · May 11, 2023

Very nice! That looks like a real user

jfk1110 · May 11, 2023

What no videos???

. I'm really liking this beast..... Great job.......
I'd luv to take that for a stroll in the sticks

scdub · May 11, 2023

Wow - your best yet I think!

Neat idea to use rubber in the voids…

1911bphil · May 11, 2023

That looks awesome. Thanks for sharing.

tinfoil hat timmy · May 11, 2023

That finished up nicely

JParanee · May 11, 2023

Beast my friend

Lorien · May 11, 2023

not2sharp said:
Nice work. My only suggestion is that it might better to place the lanyard in front of the handle rather than the back (or both).

n2s

the Light Chopper, which I designed for Carothers Performance Knives, had a forward lanyard mount. I tried using that feature several times and really just was not that into it, personally. It can provide a little more leverage in a chop, and some control in arresting forward motion, but it just was a feature I never really used.
I don't use a lanyard at all when I'm working alone on the trail because I feel like they can be more dangerous. I want to be able to let go of the knife if I have to, say if I slip or fall, and get it away from wherever my body might land.
Lanyards are really great for protecting other people. Trust me when I say this, because I have actual experience- when you've got someone working with you you want to keep that knife from flying out of your hand and hitting that person, a lanyard SHOULD definitely be used. And in that scenario, especially when someone is relatively close, a forward mounted lanyard is the way to go

All that being said, a forward lanyard can be tied through the choil and around the ricasso. Not competition legal, but it does work and the choil is shaped for that specifically

seanj said:
Very nice! That looks like a real user

thank you, and yes it is!

jfk1110 said:
What no videos??? . I'm really liking this beast..... Great job.......
I'd luv to take that for a stroll in the sticks

sorry this one's upside down

scdub said:
Wow - your best yet I think!

Neat idea to use rubber in the voids…

thanks very much- one of the reason I don't take custom orders at this point is that I only make what I want to, and it's easy to make what I like because I'm totally into it. The downside is it's hard to let go

1911bphil said:
That looks awesome. Thanks for sharing.

thanks, it's my pleasure!

tinfoil hat timmy said:
That finished up nicely

I appreciate that, thank you

Lorien · May 11, 2023

JParanee said:
Beast my friend

thanks Joe- you gonna make it to Blade this year?

jfk1110 · May 11, 2023

Lorien said:
the Light Chopper, which I designed for Carothers Performance Knives, had a forward lanyard mount. I tried using that feature several times and really just was not that into it, personally. It can provide a little more leverage in a chop, and some control in arresting forward motion, but it just was a feature I never really used.
I don't use a lanyard at all when I'm working alone on the trail because I feel like they can be more dangerous. I want to be able to let go of the knife if I have to, say if I slip or fall, and get it away from wherever my body might land.
Lanyards are really great for protecting other people. Trust me when I say this, because I have actual experience- when you've got someone working with you you want to keep that knife from flying out of your hand and hitting that person, a lanyard SHOULD definitely be used. And in that scenario, especially when someone is relatively close, a forward mounted lanyard is the way to go

All that being said, a forward lanyard can be tied through the choil and around the ricasso. Not competition legal, but it does work and the choil is shaped for that specifically

thank you, and yes it is!

sorry this one's upside down

thanks very much- one of the reason I don't take custom orders at this point is that I only make what I want to, and it's easy to make what I like because I'm totally into it. The downside is it's hard to let go

thanks, it's my pleasure!

I appreciate that, thank you

Surprised you didn't come across any bodies in that brush......Cool blades

Thank you for posting the videos!!!

Dawkind · May 12, 2023

Man, extremely fine….even moe betta with red liners!!!!

Lorien · May 12, 2023

jfk1110 said:
Surprised you didn't come across any bodies in that brush......Cool blades Thank you for posting the videos!!!

ain't never had no 'Stand by Me' experience out there yet!

Dawkind said:
Man, extremely fine….even moe betta with red liners!!!!

I would've used orange if I had any on hand, but red would be nice, too

here's a quick vid of the sheath

Mongo · May 17, 2023

Dead Sexsay! I would vote for white liners though...

Lorien · May 18, 2023

Mongo said:
Dead Sexsay! I would vote for white liners though...

I actually have some ivory G10 I was thinking of using. Maybe for the next one

Natlek · May 19, 2023

Lorien said:

That thing It's too heavy for what you're trying to cut in this video. For thinner branches, you need speed , not mass. And you don't have to hold them to cut . . .. .

Lorien · May 22, 2023

Natlek said:
That thing It's too heavy for what you're trying to cut in this video. For thinner branches, you need speed , not mass. And you don't have to hold them to cut . . .. .

I'll admit I'm a bit of an a-hole, so all the responses that came to mind started with 'with all due respect'...

so I'll just say, thank you for sharing your opinion.
Cheers!

1911bphil · May 22, 2023

Lorien said:
I'll admit I'm a bit of an a-hole, so all the responses that came to mind started with 'with all due respect'...
so I'll just say, thank you for sharing your opinion.
Cheers!

You're a better man than I am. I probably would include a few "sentence enhancers" in my response. Thanks. I enjoy seeing your pictures that you share. You are very talented.

Natlek · May 22, 2023

Lorien said:
I'll admit I'm a bit of an a-hole, so all the responses that came to mind started with 'with all due respect'...
so I'll just say, thank you for sharing your opinion.
Cheers!

Sorry if you were offended. I thought you filmed that video to demonstrate the capabilities of that blade. . . .. So , with all due respect I apologize for watching the video and noticing that blade fails to cut thin branches .
. .

Natlek · May 22, 2023

1911bphil said:
You're a better man than I am. I probably would include a few "sentence enhancers" in my response. Thanks. I enjoy seeing your pictures that you share. You are very talented.

Really ? Let's see your response ?

Trail Cutlet

Lorien

Nose to the Grindstone

not2sharp

seanj

jfk1110

scdub

1911bphil

tinfoil hat timmy

JParanee

Lorien

Nose to the Grindstone

Lorien

Nose to the Grindstone

jfk1110

Dawkind

Lorien

Nose to the Grindstone

Mongo

Lorien

Nose to the Grindstone

Natlek

Lorien

Nose to the Grindstone

1911bphil

Natlek

Natlek