Ultimate edc fixed blade (finished)

[Justin Schmidt]

Sorry it took so long to finish this, I was dealing with a death in the family. But here it is ladies and gents.
Sheepsfoot AEBL 3.25 blade and 4in handle.
Linen and canvas mircata

Thanks everyone who put in their input and helped with ideas. I took some pics along the way if anyone is interested in a mini WIP.

Thoughts? Suggestions?
(Sorry for the crap pics its 1am and don't feel like getting the snazzy photo stuff out)

 

[anttttt]

I think the knife looks good.
Is that a hollow grind on the blade?
What sheath are you looking to get for the knife?

Anthony

 

[Justin Schmidt]

Thanks man. No it's a full flat. I'm probably not going to do a sheath for them. I'll just discount the price and let the user have one made. But if I do itll be a leather one.

 

[Gvard]

The thing I noticed first was the recurved area near the handle. This makes the knife unnecessarily harder to sharpen on stones and will only get worse with time. If you're gonna make a knife without a sharpening notch, make sure it is straight and sharpened all the way back. Might not bother some, but for me, it is a huge deal. Just something to look out for the next knives you make. Otherwise, they look like very functional, small fixed blades.

 

[FOG2]

Imo it doesn't appear to be a Sheeps Foot .
But that could be the pics.

 

[cbach8tw]

Very cool, as mentioned I think a choil would help in sharpening all the way.

 

[Mikel_24]

Very cool, as mentioned I think a choil would help in sharpening all the way.

I feel the same way.

HOWEVER, it is something anyone could do afterwards with a diamond file and some elbow grease. Or God forbid, an angle grinder and cut off disc!

 

[cbach8tw]

Good idea.

 

[shinyedges]

Does seem to pointy/upswept to be a sheepsfoot.

Like the handle though!

 

[Dangerously]

I like it. Looks comfortable. I’d call it a clip point. Sheepsfoot are straight blades. In this size, having some belly to the blade is more useful to me than a sheepsfoot anyway.

Suggestions: as above, sharpening choil so the flat of the blade really is a flat.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I'll make sure I include a sharpening choil on knives from now on. Honestly i'm not a huge fan of this blade shape, but its something I drew up and people seemed to like in the original thread. So I went with it.