What Is This [dang] Knife Good For?

[redsquid2]

Nooooo, leave it like it is! The blade shape and length is great. I'd go with the slightly longer handle, but I think either handle length would be nice. Great looking knife. Would make a really nice camp chore/cooking knife. Some nice brown micarta handles would be nice.

hmm. I don’t have any micarta. All I have is mesquite wood. I might have to wait til I order materials.

Another option is g10. I am laminating some layers of g10; forest green and hunter orange:

 

[unwisefool]

hmm. I don’t have any micarta. All I have is mesquite wood. I might have to wait til I order materials.

Another option is g10. I am laminating some layers of g10; forest green and hunter orange:

G10 is nice as well. I just haven't had good luck with natural materials as handle scales. I like the feel of micarta but definitely want to see what your stuff looks like!

 

[Eli Chaps]

Something like this? In this drawing, I shortened the handle at the butt end.

Told ya my idea was going to be unpopular.

FWIW, I actually think that looks great and would make a nice all 'rounder. But, I completely understand the calls for leave it long, especially as a camp-oriented knife. Either way, I think it's gonna turn out nice.

 

[redsquid2]

So here is what I came up with.

80CrV2 at 61 HRC.

Natural bubinga, G10 liners, copper pins, copper tube.

Overall length: 10 3/8"
Blade length: 5 3/8"

My hands are kinda small, so I intentionally made the handle long and fat for people with larger hands.

 

[Lesknife]

I think it turned out really nice! I think some folks put to much into thick blades. Every thick bladed knife I’ve ever had I didn’t like and the thinner ones got used. I don’t know anything about the 80watever steel but it still should be enough for most cutting tasks. Let er rip and see what it’ll do!

 

[unwisefool]

I like it! Looks like a very nice camping knife

 

[Sonnydaze]

Something like this? In this drawing, I shortened the handle at the butt end.

Go for a solid 3.3 - 3.4"" of straight-line blade edge. (which you DON'T have)...about 4" of grip (which you have). You have about 3 1/8" to the sharpening choil, which just is NOT quite long enough.
IMO...
It would be WONDERFUL if you could knock that edge down to 0.010"with a total edge Cutting/slicing is primarily a matter of GEOMETRY... and a behind the edge thickness of 0.010" with included angle of 36 deg would be very decent.
I honestly believe that the blade height is a bit too high.
The spine width of 0.110" is fine...
With all that being said, I REALLY like the looks of your knife...

 

[DocJD]

So here is what I came up with.

80CrV2 at 61 HRC.

Natural bubinga, G10 liners, copper pins, copper tube.

Overall length: 10 3/8"
Blade length: 5 3/8"

My hands are kinda small, so I intentionally made the handle long and fat for people with larger hands.

I love it !

 

[cbach8tw]

Really cool piece. This would be a great blade to do some testing on, just to see how well it does in different tasks. Let us know if you plan on testing it. I would think it would do ok with some kitchen tasks, or cutting up fruit for some tropical drinks. Would the edge be a little thick for slicing food?

 

[Henry Beige]

Most Mora blades are 2.5mm, just a hair thinner than yours. Reviewers have described the 2.5mm blade of a Mora Companion as “ fairly thick”. Quite a few machetes, good ones have blades 2.5mm or less. So I guess all things are relative.

If you put a Scandi grind, it will probably split wood pretty well, but that would not be its highest and best use. It should serve well as a camp knife.

 

[cbach8tw]

So,do you think with that thickness behind the edge, not scandi, that it would be a jack-of-all-trades but maybe not so well in the kitchen or food prep? Maybe adequate but not great at it? What other things do you use a camp knife for of this size? I know probably an obvious question, but curious; maybe making stakes, cutting skewers, traps or anything needed to be tied down, fire, etc? I would like to hear how some of you guys would use this particular knife? Slight adjustments but not major changes. keep the ideas coming.

 

[Londinium Armoury]

Tactical chefs knife.

 

[redsquid2]

I do not have calipers to measure presicely behind the edge, but before I sharpened it, it was about .33mm = .013 thick at the edge. I believe the final edge was 18 degrees per side.