Who likes Shane Sibert?

I tell you guys, for those who have not handled Shanes gear, he is THE, walking CNC milling machine. His work is that good.
 
gundy said:
I tell you guys, for those who have not handled Shanes gear, he is THE, walking CNC milling machine. His work is that good.
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Any particular reason why Sibert would decide to use a hollow grind on something like the scout which looks to be a hard use knife?
 
His preference, I suppose, at least on this model. If you're going to do a saber grind with relatively thick stock like this, hollow is how you get the edge geometry down to realistically useable. And hollow doesn't have to mean thin--you can have a hollow grind that'll take chops into mild steel and a convex grind so thin it'll roll cutting cardboard.

On the big boy there I'd prefer a different grind as I consider knives of that size to be--at least partially--chopping/limbing tools. But in a 6" blade at 3/16" stock it's not going to be a chopping powerhouse no matter how you grind it.
 
General utility was a major factor in this knifes design. I still like the hollow grind as an all purpose cutting edge. It is underated in my opionion.
 
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