PolRoger
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Well... Hmmm... I didn't realize that you didn't know what you were doing or how to make something decent and yet miraculously you ended up with the LC Proto!
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WiP! Trail Cutlass
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Well... Hmmm... I didn't realize that you didn't know what you were doing or how to make something decent and yet miraculously you ended up with the LC Proto!
BTW, something I should've mentioned/asked earlier;
With a blade the length and weight of the trail cutlass, any thoughts on a wider flare at the end/butt of the handle, along the lines of the Competition Chopper?
I don't always use a lanyard, and that flare would definitely help with positive retention even with a looser grip.
With a blade the length and weight of the trail cutlass, any thoughts on a wider flare at the end/butt of the handle, along the lines of the Competition Chopper?
I don't always use a lanyard, and that flare would definitely help with positive retention even with a looser grip.
nandok
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Really? You designed the best knife ever before you knew how to make decent knives? That's amazing! And you think these are superior? Well then, I suppose I'll have to sample them.
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oh yeah- that knife! My memory is shit, but I think that knife predates CPK. Maybe it was a prototype before I knew it would be?Well... Hmmm... I didn't realize that you didn't know what you were doing or how to make something decent and yet miraculously you ended up with the LC Proto!
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sure- a competition chopper has severe dimensional limitations. You want to squeeze as much blade out of that 15" oa length as you can, and that means making the handle as compact as possible. The way it looks to me, a competition chopper has only one place to put your hand, and the trick is to shape it in such a way as the HOW you grip the handle becomes a much more important factor than WHERE you grip it. Comp chopper handle design would have to be extremely nuanced, and I'm looking forward to Blade so I can handle some of these award winning choppers and learn some stuff.
to my way of thinking, for a blade of the cutlass' massive size, if your grip is easily enough loosened to allow the handle to slide forward in hand during use where you have to lean on a swollen butt, then there's a problem with the handle shaping. This handle is designed to not pull forward in your hand, so a large swell at the back end is unnecessary. Although I've had limited opportunity for testing, it feels so far like than plan is working out pretty good
Haha! I guess, maybe, I don't know...the cutlass isn't superior to anything I've used, because it's vastly different. Superior for some specific tasks, not for others, so...different
the cutlet, on the other hand- ho boy! If I knew how to make knives back then, this would likely have been the og LC
Well... Hmmm... I didn't realize that you didn't know what you were doing or how to make something decent and yet miraculously you ended up with the LC Proto!
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!!!! I wanty thata one too lol