Yks (edc)

[Daniel Koster]

Yangdu Karda Special (Every Day Carry)

A while back (boy...this is getting repetitive...all my knife threads seem to start with a time disclaimer...)

Anyway, a while back Yangdu sent me a lil-karda-in-a-lil-pouch that she wanted modified to have a desert ironwood handle. After looking at it for a while (seem to do a lot of this...) I wondered if the work put into modifying it might end up crossing the "line of diminishing returns". Yet, I knew she wanted something that would fit in the pouch. So I set out to design a lil karda of my own that would do just that.

Well, enough chatter, pics seem to speak for themselves...


Here it is:

YKS
O-1 tool steel (5/32" thick)
Hollow ground (for better cutting)
Desert Ironwood
Brass pin & corby bolt
Kydex sheath (but fits in the leather sheath too)

Old & New together

Yangdu - hope you like it...and thank you for letting me make it's debut public.


Respectfully: please no requests for copies at this time.

moderator note(otherwise known as a NastyGram): I posted this the main forum - please move it to the Cantina if needed.

 

[westfork]

That's really nice Dan.:thumbup:

 

[Jaiofspam]

wow!!! very nice work there dan... *drool*
will these be available to the public *wink wink* :thumbup:
keep up the good work... thanks for sharing the pics

 

[tsf]

Very nice Dan. I have a small pukko in place of my karda, but I think it wouldn't take much arm twisting to replace it with one of these.
Terry

 

[wjzgma]

Wow...that's a sweet set up. Great Job!!! Have to put this one on my Santa's List!!!

:thumbup:

 

[Magnum22]

that is pretty

 

[Bladite]

nifty - i'll make a guess that yandgu loves it?

bladite

 

[Svashtar]

Dan, you're lucky that you put that disclaimer on the bottom, as I have an email AND prepay paypal ready to go! That is beautiful work. Just the thing to complement the ironwood AK bowie and CAK you did for me a while back. Is that about a 2.5" blade?

Thanks for sharing.

Norm

 

[lefthandblack]

Right on! That is a little beauty.:thumbup:

 

[Bobwhite]

Very cool Dan. I think when you are ready to tackle making a bunch, you will find a large market for this design.

 

[MauiRob]

Beautiful work!! Really nice:thumbup:

 

[Nasty]

Nope...modification of an HI product is perfectly at home here.

Now...about your comment about no copies...might *have* to ban you for that!

 

[Eric006]

I like that knife.

Eric

 

[Skyler R.]

will these be available to the public

Not saying I know how to get one...but try the makers section.

 

[Fiddleback]

Wow. Those are beautiful Dan. Great work!

 

[littleknife]

Dan, nice work. :thumbup: Yangdu deserves nothing less.:thumbup:

 

[Leatherface]

Really great work bro!!

 

[sweet]

wow! That looks great:thumbup:

 

[Roadrunner]

:thumbup: Your work keeps getting better Dan. I can't wait to see what you come up with next.

 

[jefptw]

Beautiful. And since no one else has done so ... e-mail sent.

James