Jesse did a variation on the small WC Davis "chute" knife I picked up in an estate sale.
The balance point is just on the index finger and the knife is very comfortable in the hand.
The ricasso is very pronounced and allows for a thumb or finger in front of the guard with the rest of the hand securely gripping the micarta/guard.
The blade is 440C that Jesse carefully heat treats and cryos to optimize performance. The guard is the nickel alloy (nickel silver) seen on many nicer knives. Pins are mosaic.
We're still playing around with variations on this design, but the slightly larger knife is about ideal size for a chute knife style. Next variation will have no ricasso, like the original from WC Davis, but a 1/3 sharpened top edge. Perhaps flat grinds, too.
The balance point is just on the index finger and the knife is very comfortable in the hand.
The ricasso is very pronounced and allows for a thumb or finger in front of the guard with the rest of the hand securely gripping the micarta/guard.
The blade is 440C that Jesse carefully heat treats and cryos to optimize performance. The guard is the nickel alloy (nickel silver) seen on many nicer knives. Pins are mosaic.
We're still playing around with variations on this design, but the slightly larger knife is about ideal size for a chute knife style. Next variation will have no ricasso, like the original from WC Davis, but a 1/3 sharpened top edge. Perhaps flat grinds, too.
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