The Sam Cade Thread of Knifey Goodness

I scaled it down to match my wife's small hand.

OAL is 10.25", with 6.25" of blade. The Scales are about 3.5" with the grip being exactly 4" from the guard.



Give me a sec to get back to the shop and I'll shoot an in-hand pic.

I wear a medium size glove by way of scale.




For me, it is perfectly usable but it would have to be maybe 20% larger to work well for a size L glove. I'd probably stretch out the scales a bit too.



Personally, I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of grip size for ease of carriage on an "EDC" fixed blade.

I've been carrying the red scaled knife for the last week or so and greatly prefer the "S" shape to the simple bellied tang.

Amazing work Sam.

:banghead:#jealous

I hate the USPS !

I sent blarby some knives and they got as far as Kansas before getting damaged.

They get back here tomorrow... I dread seeing them.

I just can't imagine what happened.

United syndicate of parcel smashing, at its best

Package looks like it was thoroughly was crushed. The knife with the blue/black scales was flexed enough that the scales popped loose but seems otherwise ok.
The smaller "tanto" has rusty fingerprints and freckling.

The small "Stubbins" looks to be perfectly fine and is the only one that retains a sheath.

I'll put something up tomorrow, the knives are out in the shop and I have a broken toe

The box has the characteristic "ran-over with a tow-motor and drug" look.

As an addendum, I was told that the package was involved in a "workplace accident that required documentation, sorry for the delay" so I have the suspicion that someone managed to cut themselves.

The treads of doom.

I'm all too familiar.


Toe ? Anvil ?

I used to work at the bulk mail center in KCK. Your package being run over and drug by a tow motor, or fork lift, is very plausible...

Insomnia.
Can't sleep?
Not tired?

Make a knife!



Bit of an homage to Fred Perrin here. POB is right on the finger groove.


Blade is right at 5" long and is slightly drop pointed.

I tried to mirror the arc of the drop on the edge side of the tang but the arc is so shallow that it is almost unnoticeable. The choil is sharpened into a line cutting serration.

Refinement is hard and I'm not entirely happy with how this one came out.

I'll finish it up tomorrow and see If I like it any better in the light of day.

Did this one the other day and promptly forgot about it.

1/8" O1 from the local Fastenal.



It is a mostly stock removal knife, I forged in the primary bevel a bit before squaring everything up and grinding. Probably more trouble than what it was worth. Man, forging straight lines is hard.

This knife is headed to my kitchen where it will be neglected and abused. I used a high temperature epoxy to fix the scales and pins so we are going to see how it does in the dishwasher.

Nice. When I have insomnia I eat. no knife making skills here. What do you think of the spyderco street beat designed by Perin. I recently started watching you tube videos of him. If I am not mistaken your lines also remind me of spydercos street bowie.

Litlman said:

Nice. When I have insomnia I eat. no knife making skills here.

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Thanks for the compliment.
I was trying keep from eating

If you have the intelligence and skill to navigate the internet successfully, you can make a knife. It is just a matter of getting out there and doing it.

I believe in you.

Litlman said:

What do you think of the spyderco street beat designed by Perin. I recently started watching you tube videos of him. If I am not mistaken your lines also remind me of spydercos street bowie.

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That isn't an accident. The Street Beat/Street Bowie are some of my favorite production knives.

We all draw water from the same well in the sense that there are only so many ways that the human hand can comfortably and securely grasp an object.
I think that the single deep finger notch is one of the better solutions.

Made this tonight, kinda looks like a rocket.





My pet peeve is sharp edges on scales. I'm pretty aggressive with contouring and rounding.

Sam C... That is some fine craftsmanship! And good eye for detail.
I'm in Hart County..Surrounded by Amish also!

ravenn said:

Sam C... That is some fine craftsmanship! And good eye for detail.

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Thanks, I appreciate it though I think it might be undeserved!

I'm still learning with every knife and slowly, oh so slowly :banghead: working on refinement.

ravenn said:

I'm in Hart County..Surrounded by Amish also!

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I'm aways South of you. Close enough that our Amish are probably related.

Annealing tangs, .095" 15n20 from NJSB.

It grinds OK but it is murder to drill without an annealing cycle. I don't have this problem with any other thickness of 15n20 from the same source.

Dang Sam you got Great Talent with Steel and fire.

Knocking out a few of these tonight.


Dolla-dolla bill for scale.




Scales look like this with the contour roughed in but not rounded.



Finished out.

Cool little blade Sam.