I posted something similar to this on another forum, but it hasn't garnered much response (any, actually) yet. I'm wondering if they just suck so bad that no one wants to be the a-hole to point out the elephant in the room
I'm basically looking for a critique on these two designs.
I have made a handful of knives (stock removal), but I would consider myself a beginner in every sense of the word when it comes to making knives, and I'd like to get some input these.
Just for a sense of scale, the overall length for the big one is about 8.5", and the small one is about 5.375". These are the blanks I cut out of 3/16" 1095.
Ignore most of the Sharpie lines on the big one, I was playing around with ideas for bevels and whether to drill out areas to reduce weight.
The big one I was planning on using as a skinning/hunting/utility knife to keep on my hunting pack or on my belt. I was planning a Scandi or full flat grind for it, with a false edge on the top that would run 1/2 the blade length or so. On the handle, I ended up deviating from the original design. I was grinding it, and decided to keep some of the back to wrap around back of the pinkie finger a bit.
The small one is sort of a long story. When I was in college, I couldn't carry my EDC Benchmade Mini-Grip, because the blade exceeded the length that the university would allow, so I went to Wally World, found a cheap knife that met the max blade length that was legal for school, and bought it. It was a crap Gerber with a chisel grind. Blade geometry was not good at much, but once I put a new edge on it, it did excel at delicate slicing, in spite of the crappy steel. I thought I would try to make a better version of a chisel ground slicing knife with this design. I was thinking of putting a bottle opener on the back of the tang on this one.
So anyway, what do y'all think? I'm all ears. If it's negative, don't hold back, I can take it. These are going to be learning pieces for me, more than anything else, so if it's scrap, I won't be mad. It's only a few dollars worth of steel. The learning is the valuable part.
Jason
I'm basically looking for a critique on these two designs.
I have made a handful of knives (stock removal), but I would consider myself a beginner in every sense of the word when it comes to making knives, and I'd like to get some input these.
Just for a sense of scale, the overall length for the big one is about 8.5", and the small one is about 5.375". These are the blanks I cut out of 3/16" 1095.
Ignore most of the Sharpie lines on the big one, I was playing around with ideas for bevels and whether to drill out areas to reduce weight.
The big one I was planning on using as a skinning/hunting/utility knife to keep on my hunting pack or on my belt. I was planning a Scandi or full flat grind for it, with a false edge on the top that would run 1/2 the blade length or so. On the handle, I ended up deviating from the original design. I was grinding it, and decided to keep some of the back to wrap around back of the pinkie finger a bit.
The small one is sort of a long story. When I was in college, I couldn't carry my EDC Benchmade Mini-Grip, because the blade exceeded the length that the university would allow, so I went to Wally World, found a cheap knife that met the max blade length that was legal for school, and bought it. It was a crap Gerber with a chisel grind. Blade geometry was not good at much, but once I put a new edge on it, it did excel at delicate slicing, in spite of the crappy steel. I thought I would try to make a better version of a chisel ground slicing knife with this design. I was thinking of putting a bottle opener on the back of the tang on this one.
So anyway, what do y'all think? I'm all ears. If it's negative, don't hold back, I can take it. These are going to be learning pieces for me, more than anything else, so if it's scrap, I won't be mad. It's only a few dollars worth of steel. The learning is the valuable part.
Jason