Help me come up with a design.
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Help me come up with a design.
Today I ordered some maple burl and some birds eye maple to make a couple of knives with.
One is going to be a chef knife for me and the other is going to be a full tang sheath knife.
What I would like from you all, is blade style and if it should have a brass guard or not.
Slim handle or a good palm swell. That sort of stuff.
So how about it? I have ran out of ideas for something new.
If I like how it turns out, I might just let one of my other knives go.
One is going to be a chef knife for me and the other is going to be a full tang sheath knife.
What I would like from you all, is blade style and if it should have a brass guard or not.
Slim handle or a good palm swell. That sort of stuff.
So how about it? I have ran out of ideas for something new.
If I like how it turns out, I might just let one of my other knives go.
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Re: Help me come up with a design.
Graps you know me, the more I've used them the more I prefer a hard drop point. I think my Case sheath knife has the most attractive shape for a drop point I've seen.
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The thumb serrations would be a nice touch.
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Lol....I didn't mention them on purpose....I knew you'd pick them right out even though the average person would likely never have noticed!
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Love the shape of that blade also. The fancy britches ain’t bad either!
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I would love to see either a small hawkbill utility knife or my favorite blade shape the Sheepsfoot (never seen a fixed blade sheepsfoot).
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A fixed blade sheepsfoot?
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I'll agree it's hard to beat a drop point for a do it all belt knife. I like a guard on hunting knives but I don't like when they go all the way flush to the blade. Makes it harder for me to sharpen that area.
For cooking knives I like the German and Japanese designs. Thin handles since I typically pinch the blade when using these.
For cooking knives I like the German and Japanese designs. Thin handles since I typically pinch the blade when using these.
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The scales came today.
This is going to be for the handle of this knife.
Still hoping for some more ideas.
This is going to be for the handle of this knife.
Still hoping for some more ideas.
"Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much." ~ Joni Eareckson Tada
Re: Help me come up with a design.
For home use, my favorite go to chef knife is a very old carbon steel 10" Robinson. The steel thickness measures .088 right in front of the handle. I use a steel daily and it hasn't seen a stone in going on a year and still will "getch ya" if you get skin too close to that blade. I don't care for the bolsters on the German knives and won't let myself buy a Japanese knife because I know I'll love them and will need new stones.
(see next post for photo) The 8" Chef knife on the right is an old Kershaw by Kai Cut from Japan with Sandvik 13C26 steel. I like the steel alot, but it will rust pit if not dried regularly. This one is thicker and not as handy for veg prep at : surprise, surprise .089". I guess the "magic" in a chef knife comes from the knowledge and skill of the craftsman as he thins and shapes the blade to a proven design for the chores intended. The handle shape on the Kershaw is just not as comfortable as the much older and more proven traditional design of the Robinson.
I'm sure a professional cook will have much different opinions than I do as I have taken over the kitchen chores now that the wife can't any longer. I much prefer the rounder and smaller handles that curve a bit where you grip them over the more blocky, squared shapes of many older carbon steel knives. Then again, I've never made myself learn the pinch grip.
L to R, Comus by Camillus chrome over carbon steel 9" carver; thin and lightweight 8" carbon steel, chef knife by Old Hickory; Robinson 10" carbon steel, chef; inexpensive "Old Homestead" stainless 10" Chef made in Japan, maybe in the 70's. Gave it away after thinning the edge down. They are probably better than alot of what we see in stores today; 10" Robinson carbon steel Butcher knife. Thicker blade than their Chef and rarely used;
(see next post for photo) The 8" Chef knife on the right is an old Kershaw by Kai Cut from Japan with Sandvik 13C26 steel. I like the steel alot, but it will rust pit if not dried regularly. This one is thicker and not as handy for veg prep at : surprise, surprise .089". I guess the "magic" in a chef knife comes from the knowledge and skill of the craftsman as he thins and shapes the blade to a proven design for the chores intended. The handle shape on the Kershaw is just not as comfortable as the much older and more proven traditional design of the Robinson.
I'm sure a professional cook will have much different opinions than I do as I have taken over the kitchen chores now that the wife can't any longer. I much prefer the rounder and smaller handles that curve a bit where you grip them over the more blocky, squared shapes of many older carbon steel knives. Then again, I've never made myself learn the pinch grip.
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