Simple skinner

[jonathan creason]

My plan is to knock out a bunch of these in order to spend more time focusing on forging and grinding. Nothing special, just 1084 steel, 9.5" OAL with a 4.25" blade, which I hot blued for corrosion resistance. The tang has a coat of truck bedliner under the cord wrap.

After fighting with it for a long time (because I'm stupid) the flat grind is finally starting to click. You can't tell it from this one, but a couple of others I have on the bench show big improvements.

Any criticisms are appreciated as always.

 

[Wade Hougham]

Hey Jonathan,
Great shape on the blade, looks like it will make a great skinner.

Wade

 

[rhinoknives]

Looks good I would drop the tip "Drop Point" or raise the tip a bit "UpSwept" to give more belly in the front third of the knife.

Flat grinding takes a bit longer to get than Hollow but gives a much stronger knife IMO.

Laurence

www.rhinoknives.com

 

[Keith Willis]

Looks good,Keep it up Jonathan!

God bless

 

[jonathan creason]

Thanks gentlemen.

I'll give those options a try on my next round, Laurence.