Here are two of my upswept bird and trout knives that I finished this weekend. I'm pushing my own limits on "thin." The handles on these are both under 1/2" thick at the palm swell with some contour, and the tangs are both tapered down to 1/16". The white one is D2 steel with a stabilized mesquite bolster and a bone handle. The wood one is 154 CM steel with a satinwood bolster and stabilized mesquite handle. This mesquite is some that I harvested myself and had stabilized. OAL on the white one is 7 3/4, brown one is 7 3/8. These are some of the lightest, thinnest knives I've ever done, and ought to be great for caping or small game. One of them is an order, and I'm thinking about holding back the mesquite one for the Knifemaker's Guild show for my probationary member judging.
