Trying Something New

[Casey Brown]

I haven't done a stock removal knife now for over a year, and I wanted to try to see if I could make somewhat of a tactical style knife, fairly quickly so to speak. It generally takes me longer to forge something out right now to shape, than it does for me to just cut out the shape on the bandsaw. A lot more grinding, but than can be done fairly quickly. Trying to find a design that I could knock out in a relatively small amount of time. What does everyone think? I'm going to add some multicam G10 scales. Original Design and current progress.

 

[EdCaffreyMS]

Thin the swells in the middle a bit.... and thicken those in at the rear. When creating a knife handle, always keep in mind that the human hand (when you wrap your hand around/grip something) is smallest where the index finger grips, and the most open where the pinky grips..... design your handles to match, and you'll find people/clients gripping your knives, loving what they feel, but not fully understanding why.

 

[Casey Brown]

Thanks, Ed. I'm playing around with my handle designs to figure out what works best for me.

 

[Casey Brown]

Here it is with the handle. Going to take a q-tip and acid etch the tang to blend in the etch. I like it though. It was a quick one to make. It may become one that I may offer.