Thread: Another Knife

Originally Posted by Miner123

Nice effort. Is she sharp?

I shaved with it. So probably. LOL It whittles nicely and fits well in the hand. It just has too much weight in the handle, but with a knife that small it is to be expected.

Perhaps some effort in shaping the handle may help reduce the weight. Without wanting to seem disrespectful of your efforts, the handle design is reminscent of a broomstick. if you added a little contouring to the handle it would reduce the chance of the knife turning in your hand during use. All in all a nice skinning knife.


Mick

Your knife design made me think of this. My next knife purchase.

Originally Posted by MickR

Perhaps some effort in shaping the handle may help reduce the weight. Without wanting to seem disrespectful of your efforts, the handle design is reminscent of a broomstick. if you added a little contouring to the handle it would reduce the chance of the knife turning in your hand during use. All in all a nice skinning knife.


Mick

The handle shape works for me and I really rather like it as is, just not the weight. But that may come from the Ipe as it is rather dense stuff, to say the least. Though if I do find the handle shape to be unsatisfactory I have no issues reshaping it. Its about what works, not the look, at least to me.

Mick