Something a little different...

[Gabriel]

Last year I made knives for my family members for Christmas and had intended to keep on doing so. However, at the beginning of the year my third kid was born (a little early) and the house hasn't really been the same since.

I've been meaning to make a backup knife to mount behind my magazine pouches on my work belt to replace the kabar LDK, which is way too small to grab under stress. This is also one of the main reasons I started dabbling in knife making to begin with.

I drew this up about a year ago and had it laid out on some 1084 already, but for some reason it just didn't seem right.

I had the idea the other day (at a magical moment where I could get into the garage) to try them out of solid G-10. As it so happens, I didn't like this gray/tan color for scales. I made these out of it...

 

[cubby]

Awesome! Lets see a full shot of it!

 

[Gabriel]

 

[tradertator]

Those are wicked dude . G10 works great on stuff like that: a last ditch, stabby bit that at best, will be used one time.

 

[DaKruiser]

dang man! That is one killer design! Love it!

 

[PMPORTER]

Those look great !!!!

 

[Mitchell0481]

Very cool!

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Question from a non-knife guy:

The pointy bit on the handle end of the thing: Does the meat of your hand not overlap the end of the knife - therefore pushing that point into the meat on the edge of your palm?

Or do you have dainty little girly hands? (Seriously, that's a joke. I promise.)

For me, as a 6'3" with hands commensurate with my height, I'd not think that design very comfortable on a "smaller" piece.

Pic of one of them in your hand?

-J-

 

[Fergy35]

Sweet design and your grind lines are ridiculous! Did you do these by hand? I would worry a little about the pointy pommel digging into my side when stashed or my hand when in use, but I understand why it is there. All-in-all, I like em'

 

[jsx1043]

I'll T&E one for you down here in Indy if you want Big market down here as well (hint, hint )

 

[Gabriel]

The pointy bit on the handle end of the thing: Does the meat of your hand not overlap the end of the knife - therefore pushing that point into the meat on the edge of your palm?

Or do you have dainty little girly hands? (Seriously, that's a joke. I promise.)

I actually do have dainty girly hands.

I never had a problem with that point, but guys with bigger hands do (which I found out last night when I took them to work for people to T&E a little). I'm going to blunt that point a bit and see if it helps, or redesign the handle end all together if I don't like the look of it just being blunted.

 

[Gabriel]

Thanks for all the kind words. It's all a work in progress, so I'll take the feedback I get and improve it a bit.

 

[GAM3INO]

Very very cool! Perfect stabbing knife if the situation presented itself. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing!

 

[tom1025]

Very nice. That would be a perfect blade to carry in a horizontal sheath. Pm me if your looking to move one or maybe two.

 

[CBR1000rr]

Pretty sweet!

For the record, having little girls hands doesn't mean anything and it certainly doesn't make you less of a man..... Ask my wife

In all seriousness, I'm digging the design. Wouldnt mind getting my hands on one to check out.

 

[cbseniour]

I really like the fact that you edged it on both sides of the blade that makes it much more useful. Great design and production. Let me know when you start selling them.