My Neck Knife Design

[tyler34]

take a look at ron hoods knife, that will give you an example of what it should look like.

Hoods Woods Video Productions. The Hoodlum Blade Deposit

 

[sadclownwp]

if you open it up a bit and angle it towards the tip, it should work perfectly!

wonderful, keep the suggestions coming.

 

[steve666]

My Krein Dogfish from CRKT is 5.75 in the sheath and it's about perfect. I think that anything over about 6" is probably going to be too long.

 

[tyler34]

I'm working on a cold steel bird and trout knife this morning and it has the same handle design but way thinner, I gotta say i like the three finger grip with the hole for the pinky especially if the grip is wider like yours.

 

[sadclownwp]

Tyler, I can't wait till you got some free time to attempt it. Think D2 will be the best steel for it?

 

[sadclownwp]

after doing alot of research, I think I would like to back that grind up about a 1/4 of an inch to make it more of a full flat grind. Apparently it makes it easier for the blade to cut through things.

 

[Sylvain]

JMO but that seems way to big.

7" long for a neck knife?

I carry a 8" long neck knife without any problem.
7" is a good size.

 

[Sylvain]

More jimping!
A knife can never have too much jimping.
I would add some jimping around that finger hole.
If you grab the knife with a reverse grip with your index finger in that hole you will need some jimping for your thumb just like you have jimping on a normal grip.
I would also make the jimping on top almost twice longer so that you can lay your thumb on the back of the blade.