Bionic projects

[Bionic]

I hope folks don’t mind but I thought I’d set up a thread for me to document my little projects on rather than keeping starting multiple similar threads. If I’m honest I’m probably doing this for my own benefit as it will help me organise a record of my progress but hopefully it will be of interest to others even if my works are somewhat modest in comparison to many of the works of art of the more skilled craftsmen among us.
I’ll start off with this knife that I’ve completed over the last couple of weeks. This one is made using 4mm thick 1095 steel with a cutting edge of approximately 4 inches and an overall length of roughly 9 inches. This time I’ve used rosewood for the scales with black fibreboard liners and finished the handle with brass pins. The sheath is a simple 3mm leather affair. Thanks for looking and constructive criticism and advice is greatly appreciated as ever

 

[crosslandkelly]

Very nice, I like the way the scales curve down to the choil.

 

[Bionic]

Thanks for the compliments. Much appreciated

 

[Bionic]

I seem to have built up a collection of off cuts of steel, wood, leather etc so decided to use up some of them to make this little knife up. It’s made of 1070 steel with a laminate handle from olive wood and black fibre board trimmings with a simple leather sheath that again used up sections that were to small for a full sized knife. The knifes overall length is 7 inches with a cutting edge of 2 3/4 inches. I’ve been after a small fixed blade whittling knife to take discretely when dog walking and hopefully this will meet my brief.
Thanks for looking. James

 

[Janne]

Very nice!
Perfect size for most tasks here in life!

 

[pieinthesky]

I am wondering why you have done the front edge of your scales like you have. (knife in first post)

I am not saying it is wrong and you might have a very good reason for doing it that way. Just wanting to try something different is a good reason in my view

But personally I would have brought the top edge of the scales forward, level with the bottom edge. This would give you more hand support closer to the cutting edge for more comfortable hard push cuts.

Also depending on the grain direction the lower front edge of your scales may be vulnerable to being knocked off

 

[Janne]

You can rest your thumb on the edge to gice the blade more stability.
The size of the blade prevents the modern ways of abusing a blade.

Look up how the classic Finno Scandinavian knife handles look like, they narrow down and many are finished with a metal sleeve.

Blade control is the reason behind those designs.

 

[Bionic]

This is the latest addition to my stable. Due to work commitments it’s been ongoing for several weeks now and has mainly been the result of lots of 10-15 min sessions (hopefully it hasn’t resulted in to much of a disjointed end product). This is made using 4mm 1095 steel with olive wood scales. The cutting edge is 4 1/2 inches and it comes in at 9 inches overall length. The grind isn’t a true Scandi as I’ve given it a small secondary bevel (just my personal preference). There’s no prizes for guessing what I’ve based it on but it’s a design I’ve always liked but not tried making until now.
Thanks for looking and as always advice and constructive criticism is greatly appreciated.
Thanks again. James

 

[Bionic]

Due to the wet weather I actually got a rare (for this time of year) couple of days off which gave me the opportunity to knock this up. It’s a smaller companion to the previous knife made using 3mm 1070 steel. The cutting edge is a smidge under 3 inches, this time with a convex grind and it has an overall length of 7 inches. The scales are olive wood fitted with brass pins and again I’ve given it a relatively simple sheath of 3mm leather.
Thanks for looking

 

[Bionic]

I've finished this off between jobs at work over the last week or so. It’s another 1075 jobbie 3mm thick with a 3 inch cutting edge. It’s sabre ground and handled with yew scales. This time I decided to go for a dangler type sheath for versatility although I still need to finish the belt attachment (for now I’m just using a carabiner)