Custom Build #132... 001/3...

[stuart m]

Why 001/3... 001 because the knife is based on SM build #001... The 3 is because it is the third knife I have made based on that design

The blade steel is 01 and features a full flat grind, with polished convexed edge, throughout it's 5" length.

Scales are Desert Ironwood, another immaculate pair supplied by pikebite, over red liners and secured by nickel silver hidden bolts, the lanyard hole is lined to complement the fixings.

The sheath features a Scandi style "dangler" and houses the matching DI firesteel.

A real workhorse of a knife this one yet still sleek and comfortable... I am very, very pleased with this one

It is currently on it's way to it's owner, I hope he is as pleased as I am...

Thank you for looking, Stu

 

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What's the purpose of the forward-curved part of the handguard and the extended part of the spine, where the blade meets the handle? Do they have a function or is it purely aesthetics?


Nice knife by the way. Very nice.

 

[shocks]

I'm very pleased with it....should be arriving tomorrow!

 

[stuart m]

I'm very pleased with it....should be arriving tomorrow!

Should be

What's the purpose of the forward-curved part of the handguard and the extended part of the spine, where the blade meets the handle? Do they have a function or is it purely aesthetics?


Nice knife by the way. Very nice.

Thank you... The extended part of the spine acts as a thumb ramp, simply section that your thumb will rest upon in certain grips, it has a "cracked ice" texture applied to it's surface...

On build 001, that first example of this knife, the curved part of the hand guard was simply a "sharpening nick", a small choil if you like... This one however has been adapted very slightly to also act as the section of the blade you'll use to strike the firesteel...