I am heading to the Florida Kracaneuners Pot and Knife Survival Challenge in a couple weeks or so. I have several knives but I couldn't decide on which one to bring. So, I decided to build my own. I wanted a heavier knife that I could use as a chopper/hunter knife (is that my own classification). I am not sold on a convex edge but I decided to put a very robust convex on this. I think after the event, I will end up regrinding it and putting a scandivex on it. My interpretation of scandivex is initially a scandi and then slightly convexing it. Ultimately, whether I regrind it or not depends on how it performs. I left a lot of "meat" on the scales because I have feebly large hands. I have nerve issues in both my hands and a larger handle, definitely, helps me. I left the forge finish on the knife because I think it looks good. Usually, when I have a beauty queen type knife, I don't end up using it. I end up looking at it and that's about it. So overall, on this particular knife, I put 75% emphasis on getting a beauty finish. As you can tell if you look hard enough that I left scratches in the scales etc. This is because, I don't want to be afraid to use it.
I made the Kydex sheath. The knife fits snug and won't fall out. I tried a new technique with the kydex this time and I will be doing this with all my future sheaths. When I get back and if this thing performs properly, I will reward it with a proper leather sheath and a high gloss handle finish.
Here it is followed by a build along.
Spec: O-1
5/32" thick
10" overall
5" blade
5" handle
