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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Aug 5, 2020 1:08:49 GMT
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Post by howler on Aug 5, 2020 1:49:09 GMT
Sleek & lovely. No penetration problems for sure.
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Aug 5, 2020 2:26:54 GMT
Sleek & lovely. No penetration problems for sure. Absolutely deadly, The grind/shape/sharpness combination make it into a giant scalpel + cleaver + dagger combination. |
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Post by randomnobody on Aug 5, 2020 4:24:10 GMT
My first thought was a coffin Bowie and a tanto, but I can maybe see some jambiya, if I squint.
Cool knife, whatever it is.
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Post by howler on Aug 5, 2020 5:52:58 GMT
Sleek & lovely. No penetration problems for sure. Absolutely deadly, The grind/shape/sharpness combination make it into a giant scalpel + cleaver + dagger combination. weight alone will give it a bit of chop, though it can't be very blade heavy due to design (beefy handle) which should give quick handling. What's the POB? |
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Aug 5, 2020 6:07:51 GMT
Absolutely deadly, The grind/shape/sharpness combination make it into a giant scalpel + cleaver + dagger combination. weight alone will give it a bit of chop, though it can't be very blade heavy due to design (beefy handle) which should give quick handling. What's the POB? POB is about 0.5 inch BACKWARDS ( Negative POB measurement) from the start of the blade. So yes, very quick handling. The Cold Steel black bear classic has a balance like this as well. It actually reminds me somewhat of a talwar in the way it locks your hand in and indexes perfectly into proper edge alignment. Wheres Markus313 at? I think he would like this one! Edit: I like this design enough that I believe I am going to make some adjustments for a new and improved version. Lighter,faster, slicker. |
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Aug 5, 2020 14:03:44 GMT
I'm kind of obsessed with the Japanese mukade as a design element. I plan on making a tsuba featuring them in the near future.
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Aug 5, 2020 17:16:50 GMT
I'm kind of obsessed with the Japanese mukade as a design element. I plan on making a tsuba featuring them in the near future. Yes it's also a road less traveled.. Not the usual. |
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Aug 8, 2020 8:41:31 GMT
Did some more testing today, some heavy testing against the ol' stump of wood in the backyard as well as some kitchen use, cutting some fruit,etc.
Despite it's spine thickness, the high sharpness and full-flat grind allows it perform in the kitchen quite well.
The handle is also not uncomfortable for the movements required.
Definitely a knife design capable of general utility. I really think I am onto to something with this piece guys.
I am going to go back to the drawing board on this as I am going to trim the fat and bulk.
Being made of 5160 allows it to be thinner while maintaining high toughness.
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Post by pgandy on Aug 8, 2020 14:55:05 GMT
That looks like one good knife. With ‘tanto’ in the name I was expecting something else. Without having handled it I’ll congratulate you on your design. I’ll extend that to designs as I just now did a search and found photos of your others that weren’t there the last time I looked. What I find interesting is that like them as opposed to much of the new stuff that I see people come up with. It looks like you have a talent for designs.
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Aug 8, 2020 16:22:22 GMT
That looks like one good knife. With ‘tanto’ in the name I was expecting something else. Without having handled it I’ll congratulate you on your design. I’ll extend that to designs as I just now did a search and found photos of your others that weren’t there the last time I looked. What I find interesting is that like them as opposed to much of the new stuff that I see people come up with. It looks like you have a talent for designs. Thanks pgandy, I appreciate that. As of now, I have taken measurements and calculated that a few specific dimension changes to this design should be able to shave off a few ounces of weight and bulk with keeping 100% of the same raw slashing potential. After all, this isn't a design that requires high mass or momentum to perform. It will also keep essentially 100% of the same look. Maybe a mirror polish this time. I will certainly post more material when I get the other blades from KHHI that you saw. |
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Post by pgandy on Aug 8, 2020 16:45:04 GMT
I believe what attracts me are the graceful curving lines that tend to flow. What I generally see today are straight angular lines, appearing very much sculptured. No doubt that lends itself better to the producing machinery. But then KHHI’s are not mass produced machine fabricated items. I have three of their knives.
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Post by MOK on Aug 8, 2020 17:17:32 GMT
You could drop quite a bit of weight by skeletonizing the tang or tapering its thickness toward the butt end.
Cool design, at any rate!
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Aug 8, 2020 17:27:42 GMT
You could drop quite a bit of weight by skeletonizing the tang or tapering its thickness toward the butt end. Cool design, at any rate! Yes of course, I am not sure if Sufi-Damascus is very familiar with tapered tangs though. K. Ali another craftsman in Pakistan does it on a lot of his stuff.    |
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Post by markus313 on Aug 8, 2020 22:30:15 GMT
Very nice design, I love the grind lines and shape in general. Very creative/innovative. Not so sure about the balance, weight and tip strength (perhaps I'm a bit picky about tip strength). Not easy to get those things up to specs on an online custom order, though (especially from foreign countries, I think).
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Aug 8, 2020 22:46:01 GMT
Very nice design, I love the grind lines and shape in general. Very creative/innovative. Not so sure about the balance, weight and tip strength (perhaps I'm a bit picky about tip strength). Not easy to get those things up to specs on an online custom order, though (especially from foreign countries, I think). Yeah the tip looks a bit thinner(thickness-wise) in the photo then it is in person. It's actually a thicker tip then say, the natchez bowie for example. |
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Post by markus313 on Aug 9, 2020 7:57:50 GMT
Very nice design, I love the grind lines and shape in general. Very creative/innovative. Not so sure about the balance, weight and tip strength (perhaps I'm a bit picky about tip strength). Not easy to get those things up to specs on an online custom order, though (especially from foreign countries, I think). Yeah the tip looks a bit thinner(thickness-wise) in the photo then it is in person. It's actually a thicker tip then say, the natchez bowie for example. Cool. That handle looks like it gives a very secure forward and reverse grip. |
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Post by Brother Nathaniel on Aug 9, 2020 8:14:52 GMT
Yeah the tip looks a bit thinner(thickness-wise) in the photo then it is in person. It's actually a thicker tip then say, the natchez bowie for example. Cool. That handle looks like it gives a very secure forward and reverse grip. Indeed it does! |
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Post by markus313 on Aug 9, 2020 9:17:28 GMT
Sleek & lovely. No penetration problems for sure. Absolutely deadly, The grind/shape/sharpness combination make it into a giant scalpel + cleaver + dagger combination. Love that sweep up to the tip and the wide belly, perfect curvature for the mix of itended applications. |
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Post by Sullivan on Aug 9, 2020 9:22:32 GMT
A) Brother Nathaniel, that has legitimately gotta be one of the best looking Tanto-Inspired knives I’ve seen in recent memory, no blowing smoke. It’s not needlessly ornate, nor too stripped back- and it’s got the looks of solid-as-hell construction without being so overbuilt as to suggest that the best way to cut with it is throwing it at semprini. Not dainty, not chunky... *cue Thanos voice here* “Perfectly balanced....” Also love the mukade theme to the aesthetic. I'm kind of obsessed with the Japanese mukade as a design element. I plan on making a tsuba featuring them in the near future. Funnily enough, Zen, I was on the Met and the Boston MFA websites the other day and saw a few Tsuba & Fuchi/Kashira sets with that theme that blew me away. It’s really such a vicious looking little beast and it’s body construction has really eye-catching “geometry/patterning” to it that lends itself to artistic rendering and interpretation. Attachments:
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