Simple, but effective.

Feb 2, 2023 11:34 PM

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1080 steel, blued finish, double wrapped paracord handle. I gave this one as a gift to my best friend and he loves it! I forgot to take a pic of the leather sheath I made for it though.

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2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nice piece!

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

My fat ass thought that blade was stuck in a loaf of bread... a bread knife if you will.

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

??? it's a bit short for a bread knife

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I had one very similar back when I was in lockup

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Shank style paracord grip knives are great. Until the force you exert is greater than the grip, and you slide hold blade. Very nice though

2 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

My buddy is going to use it for field dressing deer, so this is more of a slicer than a stabber, thus the point is rather thick.

2 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Any recommendation to not slice one’s fingers off? Maybe a more grippy material in between the threads?

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

If the cord is secure enough, even having a thicker layer at the top would completely prevent slippage. Otherwise It's either altering the >

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

metal and adding a lip, or making a miniature guard. Both change the aesthetic probably too much. There's plenty of Amateur+ knife makers >

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

that would happily go into far more detail than I could currently. Tipsy words are tumbling a bit and might not make sense.

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I considered adding a guard, but this is a deer dressing knife, he won't be stabbing anything.

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Lol all good, appreciate you taking the time for a quick explanation anyways! Been wanting to get a small forge going to try and make 1/2

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0