Custom mini Canadian belt knife

[RADunfee]

Picked up a cold steel just because. Here it is with my yardbird and 3” belt knife from @Slalomnorth.
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That Cold Steel version is great to have in the kitchen.

 

[CypressCreek]

Does anyone have a Grhoman #1 I could borrow so I can copy the design? I want to toss it into CAD and shrink it by ~15% and end up with a ~3.5" blade

 

[Thegman]

Does anyone have a Grhoman #1 I could borrow so I can copy the design? I want to toss it into CAD and shrink it by ~15% and end up with a ~3.5" blade

I would, except that you're already planning to mess it up...

PM me your address and I'll send you mine...I won't have much to cut up for a while.

But...you have to at least consider a full-size version, maybe with a slightly larger handle. Maybe another with the slightly larger handle and a thinned down #2 ish type blade...for a head-to-head contest between the two in honor of @SDHNTR s observations.

I can actually send you my R Murphy version as well so you can compare another variation (R Murphy was the maker of the Herters version - they apparently are no longer making them).

 

[ckt3]

Does anyone have a Grhoman #1 I could borrow so I can copy the design? I want to toss it into CAD and shrink it by ~15% and end up with a ~3.5" blade

What steel are you planning to use?

 

[CypressCreek]

I would, except that you're already planning to mess it up...

PM me your address and I'll send you mine...I won't have much to cut up for a while.

But...you have to at least consider a full-size version, maybe with a slightly larger handle. Maybe another with the slightly larger handle and a thinned down #2 ish type blade...for a head-to-head contest between the two in honor of @SDHNTR s observations.

I can actually send you my R Murphy version as well so you can compare another variation (R Murphy was the maker of the Herters version - they apparently are no longer making them).

Fantastic! Thanks! I'll send you a PM!

 

[CypressCreek]

What steel are you planning to use?

I'm open to pretty much anything. I'm thinking of taking a page out of @Slalomnorth book and getting some 0.08" 14C28N

 

[rifletuner]

Okay. I have made a few CBKs and been pretty happy with how they turned out. But they are all variations on the model #1. Now I am thinking I will try to make a pretty close copy of the #1, with very little modification. How thick are the handle scales on the original Grohmann, and do they taper much at either end of the handle?

 

[ElPollo]

I'm open to pretty much anything. I'm thinking of taking a page out of @Slalomnorth book and getting some 0.08" 14C28N

I’ve always wondered what 14c28n would be like if it was bumped up to 60-62 HRC. My experience with it was with a Civivi pocket knife. Easy to sharpen and tough, but did not hold an edge very long.