Knives with a bit of belly

[eaglemountainman]

From top to bottom:

Grohmann #1
Grohmann #3
Grohmann #4
BR Canadian Special
J A Henckels

 

[eaglemountainman]

Any Nessmuck carriers around. Proven design.

BK Nessmuk

 

[Slalomnorth]

I’ll add my two cents in here. You can have a knife with a lot of belly, but still only be able to use a small portion of the edge.

When it comes to knife design there’s a few things that a lot of hunting knives are lacking. You need adequate finger clearance to put your knuckles more in line with the edge (this is why kitchen knives are so tall, to provide the finger clearance). Things like guards and dropped handles are only hurting your ability to use the entire edge. Things I do to alleviate these problems are offsetting the handle (think Canadian belt knife), and just doing a finger choil instead of any kind of guard (allows the fingers to tuck further up to put you more in line with the edge). You obviously still want belly to the knife but you don’t need as much with these design aspects.

There’s a lot of hunting knives out there (even high end stuff) where I really do think the design is flawed and inferior. Checkout the custom knives thread if you’re interested in seeing any of the stuff I make


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[eaglemountainman]

Agree 100%, as evidenced by the top 3 blades in my post, #21. The offset handles are more comfortable and make for less effort when working on a flat surface.

 

[JollyRoger]

Love this one…
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Link

Who makes that one?

 

[northernalpine]

Who makes that one?

Link is in the original post at the bottom, kind of incognito. Made by Bark River

 

[JollyRoger]

Link is in the original post at the bottom, kind of incognito. Made by Bark River

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Looks awesome, I like it. Yeah I scrolled right past that link the first time. Thanks!

 

[Pn8hall]

Here is a couple I made. The Nessmuk is my personal knife and the belt knife was for a customer. Big fan of both designs.

 

[Blandry]

Link is in the original post at the bottom, kind of incognito. Made by Bark River

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Pulling out my cc lol. I think I like the JX6 better though.

 

[northernalpine]

Pulling out my cc lol. I think I like the JX6 better though. View attachment 725317

Nice
The JX6 fits in my hand naturally so out of the two it sees the majority of play time.

 

[hamkyl16]

I skin bears with a victorinox lamb skinning knife. Some belly and no point.

 

[ajf243]

My dad had Rudy Ruana make this for me. His son in law had taken over and this knife is likely one of the last knives he ever made. This blade didn't follow the standard offerings he had, it was close to his 14b but had more belly and tip

 

[Blandry]

Victorinox makes a beef skinning knife, too. That's as much belly as you'll ever get.

 

[Slalomnorth]

I skin bears with a victorinox lamb skinning knife. Some belly and no point.

I bought that one recently because I liked some things about the pattern, but do prefer a little more of a point


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[tobyscreams]

Go custom!
Edited to add pic as requested.

 

[AM3]