Wilderness knife

[cybertrix]

All this talk of survival and wilderness stuff gave the idea for this knife.
It has no handles to go wrong. It's thick and strong but that makes it a bit heavy. It has 8ft of Paracord for a handle and emergencies.(In case your belt snaps. :D )
It's made from 6mm thick CrV80.
The blade is 4" long.
The O.A.L. is 8.75 inches.
I thought a Kydex sheath might make it a pretty good utility knife. I haven't sharpened it yet and it could have a double edge, what do you think? Is there an advantage to a double edge?


http://www.britishblades.com/photopost/data/500/48Camp-Comp.jpg?1312

Thanks for looking.

[Tony]

Just a quick reply for now

It will be a cold knife to use and hard on your hands when trying to delicate carving when doing certain cuts that require a fair bit of strength.

The Para cord is indeed useful, although I am not sure about it's use as a handle cover if just part of the handle is covered.

Good sized blade for bushcraft / survival use.

If you want to use it for wilderness stuff then do not give it a double edge, I beat the crap out of the back of my woodlore knife because I use it for splitting wood, in the wilderness you will often use a baton with the knife. Also there are a few cuts with the knife that need the blade to be strangled, risky if the back of the knife is sharp as well. Saying that it would be good for a spear! It looks more like a hunting blade than a wilderness survival/utility blade.

Nice and shiny though!!

Cheers

T

[cybertrix]

Thanks for the input. The double edge would only involve the last 1.25" of the back. On the picture you can see this portion is a slightly different angle to the rest of the spine. The knife is reasonably comfortable with or without the paracord and there shouldn’t be any limit to the amount of pressure one could apply. The handle has no sharp edges to dig into soft hands but I realise it would be a cold knife to use. I realised this when I thought of it but there always has to some compromise in any knife.

Cheers