Oh, I've Got a Lov-e-ly Bunch Of Coconuts

2 months ago by dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️ to c/pocketknife

And here they are a-lying in a bunch.

In case you've been wondering what I've been doing rather than shitposting about knives lately. The answer is, making knives to subsequently shitpost about. And also camping.

My store is semi kinda-sorta restocked. I say this because I updated my Emperor listing the other day with the example I just made and I swear I did not have the son of a bitch up for four whole minutes before somebody bought it. I've updated the design with a new radial grind, fancier handle scale options, and now even thicker steel.

I suppose I kind of let slip with this knowledge when I posted this photo elsewhere.

Here's another one:

I used some new steel from a new supplier for these, and I can't say that I'm 100% happy with it. The surface finish isn't the greatest and there are some pock marks and gouges in the stock that are too deep for me to realistically sand out, or at least until I accrue enough to afford a surface grinder. But on the bright side it's even thicker than before, at 7.47mm or 0.295", even greater than a quarter inch. These things are a slab.

I only made one because I used that chunk of steel to produce two of a new design:

Meet the Humbolt, a pattern that takes the absurd choppiness of my stock all the way to its logical conclusion with a straight profiled basher that'll be equally at home splitting your firewood at camp as it would be felling the tree it came from in the first place.

I've also been fooling with transparent ABS as part of my handle scales. Well, translucent by the time all is said and done, really. I'm particularly fond of this "Ectoplasm" colorway which incorporates alternating layers of translucent and bright green, and lets sunlight shine through it. It doesn't glow in the dark, alas, but it almost looks like it ought to.

I have a smattering of S variant Kings in stock as well in various colorways. Some of 'ems nicer lookin' than others. These are thin enough to fit in my Ruixin jig, by the way, so I make these in particular stupid sharp before I ship them out.

Also!

Check it out. Badass wind chimes. (Actually, these are dangling while my rust preventative coating dries.)

cetan 9 points 2 months ago

Woah! You have been busy! That Humbolt is a heck of a chopper. Given the amount of batoning we do around these parts, it's very tempting

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Sxan 6 points 2 months ago

Love þe new Humbolt profile!

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verity_kindle 1 point 2 months ago

These are tempting and lovely and my birthday is this month, so my budget is Ralph Wiggum on the bus right now. But what I NEED is a King that I can use as a daily driver kitchen chopper for quartering chickens. No hangy hole, removable scales or gaps where chicken juice can collect. Is this blasphemy? Mid knife crisis. Halp.

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dual_sport_dork 2 points 2 months ago

You probably want one made out of some manner of stainless for that kind of duty. I'm doing a custom commission for a guy in 154CM pretty soon. Maybe while I'm ordering steel I can see to it that some extra arrives.

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verity_kindle 1 point 2 months ago

:::steeples fingers and stares Picardfully:::: Make it so. This knife block could use class.

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dual_sport_dork 3 points 2 months ago

Just for giggles, this is the initial profile of the other commission I'm doing:

This one is probably also going to have permanently pinned handles depending on the client's preference. We still haven't nailed down the handle material, or if they want a tubular rivet at the tail, or what. This is also going to be a kitchen knife after a fashion.

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verity_kindle 2 points 2 months ago

I like that design. It reminds me of a santoku, but beefy. I've been using a cheap 5" one for almost all kitchen jobs for 8 years. It now looks like THIS:

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verity_kindle 2 points 2 months ago

Gah, SJW is getting in my way, expect a potential 3 copies of the same reply! I like that design. It reminds me of a santoku, but BEEFAY. I've been using a cheap 5" one for almost all kitchen jobs for 8 years. It now looks like hot garbage.

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