Had a chunk left over from a few fillet knives I made and had to do something with it. So a little sketching lots of grinding and ended up with a skinning knife. Knife is AEB-L 3/32" - 9-3/8 overall, 4-3/4" blade. handle for a 3 to 3 1/2" hand, Leather sheath is an ambidextrous design. Tooling only on one side and far side just textured only because I had enough of the fancy stuff for one day. I see know I have a couple of lines to smooth out before I call it done. John Maybe should have been sheath thread?
No flash just adjust speed for the natural light seems to help. Of course only get to shoot in daylight but I like the results
The shape and the handle were a bit of a fight. Wanted a skinner and when held with fingers forward of the handle should give good control working around tight spots. Handle shaped based on this premise but it's not quite perfect for a regular grip with a 3 1/2" wide hand, daughters hand is narrower and she finds a regular grip to be comfortable. Measured a few other knives I use to get a feel for comfort verses length and will have to adjust a couple of my templates or mark them for smaller hands.
Yes the sheath is pretty comfortable, wore one for a day and never noticed it was there. No tendencies to move around or flap like a regular sheath. Best part is you can lower the loops in the design stage so that the knife rides higher, should be easy to wear when sitting or wearing a seat belt. Created this initially so I would have a sheath with no straps or snaps. I have a Puma white hunter from 1960 and the strap and post are really showing signs of wear and thought a sheath without any mechanical features would last for the life of the knife. Took a couple of tries to get the basic design and only thing I may add on the next one is a fire starter loop. I should take the time and clean up my template I use as the master for initial layout and post in the Leather section.
