Post by Shorttime on Jan 14, 2015 5:58:36 GMT -8
The idea was to find the point when a piece of flat stock would begin to look like a knife. Rather than throwing sparks though, I decided to use paper.
The results are posted below, and it should be obvious that since I've posted a step-by-step progression, I want your opinions of where it becomes a "knife".
Also included in the early photos is my TOPs ALRT, for %110 more knife-like object content.
This is actually the fourth photo that I took, but it is the first one where anybody else would have any idea what is going on.
The paper is 6" long, and 1.25" wide. The cutting edge is 2.75". I decided to go with a tanto, instead of the slightly easier "Razel" pattern, after a co-worker of mine fucked up my Razel one day.
The more obtuse angle of the tanto makes for a stronger point at the bevel junction.
Finger notch (or a "choil, if you want) added. Still a chunk of metal, I think.
Cut some off the pommel to make it a little more comfortable to grip.
I suppose that is the minimum, but it's still awkward, so I added more arc to the finger notch.
And some extra curve to the pommel. From here on, it's just personal preference, but I don't like when the tail of a knife jabs me in the palm: the only thing sharp on a knife should be the blade....
Pommel rounding, continued. I like this.
Added some curve to the spine. This is purely aesthetics, since it would have to curve a lot more to contribute to ergonomics.
And last, I want to add some useless trivia to your head.
The TOPs ALRT (the knife-like thing in the early pictures, remember?) is billed as a "last ditch self-defense tool".
Yeah, okay. Everything in TOPs lineup is advertised as a cutting tool for hardcore Operators, and it's mostly hogwash. To me, it's a kiridashi, not matter what anybody else says.
From what I've read, the kiridashi began as a woodcarver's tool in ancient Japan, and was later adopted by Origami artists, and later still, by schools, as a way for students to sharpen pencils, and other utility tasks.
So I enjoy the idea that, 4,000 years after it's inception, I am using a modern version of the kiridashi for the same tasks it has always performed.
Yeah, and I don't care if that means nothing to you. Just derail the thread, like you were going to, anyway....
The results are posted below, and it should be obvious that since I've posted a step-by-step progression, I want your opinions of where it becomes a "knife".
Also included in the early photos is my TOPs ALRT, for %110 more knife-like object content.
This is actually the fourth photo that I took, but it is the first one where anybody else would have any idea what is going on.
The paper is 6" long, and 1.25" wide. The cutting edge is 2.75". I decided to go with a tanto, instead of the slightly easier "Razel" pattern, after a co-worker of mine fucked up my Razel one day.
The more obtuse angle of the tanto makes for a stronger point at the bevel junction.
Finger notch (or a "choil, if you want) added. Still a chunk of metal, I think.
Cut some off the pommel to make it a little more comfortable to grip.
I suppose that is the minimum, but it's still awkward, so I added more arc to the finger notch.
And some extra curve to the pommel. From here on, it's just personal preference, but I don't like when the tail of a knife jabs me in the palm: the only thing sharp on a knife should be the blade....
Pommel rounding, continued. I like this.
Added some curve to the spine. This is purely aesthetics, since it would have to curve a lot more to contribute to ergonomics.
And last, I want to add some useless trivia to your head.
The TOPs ALRT (the knife-like thing in the early pictures, remember?) is billed as a "last ditch self-defense tool".
Yeah, okay. Everything in TOPs lineup is advertised as a cutting tool for hardcore Operators, and it's mostly hogwash. To me, it's a kiridashi, not matter what anybody else says.
From what I've read, the kiridashi began as a woodcarver's tool in ancient Japan, and was later adopted by Origami artists, and later still, by schools, as a way for students to sharpen pencils, and other utility tasks.
So I enjoy the idea that, 4,000 years after it's inception, I am using a modern version of the kiridashi for the same tasks it has always performed.
Yeah, and I don't care if that means nothing to you. Just derail the thread, like you were going to, anyway....
