Hi Marko,
I personally do not like the back of the blade. It looks like it is curving back toward your fingers and I have many a petty bite me right there when I was picking them up, or changing hands. I feel the back edge of the blade should be rounded toward the tip to protect your fingers from it's bite!
Your design may look cool, but I don't think it is beneficial to nipped fingers. The rest of it looks good! :my2cents:
Yup. I foolishly designed a similar curve into a custom suji/petty and ended up sending it back for modification losing a few mm. Hopefully, this one proves to be better.Hi Marko,
I personally do not like the back of the blade. It looks like it is curving back toward your fingers and I have many a petty bite me right there when I was picking them up, or changing hands. I feel the back edge of the blade should be rounded toward the tip to protect your fingers from it's bite!
Your design may look cool, but I don't think it is beneficial to nipped fingers. The rest of it looks good! :my2cents:
Yup. I foolishly designed a similar curve into a custom suji/petty and ended up sending it back for modification losing a few mm. Hopefully, this one proves to be better.
A sturdy petty is a handy knife. I favor short knives, and have a lot of them, but my DT-ITK is the one that gets the most use. It measures 2.5 mm at the heel; comparable to yours. One of its virtues, however, is the steel. While I really like chippy hard stuff, the durability of AEB-L is a virtue for a petty, which tends end up in a pool of juice on the counter while people eat. I'm not sure 52100 is the optimum steel for this application . . .
Hmm. Maybe not. I have ten knives that could be classified as pettys, ranging from 1.8 mm to 3.6 mm thick at the heel. However, that one measurement, taken alone, is not particularly useful or informative, though there is some correlation with stiffness.Is 2.5mm considered thick for a petty?
Is 2.5mm considered thick for a petty?
My thickest petty is nearly 4 mm thick at the spine over the heel and it is an excellent performer in most respects. My thinnest one is just under 1.5 mm thick ove the heel and it feels a little wimpy for some things. My go-to petty is almost 2 mm over the heel.
I just finished up a Japanese style 155mm blade and it is around 2.3 mm above the heel. It was fully hardened to about 1/2 inch behind the shoulders and straight tapered from the heel forward and it is still fairly stiff.
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