My first

Aiston

Aiston

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I've been working on my first knife for over a year, and putting together the tools to make it for about two years. This site has been invaluable during all phases of planning, designing and making the knife, so I'm grateful to this site and its member for helping make this knife a reality.The blade went out for heat treatment this morning, so now that I know this isn't an eternal project, it feels like a good time to start sharing pictures.

Although I've been interested in knives and swords since I was a kid, inspiration to make this one came as I was working on my property and wasn't happy with the design of a couple small machetes I used. The design became more fancy than a typical machete, but I'm an industrial designer so I couldn't help myself! Overall length is 17" with a 10.5" blade made from Elmax. The first picture is the blade before a bit more finishing, and the second picture is the high density foam prototype I carved to show what the handle is going to look like.

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Thanks for looking!

Chris Aiston
 
I like the design, the silhouette looks like a blunder bust to my over active imagination.

What are you planing for handle material?

Nice sweeping plunge, welcome to the Pound.
 
Once its finished I'm going to beat the heck out of this one, so the handle will be black canvas Micarta with stainless bolsters. My next try at this design will likely use ironwood burl for the handle after I have time to refine the design. The next project will be a kitchen knife for a birthday present and then a few smaller outdoor knives.
- Chris
 
Welcome to the pack!
You have the Basic design of a Kukuri. On the side of the Nepalese & Indian British Gurkha troops for well over a 100 years and it terrified the Japanese troops during WWII The Gurkha's would crawl into their fox holes in the night and slit their throats.

Nice work! I too have thought I designed a new style of blade just to find out some other culture beat me to it by a few hundred years!:biggrin:

Laurence

www.rhinoknives.com
 
I studied the blade-to-handle angle of Kukuris and some competition choppers when designing the downward curving blade of this knife. I hope to do a more faithful version of a Kukuri someday. The only things that need to be terrified of this knife are the shrubs and trees around my property.
- Chris
 
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