Persian blacksmith knife

[Spencer Phillipson]

Here’s a blacksmith knife I made in kinda a Persian style. 1084 with 5” edge and 3.75” handle. Sorry for the cell phone pics. Any critique is welcome!

Edit- only the bottom edge is sharp. The top is 1/32” thick.

[Alan Longmire]

Great idea!

 

The only critique, and you know what it is already, is the scrolls could be a bit more open so the overall flow is better.  But I love the blade!

[Spencer Phillipson]

Yeah, that was one thing I didn't really like profile wise. The mistakes I can see that you guys can't from the photos are that the tang(?) has a slight warp to it, the top grind has some ripples in the bevel, and I accidentally overheated the edge a couple times and had to grind back. (that was me just being impatient and running the grinder at too high of a speed while I was finishing it)