Be nice if your name was oriented the other way around. We have all done something like that Joshua.

Brion

Thanks for starting us off Brion. That's not what I'm referring to. All of my blades get marked in that orientation. Don't ask me why, but the other way around looks wrong to me.

I stamp mine that way as well.

Pin location?

You don't like spacer sizing?. Different thickness.

This is becoming more interesting than I thought it would. This could become a very valuable discussion.

Karl: What are you seeing with the pin location?

Gilbert: The different sizes are intentional. The two spacers combined are the same thickness as the guard. Does that visual bug you?

I'd like to hear from some of the newer makers out there as well as the experienced ones.

What do you guys see?

Might just be the light playing tricks on me, but it looks like there might be a tiny crack near the heel of the blade.

Thanks for chiming in Bobby. There is no crack in the blade. I think that's a piece of fuzz......

Good eye though.

In that case, I'm throwing my vote in with Karl's. Pin looks like it might be a hair to the left? Or really that it's angled and not going through quite straight.

I am loving this!

So the 2 votes for the pin made me go back out to the shop to check and remeasure. I have a little trick for ensuring the pin hole is centered on the ricasso (all of my layout is based on the ricasso)and the pin hole is drilled while the handle block is still square with parallel sides. So I know it is straight. I did check it to make sure though. Thanks for mentioning it.

However, I did stare at it for a little while and realized that the error I see is what is causing you to see the pin being off.

Here is a hint as to what I see.

I posted this in the General Design Discussion forum for a reason.

Is the top of the guard higher than the spine of the blade?

May just be slight lens distortion combined with looking at it on my phone but, the spine has a slight ‘swayback’ (from point to handle pommel end) look to it. As I said though, could lens angle.

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Karl: What are you seeing with the pin location?

I place mine by the "rule" of thirds and fourths. I find it more pleasing to the eye.

One pin - 1/3 the length from guard to but.

Two pins - 1/4 and 3/4 placement.

for me the handle is a bit big for the size of the blade. I like slender handles though.. it is hard to tell from the angle of the photo but It looks like the line of the in side of the handle is a little lower than the top. making it appear a little bit off center again could just be the angle of the photo. Last thing and again could just be the pic but the spine of the knife and the back of the handle appear to be slightly off from each other canting the blade up from the handle.

personally I am not a fan of the pin placement, I think I would have centered it on the swell in the handle. That is a matter choice and opinion your placement seems intentional and works fine.

MP

Is the blade heat-treated? If you stamp your name it should be dark.