My interpretation of Tactical Kitchen Knife.
This project was inspired by the concept of Tactical
Kitchen Knife (TKK) as developed by Joe Talmage (extensively discussed
on the Bladefirums) and being made by a custom knifemaker Trace Rinaldi.
I liked the idea of TKK, but a good custom knife is out of my price
range.
On the other hand, I had a cheap but very functional Cold Steel
"Scalping knife" (one of their "Green
River" series). The blade is pretty much in keeping with the TKK concept: 1/8"
thick, clean flat
grind with distal taper, drop point, just a little longish at 7".
The biggest problem with it was the square uncomfortable handle of some
simple wood. I got rid
of the scales, reprofiled the tang and put burgundy dimondwood scales on. It looks good
and
feels very comfortable with the finger indentation, rudimentary self guard and rounded
dropped
butt.
The result is a comfortable, usefull knife in the spirit of TKK
(at least so it seems to me), for
a reasonable price!