A twist on the tasman - waved

[knightrider]

I read a thread on bladeforums about waved tasmans. Went into photoshop and whipped one up to see what it would look like. It's pretty cool looking and would be funtional. Don't remember who the originator of this idea was but it's a good one. Thanks. I can't post pictures over there so I thought I'd do it here. :)

[knightrider]

I guess it's kind of blasphemous to cut through the spydie bug. I apologize in advance. :)

[ront]

Couldn't you hear the little guy crying out? Except for that, it looks nice.

Ron

[STR]

Its coincidental that you would post this. I was playing with my 93mm Blue Rescue that I already modified the blade on to make it more of a true Wharncliff blade shape. After doing between 40 and 50 Wave mods for forum members and some local police officers I have realized it doesn't take much of a hook or notch in the blade to work great if the angle is right.

I studied the angle on factory Waved knives from Emerson and came up with a different and better approach to the last 25 or so that I've done. The new ones are not so pointed and straight but more up and flat sided. The cut into the blade is more down than in if that makes sense.

This looks very minimal and it is but it works fantastic. It also seems less damaging to pocket corners since it hits on the flat more so than the point because of the new angle.

If you do one yourself you may want to keep that in mind. And the long cuts like in your picture work so don't get me wrong. I've just found that long hook is really a lot of overkill. These shorter ones seem to be every bit as reliable. I get this one opened in a flash every time I want it. Anyway since you were playing with the idea I thought I'd post this.

STR

[Tyler!]

The first one looks very photoshopped, there is no showing of the blade thickness.....am I seeing things, or NOT seeing things???

Tyler?

[ront]

I see what you are saying Tyler and I agree. I sure missed that before.

Ron

[Hannibal Lecter]

My friend,

I'll need at least two. :D

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Hannibal

[ront]

Hannibal, why does that not surprise me :) .

Ron

[smcfalls13]

I've been thinking of doing that to one of mine as well, but apart from the fun factor, I don't really need the wave feature.

An additional thought, since H-1 work hardens, would grinding the blade to produce that was generate enough heat to harden the knife, and if so, would it harden it to the point of brittleness?

If not, than it would be quite to try

[dialex]

STR stop teasing me with your wharnies! I'm drooling all over the keyboard

[CKE]

Cool mod! I like the looks of it.

STR...Nice job on the Rescue.

If you went SLOW and kept the blade cool you would have no problems work hardening the steel.


Craig

[Michael Cook]

After doing between 40 and 50 Wave mods for forum members and some local police officers I have realized it doesn't take much of a hook or notch in the blade to work great if the angle is right.

This looks very minimal and it is but it works fantastic. It also seems less damaging to pocket corners since it hits on the flat more so than the point because of the new angle.

If you do one yourself you may want to keep that in mind. And the long cuts like in your picture work so don't get me wrong. I've just found that long hook is really a lot of overkill. These shorter ones seem to be every bit as reliable. I get this one opened in a flash every time I want it. Anyway since you were playing with the idea I thought I'd post this.

STR

:spyder: Kinda curious here, do you think the smaller waves work as reliably when poorly and imprecisely drawn during the adreneline dump of a street attack? :o I know waves are easy to deploy well in the living room but on the street during an attack (what waves are about) they have got to work on the draw and pocket wear be damned. Are the smaller waves really that foolproof reliable? If so you've made a convert! :spyder: