Spartan-George Dagger
 

And it only took me a year to make the 2 protos! :)

I could stick someone with that! Looks great.

I see a little V42 influence there.

Beautiful!

TR

That looks great!!!!! Nice work!

Indeed! :)

I showed Mark and Curtis the F/S style daggers I make last year at SHOT show. Curtis immediately wanted to do a project. I always want a new project so off we went.

Couple months latter, Curtis calls me and tells me Hill Machine is gonna re run their F/S knife again, so did I even want to bother with it.

I told him, yes, but lets actually try to improve the knife instead of just follow the line at chow.

I wanted to make a progression in this family off daggers, the F/S, Marine Raider and the V42. Which gave birth to the Gerber MKII and so on. (in my mind the A/F is a different branch of the tree, but also awesome)

So I made it full tang, with the balance point between the first two finger (I think we should move it back just a little yet, but we are still working that out.)

The fuller (AKA blood groove) I added because it looks cool. Since there are not many guys actually in the neck stabbin business, I think it will work out OK.

3D machined G-10 scales that are not 100% round and then the thumb ramp on the side of the handle, are the main design changes I made.

I thought you guys would get a kick outta seeing this, I'd be interested to know what ya thought of it altogether. Thanks! :)

I like it. The handle looks like it has plenty of detail for blind tactile reference. Nice job!

Mark let me fondle the prototype at SHOT. Very nice work and the design features (micarta, full tang, integral guard, etc.) completed the gestalt of the piece. Overall a nice update of the classic design. Looking forward to the commercial version - as soon as Mark & Curtis get a long enough sheath! :p Would also like to see a kydex sheath which I believe the guys are considering.

Bout time…..:cool:

Les, I'm still waiting for mine. ;)

I tried to meet you more than half way already.... :boohoo

If you want, I can send a local contact of mine over to link up with you. :)

lol, that's the last thing I need!

The NFL wants to know if it comes in pink.

Most awesome Les!

Nice! I'll just pretend it's named after me :lifter