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OK, I have a rough blank, in the shape of what I'm designing. Instead of O-1, or 1095, I've made it out of a leaf spring. Since I've been out of cash, making it out of the other steels didn't seem like a good idea. Plus this is good, tough steel.
The first one is a tanto, since it's my favorite blade profile, and I think it is the most utilitarian of the profiles out there. I like wide blades, but I wanted to be able to use, or have others have the ability to use commercially available sheaths, specifically the Spec-Ops Brand sheath. So, my blade is only about 1 1/2" at the widest point.
Also, I was going to put the familiar "skull crusher" pommel on board, but I didn't really see a need for one, due to the fact that a 1/4" of exposed steel at the ass end is crushing enough. Plus, if you need to hammer on the pommel, a pointy end kind of inhibits that.
I considered putting saw like teeth on the top end, but wondered if they would just be for show, or would actually be useful.
In the end, I decided that a plain Jane, sharp, durable knife was what I wanted, and hopefully what was desired. I knife you could throw away, if you had to, or keep for years if you could.
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