Meet the Love Handle - a new big blade for your every day carry!
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Meet the LOVE HANDLE, our new blade made in collaboration with Tate Buzzard at the Norman Tactical!
A small batch just dropped, available now:
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Outstanding design!
Thank you
Well done 👌
Really love the longer content. Your shorts are fun, but I really prefer longer content.
Hopefully we can commit to doing one long form video a month. They take a LOT more time to do than the shorts but we are learning and slowly maybe getting better at it. Shorts are also terrible for conveying any useful, lasting information but have been pretty good at getting on folks’ radars.
French self-defence manuals from the 1890s-1930s include the "edge up" grip for knife fighting- they say it is done so the blade cannot easily be grabbed from you, as you can simply slice upwards into the adversary's hand as they reach for it. I was taught the same for Bowie knife in the Keating/Comtech system.
Page 78 onwards-
hitandnotbehit.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/selfdefence_andre_ptc11.pdf
Interesting-that makes a lot of sense, especially if your blade is over 4”-the longer the blade-the more to grab onto.
Okay, I am glad I watched this video again about the it's handle system. I can see myself using this knife.
I'm putting it on my Christmas wish list.
Glad to read that and hope you have a Merry Christmas
Please don’t ever worry about the thickness of this thing. It’s great to be an all purpose EDC. Also looking forward to more designs, your mind for innovation is rare, thank you.
Thank you very much for the advice and kind words
@@wingardwearables ha ha! I don’t at all pretend to be smart enough for my comments to be worthy of the word, “advise,” to someone like you. More just trying to share my own opinion for your “market research”. Lol Cheers
I am a sucker for a trailing point. This is a very cool design. Yes a draw knife application would be great.
I love that you guys are innovating on the conceal carry blades. So much of the blade world is all the same, and you are always striving to provide something new, which is super admirable. Keep up the great work.
I really appreciate your comment. That’s always been our goal-new capabilities, novel designs. It’s been slow going but over time, with enough designs, it may snow ball into something impactful in blade world. Time will tell. Going to our first Blade Show in Atlanta this June, so maybe that gets our designs on more folks’ radars.
hope for more vids
We’ll try for one long form video a month. Consistency is key!
That blade is freakin awesome! I've watched James Williams demonstrate and talk about handle grip for his designs without guards and how well they work in combat. Not sure if I'll be able to get in on this batch, but hopefully I can get in on another soon before they get so popular it becomes impossible to get one. 👍
Yeah I remember seeing some video clip with James Williams, and he also pointed out the issue with guards catching on things-fouling up the draw? It was a while ago when I watched it, so my memory is foggy. Anyways, the good news-we should have another batch in March, and maybe another in April. I have no idea if it will become popular-in the past several years, the fixed blade market seems geared towards the short stuff.
Always one of the 12. Also I’m always impressed by your research and take on combatives. I love how this has elements of so many historical blades yet is so completely unique.
I’m going to keep saying it though, I want a double edged version in the future. I get your reservations and especially the issues with tip strength. If there is anyone who can make it beyond successful and absolutely amazing it’s you.
Man this was a great video, proud to be one of the 12 people who stayed till the end 🤣
I’m intrigued by the design process of this knife, definitely need to check one out in person eventually 💪🏼
Yeah man, I am sure we will cross paths in the near future
I absolutely love this design! Very well thought out and plenty of homage to historical blades that were born of experienced use. It's like a beautiful little belly shamshir! Definitely on my short list along with the Mistress.
Thank you! I forgot to cover trailing point swords-shamshir is definitely a distinctive looking one. The video had already gone long enough thought lol
@@wingardwearables keep em coming, amigo! While I enjoy the fun-sized snack videos, the long form content is really interesting and very informative. But the way, can you wear the Love Handle in the scout carry?
@@tybeejeffro I completely forgot to mention scout carry-same horizontal position, just along the back waistline instead of the front/underbelly. Several weeks back someone asked me about this so I tested it out. Seemed for for concealment, comfortable sitting on the couch or driving in the car. I don’t typically do scout carry, so the handle location and resheathing are a bit unusual to me, but it seems doable and such a carry method would free up space if you were appendix carrying another item.
@@wingardwearables exactly what I needed to know, thanks!
I need it.
Haha. Iam a butcher & I was playing around with my knifes with self defense thinking way do you not see much knifes with this blade shape. And I love curvy knifes, so when I saw this I thought this is amazing. Awesome knife brother, well done. I have to get me one, it’s just such a wicked shaped blade. Take cake
Thank you for the comment and insights. I think we have a couple still available from this batch-but if you miss out there will be another batch or two in March and possibly April.
Soon as I got home I saw they are sold out. But did you say April you’ll have more love handle knifes? And are you going to make the grind a little lower digree to make it a bit more slicy as well I heard?
@@LitQueen3we should have another batch in March. Truth in advertising: It’s a 3/16” thick spine, so the edge angle is going to be significantly stouter than a typical butcher knife. The thickness is good for strength in thrusts and specific bushcraft applications-and helps reduce risk of warping during heat treatment. The thinner spines and higher bevels on butcher knives will be better at slicing.
Thank you brother. I’ll be getting one on April then. But great work man I appreciate your work & what you do with making it possible to get these great works made by American artisans. Take care
This blade is sick! I have a old cold steel Desperado that I think you could bring up to date. Love your ideas
That was a very distinctive design. Never owned one but it always caught my eye at gun shows
So cool if I wasn't out of work I'd go for a mini scimitar like this its a brilliant design!
Thank you for the kind words, and best of fortune with job searching
I'm going to be one of those 12 people
Happy fellow member of the Dirty Edgey Dozen.
fine craftsmanship
Thank you!
All this time I thought The Love Handles was a soft cushion around the waist. Who taught me that wrong. lol. I’m a 12. Tomahawk is my Goal. I have my Dad’s Hatchet (so cool) but … I want your Tomahawk -- one day, oh Santa please. It’s my double lineage. A Claw would be a blessing too. lol. *Beautiful Art. You’re above genius.
Yeah we held a naming contest on Instagram. Several hundred names were suggested. Most were awful but there were some good ones. “The Love Handle” kinda popped into my head while looking at the list of good names. And thank you for the kind words and good vibes.
@@wingardwearables I only do RUclips. I disengaged from FB in 2012 & won’t go elsewhere. That’s a great name. Kinda like me writing down Names for the Rottie Pup I’ll get this Spring. We take Naming Seriously. I appreciate you. And yours. What an Art!
(edit) lol did I tell ya that I can Throw Great? My Daughter too. 🎯🎯
I love it!
I can think of several aplications for the blade shape, and know a lot of techniques to avoid my hand slipping into that blade…
My only gripe? I live in Mexico 😁
Thank you and please share whatever comes to mind. It’d be interesting to fully explore this unique blade shape.
16:18 you can just do what the OSS did, drill a hole and drop a peice of leather with two finger loops. It looks more forgiving than the friction held saca tripas. I'd love one it looks like the Fairbairn Cobra knife.
That you for the suggestion. I was hoping to avoid drilling holes though.
I think you came up with a really awesome knife! I love trailing point knives. One i carry quite a bit is the Microtech SBK. Well done, great video. 👊 oh yeah, the quard thing. You definitely dont have to have one. Im a half century old and I have had a knife in my hand as far back as I can remember. I've never slid up. 😁👍 p.s. I've stabbed a lot of sh#* and almost all of it was tougher than meat. 😂
That Microtech SBK looks very nice. Thank you for the comment conveying your experience and also your positive vibes 👍
So much thought into the design. Appreciate all the historical examples of knives, super cool to see and learn!
Glad you enjoyed it
I think you should to do that sheath for scraping. It would potentially bring you more customers. It would be a shame not to make the most of this design you came up with. Regarding safety of that sheath and additional bulk that comes with safety - use a solution you said in the video - use a lanyard like thumb daggers.
Thank you for the comment and suggestion. I agree that the thumb lanyard is probably the most compact way to keep the hand from sliding up the handle/sheath and onto the blade. Will be thinking on this. Best regards.
with the extreme curve this knife could be used to thrust upwards and curve under the ribs and easily reach vital organs in a grapple.
Definitely. Also we did some simple stab tests-a cardboard witness panel was placed over an archery target (tightly compressed foam00designed to catch arrows-including tipped with broadheads). In hammer grip, if your wrist is locked firmly, the extreme curve of that “trailing point” results in a pretty large entry wound. Measured off the cardboard, it was about 3 inches wide-that would be pretty devastating against the abdomen.
Knives must not have guards ... for me.
Lol
I want immediate blade access for carving, pairing, basically puukko style.
All my knives could be used as a weapon.
Even my knives that primary as a weapon, no guard.
My fav old hickory is a meat carver much like the love knife here.
Awesome video. Awesome knife
Yeah the Old Hickory is a classic. I have a few from my grandfather (RIP) who decades ago worked as a butcher. I hear that Ontario knives, which made the Old Hickory line, has gone bankrupt. I haven’t heard news on what is going to happen with the production of Old Hickory knives. There are a lot of fun modifications out there.
It's always a pleasure too see you post a new video, you don't do tests very often, because some people make that their whole thing, but when you do do it it is very well thought out and it is a breath of fresh air.
There is a lot of thoughtful applications, and I may have an idea that might fix that draw knife second handle problem.
I do really like the draw knife concept because it may not be the perfect blade for it, but when you need a draw knife, it's in a situation where you can take anything that you can get and whatever you will make will be a million times better than just carving a block of wood sticking the blade into it and then tying some bark around it like I've seen before.
My idea would be a corded system with a modified wrap-around type sheath.
Imagine a 12-in piece of paracord, and you have a piece of folded over leather, It may not need to be made out of leather, but something flexible enough that I can go already over the sheath as if it is part of it, maybe some type of thinner weather-rated polypropylene, for simplicity purposes I would say marine grade.
It would be like one of those laundry clips except very long and flat, very similar in shape to a credit card, it would "click" over the main sheath and it shouldn't be more than a centimeter or a fraction of a centimeter thick, and it would barely impede if done correctly, were the cord comes in is it would attach to the handle using that bulge as a stopper, and it would either have a groupier texture like... Now that I think about it there is this very cheap but very dependable Kevlar kite string that is so tough that you can use it to cut wood and that abrasive surface could be really good for gripping, and how it could be done is the cordage could provide tension keeping that secondary clip-on sheath constantly tensioned onto the blade so that way it would have a preference for not slipping, to change the angle of the tension there could be a little sliver of an edge, kind of like a thumbnail on the side of it to that the cordage could slip into to either put the tensioning higher or lower, similar to a bandsaw on the pioneer trail.
You would unclip it and then clip it, the part with the tip goes into would be designed to be solid while the rest of it is unfoldable, maybe taking advantage of the inherent flexibility of polypropylene or other high impact plastics, and it would be flexible enough to go around the normal sheath while still being thin enough to do so, but it would be rigid enough to be clipped onto the end of the knife blade and that cordage could very easily be used for other purposes if you were to use that Kevlar kite string which you can find on Amazon, and all you'd have to do is wrap it around the handle to get a very thin and barely noticeable layer. Or, if you want to go the extra mile it can also be wrapped around the grip for the extra bit of physical retention if it doesn't get in the way but that just depends on how you tie it.
I think I am correctly envisioning your idea, and that is pretty darn clever. I will need to survey materials-I don’t know if I can source a metal clip that’s the perfect size, but it may be possible to improvise or make one for prototyping purposes.
@@wingardwearables I appreciate the compliment, I know sometimes things just aren't meant to be because people's brains aren't in the right place, but I really do appreciate you taking it into consideration. And I'm glad I was able to describe it adequately enough. Good luck, a good idea should never go to waste because of improper execution.
@@crimsonfox87fluxule62agree-will consolidate folks’ suggestions and map out path to prototyping.
Once you get some testing done... I'm sure a kukri could be adapted to that carry style! I'm thinking like a smaller Salyani kukri which is naturally/historically not as wide would work perfect. I'm imagining a kukri sheath where the upper half has an open back so that you could push the spine of the kukri outwards then draw to the side. I'd totally buy a good 7 or 8" Salyani, I think the kukri's chopping strength allows for good power despite being a lighter blade such as the cold steel kukri machetes
That is an intriguing idea! I will look into Salyani style kukris-thank you for the suggestion 👍
@@wingardwearables Glad I could help! The Salyani is one of the most martial arts/fighting focused of the kukris too, totally fits your style of products!
best described as an antikarambit due to which side the edge is on
Hahaha “the anti karambit”-I love it.
Even if I have other things to do, I ALWAYS stay to the end of the video just to be one of the 12.
I appreciate that!
80 grit sandpaper on that micarta is very gripping also. That the beautiful thing about micarta.
There may be customers that choose to “roughen” the handle scales for additional grip. If we did a rougher sanded finish, it would be grippier and save us a lot of time, but the color would be grey, not black, and it would change over time as the user gripped it or wore it-imparting the natural oils of the skin into the handle-that can wind up looking kinda blotchy/greasy, depending on what the handle is exposed to. So for this blade, we wanted the black paper micarta to actually look black and stay relatively stable in appearance. The grip profile is roughly contoured then it’s oiled and hand sanded pretty darn smooth-that takes a lot of time but looks great. All of that is done before I hand file the grooves.
It reminds me of a Persian knife!
Yeah, also reminds me of a tusk, like from a walrus or elephant
Looks amazing, I need to make room in my collection for one
Absolutely-no knife collection is complete without it
👍🏼
Cool
Hey I’m not seeing the knife on your website and I would like to buy one
Just sold out last night-next batch in March 👍
Uber and Lyft are on strike for Valentine's day don't waste money on going out buy a love handle.
I need to remember this when I do a post later today. That’s good to know.
What about replication of fairbairn cobra?
We will likely pursue a sharpened edge on the inward curve on a future design, with a false edge or bayonet grind on the outward curve. That’s a bit like the Fairbairn Cobra’s edge geometry. The sheath will require a redesign.
@@wingardwearables I'm looking forward to getting both.
Is this double edged?
Nope
No, single edge, trailing point.
So weird...
I EDC a cold steel trailmaster (14.5 in, 9.4in blade) totally concealed with the same style clothes exactly you are wearing in this video..
So I wear an over shirt in this video to conceal the Stingray Tomahawk that’s under my arm. But under that I am wearing a sweat shirt and belt-less sweatpants. The Love Handle is comfortable to carry and concealable just wearing boxer briefs and a t-shirt but I didn’t feel bold enough to go pant less on video. The already small audience would dwindle down even further.
I found long, rigid knives, especially with wider blades, to be both challenging to conceal across a wide range of wardrobe selections, and also too uncomfortable for me-especially when bending or lunging or sitting. But I think some body shapes could pull it off better than others.
Years ago there were a few videos that showed conceal carrying big bowie knives-still floating around on RUclips. I think most of the concepts were simple, elegant sheath designs with frogs to catch on waistband or belt. Depending on the size of the person, the handle could protrude quite a bit, but with enough covering garment (or in some cases, an untucked t-shirt coupled with significant body mass protruding above the belt), then it could be concealed. But I think the issue comes down to carry comfort. One of the very few people I know who conceal carries big bowie knives is a slim man up in Canada. Wears some bulky covering garments (hey, it’s cold up there) and this conceals the protruding handle, and when I asked him about whether or not it was comfortable to carry, he told me that frankly it was not comfortable to all. He felt he needed to carry it (primarily unplanned encounters with large land predators) and he just got used to the daily discomfort. Same with big kitchen knives-many criminals conceal carry them-often without sheaths, tucked at angles into the belt and lots of baggy covering garment on top. It conceals. Just not safe or comfortable. Doesn’t allow full range of motion.
12? Everything is sold out all the time. Lmao
True, but we do have one Love Handle remaining on the site. Hopefully in 2024 we resolve some of the production bottlenecks 👍
Love this design and it might actually work for everyday carry. I love the design of the tomahawks but there's no way I could stick those down my pant leg and do anything I need to do during the day other than just walk. To be fair I have never tried one but I have taken a wooden dowel that's a lot skinnier of the same length and put it in my waist to see how well I could move and it doesn't work out very well if you have to climb or lift your leg high. And appendix carry is definitely out on those, the handle would be hitting my balls all day. The Quill is bad ass though.
The tomahawks work, but pant height, pant tightness, and belt tightness must be “dialed in” for the tomahawk to move with your body, even bigger leg/thigh motions like kicks or lunges are fine. Recommend checking out a video where we go over these factors and other carry tips.
ruclips.net/video/4ewlITkVpGY/видео.htmlsi=S7tiMcVuxlsyg3KM
Thanks for your comment and hope you have a great day.
@@wingardwearables I'll watch the video thanks for the reply