New knife design - The Hobbes

I have always enjoyed the line from Thomas Hobbes' political treatise, Leviathan, that said;  "... the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. ... "
It's a catchy little line and it inspired me to come up with a knife design that is indeed nasty, brutish and short. 


Thus, without further ado, allow me to introduce The Hobbes. 


The materials are, as most often, carbon fiber laminated with Titanium, with a tungsten carbide embedded edge and a garolite composite handle.

 This is how the design started out, rough-sketched in marker on a piece of 6AL4V Titanium.

 Laminated with carbon fiber and ready for scales. I have refined my process and now tend to do the gluing process in stages, which makes for a much more controllable outcome. 

 The other side of the blade. This was before I finalized the bevels and evened out a few asymmetries. 

 Almost finished, with the scales in place, and only final finishing to come. Carbidizing hasn't yet been done. I typically wait until the knife is entirely finished before I do that.

The scales are made of translucent green G11 composite. 

 The finished Hobbes. Sheath from .060 thick kydex with 1/4 inch eyelets. The top two holes towards the handle of the knife are spaced to be Tek-Lok compatible.  

 As you can see, the Hobbes is a seriously beefy blade. The handle, while short, provides surprisingly good control and grip, without being textured so coarsely that it would catch on, or destroy clothing that were to come into contact with the handle. The dimpled texture is also quite skin-friendly.

 Overall lenght of the Hobbes is 8 3/4 inches with a blade length right at 5 inches. The blade, at its widest, is right about 2 inches wide. 

And there you have it, folks. Nasty, brutish and short. The Hobbes.