MDK - SK01 EDC knife Micarta black incl. MDK-Kydex sheath SB1 + steel 

It has always been my personal wish to design and manufacture my own knife. So some time ago I started collecting and sorting feedback from our customers. With this information I got to work and, taking into account the feedback, drew the SK-01. After a while the final drawing was finished and I can say that 80% of the feedback from our customers was included. SK stands for my first and last name "Sven Kinast" and 01 for the first knife I designed.

Now I just had to find someone who would professionally implement our idea. It took exactly one phone call with the well-known German knife maker Jürgen Schanz, who also belongs to the "German Knife Makers Guild", and a partner was found.

Surprisingly and proudly, I achieved 3rd place in the readers 'competition in Messer magazine with my first design in the 2015 readers' poll.

Description SK-01:

Design: knife depot
Manufacturer: Jürgen Schanz
Blade type: satin finish 
Handle material: micarta black
Blade: 80mm
Handle length: approx. 105mm
Handle thickness approx. 15.45mm
Blade thickness: approx. 3 mm
Weight knife at approx. 128g
Steel: High quality SB1 + steel
Rockwell: 60-61HRC
Grind: light hollow grind - more aggressive with such a short blade
Blade back to handle rounded (customer feedback)
Edged blade tip for Firesteel (customer feedback)
Blade tip sloping and tapering to a point (customer feedback - better guidance + tip better penetration, e.g. for the proper killing of the fish)
small grinding notch (customer feedback)
Screwed and removable handles (customer feedback)
rough thumb ramp - not too fine and sharp-edged (customer feedback)
including lined nylon case
including MDK Kydex sheath made by me