SK01 EDC knife G10 orange incl. Kydex sheath Aqua orange SB1 + steel

It has always been my personal wish to design my own knife and have it manufactured. 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 ready 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 in the 2015 readers' poll with my first design.

Description SK-01:

Design: knife depot
Manufacturer: Jürgen Schanz
Blade type: satin finish
Handle material: G10 orange
Blade: 80mm
Handle length: approx. 105mm
Handle thickness approx. 15.95mm
Blade thickness: approx. 3.3 mm
Weight knife at approx. 128g
Steel: High quality SB1 +
Rockwell: 60-61HRC
Grind: light hollow grind - more aggressive with such a short blade
The back of the blade is rounded towards the handle (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 properly killing fish)
small grinding notch (customer feedback)
Screwed and removable handles (customer feedback)
rough thumb ramp - not too fine and sharp-edged (customer feedback)
incl. lined nylon case
including Kydex sheath made by me