SK01 EDC knife micarta olive with MDK Kydex sheath Aqua Zombie SB1+ steel made my Schanz

It has always been my personal wish to design and have my own knife made. So some time ago I started collecting and sorting the feedback from our customers. With this information I went to work and based on the feedback I drew the SK-01. After some time the final drawing was finished and I can say that 80% of the feedback from our customers was incorporated. 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 expertly implement our idea. It took exactly one phone call to 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' choice.

Description SK-01:

Design: Knife Depot
Manufacturer: Juergen Schanz
Blade type: satin finish
Handle material: Micarta olive
Blade: 80mm
Handle length: about 105mm
Grip thickness approx. 15.95mm
Blade thickness: approx. 3.3 mm
Weight knife at approx. 128g
Steel: High quality SB1+
Rockwell: 60-61HRC
Grind: slightly hollow grind - more aggressive with such a short blade
Blade back rounded to the handle (customer feedback)
Edged blade tip for Firesteel (customer feedback)
Blade tip slanting and tapering (customer feedback - better guidance + tip better penetration, e.g. for killing fish in a manner appropriate to hunting)
small grinding notch (customer feedback)
Bolted and detachable grip panels (customer feedback)
coarse thumb ramp - not too fine and sharp-edged (customer feedback)
including lined nylon case
incl. Kydex sheath made by me in Aqua Zombie