Flat Rock Forge

[Mk-211]

This guy is killing me!

 

[Mk-211]

Awesome goodness.

 

[hso]

How's the balance on the "awesome goodness"? On the index finger, guard, just in front of the guard or further forward or back?

 

[Flat Rock]

How's the balance on the "awesome goodness"? On the index finger, guard, just in front of the guard or further forward or back?

the balance of this knife is at the index finger, good question!

 

[WestKentucky]

I’m no knife connoisseur by any stretch, but the selection of wood for scales is absolutely unbelievable. The quality of work on the scales tells me that the blade is probably also quite good.

 

[hso]

index finger

Makes for a light fast knife as a fighter.

 

[JShirley]

Makes for a light fast knife as a fighter.

I frequently like my knives to have the balance a bit forward, to transmit a lot of force, while still not being so blade-forward as to be unwieldy. But there is something magical about a fighting knife with the balance at the guard.

John

 

[Flat Rock]

I like a neutral balance on a fighter, on the index finger. On a camp/woods knife I tend to move the balance forward.

 

[JShirley]

At or slightly above the first finger would be my choice for a mid-sized fighter ( 4-9" blade). My Camp Defender is more blade forward, but it's a bolo-ish design, so there's a lot more mass than the typical Randall-inspired stabby fighter.

John

 

[Flat Rock]

At or slightly above the first finger would be my choice for a mid-sized fighter ( 4-9" blade). My Camp Defender is more blade forward, but it's a bolo-ish design, so there's a lot more mass than the typical Randall-inspired stabby fighter.

John

I love the bolo type knife. yours looks very good for the woods.

 

[Old Dog]

@Flat Rock, thanks for joining us! It's always great to have another knife guy onboard. You have some very good-looking knives, your prices seem reasonable, and I hope some THR members throw some orders your way. Currently, I have nothing in 80CRV2...hmm.

 

[Flat Rock]

@Flat Rock, thanks for joining us! It's always great to have another knife guy onboard. You have some very good-looking knives, your prices seem reasonable, and I hope some THR members throw some orders your way. Currently, I have nothing in 80CRV2...hmm.

Thanks! It's great to be here.

 

[Flat Rock]

The Shrew is one of my oldest designs, and still very popular. This one is in AEBL and black micarta, and is a very handy little EDC blade

 

[KCAce]

Flat Rock - I can see why that Shrew would be popular! Where do I go online to see what you have for sale? Do you make your own sheaths too?
KCAce

 

[hso]

Where do I go online to see what you have

https://flatrockforge.com/

 

[Old Dog]

The more I view the Combat Woodsman and the Kipper, the more I like them.

@Flat Rock, here's hoping you stick around. Most of us here love knives and having knife-makers onboard helps keep this forum as one of the best.

 

[Flat Rock]

The more I view the Combat Woodsman and the Kipper, the more I like them.

@Flat Rock, here's hoping you stick around. Most of us here love knives and having knife-makers onboard helps keep this forum as one of the best.

Thanks I have loved knives my whole life, too! I appreciate the welcome I have received here!