Homemade skiving knife.

[MarshalWill]

We'll just call it a lightening hole, then. 

[fredk]

The way I hold knife to exert some pressure is to put my fore-finger on the blade. That hole would make an excellent finger locator

[MarshalWill]

8 hours ago, fredk said:

The way I hold knife to exert some pressure is to put my fore-finger on the blade. That hole would make an excellent finger locator

Well, there you go. It now has an official purpose.

[dikman]

Maybe it could start a (w)hole new design trend.

[MarshalWill]

[Nowandagain]

On 7/29/2025 at 3:09 PM, PastorBob said:

I bought a cheap one on Amazon for $10.  It works very well.  I need to put an edge back on it though.

I wish I had that option (and options to buy finishes and leather) but it’s one of the trade-offs for living here. Unfortunately there are few if any knives that Amazon will ship to Israel.
 

On the plus side all of this encourages a person to get creative. 

[MarshalWill]

2 hours ago, Nowandagain said:

I wish I had that option (and options to buy finishes and leather) but it’s one of the trade-offs for living here. Unfortunately there are few if any knives that Amazon will ship to Israel.
 

On the plus side all of this encourages a person to get creative. 

I'm a firm believer of the saw blade option. If you're careful to not heat the cutting edge when you shape it, some saw blades have enough temper to hold a good edge without heat treating.