Thanks, buddy! Gotta agree, this piece is the natural progression of your thoughts on design, while still incorporation enough of my own bits into this timeless form. So many others have done it, and well, so it's tricky to make it your own and still manage to be true to the basics.
I've tried to think back on how long I've been making these, and I think I can track them back almost ten years, at this point.
...just to add further documentation on this knife, here's a copy of the initial post on it from the 'custom and handmade' section:
"Finished this one up for a friend while I'm working on other stuff, and avoiding doing yet other stuff.
This kwaiken features a 5-1/2" blade of .200" Crucible S7 steel, with an overall length of 10-1/2". The handle has been built up and contoured, with a tiny touch of coffin handle swell to the butt, then sleeved in carbon fiber soaked in aerospace resin, and finally wrapped in carbon fiber lace, which was also soaked.
A closeup of the handle, as the detail tends to get lost in the overall photo:
Thanks for looking, gang."