Finally got a chance to take pictures of the second loveless prototype. First thoughts are that the white under wrap with black over wrap did not look as nice as I was hoping.
I still want to try a flat under wrap – which should let me space out the over wrap a little better, and father apart. Regardless the top side insert was about 4-4.5mm too long, leading to the notch of empty space by the lanyard hole.
I do think this blade fits better in my hand. With the insets the wraps make the handle about 4mm thinner. I think I could take it down another 2mm and then weight the handle to shift the center of mass back into the hand. Before I do any major reshaping of the design I think I will make the next blade from steel and see how that impacts things.