2 Kitchen Blades

[Big Smitty]

I have had these blades for quite some time and did not finish them out since I did not have a way to properly heat treat O1. Nathan Burgess helped out by heat treating them for me and he did an outstanding job!:thumbup::thumbup:

Blade- O1 that is 1/16" thick, 2 1/4" wide, 7 1/4" tip to front of handle scale, 12" OAL.
Heat Treat- Nathan Burgess to RC60.
Handles- one in black and tan linen micarta and one in black canvas micarta, both secured with corby bolts.

 

[PIndelicato]

Those look great, Smitty. I need to try making a kitchen blade sometime soon.

How are they ground?

 

[greatlakeswaterjet]

Love it and need it!

 

[Big Smitty]

PJ-They are convex ground and real sharp.

David-I can set you up!

Thanks guys!

 

[JasonSCarter]

Smitty those came out great! Now the hard part is keeping them from rusting!

Jason

 

[Big Smitty]

10-4 Jason. I take care of mine and they do get a nice patina over time. Neither one of these is mine, one is going to a chef I know and the other is going to my mom. I just used the one going to my mom to cut a onion and a tomato and there is already some discoloration, or as I call it character. These have a scotch brite finish on them so I can clean it up easily. Personally, I'll take the issue of high maintenenace to get the cutting benifits of O1.

 

[silver_pilate]

Paul,

Hey man, those turned out great! Good looking kitchen ware, and they felt great in hand. Hope you didn't have too much trouble cleaning 'em up. Glad I could help you out, bud.

--nathan

 

[James_Terrio]

Nice knives! I think they'd look cool with a patina. Character, indeed.