Bolstered kitchen knife mod

[HeavyHanded]

Have been wanting to do this to a bolstered kitchen knife for a long time after seeing a similar feature on the Boye "Basic 3" fixed blade - the guard doubles as an edge guide.

I normally prefer stamped knives simply to avoid the dead space on the end and the need to grind back the bolster periodically, but the local foodie shop had a great deal on Wustoff 6" Chef knives - 1/2 price. So much for only buying measuring spoons...

Out of the box the bolster was already a slight bit proud of the edge so I decided to make it happen. I used my homebrew guided clamp and a XC DMT. Probably should have done this on a belt grinder or at least started it, but once I got into it was too stubborn to make the switch, so did it 100% manually.

The bolster now doubles as a guide for the edge, and while a bit of a prybar at the base it is still capable of slicing and dicing. Side note, both sides are remarkably symmetrical - testament to QC at Wustoff, nice job.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

That's nice work. And a great idea in utilizing the reground bolster as the edge guide.

6" chef's knife should be a joy to use, I'd think. Wish I'd come across one of those at half price, too.

 

[HeavyHanded]

That's nice work. And a great idea in utilizing the reground bolster as the edge guide.

6" chef's knife should be a joy to use, I'd think. Wish I'd come across one of those at half price, too.

I normally use 8" Chef's knife, a 6-8" utility, and a 4" pairing knife - that is it aside from my breadknife. But saw the poster and wondered if maybe a 6" Chef's knife couldn't do most of what all of those others do in one package. Owner says "I only have about 6 of those left and when they're gone they're gone, never gonna get em at that price again ($50)".

A quick check showed that as actually less than 1/2 price on most outlets, so I grabbed one. After regrinding/reprofiling and sharpening, used it to cut down a large honeydew, pineapple, sliced some black olives up, sliced and diced some beefsteak tomatoes. It worked great for everything.

I have a cheap set of bolstered Farberware knives I loan out when sharpening for times I'm not going to sharpen on the spot, I might give them the same treatment, done on a belt grinder though.