Daughter's wedding cake knife

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First Twin

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I made this knife for my daughter's wedding. The 8 inch blade is made of CPM S30V, the bolsters and handle pins are stainless steel and engraved by Jim Small. The handle is made of walrus ivory. The knife will be cased in a box made of fiddle back maple.

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The wedding is in one week and I am currently looking for my marbles and my wife has my check book. Pray for me.:D
 
Oh my gosh that's incredible. I love the blade profile... wouldn't mind that in a folder :P


That's a wonderful gift for your daughter (S30V! Wow, that must be some damn tough cake)... what did you make your future son-in-law?
 
Holly CRAP, my girl loves that(she likes knives anyway) but still. That is all kinds of gorgeous and has precious sentiment out the wazooo!
 
Easily one of the most gratifying knives you will have ever made. An heirloom by every measure. :thumbup:

Looks well suited. Like you understand what the task is..... ;)

Coop
 
There isn't a knife she will ever own that would be more collectible to her than that. Very nice!
 
Nice!:thumbup: No cake will be safe around that one.

Any chance of a pic of the box as well? (I love wooden boxes and presentation cases!)

Kind regards,

Jos
 
Didn't know what to expect from the title....but that is a great looking knife and i'm sure it will be treasured by your daughter.

Peter
 
I see a precious family heirloom which will cut cakes at weddings for generations to come.
 
I just glued up MY wedding cake knife today- I am sure it won't be as nice as yours though! Is she getting married on the 19th- seems like a good day to me.
 
Thanks for the comments guys. It was a knife I enjoyed making and knowing that it was likely going to stay in the family made it easier. Jos asked about the box and I have included a couple of pictures. One thing I did find out about half way through is that I'm a knife maker not a box maker and you need different equipment to make boxes than you do knives. You should have seen the look on Harry's face when he saw me surface grinding the box.:D

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Man, if it´s not too late to the wedding... I would suggest you make some finger notches to give room to pick the handle from the box. Looks like it is pretty deep inside it.

Congratulations!

My girl just turned one year old... and I get nervous just of thinking she might grow up to marry someone...

My best wishes for her.
 
BrB, there will actually be a ribbon that you lift to remove the knife. Believe it or not we were totally out of ribbon at the shop today.
Enjoy that girl while you can. It seems to be just yesterday that my daughter was that age. If you haven't started saving for her education and wedding you are already behind.
Thanks again everyone for the comments and the good wishes for my daughter and new son-in-law.
 
First Twin said:
Jos asked about the box and I have included a couple of pictures. One thing I did find out about half way through is that I'm a knife maker not a box maker and you need different equipment to make boxes than you do knives. You should have seen the look on Harry's face when he saw me surface grinding the box.:D
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Thanks for the pics! I was going to post the same comment about the finger grooves, but then I read your post about the ribbon.

Nice work! (Knife & box):thumbup:

Kind regards,

Jos
 
First Twin said:
Believe it or not we were totally out of ribbon at the shop today....
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Geez, what well-equipped knifemaking shop doesn't have a diverse supply of ribbon. :p

Harry would have used a length of 1" 600 grit roll. No slippage. ;)

Best,

Coop
 
Coop actually I was thinking about just boring a hole through the bottom so you could just push it up with your finger. :D For some reason Charlie wasn't open to many suggestions on this one.
 
A great idea! Very classy too.
Cutting cake, I bet it won't need sharpening for a millennium.
David
 
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