Here goes… knife #1

[Wallrunn3r]

Right then. After years of mucking about on the fringes, here is my first completed blade - a paring knife for my chef bro-in-law, who has promised to subject it to, ahem, “rigorous testing”.

3mm O1 tool steel, 4” blade, 8” OAL, handle is Purple Heart, green fibreboard, and an Ash burl (from my garden) held together with brass rod. Made with files, sandpaper, a knackered grinding wheel, my drill and a Dremel. Heat-treated in my two-brick, and quenched in veg oil.

It’s silly-sharp, so it’s functional, but my aim is to improve fit and finish for the next one. Got lots of supplies on the way...

Cheers guys!

 

[jebfour]

Looks fantastic!

 

[Forrest Taylor]

Good tight seams between the woods and the fiberboard.

 

[Wallrunn3r]

Looks fantastic!

Thanks, I’ve had pretty good feedback on it so far. Just got to keep the knives coming…

 

[Wallrunn3r]

Good tight seams between the woods and the fiberboard.

Thank you Sir.

 

[Jerickson]

Well done! I've never made a knife, but I'm a woodworker--that handle is very well done.

 

[Wallrunn3r]

Well done! I've never made a knife, but I'm a woodworker--that handle is very well done.

I'll take that coming from a woodworker! Thank you.

 

[stormchaser90]

dang... looking really good.