Kitchen knife for friend and new wife

[Kloepper Knife Works]

Like this alternate drawing? Thanks for all the help guys, I appreciate the opportunity to learn from people who have been using and making kitchen knives far longer than I.

 

[B34NS]

if you have already made up your mind then why ask for opinions? your blade profile looks good but the handle need to be straighter. you can keep the underside curve if you like but the centerline should be straight so the rivets line up.

Bill said it best. Sorry, was reffering to "pinching" up towards the front of the blade, in reference to the overall centerline.

That said, I've been really digging the iterations! Looking better and better!

 

[Kloepper Knife Works]

Well I roughed them out. Still have time to fine tune if anyone thinks there needs to be some changes. I'm going to tighten the inside corner on the handle of the larger one to make the grip a little easier to manage for my friend's wife's hands.

 

[Bill Burke]

I like the one on top the best. looks very good

 

[Kloepper Knife Works]

I like the one on top the best. looks very good

Thanks! It's because of your help. Do you think I should leave the large radius on that inside corner and just contour the handle there to thin it a bit for smaller hands?

 

[B34NS]

Those are looking pretty awesome! Love the geo on that top one!

 

[stereo.pete]

Things are definitely headed in the right direction. I would definitely reduce the inner radius on the handle on the top blade.

 

[Kloepper Knife Works]

I radiused the spine and inner handle corner, then sketched up the grinding and handle plan on the larger one.

 

[stereo.pete]

It's looking good, can't wait to see it finished!

 

[Bill Burke]

Thanks! It's because of your help. Do you think I should leave the large radius on that inside corner and just contour the handle there to thin it a bit for smaller hands?

I would come off the edge at an 89 degree angle and put no more than a 3/16ths radius on the inside corner.

 

[Kloepper Knife Works]

So I got one side beveled and hand sanded to 320 grit. I also roughed out a handle. The handle is G10. I laminated a 1/16" orange liner to 1/8" layered blue/black. I'll do some contouring after the blade is heat treated and sand it higher than the current 120 grit finish. It was a marathon run, including all nighter after losing few hours of work to family responsibilities, but I've got something to show my friend this afternoon.

 

[WuGod]

I think that looks awesome. What would you charge me for one lol?

 

[Bill Burke]

I think that looks awesome. What would you charge me for one lol?

it is going to be a lot because he has to pay me for the free advice.

 

[Bill Burke]

So I got one side beveled and hand sanded to 320 grit. I also roughed out a handle. The handle is G10. I laminated a 1/16" orange liner to 1/8" layered blue/black. I'll do some contouring after the blade is heat treated and sand it higher than the current 120 grit finish. It was a marathon run, including all nighter after losing few hours of work to family responsibilities, but I've got something to show my friend this afternoon.

looks nice fella

 

[arty]

That is really nice. I like shorter knives, and a 7" is very useful in the kitchen. I have a couple of kitchen knives in S35V, but I thought that they are supposed to be kept at 58-60 or so. I am no expert, as this is just what I have read. It depends on what you want the final product to do. Personally, I would be happy with RC 60 or 61.

 

[Kloepper Knife Works]

Wugod, I can't discuss selling here, there is one on my list to make for someone so I will be making more in the near future anyway. PM me.

I got the second bevel cut and sanded, and cut the bevels on the second knife on the grinder Wednesday. They should go out with about 20 CPM 3V knives next week to Peters for heat treating.

Side note, I can't wait to upgrade my grinder, it's going to save years of my life hand sanding. I'm getting the job done, but not going to hit my target times per knife till I cut hand sanding time in half.

 

[Kloepper Knife Works]

A few shots now that the blade is ready for HT. Sorry if the pictures aren't real crisp. The lighting in the garage wreaks havoc with shots of reflective surfaces.

 

[Kloepper Knife Works]

Finished beveling and sanding the smaller knife. Here's a shot with the larger one. Also a teaser showing some of the CPM 3V knives that will be going to HT at the same time. I'm finishing the last 5 now, and then just need to drill a few holes.