Knife #10 Finished - First Kitchen Knife

Erin Burke

Erin Burke

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I finished Knife #10 last week and shot some photos this afternoon. This is my first attempt at a kitchen knife, and is a gift for my wife (our 9-year anniversary is this month). At first, it took me awhile to warm-up to the idea of making a kitchen knife... but I think I'm hooked now.

Some Stats:
Length: 11-3/8"
Blade: 5-1/4" (tip to choil?)
Steel: Differentially heat-treated 1/8" 1080 (from Kelly Cupples) Flat-Ground w/ hidden-tang
Handle: WSSI Stabilized Dalium Cochin Burl
Guard/Ferrule?: Small piece of wrought-iron (or so my grandpa tells me)
Butt-cap: 416ss

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What do you think?

Erin
 
Beautiful man! Love the octagon handle, it couldn't have been easy keeping those lines so sharp!

What, no WIP for this one? :D
 
Thanks for the feedback all. I am happy with how this one turned out.

amcardon said:
What, no WIP for this one? :D
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There are times, as the great 20th century philosophers Devo once said, when the urge comes along to "WIP it, WIP it good". However, this time I thought folks might be a bit tired of my novice WIP threads. Plus, this knife came together so quickly (and with so much other shop activity going on) that I just didn't have time to take photos.


holygoat said:
That looks gorgeous. I'm sure your wife will love it!
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Yeah... I had to give her a quick tutorial in how to take care of a non-stainless kitchen knife: no dishwasher, wipe clean and dry after use, etc. It'll be interesting to see what it looks like in a few months. ;)


Dan Pierson said:
Very nice indeed! Great job on the octagon handle, I'm still scared to try one.
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Nothing difficult about it Dan. It was much easier than I thought it would be. I first fit the guard/bolster thing and handle to each other and to the tang. I drilled a couple of alignment pins to keep them lined up and then temporarily super-glued them together. I used some layout dye and calipers to scribe some lines on the rectangular guard where I wanted the octagon corners to terminate, then ground the whole assembly together on my flat platen. I started w/ 50-grit and worked my way down to A45 (~400-grit). Then I fit my butt-cap to the octagonal handle using some hidden screw threads that are epoxied into the wood, and finally ground the butt-cap flush with the rest of the handle and beveled the corners. The whole project came together with minimal fuss.

Erin
 
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