Knives 7 and 8 - Paring Knives

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Just finished these two. I made three of them but the first one was delivered before I checked its pictures on the computer. They did not show the handle material (polyester black cherry) at all so I scapped the idea of including those pics.

I am glad to be finished with kitchen knives for a while and look forward to getting back to hunting knives. However, the ladys I made these for deserve much better and I am glad to have made these.

Pictures are here: http://riflestocks.tripod.com/pics5.html

As always, I give much credit to those here who patiently tutor me.

Roger
 
Nice job Roger. I never realized how similar thuya and redwood burls were.Damn nice paring knives. I'm sure whoever gets them will be pleased.

Mark
 
those look like they would be great skinners too! the lanyard is a nice touch on a kitchen knife. :) and those handles just won't stop!
 
Roger - very well done and absolutely gorgeous. The "bird's eye" at the handle's butt is a very nice touch. Reminds me of the carved ground-feeding birds you see on a cuckoo clock.
 
All of you are very kind. Thank you. I am pleased with them and am happy to have been able to finish them on time. I have found it almost as easy to make two at one time as it is to make one at one time. I finished them in twelve days. One would have taken me tweleve days. With bolsters; another couple days. I think with experience and another machinist vise I may be able to do three at one time with maybe another day or two expended.

Gourge, The two woods look very much different before finishing oils. The color tones of these two woods become more closely matched with finish. While, even up close in real life, the colors are somewhat reddish and alike it is the camera and the poor photography by some guy by the name of rlinger that makes them look so similar. The Thuya is very dull in finish compared to the Ca. Red Wood. It (Thuya) is full of natural oil(s) that stabilize it but since they seem not cured makes this wood hard to sand smooth and leaves an oily surface. It loads sand paper very quickly. I like it. It has a classy appearance and its grain shows well and sanding marks will dissapear with a few extra pieces of sanding papers. I sanded the Thuya to only 600 grit. I should have sanded the Red Wood to 1000 grit. After finishing with oil I found a couple small sanding marks in the Red Wood. None in the Thuya.

Thanks; Roger
 
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