Makers: Post pics of your knives.

[Brock Cutlery]

This one is coming up. Hope to have some better pics and a saya by the weekend.

 

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three I just made from my new shop after 5 months offf

 

[Silverthorn K&T]

Some of my forged work from the past year.

Materials, from top to bottom: Pics 1-3 Wrought Iron (anchor chain) cladding with O1 core, Pic 4 4130 cladding with O1 core, Pic 5 4130 cladding with O1 core, Pic 6 304/430 Damascus cladding with O1 core, Pic 7 304 cladding with A2 core, Pic 8 304 cladding with M2 core.

I don't post often enough on BF but this is a great thread and I'm glad to see all of the good work everyone is doing!

 

[timos-]

some awesome stuff here! silverthorn, that is a really cool looking cladding in pic 6! I am taking a break until after the holidays but gonna hit the ground running come January!

 

[Silverthorn K&T]

some awesome stuff here! silverthorn, that is a really cool looking cladding in pic 6! I am taking a break until after the holidays but gonna hit the ground running come January!

That was an experiment that paid off! It's just very basic 304 and 430 stainless steel Damascus etched in Muriatic for about 30 seconds. It has been called "digital camo", but I have no scientific explanation for the "crystals" that seem to form on the surface of the 430 layers. I have some more that I have yet to finish up...fingers crossed it'll look the same!

 

[Willie71]

Z-wear slicer, 0.100”, Rc64, full distal taper, FFG to 0.003”, sharpened at 10dps. Curly poplar handle from my firewood pile, stabilized with cactus juice. Black g-10. Scotchbrite finish.

C720FF64-F5DE-40B3-9E05-F04416D4B454 by Wjkrywko, on Flickr

FCC0C0E7-96EE-43DA-9174-7B6D0C88BDF2 by Wjkrywko, on Flickr

8651E56E-6EDC-4FDC-9714-3046A1BAFE9B by Wjkrywko, on Flickr

 

[Robert Erickson]

Here's a thin S35VN Nakiri I just finished up. The handle is Amboyna Burl and the ferrule is bias cut Amboyna. The cap is textured copper.

IMG_6825 by Robert Erickson, on Flickr

IMG_6833 by Robert Erickson, on Flickr

IMG_6829 by Robert Erickson, on Flickr

 

[timos-]

Nice stuff all! Now who is gonna break the ice for 2018? Ive just got some re handle work for this month and am rough grinding a batch I will be sending to peters. Thank goodness for this "heat wave" I get two evenings to grind out in the shed in this almost 50 degree weather here is a pic of one of my next custom build:

It has taken me 3 years but finally going to attempt a tapered frame version of my dove-wa style.

 

[Willie71]

Nice stuff all! Now who is gonna break the ice for 2018? Ive just got some re handle work for this month and am rough grinding a batch I will be sending to peters. Thank goodness for this "heat wave" I get two evenings to grind out in the shed in this almost 50 degree weather here is a pic of one of my next custom build:

It has taken me 3 years but finally going to attempt a tapered frame version of my dove-wa style.

Tapered frames look incredible. They aren’t too hard to do, just time consuming to get everything gap free.

 

[timos-]

I plan to build it like my regular dove-wa , just using an 1 deg. angled block alongside the fence on bandsaw.

 

[Robert Erickson]

Tim that's going to look awesome!
Here's a K tip gyuto that I finished up in maple burl. The steel is Alabama Damascus ladder pattern.

fullsizeoutput_450 by Robert Erickson, on Flickr

fullsizeoutput_451 by Robert Erickson, on Flickr

 

[Willie71]

Tim that's going to look awesome!
Here's a K tip gyuto that I finished up in maple burl. The steel is Alabama Damascus ladder pattern.

fullsizeoutput_450 by Robert Erickson, on Flickr

fullsizeoutput_451 by Robert Erickson, on Flickr

That looks great. I personally like less drop in the handle, but that’s personal preference. Do you like the Alabama Damascus?

 

[Robert Erickson]

Thanks Warren! That chef is one I profiled a while back but hadn't finished until now. I agree with you regarding the handle and I don't put much drop in my more recent profiles.
I know Alabama has had mixed reviews but I've had good luck with the steel I've gotten from them. I've never had to send one back for bad welds etc. I think it makes a nice knife, however, there are other Damascus steels that I would say perform better but at a much higher cost. This was made for a customer that balked at the price of the other Damascus that I could get.

 

[FOG2]

I really like the black pins, they enhance the look tremendously IMO.

 

[sharp_edge]

Tim that's going to look awesome!
Here's a K tip gyuto that I finished up in maple burl. The steel is Alabama Damascus ladder pattern.

fullsizeoutput_450 by Robert Erickson, on Flickr

fullsizeoutput_451 by Robert Erickson, on Flickr

Man that's a beautiful knife.

 

[jdm61]

3 in W2 in various stages of incompleteness.
165mm santoku. It is slated to get a wa handle made from 60 or 70-year-old Brazilian Rosewood for the ferrule and 40,000-year-old kauri for the body.
Western chef and yanagiba both 270mm MOL. The chef is going to get wrought iron bolsters and Honduran rosewood burl scales. The bolsters are going to have hidden pins and I am trying to think of a way to do the same with the Rosewood.
I’m not even going to think about what I might put on the yanagiba Until it survives heat treatment

 

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8.5" chef's knife
Damascus suminagashi quenched in water, with wa ironwood handle, silicon bronze fitting

 

[Willie71]

8.5" chef's knife
Damascus suminagashi quenched in water, with wa ironwood handle, silicon bronze fitting

That’s pretty damned near perfect!

 

[Willie71]

Thanks Warren! That chef is one I profiled a while back but hadn't finished until now. I agree with you regarding the handle and I don't put much drop in my more recent profiles.
I know Alabama has had mixed reviews but I've had good luck with the steel I've gotten from them. I've never had to send one back for bad welds etc. I think it makes a nice knife, however, there are other Damascus steels that I would say perform better but at a much higher cost. This was made for a customer that balked at the price of the other Damascus that I could get.

I too like the black pins. I’ve been using them quite a bit lately. I’ve been curious about the Alabama Damascus. I’ve heard good and bad things about it. Based on steels used, it should perform well.

I want to get some Devin Thomas Damascus myself, but it’s so expensive, for justifiable reasons though.

 

[HSC ///]

That’s pretty damned near perfect!

thx, a lot of things came together the last several weeks going full time and making ten in a row