My most elaborate Xmas present yet

SadSappySucker

SadSappySucker

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When it comes to gift giving I just plain suck. Gift cards are about as personal as I get.
However, this year I decided to go all out and handle some knife blanks for my mom, sister, dad, and myself.
For my mom and sister I got a couple green river paring knives and two condor woodlaws for my dad and I. My dad has always been interested in the knives I rehandle. He’s not a knife enthusiast but he is a sucker for some nicely finished woods and lately has expressed an interest in a decent belt knife. My mom got her first decent kitchen knife a couple years ago, a Henkel’s paring knife, and that is all she uses now. My sister, well, hopefully she’ll appreciate her paring knife. She has never expressed a bit of interest in any form of cutlery, but who wouldn’t like a fancy paring knife, right?
I’m doing cocobolo handles with ivory micarta liners and brass pins on all of them. I was going to make them all personal, but I quickly realized that that would get expensive FAST.
Everything came in the mail yesterday and I’ve already started gluing the wood and micarta.
I’m really getting pumped. I even started sending my sister random pics of raw materials with no explanation just to toy with her. :D
Here’s the raw materials with a batch of handles already in the gluing process.
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Cool, can't wait to see the finished product!
 
Nature Boy said:
Very cool. We're still about 30 days away from me even thinking about what to get people for xmas...
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LOL, that’s usually the story.

SSS, great idea for some presents. As a “thank you” present, I got my girlfriend a couple of paring knives that Vince (VCM3) made up for me from Green River blanks and some Olive Wood last year. She uses them much more than I expected and regularly says how nicely they cut.

Now if I could only get her to stop dropping them in the sink so I don’t have to hone the little rolls in the edges constantly....
 
Thanks guys. I’m looking forward to spending some time on em over this holiday weekend, that is if I can pry myself off the river!
The final batch of handles or curing right now. I was only able to do a little rough sanding on one of the sets of scales this morning before I had to rush over to my parents house for a self imposed turkey coma.
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Nice idea! I am making a chef knife for my father in law this year from a green river blank:)
 
Jsega51 said:
LOL, that’s usually the story.

SSS, great idea for some presents. As a “thank you” present, I got my girlfriend a couple of paring knives that Vince (VCM3) made up for me from Green River blanks and some Olive Wood last year. She uses them much more than I expected and regularly says how nicely they cut.

Now if I could only get her to stop dropping them in the sink so I don’t have to hone the little rolls in the edges constantly....
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I saw some of Vince’s work when I was looking at other examples of finished knives. His stuff looked great to say the least!
 
SadSappySucker said:
I saw some of Vince’s work when I was looking at other examples of finished knives. His stuff looked great to say the least!
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I've got a couple from Vince. They are the go to knives in our kitchen.
 
SSS-hey man, if you have a local hardwood specialty store nearby, they almost always have off-cuts of various expensive woods, that are reasonably priced. And just right for knife handles. Generally cheaper than ordering wood online. Just a FYI, maybe ya already knew.:rolleyes:;) Looking good too!
Thanks, Neal
 
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I’ve been procrastinating waaaaaay to much lately, but I finally finished most of the shaping on one of the pairing knives. I’m in the process of shaping one of the condors. I’m hoping to have one of each done this weekend.
If I ever take on a task like this without adequate power tools someone needs to have me committed, because all this hand sanding is driving me insane!
 
I let my procrastination get the best of me and pushed this one to the wire.
I’m doing the final polish on em now. I still need to clean up the blades and put a new edge on all of them.
The picture sucks. I’ll make sure to get a better pic that better represents the beautiful cocobolo later.
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And to make this whole thing even better my dad texted me and my sister yesterday with a last minute Christmas wish.
“I just thought of something I would like for Christmas, have you guys already got me something”
“I want a knife that I can carry on my side”

So I told my sister that I’ve been working on a knife for him over the past month and that I’ve got this one covered.
 
SadSappySucker said:
I let my procrastination get the best of me and pushed this one to the wire.
I’m doing the final polish on em now. I still need to clean up the blades and put a new edge on all of them.
The picture sucks. I’ll make sure to get a better pic that better represents the beautiful cocobolo later.
pnctB73Fj

And to make this whole thing even better my dad texted me and my sister yesterday with a last minute Christmas wish.
“I just thought of something I would like for Christmas, have you guys already got me something”
“I want a knife that I can carry on my side”

So I told my sister that I’ve been working on a knife for him over the past month and that I’ve got this one covered.
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They look great, Erik! Being able to fulfill your dad's a last minute Christmas wish is just wonderful!
 
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