New Becker/Dogwood collaboration!

[GeofS]

Are these available to purchase anywhere?

 

[knifejunkie1928]

Are these available to purchase anywhere?

Should be available from dogwood soon. However, I think knife center bought out the rest of his stock at the end of blade show so they will probably be the first to list them.

 

[knifejunkie1928]

Dans got them on his website now.

https://www.dogwoodcustomknives.com/joy-of-cooking/joy-of-cooking-8-chefs-knife

 

[1066vik]

not a big user of 8" knives in the kitchen -- very interested to see what the next one is, though.
a 4.5-5.5" petty chef or santoku is my most used size.

 

[GeofS]

not a big user of 8" knives in the kitchen -- very interested to see what the next one is, though.
a 4.5-5.5" petty chef or santoku is my most used size.

I feel the same way, 6” has been my go to for cuts of meat that aren’t small.

 

[knifejunkie1928]

not a big user of 8" knives in the kitchen -- very interested to see what the next one is, though.
a 4.5-5.5" petty chef or santoku is my most used size.

I feel the same way, 6” has been my go to for cuts of meat that aren’t small.

I think you guys will really like the next release! It’s a santoku that’s probably around 6” blade length.

 

[Roguer]

Are they going to have Firefly handles?

 

[daizee]

8 is kind of the standard, for better or worse. I'm a big fan of 6.5-7", but sometimes you want a 9". (I do, anyway. Better make one.)

 

[1066vik]

Daiz, you should make an FFG BK9 sized and shaped chef knife out of some 1/8 or 3/32nd stock run up to a 61-62.

 

[daizee]

Daiz, you should make an FFG BK9 sized and shaped chef knife out of some 1/8 or 3/32nd stock run up to a 61-62.

Unfortunately the "Machefe" snapped during straightening. It was going to be about 10" of 3/32" FFG 15N20 with a forward belly and BK2-ish drop-point w/ a stick tang handle. Now it's the Yard Razor - lost 4" off the tip. :-/
Had a hell of a time hardening it too because of its size - normally I don't do oil-quenched steels in the kiln, but it was too big for my forge.

I've a notion to try it again out of Nitro-V, which would be a straight-up air-hardening operation, which is probably way safer with the thinner material.

You can see the lost tip (still have it) in the upper-left corner under that red linen bolster bit, which later went on the remaining Yard Razor:

 

[1066vik]

Yeah, I'm a fan of garage grade plate quench for long stuff that's prone to warping. I use a piece of 1/2 x 2 bar as the base and a big chunk of RR rail as the top. Not the best thing, but works pretty good for semi-air hardening steels like 5160.

 

[daizee]

Yeah, I'm a fan of garage grade plate quench for long stuff that's prone to warping. I use a piece of 1/2 x 2 bar as the base and a big chunk of RR rail as the top. Not the best thing, but works pretty good for semi-air hardening steels like 5160.

I've got a couple 3/4" thick aluminum plates vertical in a spare drill press vise. Probably too short for the kind of stuff you get up to, but they're a critical tool in the shop. Things start to get a bit tricky with tapered tangs, stick tangs, etc., but I add the shopvac pulling air through the gaps to get the blades and pouches pouches cool enough to open.