Only Sharp Knives Are Interesting- the Sharpening Thread

Wishfulthinker580 said:
What knife/model is that?
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Thread 'Bubinga Chef'

I just finished this kitchen knife, (my fourth) and it's now hanging out in our kitchen- ready for duty.

The blade is done to a 400 grit hand rubbed finish, and is convex ground from about a cm up from the edge. Flat ground from there to the spine.

The handle is bubinga, (I think) and the blade is A2 tool steel. Between blade and handle is a 6AL4V titanium ferrule, harvested from a Bontrager 118 mountain bike handlebar that I bent in the late nineties. Good thing titanium doesn't go bad. Anyway, it was a pretty finicky build that somehow turned out pretty good.

Due to the...
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