Photos The Gallery of Joakim Lööv

[Joakim Lööv]

Hammer #2 - a quick restoration of an old and heavily used smith's hammer, that my dad came over with. I promise, the next project will be knife

Head: unknown maker and steel that I removed the rust from and darkened by boiling it in winager
Handle: 30cm long of unknown hardwood, with a ebony wedge, treated with an oil/wax mix that includes a slip protection agent

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[Joakim Lööv]

Knife #22 - a Nakiri, for my brother on his 50th birthday. OAL 295mm.

Blade: Nakiri 165 Fuji, hand-forged, blue paper steel core @ HRC 61 laminated with soft stainless steel, 165mm cutting edge, 45mm high, 2mm spine thickness at handle (tapared), slightly modified tang (added pin slot)
Handle: buffalo horn bolster, stainless steel and ebony spacers, stainless steel pin, maple (from a tree my brother planted as a child)
Saya: unknown wood, ebony pin, tiger thread

 

[Templehound]

Beautiful kitchen knife! especially the work around the ferrule is evidence of great care to the construction.
....maybe the Butt deserves a few bevels and not left that sharp cornered....but that is beyond real critics.
....nice wodden sheath too

 

[Joakim Lööv]

Axe #2 - a restoration of a one-handed fireman's axe, on which I've tried to learn electro etching.

Head: unknown maker and material, 1kg in weight, 23cm long, 6,5cm edge
Handle: unknown wood species - lighter wood core, laminated with darker wood, with run-through plugs of the lighter wood, olive wood wedge, stainless lanyard tube
Wall mount: same unknown, dark wood as used for the handle, with plugs from the same lighter wood used in the handle, stainless keyholes, brass screws

Original

Etched with the shield of the town in which I live, the region's official bird (eagle owl), May bonfire, a leaf (my last name)

Etched with the shield of the region, a Dark Sow, again a May bonfire, and another leaf

The three crowns are etched underneath the spike (the weapon of Sweden), and another leaf is etched underneath the edge

 

[jfk1110]

Axe #2 - a restoration of a one-handed fireman's axe, on which I've tried to learn electro etching.

Head: unknown maker and material, 1kg in weight, 23cm long, 6,5cm edge
Handle: unknown wood species - lighter wood core, laminated with darker wood, with run-through plugs of the lighter wood, olive wood wedge, stainless lanyard tube
Wall mount: same unknown, dark wood as used for the handle, with plugs from the same lighter wood used in the handle, stainless keyholes, brass screws

Original

Etched with the shield of the town in which I live, the region's official bird (eagle owl), May bonfire, a leaf (my last name)

Etched with the shield of the region, a Dark Sow, again a May bonfire, and another leaf

The three crowns are etched underneath the spike (the weapon of Sweden), and another lead is etched underneath the edge

Great job

 

[acaptainnn]

Axe #2 - a restoration of a one-handed fireman's axe, on which I've tried to learn electro etching.

Head: unknown maker and material, 1kg in weight, 23cm long, 6,5cm edge
Handle: unknown wood species - lighter wood core, laminated with darker wood, with run-through plugs of the lighter wood, olive wood wedge, stainless lanyard tube
Wall mount: same unknown, dark wood as used for the handle, with plugs from the same lighter wood used in the handle, stainless keyholes, brass screws

Original

Etched with the shield of the town in which I live, the region's official bird (eagle owl), May bonfire, a leaf (my last name)

Etched with the shield of the region, a Dark Sow, again a May bonfire, and another leaf

The three crowns are etched underneath the spike (the weapon of Sweden), and another leaf is etched underneath the edge

Just Amazing!

 

[Joakim Lööv]

Knife #23 - a chef's knife for my oldest daughter. OAL 290mm. It's very light-weight with the knife at 116g and the sheath at 54g. The balance point is at the pinch.

Blade: Small Scandinavian Chef by Raffir in 110 layers of 440C/N690 stainless in 59-60 HRC, 180mm edge, 44mm high, 2,2mm thick at spine and handle, and a slightly modified hidden tang
Handle: myall, and corian
Sheath: maple, myall peg, waxed linen thread

 

[jfk1110]

Knife #23 - a chef's knife for my oldest daughter. OAL 290mm. It's very light-weight with the knife at 116g and the sheath at 54g. The balance point is at the pinch.

Blade: Small Scandinavian Chef by Raffir in 110 layers of 440C/N690 stainless in 59-60 HRC, 180mm edge, 44mm high, 2,2mm thick at spine and handle, and a slightly modified hidden tang
Handle: myall, and corian
Sheath: maple, myall peg, waxed linen thread

Fine job

 

[Joakim Lööv]

Knife #24 - a quick resto-mod chopper, from a heavily used and cheap auction knife. I really like the shape and weight of it. The spine of the blade was chipped at the front of the spine so I added some file work and made it into a feature. I cleaned up and sharpened the blade, re-shaped the tang, added a new handle, and cold blued the blade and pins.

Blade: 25,5cm edge length, 4,5cm wide, and 6mm thick at the spine. It's stamped Jernbolaget Eskilstuna - a company that went out of business in 1966.
Handle: oak scales (as the original) that got some suitable tannic acid stripes once oiled , black vulcanized fiber liners, steel pins, and a stainless steel lanyard tube, with a paracord lanyard.
Stand: yet to be finished - an upper half of a human spruce glulam scull is in the making ...we'll see if I'll ever finish it.

Original, with and without handle

Mod:ed (with some scratches after testing)

 

[Joakim Lööv]

Axe #3 - a restored adze, based on a head left from my grandfather. It's the first time I used Oregon myrtlewood and the chatoyance blew my mind . It was also the first time I did checkering, using simple needle files.

Head: 21cm long, 8cm edge, 3,5cm diameter eye, darkened by being boiled in vinegar. It's stamped with a crowned W and the word STÅL (steel in Swe). It's most likely from Wedevågs Bruk - a company officially formed in 1723 but with written testaments available from 1345. The company is still around, after several acquisitions and re-structuring ...hence difficult to know how old this particular head is.
Handle: 59,5cm Oregon myrtle, with an olive wood wedge. A leaf is burnt into the back.
Wall mount: under construction ...we'll see if I ever get it done.

Original (top, side, bottom)

Restored

 

[The Zieg]

Axe #3 - a restored adze, based on a head left from my grandfather. It's the first time I used Oregon myrtlewood and the chatoyance blew my mind . It was also the first time I did checkering, using simple needle files.

Head: 21cm long, 8cm edge, 3,5cm diameter eye, darkened by being boiled in vinegar. It's stamped with a crowned W and the word STÅL (steel in Swe). It's most likely from Wedevågs Bruk - a company officially formed in 1723 but with written testaments available from 1345. The company is still around, after several acquisitions and re-structuring ...hence difficult to know how old this particular head is.
Handle: 59,5cm Oregon myrtle, with an olive wood wedge. A leaf is burnt into the back.
Wall mount: under construction ...we'll see if I ever get it done.

Original (top, side, bottom)

Restored

Amazing woodwork!

 

[jfk1110]

Axe #3 - a restored adze, based on a head left from my grandfather. It's the first time I used Oregon myrtlewood and the chatoyance blew my mind . It was also the first time I did checkering, using simple needle files.

Head: 21cm long, 8cm edge, 3,5cm diameter eye, darkened by being boiled in vinegar. It's stamped with a crowned W and the word STÅL (steel in Swe). It's most likely from Wedevågs Bruk - a company officially formed in 1723 but with written testaments available from 1345. The company is still around, after several acquisitions and re-structuring ...hence difficult to know how old this particular head is.
Handle: 59,5cm Oregon myrtle, with an olive wood wedge. A leaf is burnt into the back.
Wall mount: under construction ...we'll see if I ever get it done.

Original (top, side, bottom)

Restored

Damn fine job!!!!! Looks Fantastic