Traditional French Fry day

Skyline Drive said:
Romain Alvarez.

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Beautiful...👌
 
PenisMightier said:
I have kept my eyes on those knives for awhile now, I really like the design. How are you liking it?
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So far so good. It’s 4 3/8” closed with an excellent blade shape. It’s a thin knife, sort of like a Douk-Douk. No nail nick so obviously it’s pinchable which is about a nice 6. The release is also well done.
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I had this up for sale but it was too expensive for anyone to buy, the hard maple handle is really nice but I like to flatten the sides so it doesn’t roll in my hand during use but I didn’t want to ruin the beauty.
It was quite the conundrum, too round to use and too beautiful to attempt to sand down the handle.
But since it didn’t sell I pulled on my big boy pants and made the attempt and I love how it turned out. The knife is still larger than I like but it’s very nice.

#10 with tiger maple handle and special san mai blade limited edition

https://flic.kr/p/2rRzb4f

https://flic.kr/p/2rRzb4a

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Thanks, it was a limited series that they created with a Japanese company, very special, high rockwell core of the laminated blade. I bought it right from Opinel USA but all are sold out, there was only a limited number that was available.
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It has a very nice presentation box and here you can see how the handle was round which made it roll in the hand when holding
https://flic.kr/p/2rzRDNc
 
Here’s what Opinel said about the collaboration

www.opinel-usa.com

Limited Edition No.10 Shiori

Introducing the limited edition No.10 Shiori folding knife as the result of an exceptional collaboration with a Japanese master blacksmith. A meeting of two cultures and two skills. This masterpiece of craftsmanship is forged and hammered in Japan, made with multilayers of superior quality VG7...
www.opinel-usa.com www.opinel-usa.com

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Gary W. Graley said:
Thanks, it was a limited series that they created with a Japanese company, very special, high rockwell core of the laminated blade. I bought it right from Opinel USA but all are sold out, there was only a limited number that was available.
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It has a very nice presentation box and here you can see how the handle was round which made it roll in the hand when holding
https://flic.kr/p/2rzRDNc
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- thank you, Gary. Yours has a different shape handle though - was that carried out following purchase......? All the ones I've seen (on sale here in UK for £300) are standard shape handles.
 
Yes, as I mentioned earlier I went and flattened the sides so it handles much better in hand while using.
I approached it with great trepidation because it did cost so much, but it turned out very nice.
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Gary W. Graley said:
I had this up for sale but it was too expensive for anyone to buy, the hard maple handle is really nice but I like to flatten the sides so it doesn’t roll in my hand during use but I didn’t want to ruin the beauty.
It was quite the conundrum, too round to use and too beautiful to attempt to sand down the handle.
But since it didn’t sell I pulled on my big boy pants and made the attempt and I love how it turned out. The knife is still larger than I like but it’s very nice.

#10 with tiger maple handle and special san mai blade limited edition

https://flic.kr/p/2rRzb4f

https://flic.kr/p/2rRzb4a

G2
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That is an awesome job. What did you use to do that? Hand sand all that off?
 
Tricky thing to do to stay consistent. So I first cut a slot in a board just enough so the spine of the blade would slide in, then I used two wood screws to clamp the blade between the sides of the wood. Basically providing a handle so I could keep the knife handle level and not wavering around. Then I clamped a flat piece of wood to the plate of my 1x30 belt sander to make a wide enough flat surface to keep the knife steady and used several grits of belts to sand down each side.
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Gary W. Graley said:
Tricky thing to do to stay consistent. So I first cut a slot in a board just enough so the spine of the blade would slide in, then I used two wood screws to clamp the blade between the sides of the wood. Basically providing a handle so I could keep the knife handle level and not wavering around. Then I clamped a flat piece of wood to the plate of my 1x30 belt sander to make a wide enough flat surface to keep the knife steady and used several grits of belts to sand down each side.
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - appropriate!
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Tricky thing to do to stay consistent. So I first cut a slot in a board just enough so the spine of the blade would slide in, then I used two wood screws to clamp the blade between the sides of the wood. Basically providing a handle so I could keep the knife handle level and not wavering around. Then I clamped a flat piece of wood to the plate of my 1x30 belt sander to make a wide enough flat surface to keep the knife steady and used several grits of belts to sand down each side.
G2
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Well done! You gave it a great profile.
 
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