Work in progress on a 8 inch chef knife...

Rusev · Feb 7, 2019

Hi all,
I finished hand sanding one side of this big boy...Now the other side...sanding my life away, but i hope it will be beautiful!

Rusev · Feb 8, 2019

Secondary bevel and maker mark are added...

The scales are now fitted. The mosaic pin at the back is for balance...

Dragons Breath Knives · Feb 9, 2019

Well done friend!!!

Rusev · Feb 9, 2019

Dragons Breath Knives said:
Well done friend!!!

Thank you, Sir! I have some work on it still.

Mongo · Feb 9, 2019

Beautiful in every way!

Rusev · Feb 10, 2019

Mongo said:
Beautiful in every way!

Thank you for the kind words!

Rusev · Feb 16, 2019

After 30 hours of work, here is the final result:

There is room to improve. What do you think?

Thanks,

Nick

Dragons Breath Knives · Feb 17, 2019

I think it looks really nice and clean. It screams I will CUT you!!

Rusev · Feb 17, 2019

Dragons Breath Knives said:
I think it looks really nice and clean. It screams I will CUT you!!

Thank you, Sir! I learned a lot by this build. The end of the blade near the index finger has a slight curve to keep the finger away of the sharp bits.