Handmade Custom Kitchen Knives and Tools
Up next is a damascus gyuto/chef, damascus petty, and a monosteel Western integral. The two matching damascus blades will be receiving carbon fiber and ironwood handles. The Western integral will be getting a carbon fiber handle.
Damascus petty and gyuto with an integral Western gyuto.
The damascus gyuto ready for the carbon fiber and ironwood shoes.
Final step in rounding the coil and spine is using a little shoe polish action with 1k and then 2k paper.
The core steel, 52100 high carbon is laminated with a jacket totaling 750 layers creating a super fine damascus pattern. This will be available for sale.
The first gyuto is a hand forged damascus integral handled in rosewood burl. This gyuto is one of a kind. Available 14 October.
The second gyuto is a multi-bar damascus featuring two "W" patterns for a unique combination of swirls and curls. The blade is handled in my mokume-gane and a stunning piece of rosewood burl to compliment the damascus. Available 14 October.
Exhibition grade rosewood burl.
Copper and nickel silver for the mokume-gane.
A billet that I forge welded and is currently at 88 layers of 52100 and 15N20.
The bar is cut up in seven sections for a layer count of 616.
The seven layers have been forge welded and cut down the center to create the blade pattern.
The two billet sections are forge welded back together and forged out to a basic shape.
I annealed, trimmed, and gave the blade a quick etch to check the pattern.
The blade has been heat treated and the ura has been ground on the backside.
Working on the front.
The blade has been finish ground, stone work to double check everything, and hand finished. After hand finishing, the blade was etched and my makers mark was applied.
I wanted to have a matching pattern for the bolster and butt cap so I made mokume-gane to match the feather pattern.
The finished kiritsuke.
Feather mokume-gane polished.
Wave damascus, mokume, 5720 year old bog oak, and snake wood for this set.
I'll be at the Seattle International Knife Show this weekend, if you're in the area come by and say hi.
I'll have a couple of single bevels, suji, banno bunka, nakiri, a Western gyuto and a few other pieces.
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Projects in the near future:
250mm Western gyuto in 52100 with kurouchi/polish finish with carbon fiber handle and saya.
Steak knives in AEB-L with carbon fiber handles and sayas.
210mm gyuto in 52100 with kurouchi/polish finish with G10 handle and saya.
The steel is 1095 high carbon and the handle consists of black lacewood, copper, G10, and redwood burl.
The blade is differentially hardened.
The saya is cocobolo with a wenge liner to match the handle.
The keeper pin is anodized titanium.
I'll have a table there with a few items that will be posted here.
160mm Nakiri in 52100 with Black Lacewood and Spalted Maidou Burl
240mm Western Gyuto in 52100 with Copper, G10, and Black Lacewood.
210mm Wa Gyuto in 52100 with Black Lacewood, SS Spacers and Redwood Burl.
The hamon is begining to show after grinding.
After hand finishing and an acid bath the hamon is really starting to pop.
The bolster is almost completely shaped but needs fine tuning with a little hand carving.
The basic shape of the handle is cut-out.
The taper is in and the sides are rounded.
The handle is finished and a quick buff is done.
All done!
This suji was sold and the new custom sent it in to be shortened, a change in the blade profile and to get a saya. I'll be putting some pics up for reference.
This is the original.
Just unpacked from the new owner.
Post profile change.
I'll have some nakiris in the store soon. They will be in AEB-L and 1095 with an edge length of 160mm and a heel height of 50mm ground thin.
