Project Gallery

Hi guys , instead of cluttering the news feed with new threads I have decide to put my recent projects into this post. I will posting some of my previous projects and recently finished ones. This is what I am up to on my off days when I am not cooking

First one : This is the first knife I have done with a plenty help from Keith Fludder , still in my work rotation , I am still having nightmares about grinding it
It is a 153mm petty in 1095 with spalted maple handle and stainless bolster and pins


First knife I have done completely by myself was a feather pattern damascus paring from HHH with bimble burl and ebony handle and brass tip. I kept reading on blade forums "to make a knife all you need is a file , sandpaper,drill, simple forge and dedication.. )
Well after spending on a 80mm knife close to 40 hours I am going to call that theory B.S.
You need tools... proper tools... and lots of it....
Still to this date its the one knife I liked the most , will model any of my paring knives after that








On top of that is the one of the first blades I have forged modeled after that knife in iron clad white 2 with birdseye red gum and ebony handle


Another knife from the same feather pattern damascus was a 160mm petty with same handle materials except brass, I think I spent 40+hours on it too




Next one is my first attempt at a long blade and a saya. The lesson I learned was :buy proper tools, grinding hardened .250 inch D2 with a tiny hand sander is PITA !!


Sabatier coversion , there are still lots of visible scrtaches in these pictures



Then managed to make it shiny again


Hand forged small kuro uchi funyauki in white 2 core with my patented saya design called as "crapshoot I cut it too short , gotta add another piece to make the knife not stick out" The handle and saya are from birdseye red gum and ebony









My first attempt at making a gyuto



Second attemp



Small wa bocho with Australian Beef wood handle

 

270mm aebl suji with a Hawaiian Koa from burl source , nickel spacer and marbled blond horn



25omm aebl suji with gidgee and brass

 

Great work! I really like the white, or ivory colored handles.

 

Damn, dude...... off the hook sexy!

 

Very nice, lots of work time in this. I like your too-short saya, repeating the colors of the handle in the saya is the way to go IMHO. And that suji is really nice also. Well, they all are...

Stefan

 

I remember that first gyuto fondly. Wonder what happened to it

 

Thank you Stefan

 

Nice work!
And once you start making better pictures of your work, you will instantly transform "nice" into "stunning" and "awesome"

 

Thanks Anton , all the pics are taken with phone and badly , gotta work on my pics more too

 

More western suji pictures



The lesson I learnt from this one is "
If you take custom orders from your staff members , don't fire them until they pay for it"

 

Beautiful dyed maple from burl source

 

Badly taken phone pictures , hopefully I was able to capture that it was thin behind the edge

 

DAMN....... That's purdy!!!

 

Thank you Al, the owner was nice enough for me to bring the knife to the gathering in Sydney

 

Lovely work Mert! I wonder how I missed this thread before??

 

Thank you Cris, I am trying to be productive as much as I can with my set up allowing

 

You're making more than I am at the moment, lol...and they're looking good!!

 

Line knife prototype in Sheffield carbon, ~ 62hrc , cocobolo and wenge handle , I like this one a lot

 

WOW!!! Simply..... WOW!!!

 

You're not the only one, looks really good