Martell Knives Gallery

The Lava knife!

 

If I ever make another it's already got it's name.

 

Another O1 petty hits the streets. This one has a dyed box elder burl and blond buffalo horn handle with copper and G10 accent spacers.

 

The handles are what get me. Very nice!

 

Thanks Jason

 

Here's a freshly completed 160mm O1 petty with orange dyed box elder burl and buffalo horn handle.


*Please excuse the awful pictures...the hazy lighting outdoors today is bad.

 

Updating the gallery....

 

Another gallery update... 180mm Gyuto

 

the petty with the orange handle looks super nice.

 

Thanks Val!

 

Here's a brand new 220mm gyuto made out of CPM154 powdered stainless steel sporting an octagonal wa handle made from exhibition grade koa and black buffalo horn. This is the first handle that I applied a butt cap to and I think I like it, well I know I do actually because I started 2 more handles (to put on the next 2 Martell knives coming up for sale) using the same layout.

What do you think about it?



*Note - this handle is slightly over sized to meet the customer's requirements.

 

Love it!

 

This one was a Christmas surprise for an old friend...

190mm Gyuto

CPM154

Two-toned amboyna burl with streaked blond buffalo horn

 

I think 220 is the new 240 and I love it.

Great looking handle too.

 

So many people today love a 220 (or 225)mm gyuto. It's been fun to watch the trends over the years. I can remember when everyone used a 270mm too.

 

Here's a Martell 300mm yo sujihiki made from CPM154 powdered stainless steel with a brown maple burl and streaked blond buffalo horn handle.



Even though it pains me to admit this I feel it's important to own up to the fact that this knife has been owed to this person since 2012. He won it in a contest I conducted way back then. When finishing this knife today I was thinking about all the changes that I've made in how I make knives since back in 2012 and it really hit home how long a space of time 5yrs is. This gent, and I mean gentleman in every sense of the word, has been super patient with me and waited all this time for me to come through and make good on my promise to make him a knife of his choosing.

Intially I was asked to make a suji with the simple request of a handle that's "durable dark wood for pro kitchen use" and the rest was left to me. Some years later he asked for me to round the k-tip spine (that I normally provide) to have the look of a traditional western handled suji. Then some time after that I started offering CPM154 and he switched (from O1) to this steel.

I selected a "durable dark wood" as requested but I added some flair by going with the most stunning block of stabilized brown dyed maple burl I could find and pairing it with streaked blond buffalo horn. I then sealed the handle with what I'm calling a 5-yr finish, that's a finish that hopefully lives up to not only 5 yrs of future kitchen work but also (hopefully) shows the new owner that I appreciate his 5 yrs of waiting for this knife.



To the new owner...

Even though I'm 100% positive that the knife I deliver here today is far better than the one I would have delivered 5 yrs ago I know that this isn't good enough and I wish to say I'm sorry for making you wait for so long. I do hope that this knife serves you well for many years to come and that the memory of this long wait time you endured will fade away with those years.

Regards,
Dave

 

Stunning combo Dave! Congratulations to the winner.

 

Thanks Jim

 

Another freshly finished 160mm petty made from CPM154 steel. This one has an amboyna burl & figured maple wa octagonal handle.

When the first coat of oil finish hit this handle I knew we had a winner, although, I can't take any credit for it beyond the craftsmanship as it was 100% designed by the customer. And I'll admit that I wasn't so sure about it at first, I just couldn't picture how it would look when finished, but I think the customer did good here.


PS - the pictures suck as it was almost black outside and cloud covered so the owner should expect a nice surprise when he sees it in person.