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180mm Nakiri

Steel - O1

Hardness - Rc60-61

Handle - modified oval wa style using blue byed Oregon maple burl (from Burl Source) along with buffalo horn ferrule and copper spacers. *Note - the wood is technically blue but leans more to the purple side.

 

270mm Sujihiki

The customer wanted a slightly shorter version of my 300mm sujihiki and went with a 270mm (this size is pretty nice actually) as well as he wanted a wa handle that wasn't loud and more traditional looking. He gave me free reign (thanks!!!) to try out a new design for the handle. It's an oval that has flats on the ass end sides to keep the knife from rolling. This is the opposite of the way I did the last two oval wa handles, I'm trying to figure out which is better. On this one I had it looking really bad ass with crisp lines on the flat side edges but that felt awful in the hand so I rounded the edges over going for function over appearance. I had a slightly different idea in my mind before starting this handle but I got close enough for the first one. I'd love to hear what you folks think about this as well as the other style on the previous two knives seen above.

The steel is O-1 @ Rc60-61. The handle is bird's eye maple (from Herr Keller's stash) paired with buffalo horn ferrule and nickel silver/G10 spacers.

 

Freaking awesome!

 

WOWW!

 

Dave's knives have that that appealing clean lean athletic look similar to Marko's.

 

Thanks guys!

 

Here's a 180mm santoku with Buckeye burl and buffalo handle. The customer purchased this to give as a wedding gift and requested marking the knife with the couples' names & wedding date. I hope that they get many years of good use out of it.

 

Why didn't I ever think of this as a wedding gift!

 

Because you would be tempted to keep it.

 

Mo

 

180 Nakiri with a box elder burl/buffalo horn handle

 

180mm Nakiri - Amboyna Burl Handle

 

Martell 160mm Wa-Petties

Steel - O1 @ Rc60-61

Handles - Spalted Hackberry, Dyed Buckeye Burl, Redwood Burl, & Curly Hawaiian Koa. All with African Blackwood ferrules.


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Spalted Hackberry 160mm Petty

 

Dyed Buckeye Burl 160mm Petty

 

Redwood Burl 160mm Petty

 

Curly Hawaiian Koa 160mm Petty

*This koa has some of the best chatoyance (movement/character) that I've seen yet it looks so flat and dull in the pictures - such a shame.

 

That buckeye one is mine ?

 

Jim has first dibs.

 

Well he better hurry up and pick lol, I thought he was taking the spalted one, If not ill take that one... if he does that dyed one is next on my list. I dont think I would be unhappy with any of those though. They are all superb