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Old 05-31-2014, 04:54 PM
Robert_Burns Robert_Burns is offline
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9 Inch Chef's Knife

Several months ago a small chef's knife company approached me about making a limited edition line for them, and after much back and forth we finally agreed on a design using 15n20 and 1084 "san mai" with black ash burl. This is a picture of the 9 inch chef knife they sent me as an example of size and proportions.



The blade is fine and it is extremely sharp but the handle is extremely uncomfortable so it required some redesign. The one thing you can't see in the photo is that their chef knife handle is essentially square and completely flat, I also didn't like the 90 degree drop from the handle to the blade so I added a more gently curve.





I did also attempt a hamon, and in some of the pictures you can see it peeking through. In person it is a very interesting and apparent effect.





I still have to make the display box for this in addition to two more of these knives, one with mammoth ivory scales, but I thought I would share what I had so far and see what everyone thought of it. All comments are welcome and thanks for looking!

Robert
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That's one nice looking knife, Robert. I like the curve in the handle. It looks comfortable. I'm guessing it is stabilized burl, and well sealed. I usually put three pins in kitchen knives, but that's just me. I build eveything like a tank. I love the steel!


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Old 06-02-2014, 08:20 AM
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Thanks ckluftinger!
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