Made the wife a knife

[pappy]

I had bought a Mosaic Damascus Billet the other day with full intentions of making another Arkansas Toothpick but when I started drawing it out, a lil' voice said to make this instead. It is a Chef's Knife  12" in length with a 5-1/2" blade she is not much on heavy knives, so after the initial shaping I had to take off another hunk of meat on either side to thin it down and make it lighter for her. It was originally hollow grounded but after I took the extra weight off now it is a combo straight and hollow ground. Look closely and you'll see the p[patterning... I am not going to acid etch this one as she likes the way it is so i polished it to 1200 grit and the used jeweler's polish to finish it off and applied some restoration & protection wax...the handles are snakewood with holly spacers...she loves it!

[outdoors]

          WOW WHAT A GENTLEMAN 
     WOW WHAT A SHARP LOOKING KNIFE

[Dr Juice]

That's a beauty Pappy. She's a lucky gal.


All The Way!

[Jim K]

That snake wood makes a really sharp looking knife. Good job.

[SinGin]

Looks nice although is making your wife a sharp pointed piece of metal to stab with such a good idea? I know I ain't making my wife no knife

[dejake]

You, sir, are a craftsman.

[vaturkey]

Well Done Pappy ! 

[birddogdoc]

Nice!

[crow]

very nice job, that is a good practical working design

[jonathan creason]

That's a very handy looking kitchen knife.  I'd love to see some pics down the line of that pattern after a patina starts to develop. 

[pappy]

That's a very handy looking kitchen knife.  I'd love to see some pics down the line of that pattern after a patina starts to develop.

as a polished and waxed finish is on this one it won't come out like one that is etched. this is what it looked like prior to making the knife

[Fatbeard]

That snakewood is beautiful

[owlhoot]

Looks nice although is making your wife a sharp pointed piece of metal to stab with such a good idea? I know I ain't making my wife no knife

[laker]

Nice Work!

[pappy]

Made me one too......