The blade for this knife was cut by waterjet from one of the old Disston handsaws I inherited from my Dad. The saw was .05" thick so it made some very nice thin slicers. For the handle I laminated some nice crotch walnut onto curly maple. When I use curly maple in laminates I always use thin cloth that is the same color as the darker wood to fill the low points of the curls. I use Titebond III glue. The finish was super glue and then Minwax Antique Oil. I made 7 like this and all are sold. One of the buyers was a woodworker from out of state and he came to the house and bought $300 of crotch walnut(so I had some beer money!). Now he's a regular customer.
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