Technically, I'm not finished with this knife; the handle still needs the very final oil and waxing and the blade needs final sharpening. But I was pretty excited about how it's turned out, and the wood handle is far along enough that they can be enjoyed by the Woodbarter crowd.
I don't usually name my knives, but I was sharing a dark poorly lit work-in-progress pic on my social media and "Stormbringer" popped in my head when I was posting it. It's a wide bevel gyuto (Japanese chef's knife) made from Alabama Damascus steel, blade is 245 mm long by 53 mm tall at the heel (9.65" long x 2.09" tall in MURICAN). The tip is very low with little belly/curve to the edge. This is in the gyuto style and as a nod toward one of my knifemaking brothers who makes these really straight looking edges. This knife is an R&D project that I was planning to keep for myself, so I figured why not try new things because there's no customer to disappoint.
The handle woods are Honduran rosewood burl and yellow cedar burl. HRB is one of my favorite woods because it's just so beautifully chaotic. It's interesting how different the wood as well as the blade looks in different lighting. The final finish will be a little less glossy than in the pics here, planning on more of a pretty satin sheen. I'll post a few bonus pics of some burl woods from my collection that are intended for future knives too... I find wood so beautiful it's kinda sad to cut them up and grind them away into smaller pieces sometimes! Anyhow, thanks for looking!
https://i.Rule #2/bXrfb2nh.jpg
https://i.Rule #2/sM7QAklh.jpg
https://i.Rule #2/TC4BCDQh.jpg
https://i.Rule #2/b7nW6ZJh.jpg
https://i.Rule #2/uDZzIbLh.jpg
https://i.Rule #2/lhGV4FZh.jpg
Edited to add: I'm sad that these pics don't do a good job of showing just how absolutely bonkers this HRB is. Here's an earlier pic in full sunlight, obviously overexposed, but it does give an idea of the insane beauty of this wood. It's got the burl eyes towards the top of the handle and some nice curl towards the butt.
https://i.Rule #2/9eX3iFGh.jpg
Nice day out so I took pics of this very cool block of burl... Any of y'all have more of this or guess which species?
https://i.Rule #2/cx4dibth.jpg
I don't usually name my knives, but I was sharing a dark poorly lit work-in-progress pic on my social media and "Stormbringer" popped in my head when I was posting it. It's a wide bevel gyuto (Japanese chef's knife) made from Alabama Damascus steel, blade is 245 mm long by 53 mm tall at the heel (9.65" long x 2.09" tall in MURICAN). The tip is very low with little belly/curve to the edge. This is in the gyuto style and as a nod toward one of my knifemaking brothers who makes these really straight looking edges. This knife is an R&D project that I was planning to keep for myself, so I figured why not try new things because there's no customer to disappoint.
The handle woods are Honduran rosewood burl and yellow cedar burl. HRB is one of my favorite woods because it's just so beautifully chaotic. It's interesting how different the wood as well as the blade looks in different lighting. The final finish will be a little less glossy than in the pics here, planning on more of a pretty satin sheen. I'll post a few bonus pics of some burl woods from my collection that are intended for future knives too... I find wood so beautiful it's kinda sad to cut them up and grind them away into smaller pieces sometimes! Anyhow, thanks for looking!
https://i.Rule #2/bXrfb2nh.jpg
https://i.Rule #2/sM7QAklh.jpg
https://i.Rule #2/TC4BCDQh.jpg
https://i.Rule #2/b7nW6ZJh.jpg
https://i.Rule #2/uDZzIbLh.jpg
https://i.Rule #2/lhGV4FZh.jpg
Edited to add: I'm sad that these pics don't do a good job of showing just how absolutely bonkers this HRB is. Here's an earlier pic in full sunlight, obviously overexposed, but it does give an idea of the insane beauty of this wood. It's got the burl eyes towards the top of the handle and some nice curl towards the butt.
https://i.Rule #2/9eX3iFGh.jpg
Nice day out so I took pics of this very cool block of burl... Any of y'all have more of this or guess which species?
https://i.Rule #2/cx4dibth.jpg
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