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the Sabatier Chef Knife is finished....look.....& comment.

Jack "Pappy" Lewis

Jack "Pappy" Lewis

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"Drop forged at a Four Star Elephant Sabatier factory in Thiers France from Carbon Steel" This is a blank that I received from Mr. Turner this week as it looks now, and before....I have the original 4/16" brass rivets, coming too, just gonna have to find out what wood choice to use? I would love to make it as close to original as I can. Any one ever work one? The blanks below are 10" mine is an 8" I have started the grind, but I am considering a flat grind the whole width of the blade? IMG_0163.JPG sabatier.jpg
 
Hello Jack!! here is a small collection of knives finished from those old blanks, each one was done by a different Knife Maker around the world. The first one started out just like the five in your photo above but the guy ground the tang down a bit and inserted it into antler.

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Ed......those are sweet I hope to honor the steel ..... I ordered some of the original rivets from ya, and waiting on them to finish ....I am using some waterfall bubinga for the handles.
 
Pappy,
Did I send you some wood scales in your last pack? Lol I threw in a few female pistachio scales as an extra in a deal last week and I cant remember to who.

If I did, know that they are F Pistachio and it's a beautiful wood.

Thank You again!!
Ed
 
Jack "Pappy" Lewis said:
just gonna have to find out what wood choice to use? I would love to make it as close to original as I can.
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Pappy, this is From their web page...
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Handles
Impregnated with epoxy resin and pressed at high pressure, our handles are more resistant to heat and moisture than regular wood. Thiers-Issard’s skilled artisan take pride in making each handle, affixed with polished brass rivets, a work of art.
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Red Stamina – beech wood tinted red
Green Stamina – beech wood tinted green
White Micarta* – layers of linen
* While White Micarta handles are the most difficult to make commercially, we believe their stunning beauty is worth the effort.
Great French Knives is the foremost distributor of White Micarta Sabatier Four Star Elephant knives in the United States.
 
Rats...too late.

But the bubinga looks great!!
 
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ok ok ok......I know it was bubinga before but i goofed up on the handle so i cut it down and used the bubinga for spacers with AFB as the handle. I countersunk the holes and pinned brass rods, was gonna use Ed's pins but I got another knife for them instead. The blade is a hair narrower then when I got the blank, 1 -1/2" at the base of the handle. I showed it to the woman who keeps me fed...and now it is in the kitchen proudly awaiting to be used..... IMG_0229.JPG IMG_0230.JPG IMG_0231.JPG
 
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thanks you guys, can you see the spacers? I love this idea as it helps to strengthen the handles rigidity, or at least I think so and it makes for good eye candy.
 
Jack "Pappy" Lewis said:
thanks you guys, can you see the spacers? I love this idea as it helps to strengthen the handles rigidity, or at least I think so and it makes for good eye candy.
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It's hard to see but yes...maybe...are you talking about liners or spacers. I think I see liners (between the tang and scales) and a thin spacer between the scales and the bolster. Man that dude is classy!
 
The finished product looks great. I have an old knife from great grand mother about that size, think once I get a few 100 practice knives under my belt will try to do this. Love to end up with something as beautiful as this. How did you achieve such a high polish on blade? Did you use belt grinder and increase grits higher and higher or is there another secret? Very cool project.
 
Pappy that's a fantastic job - yes I'd say you honored the steel!

@Ed Turner Ed I haven't read the thread entirely yet so may be a moot question but do you have anymore of these?
 
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