A good knife
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 16:25
I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates a good knife so for those who share this appreciation you may appreciate the new addition I've added to my knife collection.
Several weeks ago I was talking to a woman I vaguely knew and the subject of knives came up and she said her husband made knives as a hobby. This peaked my interest and before long I was talking to him and as it turns out his father was a butcher and had taught him to appreciate knives and that he had been making them for 30 years.
One thing lead to the next and he agreed to make a butcher knife for me. I like the look of Damascus so we settled on that. I could tell he wanted to be sure i liked the knife because he contacted me several times asking questions but I told him my ignorance on knife making would do little to help the project and told him to just make it like he was making it for himself and I'd surely be pleased.
Anyway, I picked the knife up on Friday and can't be more pleased with the outcome. Its razor sharp, made with 500 layer Damascus steel, has beautiful balance and is very comfortable in my hand.
Its sharp and can slice really thin with no problem.
While i know I could have bought a much cheaper butcher knife but not only is this functional I consider it art. We were talking and he mentioned another commission he was quoting which really sounded interesting to me. He was telling me about feathered damascus with a saber tooth tiger tooth handle. If you have never seen feathered damascus its well worth a google. Pretty cool stuff I think. And the thought of cutting meat with a knife with a saber tooth tiger's tooth would be pretty ironic I think. Of course the price of something like this would be more expensive than this build but there would be a cool factor which would be priceless I think. I'm tempted to have him build one for me but I'll have to smoke this over a bit. I do have a Birthday sometime this year. lol
Several weeks ago I was talking to a woman I vaguely knew and the subject of knives came up and she said her husband made knives as a hobby. This peaked my interest and before long I was talking to him and as it turns out his father was a butcher and had taught him to appreciate knives and that he had been making them for 30 years.
One thing lead to the next and he agreed to make a butcher knife for me. I like the look of Damascus so we settled on that. I could tell he wanted to be sure i liked the knife because he contacted me several times asking questions but I told him my ignorance on knife making would do little to help the project and told him to just make it like he was making it for himself and I'd surely be pleased.
Anyway, I picked the knife up on Friday and can't be more pleased with the outcome. Its razor sharp, made with 500 layer Damascus steel, has beautiful balance and is very comfortable in my hand.
Its sharp and can slice really thin with no problem.
While i know I could have bought a much cheaper butcher knife but not only is this functional I consider it art. We were talking and he mentioned another commission he was quoting which really sounded interesting to me. He was telling me about feathered damascus with a saber tooth tiger tooth handle. If you have never seen feathered damascus its well worth a google. Pretty cool stuff I think. And the thought of cutting meat with a knife with a saber tooth tiger's tooth would be pretty ironic I think. Of course the price of something like this would be more expensive than this build but there would be a cool factor which would be priceless I think. I'm tempted to have him build one for me but I'll have to smoke this over a bit. I do have a Birthday sometime this year. lol
