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Paring knife

gmac
gmac Posts: 1,814
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I am doing a paring knife exchange on the Canadian Knifemaking Forum. It's like sauce and rub exchange on this forum but more Canadians...and knives... and less sauces and rubs. 

Thought I would show you the one I made for it since it has a cooking theme being a paring knife and all.



Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large.
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  • Dfoshee
    Dfoshee Posts: 191
    Sweet
    Lbge. Maverick 733, ss top, 30" fire pit, gas grill, small charcoal grill, electric smoker, 65 qt yeti, 35 qt yeti.
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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,552
    That's a beautiful piece- I'm sure the new owner is going to be very, very pleased. 
    Greensboro, NC
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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    Nice knife! 
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    edited April 2017
    Nice blade man. 
    Single layer blank used for the blade?
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,522
    Awesome! Details, need details, what is the wood? Where do you source your steel? Inlay or veneer? Very nice workmanship. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • gmac
    gmac Posts: 1,814
    The steel is 1/16 A2 that I get as flat stock and grind out the blank. I made cut 3 out and this is the first one done. 
    The handle is madrone burl sanded to 400 grit then dyed with mahogany and then Jacobean stain. The liner and spacers are G10 with brass pins. Final sanding was up to 1500 grit. Not sure if I will finish it with oil/wax or poly. Prefer oil but poly would give more protection. 

    I don't have a forge yet so everything I do is single layer although I may spring for one soon to play with pattern welds and San Mai construction.  
    Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,020
    gmac said:
    The steel is 1/16 A2 that I get as flat stock and grind out the blank. I made cut 3 out and this is the first one done. 
    The handle is madrone burl sanded to 400 grit then dyed with mahogany and then Jacobean stain. The liner and spacers are G10 with brass pins. Final sanding was up to 1500 grit. Not sure if I will finish it with oil/wax or poly. Prefer oil but poly would give more protection. 

    I don't have a forge yet so everything I do is single layer although I may spring for one soon to play with pattern welds and San Mai construction.  
    Cool! What are the black and blue materials?
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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,522
    Never seen an arbutus burl, very nice work - but then Jacobean is my favourite stain, SWMBO calls it s4!t brindle brown. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • gmac
    gmac Posts: 1,814
    RRP said:
    gmac said:
    The steel is 1/16 A2 that I get as flat stock and grind out the blank. I made cut 3 out and this is the first one done. 
    The handle is madrone burl sanded to 400 grit then dyed with mahogany and then Jacobean stain. The liner and spacers are G10 with brass pins. Final sanding was up to 1500 grit. Not sure if I will finish it with oil/wax or poly. Prefer oil but poly would give more protection. 

    I don't have a forge yet so everything I do is single layer although I may spring for one soon to play with pattern welds and San Mai construction.  
    Cool! What are the black and blue materials?
    It's G10 which is essentially Fiberglass. It's actually black and white but the photo does look a bit blue. Maybe it's like that dress from a year or two ago. 

    Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large.
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  • gmac
    gmac Posts: 1,814

    Skiddymarker said:
    Never seen an arbutus burl, very nice work - but then Jacobean is my favourite stain, SWMBO calls it s4!t brindle brown. 
    No idea about it, where it's from or anything else but at the wood store I go to for handle materials they have a big drum full of burl blocks for making pens etc and I repurposed it for this. I bought a whole bunch of them. Likely use most for accents on larger handles. 
    I glued up a different handle with African Blackwood but that stuff is so hard that when sanding it got hot enough to melt the epoxy. Need to learn how to use it. 
    Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,874
    Great craftsmanship right there.  Someone on the exchange is gonna be a major winner with that piece.  Impressive skill-set.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • SaintJohnsEgger
    SaintJohnsEgger Posts: 1,826
    Awesome looking knife. Anyone would be proud to own that knife.
    Marshall in Beautiful Fruit Cove, FL.
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