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My daughter asked me to make some wood-handled cheese knives, so I surprised her with this set of four, made with handles of birds-eye maple. The blades are stainless from Sheffield, England. I blackened the decorative grooves in the handles by using the edge of a laminate sample (Formica, I thnk) from the home store. The laminate samples are free for the asking, and a lot cheaper than the music-wiire versions available from tool suppliers. The disadvantage of the laminate is that it comes in only one thickness. The handles are finished with paste wax, applied and buffed on the lathe. They are silky smooth to the touch.
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lew
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#1 posted 1271 days ago
Sweet!!
Those Sheffield blades are a class act, aren’t they.
Lew
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#2 posted 1270 days ago
The handles have different stripe patterns – to prevent cross-contamination of the cheeses, whatever that is.
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#3 posted 1269 days ago
Awsome job, looks real good. Superb.
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#4 posted 1251 days ago
A few days ago, I saw these in use at my daughter’s house (she had already used them once or twice). The handles felt rough to the touch instead of smooth as I gave them to her. I am going to take them back and do something different for a finish. I will say that they serve cheese very well.
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