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One of my best friends got married last week. I’d been planning for about 5 months what I wanted to give him and his wife for a gift. After being inspired by other LJ knife projects I decided that I’d make them a knife set and knife block. The blades are “Damascus steel” from Janz knife supply and the handles are African hardwood, sanded to 2000 grit and then with 3 coats of hemp oil and two coats of paste wax. Knife block is birds-eye maple with African hardwood, finished with Danish oil. The knife handles were epoxied onto the knife tang and then I roughed out the shape on the bandsaw (BTW, hitting the knife tang with the bandsaw blade = buy new bandsaw blade. I won’t tell you how I know this…). I refined the handle shape with a belt and spindle sander and then hand sanded the handles. It was a satisfying project and turned out good, but I’ve vowed to never do it again, for the amount of sanding I had to do!! Sorry about the crappy pics, I took them late the night before I wrapped up the gift.
-- Rob, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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Jim Bertelson
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#1 posted 289 days ago
Very pretty, and functional too. They’s impressive…......
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#2 posted 289 days ago
Beautiful. Especially the contrasting splines.
And it’s nice to know I’m not the only one who discovers new and creative ways to destroy saw blades. :-)
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Dusty56
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#3 posted 289 days ago
A very beautiful and useful gift for the Newlyweds : )
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#4 posted 289 days ago
That is nice. Great job on the knives and holder.
Arlin
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Manitario
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#5 posted 289 days ago
Thanks guys!
-- Rob, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
MonteCristo
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#6 posted 289 days ago
A good looking (and no doubt functional) set !
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#7 posted 289 days ago
Perfectly done…....great gift.
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#8 posted 289 days ago
I love this. If anyone in that household is a cook… well, there’s nothing like a good knife.
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Doe
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#9 posted 288 days ago
It’s a beautiful gift. I like the contrasting woods.
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#10 posted 288 days ago
Very nicely done. I can well imagine the amount of sanding in your project. I’m sure your present was a big hit.
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Woodbridge
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#11 posted 288 days ago
Great project. Those look like very nice knives, the work you did on the handles certainly shows. I like the contrasting colours of the the knife block as well. I’m sure your friends will enjoy your gift for many years,
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jbschutz
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#12 posted 288 days ago
Great looking knives and storage block…...what is the material inside the block that supports the knife blades?
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#13 posted 288 days ago
This is beautifully done! Congrats on the daily top 3 as well.
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#14 posted 288 days ago
It looks to me like spaghetti in the holder, which is a cute idea for a kitchen.
Beautiful project.
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Manitario
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#15 posted 287 days ago
Thanks for the kind comments! jbschutz; the material in the block is bamboo skewers, I got the idea from several other fine LJ’s here. It works well for holding the knives and looks cool.
-- Rob, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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