Faye 11 Posted March 21 (edited) This began life as a leaf spring and then was repurposed for an American style tanto but got to be too thin, 2mm at widest, and as I don't know anyone who fishes and would use a fillet knife I turned it into a very slicey kitchen knife. The wood is oak and the pins brass. I tried to do a mustard patina on it, my first time attempting one, but I did it before I buffed it so it's barely there anymore. Overall length is 9", with 5" of blade and 4" of handle. Thank you for looking, critiques and advise are more than welcome. Edited March 21 by Faye 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewB 141 Posted March 21 Damn and the way I cut my stuff up lol Id slice my finger off with that one. What kind of wood did you use for those scales?? I do like the tip angle. For being a prior service cook lol I like a nice that I can weight down with my hand at the tip and lift the handle up and let the handle do the heavy chopping work for me. That knife looks like it would work well in a kitchen. Not only for veggies but other items as well. I do like a good knife that can handle carving through a chicken bone in one swap though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faye 11 Posted March 23 Thank you, it does work very nicely, and I'm very happy with it. The scales are oak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conner Michaux 74 Posted March 23 (edited) I like the profile of the blade! And the thin handle is great ( I have tiny hands so all the knives I make have small handles) Edited March 23 by Conner Michaux Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charles du Preez 279 Posted March 23 (edited) Your work is coming along nicely Faye. Overall I like the knife. Only criticism is that it would look better if the pins were in a straight line along the middle of the handle (evenly spaced as you have done, but the rear one about the same distance from the end as the front one is from the blade). Edited March 23 by Charles du Preez Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faye 11 Posted March 25 Yeah the pin placement wasn't supposed to be like that. I had to work around some pre-existing pinnholes that were in really bad spots on the very edge of the tang, and there was some bad planning on my part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charles du Preez 279 Posted March 25 Well, 2 things all bladesmiths need to be able to do are (1) coming up with workarounds and (2) learn from our mistakes, so you are better off already Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
