8" chef knife,my first attempt

[Calvin Robinson]

I made this for a customer, it is my first attempt at this type of knife. The Blade is Sandvik 12C27 stainless steel,60Rc,3/32"at the spine,flat ground to .010" at the edge before sharpening,with a bead blasted finish. The handle is ipe wood with stainless steel corby bolts.
Questions,comments and constructive crictism welcome.
Y'all enjoy!

 

[rhinoknives]

Looks like you did very well, Very functional looking!

What was the handle wood again?

Laurence

www.westsidesharpening.com/

 

[Calvin Robinson]

Looks like you did very well, Very functional looking!

What was the handle wood again?

Laurence

www.westsidesharpening.com/

It's pronounced e'-pay,a very dense,hard wood from South America. It has a tight straight grain,not very pretty but tough as nails. The customer requested this wood for the handle when he saw it at my shop,I have a ton of this stuff.

 

[Keith Willis]

Looks great Calvin

God bless,Keith

 

[BonhamBlades]

Love the blade style. I am a big fan of the american style chef blade. I am not familiar with ipe wood?

 

[baddog]

Nice looking knife. I like ipe. It is also known as Brazilian walnut and is grown commercially. As Calvin stated,it it tough as nails. I rehandled a spatula spreader with it and it has endured a lot of soaking in water and abuse. I used Gorilla Glue and finished it with several coats of boiled linseed oil. Has a smell similar to lignum vitae when it is worked.

Ric

 

[Diamond G Knives]

Great looking knife, Like the design very much!

God Bless
Mike

 

[GHEzell]

Yes, it has some nice curves...