Monthly Archives: January 2012
New Scandi
This one is not a pukko, too! I love these little Scandi style knives and from time to time come back to them as I find these light, no-frills knives to be the most practical utility knives I know. Here is … Continue reading
It´s a lot of steel!
Some of the chef´s knives I am working on. All are 1070 steel and are ready to be heat treated and then ground. It is a lot of steel!
Karambit!
This is not a knife you will see me making very often, that´s for sure! The karambit is one of the many blade styles of Indonesia and has become very popular in the West amongMartial Arts practitioners and defense systems … Continue reading
Some new woods
Some woods I just received: ebony slabs (the darker ones), Arizona ironwood slabs and snakewood block.
Experimental Simplicity
I made this knife in parallel to a custmoer´s order with wich it has some similarities. It still has no name and I am considering adding it to the Simplicity line, and would like to hear your opinions about, by … Continue reading
Conceptual Maori Tanto
I became inspired to make this knife after a friend had given me a silver hei matau (the fish hook used by these people as a talisman) and I thought the theme would fit this 9″ 5160 steel blade perfectly, … Continue reading
For a good churrasco…
Here is another chef´s knife I have finished recently to my friend Adriano Amadeu (Bide). This one is very practial and compact, with a 6″ Western style damascus steel blade and Japanese style pau brasil wood handle. These knives are … Continue reading
The largest one so far
One of my first knives of 2012, with a 10″ damascus blade this is the longest bladed gyuto I made so far and it has a redwood handl wit buffalo horn bolster and pommel. Tis one really stand out and … Continue reading
