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Custom Kitchen Knife Sets

24/11/2012

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Here are the two custom knife sets I have just finished. The brief given was to design and make two sets of kitchen knives to the customer's specifications. One set with bolsters and black, white and brass spacers, the other with a simple yew handle. As well as the knives the customer wanted two custom made leather knife rolls.
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I drew up four knife designs - a 9" chef's knife, a 7" fish boning knife, a 4" utility knife and a 2" paring knife.

The customer requested that the knives were made from carbon steel.

The first part of making the knives was to cut the blades out from sheet steel.

You can see I just managed to fit the 9" knife onto this sheet of EN42!


I cut out the blades using a M42 bi-metal bandsaw blade then smoothed out edges on the linisher.
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The next stage was to work up the sanding grits to a 400 and then polish the blade to a 180 satine. I then drilled the holes in the handles, hardened and tempered the blades and then polished them again.

The brass bolsters are fitted first onto the handle, then riveted onto the blade with nickel silver rod.
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Next the yew scales were cut out and fitted onto the tang. Black and white vulcanised fibre  and brass spacers were then carefully fitted.

I always look for interesting grains or patterns when choosing wood for handles. This yew has been seasoning for over 30 years!

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Once the knives were complete I then started work on the leather roll. I sourced two beautifully tanned deer skins. I liked the deer leather as it is softer and more supple than cow leather while not as stretchy as sheep leather.

I formed the leather carefully around the knife handles and held it securely in place with stainless rivets.

The knife roll is secured with poppers and can be carried using a handle.


Finally I had the blades laser engraved with my logo and with a personalised message requested by the customer. 

See more photos on flickr.

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Eva L link
11/1/2021 09:23:43 pm

Thannks for a great read

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