Knife porn thread

This was Plum.

There's loads of Hazel & some Blackthorn local but i'm not sure on ethics of taking from these?

If/when I get some I'll store some to season & use at a later date, ta for the tip.

I've got some Beech I chopped back in Autumn too, quite thin mostly but will possibly have some bits worth using.

Beech is good. I take the view that if it isn't fundamental to the hedgerow, help yourself. I only use hazel for walking stick shanks and hurdle making. If possible, always cut in winter when the sap is down. Holly is superb, strong as fuck, virtually white and nice to carve.

No going back.

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Picked up a kiwi knife today...

Still not sharpened any blunt knives

@ElephantBreathlynx Is that a knife for Kiwi fruit?

@hugo7 How's it progressing?

@ColinTheBald My partner picked up some hazel today on her walk as chance would have it. I used the F1 to make a small doorstop again just getting used to shaping things to where I want it to be. The detail (ball) was done with the Old Timer. Will sand it smoother tomorrow then oil.

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@rhb There is a knife spoon combo for kiwi, thought it was a joke.

I picked up a Kiwi brand kitchen knife.
Not porn just a cheap knife from Ho hing that I wanted to try. Not used it yet.

How's it progressing?

I stippled and sanded the whole of the Huf as I decided it looked a bit random in contact areas once dirty.

The no.12 had been thought about and had one side filed back and the other almost fully filed back. Plan is to start with a drop point around 10cm as it's an obvious-ish place. Although part of be does just think 8cm in line with a no8-9 is the sweet spot. Also started on reducing the gap between the collar if that makes sense from the 3rd pic.

The pairing knife is on hold as it requires a bit of thought and I'm struggling for time. Looking forward to making some progress over the Easter break.

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Also got to say that I'm enjoying having a fixed knife in the shed, but with a sheath so I can put it in my overall pocket for diy bits.

Still hasn't changed my mind on a folder being preferable for domestic gardening.

Did some work on the No. 12 bread knife today. Need a new saw blade to chop the end off. Tempted to work on the handle too.

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That’s amazing!!

As comparison, the Nomad bread knife has micro serrations:

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How did you do that?

With a 6mm round chainsaw file, measuring 3mm between each cut.

I think that looks more like a 10-12mm tool, but my only decent-ish file was only 6, so I didn’t have much choice!

Looks good start, keen to see how the opinel mod works out as you progress.

Kiwi combo sounds like the 3 in 1 avocado doofer I was bought but never use.

Kiwi the knife looks good & functional.

Finally got round to trying out what I learnt at my sharpening class. Very satisfying, though the scoop at the heel of the filleting knife stumped me.

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New knife day. Needed a new bread knife and got carried away when I saw the snazzy matching kitchen knife, totally ignoring my resolution to wait until I could get my hands on something and see how it feels. It was cheap enough and first impressions are very good! Also got a whetstone and my ancient knife is sharper than it has been in a long time, I'm hoping with some practice I can get a properly sharp edge going! The stone I have is 1000/3000 grit, is there any practical need for anything finer than that?

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They look great dude!

Yeah I'm really pleased. First time I've had a proper bread knife in years and it feels great. Any tips to look after a bread knife properly?

We got the orange chef knife to cut our wedding cake! Love the blade shape for dicing.

We have the same chefs knife, mine doesn't have the paint.

@rhb cheap knife and it was amazing at cutting up some over ripe tomatoes, and veg for a stir fry.

@dbr Which course did you do?

Still haven't sharpened the house knives....

One-on-one at Kitchen Provisions in Kings Cross. The guy who taught me does the Blenheim Forge classes too - he was good. Went very quickly, nothing too surprising, just good detailed instruction.

I made a video of him going through the process quickly at the end - total life saver and I waited so long before actually doing my other knives I’d forgotten most of it.

Just got this lovely hand forged joiner's marking knife in the post. Question for the hive mind as I can't make my mind up; use it as is or make a handle for it?

It's meant to be held like a pen by the way.

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You could do a simple wrap with paracord and see if you like it. Then decide.

Lovely piece of craftsmanship.

That's a great idea I had though of doing it with hockey tape to soften the edges a bit but some nice thin paracord would be better.