Clip Point

I made a clip point hidden tang knife.

It is the first time I have used pins on the bolster

This will be the last time that I use aluminium as a bolster, because I seem to be allergic to the aluminium sanding dust.

O1 toolsteel

3mm Thick  

Walnut Hidden tang handle

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A Christmas gift for a very special friend

A very dear friend mentioned that she would love to have her own knife.

I made the handle nice and small to comfortably fit in the hand of a lady.


It is a hidden tang design with a handle made of two pieces of flat brass, two pieces of ebony, a piece of beech and a piece of walnut.

Overall length is 19 cm with a 10 cm blade.

The blade was hardened to 56-58 Rockwell

I also made the presentation box from pine laminate.

Teak Recurve

Another recurve
Overall Length 24cm
Blade Length 12
Handle Material: Indonesian Teak with Brass Pins
Full tang
3mm O1 toolsteel
Handmade Leather Sheath

Japanes Nakiri bōchō

My friend wanted a "Japanese Vegetable knife" better known as a Nakiri bōchō. 

We used an old saw blade to make this knife.

The blade is approx 1.5mm thick with a full flat grind

It has a 600 grit satin finish.

The handle "bolster" is ebony and the back of the handle made of beech wood.  Brass pins.

It is nice and sharp and the front edge is also sharpened.

My friend uses it on a daily basis and absolutely loves the knife.

Ebony Caper

Small Little Hidden Tang knife

It started off as a much wider blade, but unfortnately the blade melted during heat treat.  After I tempered the steel I changed the shape of the blade, making sure that I do not overheat the blade.

This was my first attempt at making a metal bolster.  It is made of aluminium.  I have made one more Clip point knife with an aluminium bolster, but I will not be using this metal again.  I think I am allergic to the fine metal grinding powder, so I will probably just use stainless or even mild steel for the next projects.

O1 toolsteel
HArdened to approx 56-58 Rockwell
The Handle is African Ebony polished up to 400 grit
Black leather sheath