little present for my friend

[firebolt]

fist commission i received, a friend off me fired up my knife making skills

kitchen knife.. orange handles ( so he can find the knife more easy )

as hobby maker, getting a assignment, really makes you raise the bar ( was already very high, good things ) as i'm making a grinder now to even kick it up a other notch

as a present i let a buddy from me engrave the knife before hardening


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yX3do3Ljamw/TzfpyTpBERI/AAAAAAAAB14/uOedeWq0cEI/s512/dris1.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jO6R4qeezjc/TzfpyXcahWI/AAAAAAAAB18/9rXTdHEc62Y/s800/dris.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mxtnU3zm4eU/TzfpyY4-NmI/AAAAAAAAB2A/7qTLXa4-fvM/s800/dris2.jpg
initials from my friend... and flames off course

now out to hardening, and finish it
:ghostrider:

[Soup_Monger]

Nice work, Firebolt.

Looks like a very capable profile and some tidy grinding.

Keep taking photos as you finish her up. ;)

:thumbsup:

[50calmike]

Looks pretty cool to me:thumbsup: definitely post more WIP pics!

[BaByGoTtHeRuNz]

:devilzeekThat Engraving:devilzeek

Looks like it's going to be a helluva knife!:thumbsup:

[firebolt]

thanks guys,

handle slaps going to look like this,

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-93TuSwgkxIg/Twshcsr4gZI/AAAAAAAABxg/4Sbnfi93qhM/s640/keuken3.jpg

and it going to be a slicer, made here thin.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mUg4yUxQsFk/TxLuegMPIeI/AAAAAAAABzE/5Hbs8H_5sdk/s512/keuken%25205.jpg


and am also working on a little bit bigger one , keeping that one a little thicker :ropeman:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Y2meLsrfNwI/TxyN0jjdBDI/AAAAAAAAB0M/IfGF1dYR-h0/s640/grotekeuken1.JPG

bought stainless damast, by the way

[Ninjaz7]

Nice...looks like a small business adventure...where do I send mine?

[EOD13]

Very nice. That engraving is impressive :thumbsup:

[nocheese4u]

That does look good!!

[Z'ha'dum]

Lookin good!!

[Mike Grasso]

Too nice to cook with!

[firebolt]

ready but not to my 100% sanctification


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-yphR5WObhWY/T1-ReUtb3WI/AAAAAAAACEE/lZZqqwmdjLA/s640/keukenmes5.jpg
as i did find the smooth sanded scales to slippery, i did some sculpturing on the scales
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tpu99Fchntg/T1-ReGeQzHI/AAAAAAAACEI/JZUi44rOCGU/s640/keukenmes4.jpg
the engraving is a little lost in the flash.


as i can't heat treat, i send it out to people who do this for a living.

i was not real happy with the result
the edge was bend over 2 cm and it curled over by 5 mm
and the knife was not strait...
needed to grind off the curled over piece, reducing the blade width by 5 mm,

my friend is very happy with the knife,
that is what counts for me

gr, martin