On the bench

[WildBoar]

Del, those look great!

[Delbert Ealy]

Del,

Really, really like your knives. What's the handle material on top gyuto? It's dazzling.

Thanks.

-Don

Wormy spalted oak burl
Say that ten times fast
Del

[turbochef422]

Del I love the handle on the bottom. Very western-ish. Is that the first one you've done like that?

[theLawlCat]

Really nice, I am loving the parer I just got, but those make me want more. I like the look of the western handles

[kostantinos]

These Pictures just dont do justice to the handles . Del is making some of the most beautiful handles i ever seen out there .

[marc4pt0]

I absolutely concur

[Delbert Ealy]

Del I love the handle on the bottom. Very western-ish. Is that the first one you've done like that?

I only do westerns on request, this is only the second one, although I have another on the bench.
They are fun, but only once in awhile.
You guys have been keeping me so busy, I have had to start shopping for handle material again, in a big way.
I'm looking at table sized slabs of wood. I still have enough for a couple hundred handles, but the variety is decreasing.
This is harder than it may seem. I know you guys make a lot of positive comments about the handles I make, but selecting that material is a real challenge.
My dirty little secret is that I like to shop as much as most girls, so its fun too.
Del

[Delbert Ealy]

one i just finished

African blackwood and amboynia

Del

[Amon-Rukh]

I know I'm late to the party, but dang, the buckeye burl on that damascus parer's handle is awesome. It reminds me of smoke rising from a fire.

[Delbert Ealy]

One for a customer, paring with ironwood