D. Martell Masamoto Reconditioned

This knife came in for a deep reconditioning spa treatment. Specifically I was tasked with making it "certified pre-owned" plus a few tweaks were added a well. I was happy to oblige.

Here's the list of what was done....

• Profile flattened
• Tip repaired - made more pointy
• Blade thinned, cleaned, & polished
• Spine/choil rounded
• Sharpened
• Handle & saya sanded/cleaned

This knife is now as close to new as I can make it. The lighting is crap here today so the pictures aren't so great but hopefully you can see some difference in the before and after shots.

Beautiful work. Honestly it looks better than the new ones at jck.

Did the old ones not come with spine&choil rounded?

Even the before looks better than my knives... Nice work, Dave.

Stefan

Godslayer said:

Beautiful work. Honestly it looks better than the new ones at jck.

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Thanks Evan

panda said:

Did the old ones not come with spine&choil rounded?

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Actually yes they do, and I wondered how much better I had to do to make them round enough for this customer to be happy if this wasn't what he was looking for. So I pushed it as far as I could which is twice as round as they came.

apicius9 said:

Even the before looks better than my knives... Nice work, Dave.

Stefan

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Thanks Stefan

that looks amazing.. but how do you get it so 'white' or is that just the lighting?

It looks brand new, well done!

My guess is it is the lighting… sometimes my stainless knives actually look black if a picture is taken at a certain angle

Yeah it's the lighting for sure. The actual finish is a brushed satin type look, although shiny.

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Fantastic.

Is this a KS?

Dave Martell said:

Is this a KS?

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Dave, I am sure you mislabeled the pictures! The lower one is the older pic showing the knife when new out of the box, the top image shows the knife after its usage... :razz:

I think you should just make a Martell KS. Let’s make some dreams come true!

Very nice. Do you lose much length with the tip work?

Unless Dave is using Photoshop, the finish on that KS sure looks a lot nicer than mine did out-of-the-box.

Lars

That's easily as good as a new one Dave. Great spa treatnent!

Marek07 said:

That's easily as good as a new one Dave. Great spa treatnent!

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As good as new? Knowing Dave's work makes me say that I am sure it is WWWAAAYYY nicer than a new one!:viking:

labor of love said:

I think you should just make a Martell KS. Let’s make some dreams come true!

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Lars said:

Unless Dave is using Photoshop, the finish on that KS sure looks a lot nicer than mine did out-of-the-box.

Lars

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Marek07 said:

That's easily as good as a new one Dave. Great spa treatnent!

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daddy yo yo said:

As good as new? Knowing Dave's work makes me say that I am sure it is WWWAAAYYY nicer than a new one!:viking:

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Thanks guys, you're all to kind.

Benuser said:

Very nice. Do you lose much length with the tip work?

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I didn't measure it before and after but I can say that it's probably not much considering what was done.

Thanks

Dave Martell said:

I didn't measure it before and after but I can say that it's probably not much considering what was done.

Thanks

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Thanks, Dave!

Dang that’s some serious overhaul. You are my idol

Great stuff, Dave! If someone would send something in for this type of work, how long would it take for you to get to it?

ashy2classy said:

Great stuff, Dave! If someone would send something in for this type of work, how long would it take for you to get to it?

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In most cases I just need a few days.