D. Martell Gallery - Re-Handles

unkajonet · Mar 20, 2011

UglyJoe said:
Taken all together, handle and fantastic etch, THE most wicked Hiro AS ever....

Looks like this one was thinned a little as well... did you do this before you stopped thinning the ASes?

Actually, this was the blade that made Dave STOP thinning. His belt broke for the 2nd time on this blade. It's still a bada$$ blade. Every time I even just look at it, I start smiling.

UglyJoe · Mar 20, 2011

unkajonet said:
Actually, this was the blade that made Dave STOP thinning. His belt broke for the 2nd time on this blade. It's still a bada$$ blade. Every time I even just look at it, I start smiling.

Ah. So it's THIS guy's fault. Hah. It looked like the kanji had been worked back a little, that's why I asked. An amazing job and amazingly cool knife.

unkajonet · Mar 20, 2011

UglyJoe said:
Ah. So it's THIS guy's fault. Hah. It looked like the kanji had been worked back a little, that's why I asked. An amazing job and amazingly cool knife.

Guilty as charged. I think Dave went above and beyond for me with this knife. And a big nod to Stefan for helping me find that handle.

Dave Martell · Mar 21, 2011

Pensacola Tiger · Mar 21, 2011

Dave,

Beautiful job on the Nenox. What's the wood?

Rick

SpikeC · Mar 21, 2011

:biggrin: Hoo-haa! That is one delicious looking piece!

Dave Martell · Mar 21, 2011

I can't recall what wood it is and since it was supplied by the customer I have no record of it. Maybe Rio will come along and help us out here.

riverie · Mar 21, 2011

BINGOOO !!! Dave, you promise me it would be a surprise but you gave me the link anyway, you knew i couldn't resist to sneak a peek on it don't you

btw it's an amboyna burl. i was searching two-toned wood all over and found this, i like the contrast between the two colors pretty good and deep, it just popped out in my eyes. thank you so much to make it happen Dave. can't wait to hold it and slice everything with it, especially after the blade got thinned now. i think this will make me stop buying another suji

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rio

SpikeC · Mar 21, 2011

:wink: You have a good eye for wood, Rio!

Dave Martell · Mar 21, 2011

riverie said:
Dave, you promise me it would be a surprise but you gave me the link anyway, you knew i couldn't resist to sneak a peek on it don't you

You have no willpower! :razz:

Audi's or knives · Mar 26, 2011

Great job, Dave. These all look fantastic.

JohnnyChance · Mar 27, 2011

by far the best looking nenox i have seen. nenox's looks do nothing for me, but this one is great.

kalaeb · Apr 2, 2011

The sheer volume and staggerng attention to detail time and time again is beyond compare. Truly awesome! if this is what goes into your handles, I can't wait to see how your knives turn out.

Dave Martell · Apr 2, 2011

Thank you, that was a very nice thing to hear, very encouraging.

tgraypots · Apr 2, 2011

for the average home cook like me, MAC's are a pretty sweet deal. that bottom knife looks even sweeter re-handled. good job!

Dave Martell · Apr 2, 2011

I wonder......what will these ugly ducklings will become? :smile1:

Jim · Apr 2, 2011

I am thinking Sean is a lucky fellow!

apicius9 · Apr 2, 2011

I always think of this as the fun part - seeing how a nondescript and and ugly piece of wood turns into this nice piece with great patterns and colors once you work on it a little bit. I look forward to seeing how these will turn out.

Stefan

SpikeC · Apr 2, 2011

I dunno, man, those don't look to comfortable to me.....................................

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Dave Martell · Apr 6, 2011

Here's what became of the 3 ugly ducklings.... :smile1:

The suji is done is blue dyed peacock. This came out real dark and the pictures didn't capture what it looks like in person, it's much nicer than what's shown here.

The 240mm gyuto is purple dyed buckeye burl. This one kicked my ass, just didn't want to give up the look and feel but I believe I won in the end.

The customer supplied both of those woods.

The last is the 210mm gyuto in birdseye maple from Stefan's stash.

All three blades have been etched but not shown sharpened (I haven't done that yet).

I hope you like them Sean.