D. Martell Gallery - Re-Handles

[Dave Martell]

Here is Ben's gyuto with straight grained ironwood scales, G10 liners, & nickel silver pins.

This was a cashed in rehandle coupon job. The handle wood was selected to match the factory made dark stained saya as best as possible and it works pretty good. I forgot to shoot a picture with the saya though (stupid) but trust me it's close. The handle is somewhat plain compared to the normal burls we use but I like it, it's simple & classy.

The wood came from Burl Source


PS - can you guess the maker? I have no idea - there's so many new ones today that I'm losing track.

 

[Andrew H]

Looks like gesshin ginga to me. Great work as always, Dave.

 

[markenki]

Gesshin. Looks great!

 

[mr drinky]

Mel and Ben's knives look great. I love how the etching came out.

k.

 

[Dave Martell]

Lamson Remedy - full refurb/rehandle - CLICK on the picture below for more pictures and details

 

[obtuse]

I like the scales on that Gesshin Ginga :wink:

 

[Jim]

That original handle was crapola on toast.

 

[Dave Martell]

Watanabe/Martell Nessmuck knife

Click on the picture below for details and many more pictures....

 

[Dave Martell]

Here's a 4-pack of little Gesshin (?) 210mm sujis (from JKI) just rehandled for a customer. Some of his lucky friends are getting gifts. Who wants to be his friend?

We have here ironwood burl, curly Oregon maple, amboyna burl, & koa.

 

[PierreRodrigue]

Very nice work Dave! Great lines!

 

[Mr.Magnus]

Nicely Done, i would not mind beeing friend with that guy

 

[SpikeC]

Boy-Howdy! Them's some purdy pieces fur sure!

 

[Burl Source]

Boy-Howdy! Them's some purdy pieces fur sure!

What he said. Yeeeeee Haaaa!

 

[tweyland]

Woohoo!! Actually they're Kanetsune Kanemasa series purchased through JKI. Great value, in my opinion. Plus cool new shoes courtesy of Dave!! Thanks!

~Tad

 

[Dave Martell]

Thanks guys and I'm glad that you like them Tad.

 

[Dave Martell]

Here is Karring's new 150mm Hiromoto AS Petty with ash burl scales (wood from Burl Source) along with it's older bigger brother Karring's 240mm Hiromoto AS gyuto.

The petty is from the most recent group buy (#6) we did (yup - I'm still doing these) where as the gyuto is from the 1st group buy from way back when. The gyuto was returned to have it's blade thinned & etched as well as have the wood scales fixed (they shrank terribly - crap wood from WoodStabilizer). I'm 99% sure that the wood is now stable plus Karring is fond of the handle so we're going to keep it and see what happens.

Thanks for your patience Karring, I hope you like them....

 

[mr drinky]

Very nice work Dave, and I love how the ash burl handle came out.

k.

 

[Dave Martell]

Very nice work Dave, and I love how the ash burl handle came out.

k.

As long as you like it K, then I'm happy.

 

[markenki]

Both knives look great!

 

[Korin_Mari]

We offer re-handling service for western handled Japanese knives.

Here are a few examples of work that we've done...

If you're interested in having similar work done to your knives please contact us at JapaneseKnifeSharpening.com to discuss details.

Base Cost $175 + materials (average is usually $25)

Holy geez!! It took me a while to realize that was a Togiharu. You're amazing! I'm going to show Ms. Kawano later.

Thats so awesome!! ::show other employees::

 

[Dave Martell]

Holy geez!! It took me a while to realize that was a Togiharu. You're amazing! I'm going to show Ms. Kawano later.

Thats so awesome!! ::show other employees::

Thanks Mari

 

[Dave Martell]

Here we have a conversion from a stock Carter Fukugozai muteki style two rivet partial tang to a hidden tang custom western handle. The owner said to use a blue bolster and dark wood handle and let me run with it from there.

I chose redwood burl for the main handle and a dyed blue redwood for the bolster. The red redwood came from Stefan Keller and the blue dyed came from Burl Source.

I moved the handle forward about 1/4" towrads the blade because it sat IMO too far back and looked goofy with my wood installed.

I have to admit that this wasn't the easiest or best that I've ever done and this is in great part due to the partial mini tang that I had to work with. But I do think that in the end the results should work well. I hope the owner likes it though.

 

[daveb]

This owner likes it - a lot. Ya done good.

 

[Dave Martell]

This owner likes it - a lot. Ya done good.

:happy1:

 

[markenki]

Looks great! I would have asked for a black ferule, but that's just personal taste.

 

[Burl Source]

Looks Great Dave!
I really like your western hidden tang style handle.
Look forward to seeing more handles like this.
Maybe something red & black on a gyuto.

 

[Johnny.B.Good]

I have to say, I really like the dyed blue bolster.

Nice work, Dave.

 

[SpikeC]

It really works!

 

[Toriss]

Yeah it really works

 

[Dave Martell]

I finished this one up today, it's for a breast cancer charity auction that's being held at Badger & Blade in few days time. Jon & Sara donated the knife and I did the rehandle and sharpening.

The knife is a 180mm Gahoujin stainless santoku, the scales are English Sycamore, we used pink G10 liners, and mosaic pins.

I like this little knife and I can see this being a good choice for some folks. Here's how it came to me from Jon....

Here it is after rehandling....