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If it is a clear colored micarta - white, ivory, etc - from my own experience, it may darken it a bit.

Just add a belt grinder and you are ready to go!

An additional source is B&N, where I got mine from.

Crtainli it is a cool combination of material. Nice work!

My thoughts exactly. Keeping a carbon steel knife as new is difficult even if you don´t use it so just let the patina naturally cover the blade. In the end you will have one less thng to be concerned about and a blade that is much more charming and unique.

Just a tip for those who don´t have a vise in their drill presses: turn the block being drilled at each 1/2" more or less, so you will have less of a chance of it hitting the block wall from inside. Not to be used when precision is needed obviously but it will be enough for handles.

A few bottles of Heineken - al I found at home, though given a choice I prefer a stronger beer.

I haven´t been here for a while so I had not seen this thread, but thank you!

It is harder to take the pics holding the camera with the left hand... I tried!

It is pretty easy - I start with a 220 grit from my belt grinder, and from them I can hand rub with 320 grit sandpaper using mineral oil and a hard backing like a micarta block, and repeating the process to the desired grit of sandpaper. As a final step you can use scotchbrite and it will make...

As a matter of fact, kitchen knives are not taken as seriously as they should over here, even by pros - for instance, you may go to a Japanese restaurant and no matter how sophisticated, its very likely that the cook is using a short, cheap yanayba to prepare everything in the kitchen, sometimes...

Thank you all for the warm welcome and specially to John for posting the pics of my work and for his constructive criticism. I make knives meant to be used and that´s why I am so interested in kitchen knives and am sure this forum will help me a lot in refining and improving my work. Admitedly...

I just found this place and it sure is a great source of information, despite the fact that it is still very young! As a knifemaker, kitchen knives represent a small part of my work so far but I am very interested in changing that situation and have been working on a few new pieces latelly...