Couple of my past work.

[RD_Knives]

New at the forum and i am a knifemaker from the the Netherlands.
Signed up here to learn more and to get feed back on my knives.

My last knife was made of cu-mai from takefu steel.
First time working with that and its really great to work with. Has to give it a forged texture to give some movement in the layers aswell since its all straight laminated from the factory.

170mm blade length and 3.2mm spine thickness and subtile s-grind.
Handle made of a carbon fiber bolstes, copper spacer and stabilized canaito wood.

 

[RD_Knives]

Also got some rainbow damascus from takefu and cut two chefs out of it and had a offcut from it.
So made small one with that. This one also has the v-toku2 core.

 

[RD_Knives]

This cu-mai nakiri i made from a laminated steel of O2 with copper made by messerschmiede hangler.

 

[Skylar303]

Very sleek looking knives! I like the grind on the last one!

Did I hear passaround??

 

[RD_Knives]

Very sleek looking knives! I like the grind on the last one!

Did I hear passaround??

Thank you!
That last had a nice grind. Only that one is already gone, so maybe a passaround in the future

 

[RD_Knives]

And some new work:

Small chefs knife

This on has a Apex ultra core with a 200 layer Wilder Damast cladding consisting of 1.2842 & 15n20 steel and a nickel layer shim.

The apex ultra core has a hardness of 65-66hrc.

The steel is made by oxe tools who did a real nice job on that.



Handle is made of some nice x-cut bug oak that was stabilized.
Two new silver liners with a black g10liner in the middle.

Some specs:

320mm total length

195mm blade length

54mm heel height

2,9mm spine at the bolster tapered to 1mm at 10mm from the tip.

Thnx tor looking and curious to see what you guys think of this one.

 

[RD_Knives]

My latest finished knife a s-grind bunka

Made with Cu-mai apex ultra core 80crv2 cladding by messerschmiede hangler and is a pleasure to work with!
Blade got a nice s-grind to help with foodrelease and good weight reduction.

Handle is made of stabilized hornbeam, new nickel silver liner and besutifull stabilized asian satinwood.

Total length 310mm
Blade length 180mm
Height 53mm
Spine thickness 3mm

 

[RD_Knives]

Laser s-grind Nakiri

Today i finished up this beauty.

A laser thin s-grind with great foodrelease.

For this one i used the 420mm smooth contactwheel to make the hollow.

This one is defenitely for the delicate cutting tasks with the s-grind at it thinnest point on 0.2mm thickness.

Made from a 327 layer damast consisting of O2/1.2767

Handle is made out of a hornbeam bolster, new silver liner and stabilized horse chestnut.

Total length: 295mm
Blade length: 160mm
Blade height: 57mm
Spine thickness: 2,4mm

 

[RD_Knives]

Beautifull chefknife made out of rainbow damascus.

This damascus is made by takefu special steel japan and consisting out of a stainless/brass/copper clading with a carbon steel V-toku2 core.

Did some forged texturing to give a bit of movement to the cladding.

Handle is made out of stabilized hornbeam bolster, brass liner and stabilized Elm burl handle.

Total length: 325mm
Blade length: 205mm
Blade height: 50mm
Spine 2,9 - 0,7 10mm from the tip

 

[RD_Knives]

Riptide elite chevron Nakiri

Today i finished up this beauty made out of some bakerforgeandtool riptide elite chevron.
Been wanting to get some of there steel for a long time, and im glad i finally did that.

The amazing patterns they make with the combination of damascus and copper, just stunning.
This defenitely wont be my last knife with there steel.

The knife has an handle made out of stabilized hornbeam bolster, a copper liner and some killer stabilized tasmanian blackwood from @vandelftcrafts

I think this is a perfect combination of materials.

And some dimensions:

Total length: 295mm
Blade length: 175mm
Blade height: 60mm
Spine thickness: 2,3 tapered to 1,4mm
Total weight: 167 gram

 

[RD_Knives]

Wrought iron clad bunka

The handle on this one turned out crazy and in real life even more beautifull.

I now understand why rosewood is one of the best woods out there. The figure and tight curl with the rainbow colors is amazing.

The handle i combined with 2 new silver liners and a copper dragon strike liner.

Also i refined the handle style a bit further from last knives. Only this more rounded wich is way more comfortable.

The knife is made out of a wrought clad over 1.2442 tungsten steel core.

This ended up in a lightweight laser bunka and lasersharp.
Here some dimensions:

Total length: 295mm
Blade length: 160mm
Blade height: 49mm
Spine thickness: 2,8mm tapered to 0.8 10mmm from the tip
Total weight: 125 grams

 

[brimmergj]

Looks great. Nice job!

 

[RD_Knives]

Looks great. Nice job!

Thnx!

 

[RD_Knives]

New year new knives!

This is a custom made set of three bread knives made for @kipvanhetvuur.nl

They already have one of my breadknives in use for months and after good feedback i made some changes to the design.
More upwards handle for more hand clearance.
Robust handle material since the first knife is used for 6 days a week 8hrs a day.
Was first time working with @fatcarbon but its a pleasure to work with. These will hold up way better then wooden handles for the intensive use they will get.

Instead of a flat cutting edge i made a curved edge wich will have a better cutting performance.
The serrations and thin edge on the old knife still performs as new so did the same on the new knifes.

Overall length of the blade is 380mm with a cutting edge of 250mm.
Made out of 3mm thick AEB-L stainless steel with a hardness of around 58-59 hrc.

 

[RD_Knives]

And one more has been made outside of that order:

This one is exactly the same as the previous 3 and made with a “side cut” carbon fiber handle with green g10 liner and a center of 3mm thick copper liner.
All mounted with a frame handle construction and copper pins.

 

[RD_Knives]

San mai damascus clad gyuto

I just couldnt wait anymore with posting this picture of my latest finished knife.
Photographing is done by professional photographer and more gorgeous photos like these will follow!
He defenitely did an amazing job and cant wait to see the rest of them.

The knife is made out of a san mai damascus clad billet from @mvhdamast.
A core out of 1.2442 steel with an cladding made out of O2/1.2767.

Handle made out of amazing quality stabilized spalted tamarind with a carbon fiber liner with stainless steel layers in it from turbocarbon.

Some specs:
Blade length 215mm
Handle length 135mm
Overall length 350mm
Blade height 55mm
Spine thickness 2.4 mm
Total weight 165 gram

Thnx for looking!