Hi All,
First, this is not a FS thread, though I do hope to move that direction within the rules of the Forum if there is a market at the price I need to generate.
A couple years ago I was looking for a vertical free standing rack to display & access my knives at the cutting board.
Extensive searching on Etsy, Amazon, Ebay etc didn't yield what I was looking for.
I eventually bought a $39 Bamboo rack on Amazon and lived with it for a year and discovered the flaws it presented in daily use:
- It allowed edges and spines to contact each other
- The magnets were far too strong
- It was difficult to clean around the base plate near the upright
- It was so commercial, so blah looking as a backdrop against my lower mid-tier hand forged knives
The pics you see here represent my design to solve these issues.
- The uprights are cantilevered so that each knife has it's own plane - each spine buts against wood
- I'm pleased with the retention force of the magnets
- It snaps together and apart easily; you can wipe the base off and snap it back together
- As you can see, I'm a lifelong lover of very fine woods and the richness they bring to our daily lives
- Finally, I wanted a place to rest my cell phone or tablet as I food prepped
The design will also ship in a flat-pack box in 3 pieces: the uprights, the base, and the cell phone/tablet holder. Open the box, snap it together and you are done.
The magnets are completely hidden on the front and back sides. Holds 4 knives each side, magnets are positioned to place the spine a left-side orientation.
That all said, I'd welcome feedback on these.
Thanks!
First, this is not a FS thread, though I do hope to move that direction within the rules of the Forum if there is a market at the price I need to generate.
A couple years ago I was looking for a vertical free standing rack to display & access my knives at the cutting board.
Extensive searching on Etsy, Amazon, Ebay etc didn't yield what I was looking for.
I eventually bought a $39 Bamboo rack on Amazon and lived with it for a year and discovered the flaws it presented in daily use:
- It allowed edges and spines to contact each other
- The magnets were far too strong
- It was difficult to clean around the base plate near the upright
- It was so commercial, so blah looking as a backdrop against my lower mid-tier hand forged knives
The pics you see here represent my design to solve these issues.
- The uprights are cantilevered so that each knife has it's own plane - each spine buts against wood
- I'm pleased with the retention force of the magnets
- It snaps together and apart easily; you can wipe the base off and snap it back together
- As you can see, I'm a lifelong lover of very fine woods and the richness they bring to our daily lives
- Finally, I wanted a place to rest my cell phone or tablet as I food prepped
The design will also ship in a flat-pack box in 3 pieces: the uprights, the base, and the cell phone/tablet holder. Open the box, snap it together and you are done.
The magnets are completely hidden on the front and back sides. Holds 4 knives each side, magnets are positioned to place the spine a left-side orientation.
That all said, I'd welcome feedback on these.
Thanks!
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