New knives

[Illyria]

Quarantine sort of delayed all of my plans for cooking, so doing a lot more knife making.

Going to post random knives and projects to here as I go.


To start off, a 220mm AEB-L gyuto at 63 Rockwell with a desert ironwood handle with a nickel silver accent.

 

[Illyria]

Some of the recent knives from the past 2 weeks.

 

[Illyria]

My girlfriend complains that I spend too much time on knives, so I made some knife earrings as a peace offering.

Also aeb-l stainless steel and desert ironwood. Stirling silver hooks and jump rings.

 

[rmrf]

Adorable. Choil shot on those mouse-sized paring knives please!

 

[ian]

You didn’t sharpen them, right?

 

[juice]

I made some knife earrings as a peace offering.

What's the grind like?

 

[Illyria]

Choil shot for you guys.

Expect a cutting demo soon.

 

[M1k3]

My girlfriend complains that I spend too much time on knives, so I made some knife earrings as a peace offering.

Also aeb-l stainless steel and desert ironwood. Stirling silver hooks and jump rings. View attachment 96166

Profile looks good. Hope she likes them.

 

[Illyria]

I lost my little knife somewhere in the house. I'll post it once I actually find it, hahaha.

Did a pair of 190mm AEB-L blades with cocobolo handles for a chef out in New York

 

[ecchef]

I’m generally pretty meh about cocobolo, but that’s some damn nice work right there!

 

[Illyria]

I’m generally pretty meh about cocobolo, but that’s some damn nice work right there!

I only really like cocobolo if it has some interesting colors. Most of it is pretty meh for me. I've mainly switched to desert ironwood, even if it's my least favorite wood to actually work witn.



Here's a set that I made for a chef that I've been following forever. 215mm workhorse and a 155mm petty.

 

[Illyria]

Pre-sharpening choils. I forgot to post them last night, haha.

 

[cotedupy]

Beautiful the lot of them!

 

[Illyria]

Made a set of AEB-L petty and paring knives for Virgilio and Pia down in Peru and some of my other friends from Central.

Took a month, but they finally arrived, haha.

 

[billyO]

so I made some knife earrings as a peace offering.

Nice. Did it work?
I've got a bunch of similar pendants made from my damascus cut-offs, but haven't tried putting wood handles on them yet. (That, and no partner to give them to.)

 

[Illyria]

Nice. Did it work?
I've got a bunch of similar pendants made from my damascus cut-offs, but haven't tried putting wood handles on them yet. (That, and no partner to give them to.)

They did!

I have made a few more pairs since and just change up handles with different wood scraps. Perfect gifts that cost me nearly nothing, haha.

 

[Illyria]

A 220mm AEB-L gyuto with a stabalized mango burl handle that I finished up today.

 

[Illyria]

270mm suji and a 150mm petty AEB-L set with cocobolo handles that I'm making for Daniella Soto-Innes.

 

[Leo Barr]

Not a chefs knife but a blade non the less Watetsu Kiridashi

 

[Illyria]

Not a chefs knife but a blade non the less Watetsu Kiridashi
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Haha, wrong thread.

 

[Illyria]

Friend commissioned me to make a knife for their father.

AEB-L blade, bubinga handle with brass pins.

 

[Illyria]

Testing out forge welding wrought iron, so I made a quick kiridashi with some scrap 1095 and a piece of wrought iron that I got a few days ago.

Polished on my okudo suita and then a quick acid etch.

 

[Illyria]

First san mai blade. 153x38mm petty.

52100 core, wrought iron cladding. Same deal, okudo suita polish followed by an acid etch.

Wrought iron moves too easy and got in some dents that I wasn't expecting to go so deep.

 

[Byphy]

Been keeping close eye on your work, looks amazing. Any plans on getting a touchmark?

 

[Illyria]

Been keeping close eye on your work, looks amazing. Any plans on getting a touchmark?

Working on one right now, actually!

 

[SeattleB]

Gorgeous. From another thread, it appears you should offer your services to TF.

Those handles look really long, or is it the pictures?

By the way, question from a newbie: how is handle length chosen? With the way most people choke up with a pinch grip it doesn't seem that a very long handle would be necessary.

 

[Illyria]

Gorgeous. From another thread, it appears you should offer your services to TF.

Those handles look really long, or is it the pictures?

By the way, question from a newbie: how is handle length chosen? With the way most people choke up with a pinch grip it doesn't seem that a very long handle would be necessary.

I mainly do my handles to around 130-140mm, which feels like a good size to my hands at least.

I generally have my balance a little past the heel, and will take away material until I get the balance point where I want it. Either by shortening the handle or making it a little thinner.

The desert ironwood is pretty heavy, so I make slightly smaller handles (compared to the knives I buy from others) to compensate for balance.

 

[Illyria]

225x55mm wrought iron clad 52100.

Heat treated today. Tested in at 68HRC out of the quench, tempered to around 64.

Polished on the natural stone I made. Etched in acid for a few minutes.


Collected about 100lb of magnetite. Going to start building tatara to make a batch of bloom steel.

 

[Matt Jacobs]

I absolutely love that knife, well done!!

 

[Illyria]

I absolutely love that knife, well done!!

Thank you! Finishing up a 225x55 wrought iron laser today as well.