Justin Carnecchia Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Hi, I have been working on this knife for some time. I had picked a handle material, and then it didn't come and didn't come, problem at the post office or something. Well I gave up on the wood but not the knife. I have an old gnarly aspen stump lying around so I fired up the chainsaw, cut a piece off and threw it in the stabilizing jar. Well that was last week and now I got the handle together, wouldn't ya know the beautiful chestnut burl I ordered finally came. Well I think I like the aspen more. So here it is: 6.25" blade 12" overall with a balance right at the heel, differentialy hardened W2 tool steel honyaki wa-santuko with spalted aspen handle and buffalo horn ferule. It is all done but the horn still needs polished. Here the pics. So that's it, thanks for looking let me know what you think, -Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Nice knife. Yeah, that spalted aspen really looks great. Thanks for sharing. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmHorus Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Looks good Justin I was surprised though that you didnt make it a single bevel knife.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Great piece...a lot to like about that knife. I love spalted woods. I always worry about a cross ways fracture of the handles so i always use a butt cap when I use a spalted piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Carnecchia Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 Hey, thanks guys! Horus, I didn't do a single bevel because I have never seen it on a santuko. It is my understanding that the santuko is a newer design intended to be a practical all around knife, where most af the traditional single beveled knives are very task specific. I have seen gyutos with the single bevel or a 70/30 bevel though and they are of the very thin multi task variety like the santuko, I have been thinking of doing that with the gyuto I make. How's that katana coming? would love to see some pics Thanks Rich, I am hoping the stabilization will adress the issue of cracking. I'll keep my fingers crossed, I have not worked with it before so it is a bit of an experiment. Thanks again, -Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlpierson Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Beautiful knife in all and that Aspen is really something. I hope your stabilization of it works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Wood spalted to that level is very soft. It is also very thirsty, even spongelike. So on the good side it can take up a lot of finish, stabilizer, hardener, or whatever. A few saturation coats of Kwik-Poly would make it more durable than any natural hardwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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