December 26, 201411 yr Seasons greetings to everyone. These knives were delivered in the past week to clients. The pressure was a killer as I've never had this many to get out at once. This on top of other ironwork in the shop that needed to be completed. I'm pretty much out of billets and am anxious to get started on more. I hope you enjoy them. Thanks for looking. John
December 26, 201411 yr Just lovely work. I can see why they are in demand. Hope you made a good $/hr on them.
December 26, 201411 yr Author Hope you made a good $/hr on them. If I took that into consideration, I'd probably drink more scotch than I do. Wayne Coe said to me a long time ago that if I didn't want to make damascus knives, I should never make the first one. It was/is sage advice. It's an irreversible slippery slope to the dark side. I love it !
December 26, 201411 yr WOW, just wow. Beautiful results. Just great to looks at, even though they are functional. I do not know if I would ever use one that nice.
December 27, 201411 yr Author I would like some info on the handles, and mosaic pins. The first is dyed and stabilized amboyna burl. The second, a gyuto is dyed and stabilized mango. A santoku is next and the handle is stabilized maple burl with ebony bolsters. The twin feathers are maple/ebony combos, and the utility is dyed and stabilized maple burl. All were stabilized in Cactus juice in a pressure pot and were done by George House and Barry Minkoff. The pins are from Sally Martin in southern Or. you can Google her. They run about $25./ft. Hope this helps. John
January 3, 201511 yr Those are simply awesome. I haven't forayed into damascus YET, but I can see how it could become addicting.
January 7, 201511 yr Oh my Holy God.....I would trade you part of my soul for that 7" feather chef. Your work is now the pinaccle of my knife making goals.
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