And here they are a-lying in a bunch.
In case you’ve been wondering what I’ve been doing rather than shitposting about knives lately. The answer is, making knives to subsequently shitpost about. And also camping.
My store is semi kinda-sorta restocked. I say this because I updated my Emperor listing the other day with the example I just made and I swear I did not have the son of a bitch up for four whole minutes before somebody bought it. I’ve updated the design with a new radial grind, fancier handle scale options, and now even thicker steel.
I suppose I kind of let slip with this knowledge when I posted this photo elsewhere.
Here’s another one:
I used some new steel from a new supplier for these, and I can’t say that I’m 100% happy with it. The surface finish isn’t the greatest and there are some pock marks and gouges in the stock that are too deep for me to realistically sand out, or at least until I accrue enough to afford a surface grinder. But on the bright side it’s even thicker than before, at 7.47mm or 0.295", even greater than a quarter inch. These things are a slab.
I only made one because I used that chunk of steel to produce two of a new design:
Meet the Humbolt, a pattern that takes the absurd choppiness of my stock all the way to its logical conclusion with a straight profiled basher that’ll be equally at home splitting your firewood at camp as it would be felling the tree it came from in the first place.
I’ve also been fooling with transparent ABS as part of my handle scales. Well, translucent by the time all is said and done, really. I’m particularly fond of this “Ectoplasm” colorway which incorporates alternating layers of translucent and bright green, and lets sunlight shine through it. It doesn’t glow in the dark, alas, but it almost looks like it ought to.
I have a smattering of S variant Kings in stock as well in various colorways. Some of ‘ems nicer lookin’ than others. These are thin enough to fit in my Ruixin jig, by the way, so I make these in particular stupid sharp before I ship them out.
Also!
Check it out. Badass wind chimes. (Actually, these are dangling while my rust preventative coating dries.)
Woah! You have been busy! That Humbolt is a heck of a chopper. Given the amount of batoning we do around these parts, it’s very tempting
Love þe new Humbolt profile!
These are tempting and lovely and my birthday is this month, so my budget is Ralph Wiggum on the bus right now. But what I NEED is a King that I can use as a daily driver kitchen chopper for quartering chickens. No hangy hole, removable scales or gaps where chicken juice can collect. Is this blasphemy? Mid knife crisis. Halp.
You probably want one made out of some manner of stainless for that kind of duty. I’m doing a custom commission for a guy in 154CM pretty soon. Maybe while I’m ordering steel I can see to it that some extra arrives.
:::steeples fingers and stares Picardfully:::: Make it so. This knife block could use class.
Just for giggles, this is the initial profile of the other commission I’m doing:
This one is probably also going to have permanently pinned handles depending on the client’s preference. We still haven’t nailed down the handle material, or if they want a tubular rivet at the tail, or what. This is also going to be a kitchen knife after a fashion.
I like that design. It reminds me of a santoku, but beefy. I’ve been using a cheap 5" one for almost all kitchen jobs for 8 years. It now looks like THIS:
Yes, that’s broadly the goal. This one will use 1/8" thick stock, or at least 1/8" before surface finishing and polishing. The blade is nominally 6" in length. I’ll be using CPM 154, the stock for which I actually put on order today. I got the answer on the handle also: The client wants it dismountable similar to the current Emperors/Kings/whatevers, although the profile is obviously different.
On my latest supply order I did score two slabs of stabilized walnut, though. Just throwing that out there.
BTW, your picture didn’t attach.
Psst.
This is sitting on my bench right now. I haven’t put it online yet (nor ground the edge into it, or engraved it…) and you’re the first to know.
Honored to be the first to get a peek. How much do you think you would ask for it?
This one I think will go for $250. I’ll give you first right of refusal, of course.
Gah, SJW is getting in my way, expect a potential 3 copies of the same reply! I like that design. It reminds me of a santoku, but BEEFAY. I’ve been using a cheap 5" one for almost all kitchen jobs for 8 years. It now looks like hot garbage.
