Kitchen Knives

[Tom Niemi]

I've always wanted a good set of kitchen knifes but found them out of my price range. One day a few years ago, I found this 5 piece set of Damascus blanks on sale at Woodcraft at I believe 50% off (could be wrong of the %) but enough that I felt they were affordable. Also 4 years ago, the misses and I were up in Michigan's UP for our 40th anniversary and picked up some nice birdseye maple and decided that is the wood to use for the scales. Here is what the pieces became.

 

[Charles Lent]

Very impressive !! The perfect use for that maple wood. They look great.

Charley

 

[Kerry Burton]

Classy! Nice job on the shaping.

Did the brass(?) pins come with the blades?

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

Those are awesome, Tom! Great choices in blades, scales, and pins. Did you also get the pins from Woodcraft?

 

[Tom Niemi]

Thanks all the pins I ordered from Amazon (made by USA Knife Making Supply) due to safe ordering (backing their products!) I ordered some a few years ago and when I cut to size, the middle 3” of a 5” pin was hollow , way past the statute of limitations on any refund, and could not find the receipts.

 

[Bill Arnold]

Beautiful set of knives, Tom! You did good!!!

 

[David Johnson]

Beautiful knives. Very nice job of the complete set. Makes me want to look for the blanks.
David

 

[Ted Calver]

Fantastic! Great looking knives, Tom! What finish did you use?

 

[Ryan Mooney]

Looks awesome, very nice job on shaping the handles!

 

[Tom Niemi]

Fantastic! Great looking knives, Tom! What finish did you use?

Thanks Ted, I just used 3 coats of tongue oil finish

 

[larry merlau]

well done bud will have get a look at those closer some day..

 

[Jonathan Shively]

Beauts for sure Tom!!

 

[Darren Wright]

Very nice Tom, the maple compliments the blades very well. Going to make a block with some of that maple for storing them?

 

[Bob Gibson]

Wow, those are beautiful !!!

 

[bill kaminski]

cut some veneer, and make a block..would look great
2nd..are they sharp? they sure do look like it

 

[Tom Niemi]

Yes! They are sharp, I didn’t have to touch them up at all. I was going to make something to hold them, still may in the future, but I ordered this bamboo knife holder and fits nicely in my knife drawer and am happy with it for now

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

I have a knife block similar to that one, Tom. It works great.

 

[Rennie Heuer]

Those look great - Well done!

Retirement is working well for you!