California Custom Knives: Bloodwood Chef Knife

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Bloodwood Chef Knife

This one is fresh out of the shop and is one of the few blades I have done with a fully hardened blade & satin finish.

OAL is 11,3/8" with a forged-to-shape 6" blade out of Aldo's 1095.
The handle is some nice Bloodwood with tulip-wood inlay, a blind-pin hiding under the small inlay.

This knife is light and quick in the hand & would certainly be a wonderful addition to any kitchen.
The classic French Knife Blade Pattern can do plenty of amazing cutting and detail work too. A cool size for daily meals for sure.

As with all my knives it comes with one of my trademark slip sheaths and makers certificate.

Thanks for looking. -DON:) This knife is currently available.

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What is a Hand Made Knife?

I specialize in making Heirloom Quality Knives.
They are made by hand.
This means that, while I do now own a few power tools compared to the first 7-years when I had virtually little to speak of, other than a hand drill and then a drill press; I now own a grinder and a power hammer; and yet, the knives are still created with hand-held practices, using fairly simple tools for the most part.
All of my knives are designed and created by me. I am creating some stock reduction knives, but other than that....
Each blade is forged hot on an anvil to 90% of the shape that it will be when finished. This takes Skill and lots of attention to accomplish. Adding in a TW-90 grinder helped with post stock reduction heat treatment, a process that has allowed me to refine the edge geometry on my chef knives to a place where I am very pleased with the results.
Then each knife is tested for edge-flex and toughness. Some of the testing phase can be seen in the banner image above, where after the edge-flex test I chop on very hard wood.
If the knives still shave hair after this testing then they are good to go!
Both of the two chef knives in that banner image passed with flying colors and will be cleaned-up and have handles placed on them. And eventually go into the kitchens or campsites of the new owners.
Knives made my hand are beautiful!