California Custom Knives: Two Tribal Frenchies in 52100 and Green Maple

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Two Tribal Frenchies in 52100 and Green Maple

These two came out really sweet!

I was excited about getting some of the Maple I have had for a long time dyed and stabilized.
...Did I mention that>>> I LOVE GREEN!

And thought that the "Tribal Wrap" with the Translucent G10 would look pretty darn cool.
The first handle I did out of the green I did not have the heart to cover any of it up as it was stunning...
..but finally I decided to see what this handle color & build with the G10 would be like with the "Tribal Wrap"
...and I think it looks AWESOME!

These are sweet mid-size chef knives with forged-to-shape 52100 carbon tool steel blade with clay differential heat treatment.

OAl is 12 & 1/8" and the blades are 6.5". A great size for daily use.

I hope you enjoy seeing these images.

-DON:)

1 comment:

UnknownAugust 21, 2014 at 3:20 AM
Looking So Gorgeous!
I think these are more sharp. Same to my custom buck 110
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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.
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