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this set of steak knives was a kit i got for christmas about 4 years ago,finally got around to making them.the handle mater that came with the set was a phenolic material that well just wasn’t very nice so i made the handles from cocobolo.the pins were another unattractive brass so i replaced those with mosaic pins.the knives are stainless steel.finish is 3 coats of wipe on poly.
-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
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oldrivers
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#1 posted 04-19-2020 09:02 PM
Nice handles you made.
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TopamaxSurvivor
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#2 posted 04-19-2020 09:06 PM
Nice job.
The pins are basically decorative, not peened?
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#3 posted 04-19-2020 09:06 PM
Nice one Pottz, your steaks will taste so much more satisfying.
Cheers’
Anth
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pottz
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#4 posted 04-19-2020 09:12 PM
thank you,much better than what they gave me.
-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
pottz
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#5 posted 04-19-2020 09:13 PM
thanks,they are epoxied so the will add strength.
-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
pottz
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#6 posted 04-19-2020 09:14 PM
thanks anth.ive got so many knives now so these will probably be regifted.
-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
woodshaver Tony C
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#7 posted 04-19-2020 09:19 PM
Good looking knives Pottz!
Wood is so much more attractive! Are you having a nice juicy steak for dinner tonight?
-- St Augustine FL, Experience is the sum of our mistakes!
pottz
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#8 posted 04-19-2020 09:29 PM
thanks buddy,no chicken noodle soup-lol.i like your avatar,this one looks like you.
-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
LittleBlackDuck
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#9 posted 04-19-2020 09:43 PM
Nice looking handles there pottzy and would look great in a presentation box.
Unfortunately, a bloody good blue steak could be cut with a blunt popsicle stick…
I have some ceramic knives that I bought myself many years ago and keep forgetting about them until I’m too busy to do anything with them… and then I forget again till the next time.
Other than the poxy, how did you finish/trim/level the pins without marring the wood.
How confident are you with the WOP in a dishwasher… i’ve yet to read about “hand washing” (and you know my reading prowess).
PS. What cloth is the 3 WOP coats made of… would it shrink in water (dishwasher or hand job)?
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woodshaver Tony C
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#10 posted 04-19-2020 09:50 PM
Soup! Ok.. that’s good too! But after see those nice steak knives I just might throw a rib-eye on the grill tonight.
Thanks Pottz! About my avatar! This is the one I started with when I joined Lumberjocks 11 years ago.
-- St Augustine FL, Experience is the sum of our mistakes!
pottz
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#11 posted 04-19-2020 10:13 PM
i just ground down the pins as close to the wood as i could then sanded down smooth, no problem,there made out of brass and copper so pretty soft.no dish washer for good knives duck,all my kitchen knives get hand washed.
-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
GR8HUNTER
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#12 posted 04-19-2020 10:40 PM
cocobolo looks so much more nicer then that cheap plastic they came with do you rough up your pins before you put them in or just put them ? GREAT JOB :<))
AGREE about Tony’s new avatar suits him more
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#13 posted 04-19-2020 10:53 PM
Good looking handles, gotta be better than the kit
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#14 posted 04-19-2020 10:55 PM
They look great!
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#15 posted 04-19-2020 11:35 PM
Nice job Pottz
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