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2014 - I
Bog Oak is certified reclaimed Oak wood
from a swamp in Russia, estimated to be 3600 years old.
It comes in a stabilized form.
3 piece set - top down:
1.25" x 5" kitchen knife with-Yew Wood - western style handle, carbon steel, bog oak and white 2 spacer array
1.5" x 8" kitchen knife with-Yew Wood - western style handle, carbon steel, bog oak and white 2 spacer array
1.5" x 6.5" Hankotsu-Yew Wood - Asian style handle, carbon steel, bog oak and white 2 spacer array 6 of 12 Steak Knives- 3 woods each:
Blade is 4" long.
Top 3 are Maple wood, bottom are Yew wood.
See next slide for last 6 of the 12. Top 3 woods are Claro Walnut wood and then English Walnut wood. Madrone wood, double brass, 8.5" x 2.25" kitchen knife, high carbon tool steel, 1/16th" thick, brass bolsters. 2" wide x 8" long kitchen knife with Orange Yew wood handle and brass bolsters. 6" x 2.5" kitchen knife with 3 spacer array - stabilzied Madrone wood with a center of red vulcanized .090" thick spacer in the middle. Knife and Fork Carving Set - Fork is 440-C stainless and the 9" carving knife is 2" wide and 9" long. Handle wood is Claro Walnut wood, with a three spacer array. Stabilized Maple with a black center. 8" x 2.5" kitchen knife with multi-layer Pakka wood spacer and Yew wood.
3 piece set - top down:
1.25" x 5" kitchen knife with-Yew Wood - western style handle, carbon steel, bog oak and white 2 spacer array
1.5" x 8" kitchen knife with-Yew Wood - western style handle, carbon steel, bog oak and white 2 spacer array
1.5" x 6.5" Hankotsu-Yew Wood - Asian style handle, carbon steel, bog oak and white 2 spacer array
2014 - H
Double brass bolsters on a 2.5" x 6" carbon steel kitchen knife with locally harvested Claro walnut wood handle. Handle is finished with a coat of Bullseye grain sealing waxless shellac which is then hand sanded and then steel wooled for 3 grades - 00, 000, and 00000. Flamed striped Maple wood and black white spacer handle on a 2" x 8" blade of carbon steel. 2.5" x 8" and 1" x 4" kitchen knife set with green dyed stabilized Box Elder Burl wood. Handles were given a high speed wax polish. Part of a 13 piece set.
Top 3" paring knife with Madrone wood and 3 spacer array consisting of green stabilized Box Elder Burl wood with brass center.
Then is a Carving Knife and Fork set.
Knife is 9" x 2" and Fork is stainless. Spacers are same stabilzied wood as the Paring knife above, but the center is red .090 thick vulcanized spacer.Locally harvested very rare natural Orange colored Yew wood. La Mezzluna with Yew Wood handles and spacer array. Spacer is stabilzied Amboyna wood sandwich with .090 thick vulcanized spacer. Handles are attached with 7/64" button head stainless bolts - 3 per side. Blade is 7.5" wide and 2.5" tall. Top kitchen knife is a 2" x 8" with Claro wood.
then
Two 1" x 4" kitchen knives - one traditional shaped blade on the bottom and in the middle is a strong back blade.
Middle wood is Madrone and bottom wood is English walnut wood. All woods are harvested from trees of the glorious Northwest Cascade range. No motors included.
Double brass bolsters on a 2.5" x 6" carbon steel kitchen knife with locally harvested Claro walnut wood handle. Handle is finished with a coat of Bullseye grain sealing waxless shellac which is then hand sanded and then steel wooled for 3 grades - 00, 000, and 00000.
2014 - G
2" x 6" high carbon steel kitchen knife with Yew Wood handle ~ adorned with 3 spacer array consisting of a sandwich with stabilized Black Palm wood and white in the middle. 7" carbon steel Sujihiki kitchen knife - 2" wide. Yew wood Maple with 3 piece spacer array with white middle. Set of cleavers commissioned by a California businessman and made as a presentation gifts to 2 master Shanghai chefs.
8" x 3" 3/32" thick 1095 high carbon tool steel. Handle woods on top is stabilized Mango and bottom is stabilized Koa. Bottom has black/white spacers. Wood on all is rare rare Manzanita.
Top is 1" x 4"
middle 6" Sujihinki, 1.5" wide (not Yasai Bocho)
Bottom is 12" scimitar shaped Boning Knife, made from 3/32" thick 1095 tool steel. Matching set - 7" x 2" Sujihiki and 1" x 4" carbon steel kitchen knives.
Both sport Yew wood handles and 2 part spacer array consisting of Manzanita and white spacer. 4 pieces commissioned and designed by the same client.
Dark handle is a 7" x 1.5" Sujihiki. Handle has 3 part spacer array (R/W/R) and the wood is quite rare stabilized Bog Oak which was reclaimed in Russia. It is around 3600 years old.
The other 3 pieces are a set with Maple handle - from top 8" x 2.5", 1" x 5" and Pating knife at the bottom. I plonked in a Bog Oak spacer in top piece. Alaska State Museum commission of a pair of Ulu's with Honduran mahogony handles.
2" x 6" high carbon steel kitchen knife with Yew Wood handle ~ adorned with 3 spacer array consisting of a sandwich with stabilized Black Palm wood and white in the middle.
2014 - F
Set:
2.5" wide, 8 and 10" long carbon steel kitchen knives.
Steel is 1084 high carbon tool steel.
Top wood is Black Walnut and bottom wood is Fiddle Back Maple. 4 piece identical set - Korean Kitchen Knife
3/32" thick high carbon steel Xmas gift for 4 brothers.
Blades are 3" wide x 9" long with double brass bolsters and Cocobolo wood. 2" x 8" pair of kitchen knifes with Claro Walnut wood handles with black/white spacer array.
Carbon steel, brass bolsters. 8" x 2.5" and 1" x 5" carbon steel kitchen knife set.
Handle has Walnut wood and B/R/B 3 spacer array. Top is 2" x 8", bottom is 2" x 6".
Top knife has Black Walnut wood adorned with 3 spacer array consisting of stabilized Madrone with red spacer in the middle.
Bottom handle has double brass with pinkish Madrone wood. 2.5" x 8" carbon steel kitchen knife with double brass handles and English Walnut wood. 9" x 2.5" carbon steel kichen knife with Walnut wood handle and double brass bolsters. 2.5" x 6" carbon steel kitchen knife with Walnut wood handle and 3 spacer array consisting of two pieces of Stabilized Redwood with white spacer in between.
Set:
2.5" wide, 8 and 10" long carbon steel kitchen knives.
Steel is 1084 high carbon tool steel.
Top wood is Black Walnut and bottom wood is Fiddle Back Maple.
2014 - E
10 x 2.5 on a stand, with 3 spacer array - old Black walnut wood handle. Double brass with Madrone wood handle on a 2" x 6" blade. Carbon steel, 1/16th" thick 1084 high carbon tool steel. 2" x 8" woth a double brass handle with black walnut wood. Clients shot of their 2" x 9" in the kitchen. 3 piece Black Walnut wood set, carbon steel with brass bolsters.
From the top down:
7" x 2" Sujihiki
1" x 5" kitchen knife
3" Paring knife 2.5" x 9" kitchen knife with 3 array spacers and black walnut wood. 4 piece Maple wood set with blck spacer. Middle two are stabilized Maple wood.
Top down:
1" x 5"
Yasai Bocho
2" x 8"
1" x 4"
10 x 2.5 on a stand, with 3 spacer array - old Black walnut wood handle.
2014 - D
5" x 1.5" kitchen knife with this very old black walnut wood, which is no longer available.Three spacer array using stabilized maple wood on either side of a much thinner (.95)red spacer. 8" x 2" kitchen knife with 3 spacer array - Yew wood handle. Spaer is stabilized Bog Oak with (.095) red spacer in between. Please see next photo in this gallery for spacer detail. Spacer detail from previous photo. 9" x 2.5" Carbon steel kitchen knife with Yew Wood handle with a 3 spacer array consisting of a sandwich of stabilized redwood on either side with a whlte (.095) spacer in the middle. 2" x 8" kitchen knife with a handle of Claro Walnut wood with 2 spacer array of stabilized Maple sandwich with red (.095) spacer in the middle. 2.5" x 9" kitchen knife made from high carbon tool steel.
Handle wood is Yew, with a 3 spacer array - red 1/8" thick spacer sandwich with a center of stabilized Amboyna wood.
5" x 1.5" kitchen knife with this very old black walnut wood, which is no longer available.Three spacer array using stabilized maple wood on either side of a much thinner (.95)red spacer.
2014 - C
1" x 4" kitchen knife & 7" Santoku
Both pieces are constructed with Extra Fancy Handle design (costs $55.00 above the cost of the knife on my Price List) .
This set has stainless steel bolsters with nickel/silver hidden rivet/pins. Below the bolsters are a pair of black/white spacers, then a piece of stabilized green dyed Box Elder Burl wood, and then a piece of brass.
Black Walnut Wood fills out the rest of the handle. This wood was slab-harvested in Arizona in 1980 from a very old stump. Spacers were high speed finished with wax, and the wood was given a coat of Bulles Eye Shellac, which was lightly sanded with 000 steel wool, and then a couple coats of wax/oil finish was applied and allowed to soak in. 2" x 8" kitchen knife with Yew Wood handle - carbon steel. 9" x 2.5" high carbon steel kitchen knife with Fancy handle - black/white spacer array with stabilized Koa wood handle that had been polished with a high speed wax buff. High chatoyance. 7" x 2.5" kitchen knife with green dyed stabilized Box Elder Burl wood. 1084 Carbon steel. Maple wood handle on a 2" x 8" kitchen knife. 5" x 2.5" kitchen knife with Hickory wood. 8" x 2.5" Santoku kitchen knife with Yew wood handle and brass bolster.
1" x 4" kitchen knife & 7" Santoku
Both pieces are constructed with Extra Fancy Handle design (costs $55.00 above the cost of the knife on my Price List) .
This set has stainless steel bolsters with nickel/silver hidden rivet/pins. Below the bolsters are a pair of black/white spacers, then a piece of stabilized green dyed Box Elder Burl wood, and then a piece of brass.
Black Walnut Wood fills out the rest of the handle. This wood was slab-harvested in Arizona in 1980 from a very old stump. Spacers were high speed finished with wax, and the wood was given a coat of Bulles Eye Shellac, which was lightly sanded with 000 steel wool, and then a couple coats of wax/oil finish was applied and allowed to soak in.
2014- B
Yasai Bocho with stabilized Redwood on the handle as well as a green dyed stabilized Maple spacer. 6.5" x 1.5", carbon steel with brass bolster. Top - 8" Santoku with Hickory wood and then a 10" with Black Walnut wood. Both 2.5" wide. Client Mr. Biber cut onions with his new knife - Texas, USA Top: 10" x 2" Sujihiki with Black Walnut wood handle.
Bottom: Hankotsu - 1.5" x 6.5" with Black Walnut wood handle. 10" x 2.5" kitchen knife with Black Walnut wood handle
Yasai Bocho with stabilized Redwood on the handle as well as a green dyed stabilized Maple spacer. 6.5" x 1.5", carbon steel with brass bolster.
2014 -A
10" long x 2.5" wide x 1/16th" thick kitchen knife with scales made from Claro Walnut wood. Carbon steel, brass bolster. Black Walnut handles, 1" x 5" kitchen knife. 1.5" x 5.25" kitchen knife with Black Walnut wood, carbon steel. 2" x 6" kitchen knives. Top has Hickory wood handle with double brass bolsters.
Bottom has Black Walnut wood handle. 2" x 8" with Black Walnut wood, that was harvested from an ancient stump in Arizona 35 years ago. Bent handled kitchen knife, with 8" blade, 2" wide. Wood is Black Walnut wood. Paring knife with 3/4" x 3" blade, with Claro Walnut wood handle.
10" long x 2.5" wide x 1/16th" thick kitchen knife with scales made from Claro Walnut wood. Carbon steel, brass bolster.
2012-2013
Knife and Fork Carving Set - Stainless fork, carbon steel 9" x 2" carving knife.
Wood on the handle is Ebony with a high speed wax polish, rivets are nickel silver, and bolsters are 416 stainless steel. Both items in the set have black/white spacer array.
$283.80 total for set - $169 for set, $114.80 for the Ebony and the stainless bolsters 1" x 4" kitchen knife with Bastogne Walnut wood handle.
Brass bolsters, high carbon tool steel, 1/16" thick steel.
1" x 4" cost $76 6" x 2" kitchen knife with Claro Walnut wood.
Knife costs $99 10" x 2.5" kitchen knife with Claro Walnut wood. Knife costs $146
bottom: 8" x 2.5" kitchen knife with flame quilted Hard Rock maple
Knife costs $132 4 of 8 piece steak knife set with walnut wood handles.
8 piece steak knife set is 15% off retails of 1" x 4" Kitchen knife = ($91.20 off) or $516.80 or $64.60 each 5 of 8 piece steak knife set with walnut wood handles. 9" x 2" Sujihiki, with single red spacer, walnut wood.
$139 for knife, spacer costs $15 = $154 6" x 1.5" Korean style kitchen knife with double brass bolsters and English walnut wood handle. Carbon steel - 1084 grade. $111 for knife, $40 for double brass bolsters. 4 piece steak knife set (4" blades) sent to Burnt Ends of Singapore, with various wood on the handles. They subsequently order 54 steak knives more.
From top down - Madrone, Hickory, Walnut, Hard Rock Maple.
3 piece steak knife set is 10% off retail
$76 each for 1" x 4" steak knife - 4 costs = $273.60 ($68.40 each)
Knife and Fork Carving Set - Stainless fork, carbon steel 9" x 2" carving knife.
Wood on the handle is Ebony with a high speed wax polish, rivets are nickel silver, and bolsters are 416 stainless steel. Both items in the set have black/white spacer array.
$283.80 total for set - $169 for set, $114.80 for the Ebony and the stainless bolsters
2012-2013
10" long by 2.5" wide, extra fancy western style kitchen knife made from 1084 HRAR high carbon tool steel.
Handle from the butt has stabilized Redwood, brass insert, green dyed stabilized burled Maple wood,
black white insert array and then 3/4" x 3/8" brass bolsters.
Knife costs $146, extra fancy spacer array costs $55, stabilized Redwood costs $65 = $266 8 piece steak knife set. Wood from top, 2 each; Madrone, hard rock maple, Claro Walnut, Bastogne or English Walnut.
8 piece steak knife set is 15% off retails of 1" x 4" Kitchen knife = $516.80 or $64.60 each , ($91.20 off) 3" wide Thai style cleaver 8" long. Made with a western style handle.
Steel 1095 high carbon tool steel, 3/32" thick. Wood on the handle is stabilized Koa. Insert is stabilized Madrone.
Cleaver costs $165 Wood is very rare Manzanita.
Top is 1" x 4" kitchen knife - $76
Middle is Hankotsu - 1.25" and is 6.5 inches long - $97
Bottom is 12" x 2.5" x 5/64" thick scimitar shaped boning knife - $195 Both have Claro Walnut wood and red/black/red spacerstop: 8" x 2.5" kitchen knife.
Knife costs $132, 3 piece spacer array costs $35 = $167
Bottom: 5" x 1.5" kitchen knife.
Knife costs $99, 3 piece spacer array costs $35 = $134
8" Santoku caught in the act of 'souping' it up, in West Yorkshire, UK.
Photo credits to S. Connelly.
Handle wood is rare local old old walnut, with white/black/white spacers.
knife costs $132, spacer array costs $35 = $167 Vegies are prepped for soup. Soups on ! Pass that Wensleydale... Chefs knife made for Chef Alex in 2001. He sent me his knives made from stainless steel, all the way from
Germany, and copied them. The one above is 10" x 2" with Cocobolo wood handle and is used daily
10" long by 2.5" wide, extra fancy western style kitchen knife made from 1084 HRAR high carbon tool steel.
Handle from the butt has stabilized Redwood, brass insert, green dyed stabilized burled Maple wood,
black white insert array and then 3/4" x 3/8" brass bolsters.
Knife costs $146, extra fancy spacer array costs $55, stabilized Redwood costs $65 = $266
2012-2013
5 piece set sent to New Zealand
2" x 8" kitchen knife with Claro Walnut wood on the handle. - $119.00 12" x 2.5" Carbon steel Boning knife, with double brass bolsters, Black Palm wood.
High polish on the double brass bolsters. Set of Chinese style cleavers, 8" x 3" - 3/32" thick high carbon tool steel, both with stabilized Koa wood handles.
Top has high speed French polish, bottom has black/white spacers and is polished. These were gifts to chefs in Singapore.
Thai style Cleaver 3" wide costs $165, double spacer costs $25, stabilized Koa costs $65 = $255 each Knife and Fork Carving set with Claro Walnut wood handles.
Knife is 9" long carbon steel, and fork is stainless steel. $169.00 + s/h 7" x 2.5" kitchen knife with English Walnut wood handle - $121
Bottom: 1" x 5" kitchen knife with Black Walnut wood handle - $85 2.5" x 6" with walnut - $111
7" x 1.5" with Myrtle wood - $108
1" x 4" kitchen knife with tiger striped flamed Maple - $76 8" x 2.5" Santoku kitchen knife - $132
6" Scimitar shaped Boning knife both with flamed tiger striped Maple - $89 1.5" x 5" kitchen knife with black/white spacers, and stabilized Madrone wood on the western style handle.
Knife costs $92, 2 spacer array costs $25, stabilized wood cost $65 = $182
2" x 8" kitchen knife with Claro Walnut wood on the handle. - $119.00
2008-2013
A set with Madrone wood and spacers made from stabilized green dyed box elder burl (top) and
stabilized redwood.
Top unit is 10" x 2.5" carbon steel.
10" Knife costs $146 - spacer was no charge
Bottom unit is 1" x 4" kitchen knife - $76 10" long by 2.5" wide, extra fancy western style kitchen knife made from 1084 HRAR high carbon tool steel.
Handle from the butt has stabilized Redwood, brass insert, green dyed stabilized burled Maple wood,
black white insert array and then 3/4" x 3/8" brass bolsters.
Knife costs $146, extra fancy spacer array costs $55, stabilized Redwood costs $65 = $266 Close up of extra fancy handle. 2" x 8" kitchen knife with green dyed stabilized box elder burl wood
with a high speed waxed polish. Carbon steel and brass bolsters.
Knife costs $119, stabilized wood costs $55 = $174 Close up of handle - 12" x 2.5" Carbon steel Boning knife, with double brass bolsters, Black Palm wood.
High polish on the double brass bolsters. Top unit is a 3" wide Thai style cleaver 8" long, made from 1095 high carbon tool steel, 3/32" thick.
Cleaver costs $165, triple spacer array cost $35 = $200
Bottom: Yasai Bocho - 6.5" x 1.5" made from 1/16" thick 1084 high carbon tool steel.
Knife costs $89, triple spacer array cost $35 = $124
Handles have triple spacer array - black/red/black, and wood is English Walnut. 8" x 2.5" wide Santoku style kitchen knife with hard rock Maple wood handle with stabilized redwood burl insert.
Knife costs $132 3" wide Thai style cleaver 8" long. Made with a western style handle.
Steel 1095 high carbon tool steel, 3/32" thick. Wood on the handle is stabilized Koa. Insert is stabilized Madrone.
Cleaver costs $165
A set with Madrone wood and spacers made from stabilized green dyed box elder burl (top) and
stabilized redwood.
Top unit is 10" x 2.5" carbon steel.
10" Knife costs $146 - spacer was no charge
Bottom unit is 1" x 4" kitchen knife - $76
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