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antbanks said:
Just arrived today. Great work as always by Stefan, and the installation of these handles by Dave is flawless. Thanks so much guys! Hate that I will probably end up selling a few of these, but that will just be an excuse to do some more projects down the road.

Anthony
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I'm glad that you like them Anthony. Thanks for the work! :)
 
Happy to hear you like them, Anthony. I think my personal facorites are the kauri handle and the little petty.

Stefan
 
Just finished up with these two for Norm. The deba is Hawaiian pheasant wood with a black ash burl ferrule, the gyuto has suji wood handle (the national tree of Japan) with a horn ferrule.

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Got my knives from Dave yesterday and had a chance to give them a really good look today. Dave's installation is flawless. What can I say Stefan? Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks a million.
 
Thanks Norm, glad you like them. I really like that sugi, I'll have to make a few more of that. BTW, didn't you have 3 handles?

Stefan
 
apicius9 said:
Thanks Norm, glad you like them. I really like that sugi, I'll have to make a few more of that. BTW, didn't you have 3 handles?

Stefan
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Yes I did. I was going to use the 3rd for a forgecraft that I did some work on (pics in the show your work section) but when I saw the handle in person I didn't really feel like the knife was worthy of it. Dave is putting it on my Watanabe 240 gyuto. Can't wait to see her.
 
Thanks Norm. Was that the cascara handle? I forgot who had that, and I am looking forward to seeing that on a knife, I really love the wood... Oh, and thanks for thinking it worthy of a Watanabe knife :)

Stefan
 
apicius9 said:
Thanks Norm. Was that the cascara handle? I forgot who had that, and I am looking forward to seeing that on a knife, I really love the wood... Oh, and thanks for thinking it worthy of a Watanabe knife :)

Stefan
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Yup. That's the one. I didn't picture it on the Watanabe but when I put the handle up to the knife the choice was easy. I think it's gonna look awesome.
 
I kinda like it myself, love that cascara wood and still think of Watanabe gyutos as having the perfect profile for me. Gotta add a 240 one day.

Stefan
 
Correct me if I'm wrong Stefan but I believe this wood has similar properties to ho wood. Maybe a little heavier?? I think it will change very little in the balance of the knife. It is just a tad shorter than the Watanabe handle. One thing I noticed about this wood is that pictures don't do it justice. There is actually a lot of fine, low contrast detail going on in the grain. Very interesting.

apicius9 said:
I kinda like it myself, love that cascara wood and still think of Watanabe gyutos as having the perfect profile for me. Gotta add a 240 one day.

Stefan
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I think the closest in appearance to the cascara is quilted maple. Actually, I bought the block I have as quilted maple but from the pattern everything points to cascara - based on what Mark has described. But the working characteristcs are not very different from maple either. Definitely heavier than ho wood, but the Watanabe can take a slightly heftier handle and having it a bit shorter than the original will also help to retain close to the original balance. I agree with the dilemma: Some of these wood patterns are just so difficult to get across in 2-D photography. I have been thinking about moving to video if I present handles for sale in the future, hoping that the depth of the woods will come across better.

Stefan
 
Thank you, Will! People here can tell you that I can be very slow in making these and I am way behind with my orders - as usual. My hope is that I will get things sorted out again in January, and also find someeone to help me out in the shop, at least until the pile of orders is finished. Once I now what's going on, I will post an update in my forum section.

Stefan
 
I cannot believe this ended up on a Shigefusa. But it looks not bad, if I may say so... Thanks Dave!

Stefan
 
Woooahhh a Kittyfusa:biggrin: You just have to smile at something like that:doublethumbsup:
 
apicius9 said:
I cannot believe this ended up on a Shigefusa. But it looks not bad, if I may say so... Thanks Dave!

Stefan
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there aren't many blades that can wear a handle like that- it'd better be something good!
 
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