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Knight of of the Long Knives
"Knight of the Long Knives?" Well not really, but I have to get your attention somehow.
Some of you may recall that a few years ago I embarked upon rehandling some JP knives and handling knife blanks.
Well one of the recipients (SIL) approached me again and asked if I could make up another set for one of our nieces who was getting engaged. She and her partner are both very keen, amateur chefs.
Here is the effort, which is very similar to last time except I have substituted a butcher's steel for the meat cleaver. There really does seem very little use for a cleaver that you can't use on bone. The timber of the knives is Bull Oak and the steel is Hairy Oak:
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The knives came as blanks, but the butcher's steel was purchased quite independently and had a white plastic handle, which I removed by cutting with an angle grinder and thin cutting disc only to find it was screwed on! I made up a new stainless ferrule and finger guard. It is a little more "robust" than the commercial offerings and is guaranteed to ward off a Samurai sword.
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Of course you have to have a block to keep them tidy:
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It is made out of Spotted Gum with Bull Oak trim. Don't drop it on your foot: You'll be sorry.
Here is the whole caboodle:
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Regards
Paul