More WIP

Tracing the contours of the handle.

Cut on the bandsaw and holes for pins drilled.

Test fit, seems ok.

Brown/red pigment added to blend the glue with the wood

Shigefusa kitaeji 210mm gyuto

Here is a shigefusa kitaeji gyuto for a lucky customer of japanesenaturalstones.com.

Handle is desert ironwood burl and brass pins.

Shigefusa kitaeji 210mm gyuto.

And I drew "first blood" on it while reaching for a piece of cloth

Award that goes out to me for being stupid.

Some kind of WIP

I'm giving a work in progress a try, this is a Yoshiaki Fujiwara - Kikuryu that just got a notched brass bolster installed.

Hopefully i'll have an update for this later today.

Notched brass bolster.

Rehandles from the past.

These are rehandles between spring 2012 and todays date, not 100% organized in chronological order, enjoy. :)

Yoshikane, 210mm and 240mm gyutos

Wood, Snakewood, Walnut burl and Koa

Yoshihide, 270mm sujihikis and 150mm pettys

Wood: Snakewood, Ironwood and Redwood burl

 

 

 

 

Zensho/Yoshikane 240mm gyuto
Wood: Amboyna burl

Kato 240mm prototype gyuto

Wood: Snakewood

 

 

 

 

Eskilstuna 210mm slicing knife
Handle: Moose horn

 

 

 

 

Eskilstuna 270mm scimitar

Handle: Ebony, white paper micarta

Zensho/Yoshikane 165mm chopper

Wood: Redwood burl.

Ohishi 240mm gyuto
Wood: Desert Ironwood

Fujiwara FKM 270mm sujihiji

Wood: Cocobolo

Ohishi 150mm petty

Wood: Desert ironwood

Forgecraft 240mm chef knife

Wood: Flamed redwood

Zensho/Yoshikane 165mm chopper

Wood: Amboyna burl

Zensho/Yoshikane 165mm choppers

Wood: Desert ironwood

Teruyasu Fujiwara Denka No Hoto 300mm gyuto

Wood: Dyed redwood burl

Zensho/Yoshikane Cleaver 215mm

Wood: Cocobolo

Keiryu Kiridashi

Wood: Walnut

Small Tamahagane knife by Kato

Handles: Mammoth ivory and blackwood

Itinomonn 240mm gyutos

Wood:Desert ironwood, Buckeye burl, Snakewood, Cocobolo

Shigefusa 150mm pettys

Wood: 2000 year old bog oak

Zensho/Yoshikane 165mm chopper

Wood: Maple

Itinomonn 215mm cleavers 215mm

Wood: Ironwood