Finishing

The knife is basically finished! Woohoo! It is sitting in the shop right now and has a coat of salad bowl finish on it. I tried out a couple cuts with it and it cuts like butter which is great! The blade is a slight different shape than originally expected but I like it and think it will work out well. Tom tells me there is something supremely satisfying about using a tool you made from scratch and he is right.

The last couple steps took awhile because I wanted to make the blade perfect and the handle really smooth. I spent almost a week of my time in the shop sanding and re-sanding as well as reshaping the blade. Then I drove some brass rivets into the holes I created and spent about 30 minutes smoothing the ends with a ball peen hammer which was quite repetitious and soothing. I'm about to go down to the shop and take some pictures of the final project and now I am working on drawings for my ceramics and woodworking joint project. More posts and pictures to come!