Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Finished friction folder

A while ago I wrote about a commission I made with Joel Delorme for a hand-made folding knife to help with my spoon carving.
The wonderful finished knife arrived months ago, but I haven't had a opportunity to use it, and tucking it out of Noah's way I forgot to share the final images I took of it!

Very kindly, Joel took some work-in-progress images to share, showing the knife parts in their raw states and un-assembled:
The metal parts, cut from the steel blank.

Two walnut handle options. Sadly the beautiful knotted piece was rotten, but the more subtle wave is still lovely.

All parts, ready to assemble.

And here are some images I took of the finished knife:


The knife is delightful - feels really solid and is very sharp. 
I highly recommend Joel if you fancy treating yourself to a piece of high quality craftsmanship.
Best of all, I have got my hands on a good length of rosewood so hopefully will be giving my knife a proper test making a pair of long handled sundae spoons very soon.

2 comments:

  1. Recent times when internet has so much gossiping and stuff, your content really refreshes me. pocket knives

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    1. Thanks Daren. And I know what you mean. With so much noise it's hard to find actual content sometimes!
      The knife is still amazing. Carved all sorts now. It's pretty good at shifting bulk as well as fine detailing.
      Some very fancy kit on your site. Like the bat knife ;)

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