NW Steel

The blade on this comes from a 10-inch Skillsaw blade. It's cut in the pattern of my favorite paring knife and then hardened and quenched.  The handle is an obscure rosewood with a hard rock maple bolster, hand sanded to 400 grit and finished with boiled linseed oil.  I hadn't put the final edge on it in these photos. 

I've wanted a Damascus paring knife. The handle is 1095 sandwiched between Damascus sides in a San Mai construction. I didn't forge it; I bought it off of Etsy.  The handle is oak with a black gel stain. It's not as smooth as I like, but it's really comfortable, so I'm not highly motivated to re-do it.  The brass bolster is from a piece of plumbing hardware that I hammered flat, drilled and integrated. I like the touch.

                Second blade from Etsy.Nice Damascus. Brass from a plumbing fitting. Handle from the plum tree from our back yard.

              I've wanted a small chopper for the kitchen for a long time. So I made one.  Blade cut from a 10" circular saw blade. Handle scales are mahogany.

        I bought the blade off Etsy. Very sharp if kept touched up. Damascus steel. Oak handle. Brass from a plumbing fitting. Might be my bride's favorite kitchen knife.

This is cut from one of my father's Skillsaw blades. It's now a paring knife.  Christmas present for my mother. Fond memories. Shape based on a paring knife in my kitchen. Mahogany handle.

This is one of my first knife builds, the one that got me hooked.   I found an old knife with a busted handle on the street somewhere. Broke the rest of the handle off and put my own handle on it.  Not much skill here. Cut a channel in some oak, glued the blade in place.  But I've been using the knife now ever since. At least the handle has been holding up.