I have a good friend who's help and support has been invaluable to me. I think I can say, without exaggeration, that without his help I would not be able to do what I do. And for that I will likely never be able to thank him enough. I've just made my first personally sized butcher block and matching knife set so as a small token I gave it to him as a gift this weekend. I was pleased with how it turned out so I thought I'd share it here.
The block is air cured cherry framed in maple, the front and back is faced with figured cherry and I applied cherry handles flush to the sides. The frame and handles are secured with walnut dowels that penetrate well into the block center. The knife scales are cherry and pinned with walnut dowels as well to compliment the board. Both pieces were treated with boiled lye and rinsed with slacked lime to bring out the natural color of the woods. The block was finished with several rubbings of pure tung oil and bees wax. The knife scales were finished in with 6 rubbed coats of a quality clear satin spar resin varnish to withstand regular soaking/washing. The blade is Japanese AUS 8 high carbon SS and a rolled edge was applied with hard white Arkansas and finished on a pasted strop. My camera is pretty lousy so the one pic of the knife is less than I would like and the one showing the taper to the scales didn't turn out at all. enough with the excuses here are the pics.
The block is air cured cherry framed in maple, the front and back is faced with figured cherry and I applied cherry handles flush to the sides. The frame and handles are secured with walnut dowels that penetrate well into the block center. The knife scales are cherry and pinned with walnut dowels as well to compliment the board. Both pieces were treated with boiled lye and rinsed with slacked lime to bring out the natural color of the woods. The block was finished with several rubbings of pure tung oil and bees wax. The knife scales were finished in with 6 rubbed coats of a quality clear satin spar resin varnish to withstand regular soaking/washing. The blade is Japanese AUS 8 high carbon SS and a rolled edge was applied with hard white Arkansas and finished on a pasted strop. My camera is pretty lousy so the one pic of the knife is less than I would like and the one showing the taper to the scales didn't turn out at all. enough with the excuses here are the pics.
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