Maybe around the year 2000, I decided to make this knife. From visits to see my mom, I had noticed that her kitchen knifes were not what I considered serviceable, so I decided to do something about it.
It has been my opinion for many a year that the best all around kitchen knives come from Russel Green River. I like the steel, I like the designs and I also like the price of them. Pretty inexpensive. So, in my normal stocking order for them, I included enough blades to do some personal knifemaking. I have always liked this design knife and think it is a great all-around design. Big enough to do the job, but not so big to be unwieldy.
Since I first saw the scale material, I have been captivated with it. It is a pressure impregnated rosewood. Depending on how much of a polish one puts on it, the finish can be very, very deep.
So, I epoxy on the scales and then secure them with brass cutler rivets, cut the scales to size and finish them, have one of the girls at the shop fashion a simple leather sheath to ship it in, and send it off to my mom - Merry Christmas. Although she did send me a thank you note, in the intervening years I never saw her use the knife. And I did not have a clue whatever happened to it.
So, fast forward to last August after she passed away. Ms. Smoke and I were at her condo, getting it ready to sell, and in one kitchen drawer, I found it. To the best I can tell, it had never been used. Well, I grabbed ahold of that, PDQ. And it has been on my desk ever since we got back. I have every intention of attaching a sheath for it on my new shooting bag, but I am getting more use out of it as a desk knife right now.
Well, Mom, I hope you liked it and I hope you approve of what I am doing with it now. It'll be a keeper, that's for sure.
And now, a few photos of it:
From the top:
And the other side view:
Topic: A Gift Comes Back (Read 3302 times)