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Shibata 180 Bunka with Karelian Birch/Bog Oak/ Satinwood. This is a top notch performer with a stunning handle.

Bensbites wrote: ↑Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:32 pm

lsboogy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:53 pmHint hint

Do you like the general layout, or the ironwood burl specifically? I am willing to bet the owner could be convinced to part with enough wood to make a handle or two.

Trade the brown for green and you can re handle many of my knives. Thsose handles are just plain the schiz Ben

I'm drooling agin tonight - gotta love artists of all forms - thank you for sharing that one Ben

Andrew

lsboogy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 11:09 pm

Bensbites wrote: ↑Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:32 pm

lsboogy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:53 pmHint hint

Do you like the general layout, or the ironwood burl specifically? I am willing to bet the owner could be convinced to part with enough wood to make a handle or two.

Trade the brown for green and you can re handle many of my knives. Thsose handles are just plain the schiz Ben

I'm drooling agin tonight - gotta love artists of all forms - thank you for sharing that one Ben

Andrew

Sounds like a plan. Thank you.

And now for your viewing pleasure, a Ikeda honyaki 240 gyuto with Honduras rosewood burl/maple spacers/bog oak. Now this knife looks as good as it cuts!

Bensbites wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:21 pm
...Now this knife looks as good as it cuts!

Yes it does!

Fancy pants spalted maple with Blackwood and maple accents on a Tojiro nakiri. Wow.

I was charged with making the FUGLIEST handle. I laminated scraps from various handles together, and lined some of the scraps with aluminum foil. How did I do?

Ben that is the COOLEST FUGLIEST handle I think I've seen, you just keep raising the bar!

Good job dude!

Jeff B wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 3:25 am Ben that is the COOLEST FUGLIEST handle I think I've seen, you just keep raising the bar!

Good job dude!

Thank you! There was some talk in one of the Instagram posts, I think it was the @Ben_makes account about getting some handlemakers to try an ugly handle contest.

I am motivated to make some chaos blocks based on off cut scraps.

This Tsourkan petty came in with lefty D handle. The owner thought the maker was so backlogged that a new handle would take too long. I switched this out for a tapered octagonal handle made from stabilized Redwood burl and ebony. I was told the knife looked stunning and felt natural in the hand.
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Gorgeous handle work, Ben!

Especially loved seeing those cleavers all dressed up.

A new set of handles landed in a client’s hands. Stay tuned for more while you enjoy this one.


Moritaka Cleaver with a new handle made from black palm, maple spacers and maple burl.

Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for so many things, including excellent clients that find me online. Enjoy this DOI gyuto with an leopardwood/maple/ironwood burl upgraded handle.

Not sure if anyone else has this problem, but on my mobile Android phone, the only pics I can see in this thread are from June 6 and June 8. I can see them when I get to a desktop computer though. You don't have to change anything on my account, just wanted to give you a heads up. Cheers!

Drewski wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:52 pm Not sure if anyone else has this problem, but on my mobile Android phone, the only pics I can see in this thread are from June 6 and June 8. I can see them when I get to a desktop computer though. You don't have to change anything on my account, just wanted to give you a heads up. Cheers!

I am sorry about that. I know it has to do with my posting Instagram links vs 3rd party hosting and separate uploads. There are reasons why I keep doing it this way.

Thanks
Ben

Stunning! This black and white ebony handle with maple and leopardwood spacers matches the Shiraki honyaki Yanagiba.

BEAUTIFUL Ben!

Thank you.

I am stunned at how well this spalted stabilized aspen turned out. The figure/color/grain are just perfect. The Moritaka santoku isn’t bad either. The aspen was complimented by bog oak and maple.

Black pakka wood and stabilized curly redwood ! Wow