Black Lotus Knives

[pd7077]

Jeff Steel of Black Lotus Knives (Melbourne, Australia) contacted me about doing a little project together, and Mark graciously gave me permission to host a passaround. The collaboration is going to involve a couple other members. Once Jeff has finished the knife, I will be doing the finish polishing & sharpening, and Sean will be making the handle (and possibly saya) using materials supplied by George K.

The knife itself is going to be wrought iron & nickel clad 52100. I requested that the gyuto be around 250x53 using whatever grind geometry he typically likes to do. Below is a link to Jeff’s Instagram page.

https://instagram.com/blacklotusknives? ... re&igshid=

I’m going to limit this passaround to 10-15 people for now. Participants must have a minimum post count of 150 posts (I’ll accept a lower post count if I know you). We will do our usual 1 week limit before shipping to the next person. The knife will be shipped fully insured (value TBD) with tracking. Participants will be asked write a review of the knife after they have used it for a week. I’ll give out more details once we are about ready to start. Please PM me if your are interested in joining the passaround.

I will also use this thread to give updates regarding the knife’s progress. Jeff forge welded the materials yesterday and is going to begin forging the knife soon. Here are a few photos that he sent me this morning.

[Bluenoser87]

Oh fun! Yes please. PM sent

[Altadan]

Oh, yes please
We just happen to have a guest from Melbourne this very week ^_^
PM inbound ^_^

[Bob Z]

Steve: I would love to participate also!

[J david]

I would fancy a go.

[slobound]

Oh yea! Count me in

[pd7077]

So far, it looks like we have:

nakneker
Bluenoser87
andreu
Altadan
Bob Z
J David
Georgek
Slobound

[nakneker]

This will be a fun one. Are you keeping the knife or selling when done or is that to be determined?

[pd7077]

This will be a fun one. Are you keeping the knife or selling when done or is that to be determined?

To be determined, but I was thinking about it this morning and thought that it might be cool for us to auction the knife and donate the proceeds to a charity. I’m pretty sure that Jeff will be good with that.

[Andreu]

So far, it looks like we have:

nakneker
Bluenoser87
andreu
Altadan
Bob Z
J David
Georgek
Slobound

Thanks, Steve.

[nakneker]

This will be a fun one. Are you keeping the knife or selling when done or is that to be determined?

To be determined, but I was thinking about it this morning and thought that it might be cool for us to auction the knife and donate the proceeds to a charity. I’m pretty sure that Jeff will be good with that.

I like it! I’d bid on that.

[JustinP]

Well, I'm a little low on the post count to make this one . Would love to participate though! Those are some great looking knives.

[J david]

These Aussie knifemakers are killing it.

[JustinP]

These Aussie knifemakers are killing it.

+1 - I almost pulled the trigger on the last knife Kippington posted, but it was 10mm too short for my preferences.

[Jeff B]

I'll get in on this one if you still have room. PM sent!

[pd7077]

This will be a fun one. Are you keeping the knife or selling when done or is that to be determined?

I talked things over with Jeff, and he likes the idea of auctioning the knife and donating the money to charity. It appears as though we both share a love for dogs, and we both have pit bulls. All 3 of my dogs are rescues so the plan is to donate the proceeds to an animal rescue.

Well, I'm a little low on the post count to make this one . Would love to participate though! Those are some great looking knives.

You’re a newer member with a post count below the minimum I set, but you seem to be fairly active so I don’t have a problem including you in this passaround. Plus, it might be a while before we actually begin the passaround so by that time you will have likely met the requirements.

The current participant list is as follows:

nakneker
Bluenoser87
andreu
Altadan
Bob Z
J David
Georgek
Slobound
JustinP
Jeff B

[Jeff B]

From looking at Instagram it looks like Jeff forges some really great knives. Between that, Steve doing the finish polishing and Sean making the handle, I feel like this is going to be one BADASS knife!

[Cutuu]

Id like to try it.

[Bensbites]

This looks great, I can’t wait to read about it.

[JustinP]

You’re a newer member with a post count below the minimum I set, but you seem to be fairly active so I don’t have a problem including you in this passaround. Plus, it might be a while before we actually begin the passaround so by that time you will have likely met the requirements.

Awesome! Thanks. Looking forward to my first passaround