We finally delivered a big knife we were working on in the last weeks.
Named the Arieh, this large chopper (chopping knife) was specially designed following the customer's requirements.
Here is the initial concept we proposed to the customer:
Once accepted, we made a quick wood prototype in order to feel and check its geometry:
After some minor modifications the knife blank was finally cut:
The customer requested a thick, heavy blade, and 8 mm of thick O1 tool steel seemed the right choice.
Finished the grinding, the blade was heat treated (hardening and tempering) in our digitally controlled electrick kiln:
Here is the final result:
The Arieh custom knife specs are:
O1 tool steel, 8 mm - 5/16 in thick blade, full tang construction
OAL: 31 cm 12,2 inches
Blade: 17 cm - 6,5 inches
Sculpted natural canvas micarta scales
825 grams - 1,81 lb
