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*As of 1/8/2012, there is a 6-8 week wait
for delivery. I am taking orders though,
and will fill them. I
am working for Gant Rugger, based in Sweden. We have designed a custom 2" x 8" kitchen knife, that they will give to their clients. This has been in the works for 6 months.
I will fill all the orders off a wait list
I have, when I am finished with the above commission.
You do not have to pay for any orders
sent to me during this time . Just
send me a note letting me know your basic
information and what you want. I will
invoice closer to the time I make your
items.
Thank You, from the good good folks at Wildfire.
Wildfire Cutlery's Home Page
Photo Credit: Michael Scanlon
Great book,
"Bought, Borrowed, Stolen"
, written by
Allegra McEvedy , with a full
page about Wildfire Cutlery.
These hand made high carbon tool steel kitchen knives have been crafted and heat treated one knife at a time, by master blade smith Michael Moses Lishinsky , since 1980. My work is in many English speaking countries around the world. Besides custom work, I make a line of western style kitchen knives and a line of Asian influenced kitchen knives.
The designs are all time honored, affordable, guaranteed, original, lightweight and unique. Each kitchen
knife has perfect balance and is constructed with a full tang on the handle. I offer choices of eco-harvested
hard woods and stabilized woods, as well as various choices for handle construction. Please take the time to cruise around my site, using the links at the top of this page. There is a lot to read and see & it can give anyone a great basic education about carbon steel kitchen knives and my work .
Above- 8" x 2.5" kitchen knife with western style handle, extra fancy. From the butt - burled Rose Wood,
then then brass sheet, ebony, white then black spacers and lastly brass bolsters. French polished. This
unit is made from a piece of O-1 high carbon tool steel, 5/64th" thick , as opposed to my usual 1/16th" thick.
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Above: 7" x 2.5" high carbon tool steel kitchen knife, with western style extra fancy handle. The blonde handle wood is called Myrtle. Above the Myrtle is brass sheet, then a piece of 1/2" stabilized Redwood burl used as a spacer insert, then white/black spacers and lastly the brass bolster. Always comes with a high French polish.
The myrtle section of the handle has 1/8" brass rivets, as well as a company chop in the butt. The chop is a 1/4" tube filled with red dyed epoxy and brass rods and tubes. While the wood insert will vary from piece to piece, one can order this style of handle.
E-mail
me with your choice and I will send
an invoice, or call me and we can discuss particulars . Other wood inserts I use are Ebony and various dyed stabilized woods such as highly figured Maple, Amboyna and Box Elder.
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Above: 8" kitchen knife with from left to right: rosewood, brass sheet, ebony, white and black spacers. This is called an extra fancy handle, western style ( as opposed to Asian style handle.)
I use strictly high carbon tool steel that is 1/6th inch thick. The handle wood above is Rose Wood, then brass sheet, then is ebony, a white/black spacer and lastly the brass bolster. The knife back, the heel and the front of the bolster is softened, edge is razor sharp and of course the steel, is as good a tool steel as there is on the market today. Each kitchen knife is personally hardened in my shop, and drawn to a straw yellow, in an electric oven. I use Macadamia Nut oil to harden. Handle is finished with a combo of Orange/Olive Oil. If you want a handle like this, e-mail me and ask for the extra fancy handle, along with the blade size.
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Above : 8" x 2.5" kitchen knife with fancy western style 'fancy' handle, with stabilized Box Elder Burl wood.
 
Above left : an example of a standard shaped handle with Rosewood.
Above right: Madrone handles.
Bottom : Asian style kitchen knife handle with Myrtle Wood. I am slowly running out
of Myrtle, and will over time be replacing with Madrone.
To view all handle choices and ordering info, click here.
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In the photo above, I copied a set of knives with standard western style handles, with stabilized black dyed eco-harvested Red Wood. For more photos taken during the process, click here. Most knives above are 3/32nd" thick.
Above, left to right: 12" chefs knife, 12" slicer, 12" scimitar meat knife , 9" chefs knife, 2 - Santokus
( one with stabilized Amboyna burl ) , 9" filet, 6" scimitar shaped meat knife, 4" knife. Santoku's are 1/16" thick, the rest are 3/32nd" O-1 tool steel. Brass bolsters with hidden glued rivets, along with black dyed stabilized Redwood burl on the 5" handle which tapers from 1.25 to about 1" at the bolster. Finished to 400 grit, with Orange/Olive oil finish. Each blade is hand made and heat treated individually in Macadamia nut oil.
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Completed set. All have standard Western style Myrtle Wood Handles. On the left is an 8 piece steak knife set with 4" blades. There is also a serrated bread knife with a 9.5" blade ( without a bolster ) , a 10" kitchen knife 2.5" wide, a 3" by 8.5" Thai Cleaver, a 7" Santoku, a 5" Boning Knife, a 1" x 5" kitchen knife, a straight handled traditional Paring knife, a bent handled traditional Paring knife, and lastly a bent handled Birds Beak Paring knife. Each has 5 coats of orange oil as a finish. Carbon steel, with brass bolsters.
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