A - I offer so many choices for clients on a kitchen knife, that it is crazy to offer 8 buttons for each page.
The more choices I offered, the more complicated it got to check out and made me crazy every time I needed to
change something. Now, no more buttons and everyone goes through me by e-mail or phone.
We can discuss (if need be) your options and what they will cost, and you can talk to the person who is going to
make your kitchen knife.
Then when we come up with a game plan, I will send an e-mail to you going over what we talked about, and then if a sale still seems a go, I will send a PayPal invoice.
Pay Pal is safe and becoming ubiquitous when it comes to online banking . If you pay through them, your
information is safe for domestic and foreign sales. Remember, I sell to all English speaking countries.
Plus it is quite affordable for me and very convenient, and I can pass the savings onto you.
Having said all this, if you do not want to have anything to do with Pay Pal, then a check or money order
works well also and will slows the process down a little, but not much at all.
Also see here for reconstructive work on your older knives click HERE.
If the seams between steel and wood seam opens up, then dry wood handle out for a day
(in other words, do not use it).
Then take some store bought wood filler/putty of any color, and fill the crack to seal it up. Wipe off excess before it dries. The sand off excess gently. Never try to clamp and glue as this will not work. The idea is to keep water from migrating into the opening as soon as possible.
Do you take on commissions for custom pieces ?
a- yes, of course. I charge a reasonable price, but this gives me an opportunity to expand my techniques and designs. We can recondition older knives, or make a copy of your favorite knife also. I would suggest to anyone who may be interested in getting their favorite shaped knife made into carbon steel, to trace the shape and handle thickness, and fax me a cover letter with this tracing. I will e-mail you back a quote, and we can move from there.
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a.- Bent tips is normal behavior for a well heat treated knife. It should have bent when given that sort of stress. You can knock it back again like a blacksmith would, with a hammer hitting lightly. Then re-sharpen with stones or emery board. Or send back to me with a check for return shipping, and I will re-point. Takes just a few minutes. By the way- if the knife was not well heat treated, it would have broken off. Having said that, if the bent point is waggled back and forth, guess what ...???
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Do you have a full tang on your knives?
a.- yes we do. It is the strongest way to make a handle which will last. We put a slab of wood on either side and then glue and rivet it in place. It would be very hard to hurt the handle. One could burn it off or the easiest way to hurt it would be to leave it in water. Then it would dry, and probably pull away from the steel in the middle. Then rust can enter, and somewhere down the line it will corrode. Better to treat these knives like a fine tool, which is what they are. Have a special place to put it when not being used. We do guarantee all our work for workmanship for life, and if the problem is due to anything we should have done or did not do correctly-we will stand by it.
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Timing for delivery Most of the time I can have the piece in your hands within a week. USPS priority delivery can be as fast as 2-3 days. Exceptions, see headline on top of pages.
