When I was a teenager I remember me and one of my school friends being fascinated with knives and we even started making our own ones (of cause never finalized). My mother was extremely affraid of my with tools and knifes so I wasn’t even allowed to have it anyway. When I became a “boy scout” and got the “knife certificate” I was allowed anyway and when my grandfather found an already old knife in a dumbster and gave it to me as a gift. I was thrilled! Of cause it wasn’t really sharp and the blade was almost black already then.

Then a month ago in my workshop I realized that was missing a real knife – simply for cutting wood and shaping edges – and started considering buying one. Then I remembered my grandfathers old knife and crazily enough I even knew which old box to look in to find it.

I’m sorry to say that in my eager to work on it I forgot to take a picture of the old knife – but I’m very pleased with how it looks today!

I replaced the old broken blade with new one made of mahagony and then i sanded and polished the blade until I could see my own reflection in it.

I re-found my childhood fascination with “knives” and has started looking for damascus steel blades on eBay. Making the handles are small managable projects that can be completed quickly and can be done even when you are tired. My next problem though is getting it razor sharp – even if the guys on YouTube says it’s easy – I do not agree – its hard and another fresh challenge.

 Original blade after a little polishing – the blade looked like the bottom before I started.

Gluing the handle.

A little more shape.

 Finished handle close up – quality German steel.

Finished knife and blade.