Couple of New Kitchen Knives wrapped in Kirinite!

Steve Randall

Steve Randall

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Just finished these up. The black/red handle is clay quenched 1095 and the orange handled is forged 52100.
The handle is Kirinite which Tracy sells at USA Knifesupply. It is very cool stuff. Has great depth and character. It works up nicely and still has grip to it. It's not slick like typical hard resin materials.
I know I don't a lot but these came out pretty cool so I had to show off the handle material.
Thanks for looking. Steve
 
Sweet looking Chef Knives.
I like the simple profiles of both designs. Those are my two favorite colors of the Kirinite as well. Excellent material for a wet/food environment.

Thanks for posting.

Laurence

www.rhinoknives.com
 
Diamond G Knives said:
Beautiful!
How does the Kirinite grind? Does it burn easily?

God Bless
Mike
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Use fresh sharp belts and like Steve said, watch the heat build up when grinding and buffing. the first time I used the red & black lava flow color I noticed a secondary shine that made me think I did something wrong until I got to finish sanding at 600-1000 grit. Then it starts looking right.

Laurence

www.rhinoknives.com
 
those really came out nice.
Someone is going to enjoy those..
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Beautiful work Steve. I do have a question for you and anyone else who has used the Kirinite. How far do you sand to and are you buffing on a felt wheel afterward ? With G10 I hand sand to 400 then buff on a felt wheel with white compound and I get a very smooth surface. Just wondering if this will be a similar process.
 
Thanks for the compliments Guys! Sanding wise, like anything, on the sanding belts you have to keep them nice and sharp! and watch the heat at the higher grit.
I came off the grinder with 400 grit and did hand sanding with 600 and 1000 grit to get all the scratches out. I used Pink Scratchless compound on a regular buffing wheel (not the felt). That is all I did and it came out great.
Steve
 
Thanks Bear1889 for the question. The orange knife thickness part of the spine is just under 3/32" and distal tapers to "very thin" at the tip. Steve
 
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