Knife Blocks
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Handcrafted knives remain an extremely popular woodworking project, and William Wood-Write is here to help you get the most out of your handcrafted pieces. We carry a variety of different knife making materials, each with their own advantages, so you’ll be able to find the perfect material for your project!
What Knife Making Materials Should You Buy?
Knife Scales
Knife Scales Knife scales are thin, pre-cut pieces of material (Micarta, stabilized or exotic wood) that are used to create the handle of a knife. Knife scales are great for making blades with thinner handles, such as the 3” Fillet Blade Kit, and are lighter in weight than a traditional knife block, ultimately making your final knife lighter weight.
Poly Resin Knife Blocks
Poly Resin, or Polyester Resin, is a synthetic, plastic-like material that is celebrated for it’s durable and waterproof properties. While Poly Resin is a more difficult material to work with due to it’s brittleness during the crafting process, this waterproof and easy-to-clean material makes it a great choice for kitchen knives, like the Traditional 2″ Paring Knife.
Stabilized Wood Knife Blocks
Our Stabilized Wood knife blocks are stabilized in-house and come in a variety of wood species and colours, meaning you’ll surely find the perfect knife block for your chosen project. Whether you choose Stabilized Curly Maple in Electric Blue or Stabilized Pomelle Sapele, stabilized wood is an excellent choice for folding as well as everyday use knives due to the material’s strength and durability.
Cobra knife kit
Pattern 25 Knife Blade
Knife Making Kits Everyone Loves
Whether being used in the rugged outdoors or in the comfort of your own kitchen, handcrafted knives remain an excellent gift for any occasion! To make the crafting process easier, William Wood-Write carries a variety of Knife Making Kits that include many of the materials you’ll need to make a finished knife! Here are five of our most popular knife designs that are sure to make an impression
1. Black Widow Folding Knife with Locking Liner
The Black Widow Folding Knife kit includes pre-shaped Quincewood handle material and all necessary components, making it perfect for those just starting out with knife making. Many choose to customize their own handles with a set of exotic wood knife scales. The styling of this black stainless steel folding knife will make it a favourite knife for daily carry, and the pivot pin and screw design allows for quick assembly and disassembly during customization. The Black Widow kit contains a 7CR17MOWV stainless steel black blade, with replacement screws HS652 sold separately.
2. Traditional 8” Cook’s Blade
The Traditional 8” Cook’s Blade has a highly polished, finely edged stainless steel blade that’s perfect for precise slicing in the kitchen. The elegance and strength of this knife kit make it the perfect gift for the chef in your life. This kitchen knife requires cutlery rivets 5/16 and rivet drill 5/16 OR 5/32″ pins OR 1/8″ pins to attach handle material (all sold separately).
Acrylic blank “Purple Passion”
Quincewood handles
Olivewood Knife Scales
3. Hi-Tech Folder Knife Kit
The Hi-Tech Folder Knife kit is extreme in every way. The embossed checkered bolsters are screwed to the liners, and a designer hole pattern separates the bolster from the handle making fitting a breeze. This kit includes all the necessary components to create a finished knife, including pre-shaped Quincewood handles. Customize your own knife handle to create a truly personalized product!
4. Traditional Three-Inch Paring Blade
The Traditional Three-Inch Paring Blade is our blade most used in the kitchen. The traditional style of this blade makes it easy to hold and a joy to use! The Three-Inch Paring Blade is made of 440-C stainless steel and requires 3/16″ and 5/16″ cutlery rivets and RD1 and RD4 rivet drills, all sold separately. Whether you’re crafting it for yourself or as a gift for someone else, the Three-Inch Paring blade is an excellent choice for a quality kitchen blade.
5. Little Bighorn Folding Knife with Damascus Overlay
The Little Bighorn Folding Knife contains a VG10 core and 410 stainless Damascus overlay on either side of the blade, making this blade visually stunning. While this kit does not include handle material, the kit contains a nickel silver bolster and liner, and all the necessary pins needed to create your final folding knife. This durable yet beautiful blade will stay sharp for ages and is known for being super tough despite it’s delicate, swirled overlay pattern, making it the perfect gift for any master swordsman!
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How to Finish Your Knife Scales
A sleek finish is the final step in making your perfectly handcrafted knife kit, and William Wood-Write carries a variety of finishing compounds and systems to ensure your final product is as flawless as can be!
Pink Scratchless Polish
This compound is perfect for the final finish on just about everything. It absolutely will not scratch and leaves an incredible hi-gloss finish on your nickel silver, brass, steel, wood or bone projects. Virtually any handle material or knife part will polish and shine to the most brilliant finish with Pink Scratchless Polish. Supplied in a peel-away tube to keep free from contaminates, this finish comes in both 1.5lb and 3lb version.
3-Step Lathe Buffing System
Get a beautiful and a durable wax finish with this unique lathe-mounted polishing system. Buffing passes are made with a Tripoli buff (using the linen wheel), White Diamond buff (using the linen/flannel wheel), then Carnuba wax (using the flannel wheel). The final finish is very similar to multiple coats of lacquer but is softer and much deeper, making the 3-Step Lathe Buffing System a worthwhile investment for any woodworker.
Kirinite Oyster Pearl Knife Scales
Bloodwood Knife Scales
Clapham’s Food-Safe Finishes
We’re excited to announce we now carry a variety of food-safe finishes for your handcrafted projects! Clapham’s Natural Beeswax Polish comes in both 1.75oz and 7oz jars. Each 7oz jar covers approximately 400 square feet.
Clapham’s is made from beeswax with a little carnauba wax and deodorized mineral spirit solvent. It is easy to use and gives a delightful shine on wood, stone, marble and concrete. Simply apply a little with a lint-free cotton cloth or bedsheet.
The secret is to use the polish sparingly; apply it very thinly over the surface. Wait for about 5 minutes, and buff lightly with a different cotton cloth or sheet. If the wood is still dry, try a second and third application. Re-apply from time to time.
Salad Bowl Finish
Similarly, Clapham’s Beeswax Salad Bowl Finish is a food-safe finish suitable for salad bowls, butcher blocks, cutting boards, wooden spoons, kitchen counter tops. This finish will protect your wooden kitchen utensils and give them a soft, lustrous shine.
Finally, just like our Salad Bowl and Beeswax finishes, Clapham’s Hemp Wood Wax is a food-safe finish but uses hemp oil rather than mineral oil, resulting in a petrochemical-free product! The hemp seed oil conditions and protects surfaces leaving them with a nourished sheen finish.
From knife scales, to knife making accessories and knife pouches, Penblanks.ca has got everything you need to start into the hobby of knife making. Keep an eye out for the drop of our new Damascus Knife blade line- coming to William Wood-Write soon!
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