M B Blades

Before, during and after

They say beauty is skin deep but not in the case of this steel, more like it’s not the outside that counts but what’s inside.

#191
Finished this on 01.12.25
A little birthday present in 3mm satin finished 14C28N.
Brass bolster and pins with pressure dyed and stabilised Ukrainian maple burr scales on G10 liners.
Veg tan leather sheath

And to go with the previous knives 4mm 14C28N satin finished blade, all dressed with Ukrainian maple burr, G10 liners and custom mosaic.
#186 #187 #189 #190

And to go with the pairing knives.
From top to bottom 9” kitchen knives in 3mm satin finished 14C28N, dressed with Karelian birch, Ukrainian maple burr, G10 liners, brass pins and custom mosaic
#183 #184 #185

From top to bottom off the bench today pairing knives in 2.5 mm satin finished Sandvik 14C28N stainless steel. Dressed with Coolabah burr, Ukrainian maple burr, honeycomb resin and African Blackwood scales. G10 liners, brass pins and mosaic.
#179 #180 #181 #182

Only finished a little pairing knife today, dressed in Ukrainian maple burr but all the machine work on the rest completed

Three off the bench today in 2.5, 3, and 4mm satin finished 14C28N stainless dressed (from left to right with Ukrainian maple burr, Karelian Birch and Australian Coolabah burr and G10 liners.