Broch Blades

26/08/2026

That’s #5 for Knifeshow Austria 🇦🇹 done!
A 295mmx48mm sujihiki/gyutohiki in twist suminagashi san-mai and a hyperbola handle in Tasmanian blackwood and hido patinated copper top-cap!
The colours that this hido patina creates in different lighting is completely mesmerising!
Will for sure be doing more of it.

13/08/2026

Two handles finished and that means two more twist sumi kn!ves ready for .austria
I’ll post both bl@des soon, but first I’m gonna give you a bit of backstory to these two handles.

The left one is for the gyuto I’ve been working on. It features a curly mulga ferrule and local bog oak that I got from with some beautiful stripes of lighter wood.

The one on the right is going on a bunka. It features a ferrule in rosewood reclaimed from 60-70s antique furniture and highly figured oak that was given to me by when it was leftover from the restoration of Kaleko water mill. The mill was built in the 15th century and is Denmarks oldest water mill.

Hope you enjoyed the bit of backstory and history to these two handles 👋

10/08/2026

The kasumi on this twist sumi gyuto is finished so now i can move on to working on a few handles.

I’ve been lucky enough to be sent some jnat’s for me to try🙏. This kasumi is finished on a nakayama kiita.

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29/07/2026

Here is the first of the twist sumi bl@des I’m bringing to Knifeshow Austria 🇦🇹

This one is a smaller gyuto with a 195mm x 47mm bl@de, a friction-fit rokkaku han maru handle in reddish rosewood and a patinated stainless steel top-cap.

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22/07/2026

1/4 kasumi is done! On this tall’ish twist sumi petty.
3 more to go!

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17/07/2026

A few sunny days in a bothy on the isle of Eigg

07/07/2026

First of the twist sumi bl@des on the rough stones. Some nice patterns starting to poke through in the kasumi.
4 more to go

02/07/2026

Finally got the batch of twist suminagashi bl@des quenched!

Didn’t manage to get 100% of the pattern out in the kurouchi. So it’s a bit more messy of a pattern, but I’m still gonna dare to say that it looks pretty damn cool!

Still lots of work to go, but I’ve got some holidays coming up these next few weeks.

Some of these will be available at Knifeshow Austria 🇦🇹 and the rest will be going on the website once finished.

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23/06/2026

The oxides that form on suminagashi in the kiln during annealing and normalising are truly spectacular!
It’s also a great way to get an idea of how the final pattern in the kurouchi is gonna look. And so far I’m very pleased!

08/06/2026