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You ordered the steel, your listened to the podcast – and now we’re highlighting your incredible work below in a gallery of the submissions. On March 25th we will be releasing the newest billets of for the #DamasteelBuildalong exclusively through Maritime Knife Supply. Participants have until November 1, 2024 to work on their culinary knives with this year’s billet and then submit a single picture for judging. Submit your single pictures to dci@damasteel.com .
Two winners will be chosen, one by Per Jarbelius, Iron Master at Damasteel, and the other by the team at Knife Talk (Craig Lockwood, Geoff Feder, and Mareko Maumasi). The winners of the #DamasteelBuildalong will be announced at the end of the Damasteel Chef Invitational on November 16 and contacted via email.
If you haven’t yet, register for free entry to this year’s virtual DCI2024 to gain access to the #DamasteelBuildalong session to show off your knife with other makers and talk about the process.
#DamasteelBuildalong – 2024 submissions will appear soon.
Weight is 165g. The handle inlay is stabilized Buckeye Burl, fitted together with a dovetail into Black G10
An “S” shaped choil for added blade length that had been chamfered for comfort.
Handle: Made of all recycled and reclaimed materials including ironwood, bronze and various offcuts. Inspired by turn of the century Native American design and jewelry and Art Deco styling.
The handle is Mukume Gane bolster, carbon fibre spacers, stabilized redwood burl dyed green, and scavenged elephant ivory (imported to America prior to the ban on ivory imports)
Handle: Oak (rescued from the firewood pile)
contains a piece of a scale from the first knife I made for my daughter.
Mobula Laminae by Gerald Dodson – 8” Kiritsuke with asymmetrical “B” grind, Curly Koa and Carbon Fiber.
Handle material: bog oak, Bolster: brass & copper
