Wedding present

[jckossoy]

I just finished this wedding present of a Kingwood bread knife and wine stopper. This is the second set I've made in 2 weeks. The other set was made with Zebrawood, but I didn't have time to take a picture of it.

The Kingwood turned so easily, that I spent the majority of my time sanding and finishing, removing any imperfections that I could see.

Let me know what you think, as I will be making more for several other people.

Thanks,
Jeff

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[DCBluesman]

Both pieces are beautiful. I like the shape of your stopper. How easy is it to remove from a wine bottle?

 

[dougle40]

Very nice but is there still a hilt to go on the knife ?

 

[jckossoy]

I'll answer both questions. It is fairly easy to remove the wine stopper. And the hilt is part of the blade which is all one piece. I looked at the other style blade, which was two or three parts, and it looked cheap. I got both the stopper and the knife blade from Craft Supplies, although there are no instructions on the size and depth of the hole for the shank. I had to do a little measuring. The drill bit was a size 1 and the depth is about 2 1/2".

By the way, I saw the couple that I gave the Zebrawood set to, and they loved it. In fact, they were opening a bottle of wine when they opened the gift.

 

[jckossoy]

I gave the wine stopper and bread knife to the chazan and kallah (bride and groom) this past Shabbos and they loved it[].

 

[melogic]

Nice job Jeff. My wife and I have been considering doing a few of these knives for weddings.