When I was in my artisan studies, we were given an assignment to design a kitchen knife.
Well actually it was supposed to be a 2-piece kitchen knife set with matching paring knife and a cook's knife.
My drawings got mixed up and our teacher sent a wrong drawing of the paring knife to the laser cutter, so I couldn't get it fixed and had to settle with only the cook's knife.
Here's an in-school studio shot of the knife I designed:
Kitchen Scimitar
It was designed based on the historic scimitar sword from the Middle East.
I wanted to keep as much authenticity I could, at the same time making it practical for use in kitchen, so I lowered the blade to prevent fingers from hitting the table, and also simplified the finger guard, making it way smaller so it doesn't get in the way of preparing food.
The blade is still two sided on both the edge and the false edge (Yalman). That can sometimes be practical when cutting fish and meat.
I managed to keep it fairly balanced, so that it is easy to chop with, although I would almost more prefer rock-chopping because of its curvy edge.
Edit: I almost forgot! I made the handle from hazelwood with birch embeddings, using a CNC machine.
Anyway, I think this covers my Kitchen Scimitar.
Do you have any designs of your own, have you created something you'd like to show us, please tell me and others in the comments below. :)
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