Nakiri Knife for Cutting Delicate Vegetables - 11-1/2" - Damascus - Unfinished Kit Reviews

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“This is a very sharp and fine edged blade - decent balance depending on what you use for the handle and a relatively easy "build" A few notes - Calculating the counterbore or handle thickness for the rivets is required - the fully seated inside dimension of the provided rivets is 5/8" between the flanges. You have to counterbore the handle scales to allow this - Due to the shape of my finished handle, the front rivet had to be shortened slightly The recommended counterbore bit is not a tight fit for these rivets - I used an 1/8" drill so I could use an M3 counterbore (counterbore is 3.2mm pilot and 5.9mm bore) and then drilled the hole to 5/64" for a tight fit - The graining on the shank of the knife is perpendicular to the blade - making final sanding a wood handle with the grain lengthwise a bit of a challenge - fairly typical but has to be considered. Yes, the Zhen logo and information are on the blade - I don't mind - I'm not pretending to have made the blade (would love to learn how) Made for a very nice knife with Manzanita wood for the handle scales. Would have been nice to have gotten mine on the current sale @ 20% off”

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Posted 4 months ago

SW From CHARLOTTE

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“I like the size and balance of this blade. However, it drives me crazy that the maker puts their name on a kit for MY custom knife! If I want to put the personâ€™s name or anniversary date on this knife, I have to polish off the Zhen logo, which messes up the Damascus finish. It like buying a piece of special wood with the lumberyards name on it. Zhen, Please consider removing your logo from kit knives, as Katsura and many other companies do!!”

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Posted 4 years ago