So what happens when your friend named George sees your knives and said hey “If you ever make a Kiritsuke knife with a blue handle let me know”? The answer is simple you make an 8-inch Kiritsuke Knife with a blue handle and say “Hey I’m letting you know I made that thing you were curious about. You also name the project internally as, Curious George because why wouldn’t you?

8-inch Kiritsuke knife - 176g
2.8mm spine thickness flat ground at 2.1 degrees with a micro-bevel to strengthen the edge.
Steel is 512 layer Damascus of 1095 and 15N20 with a hardness of 60HRC +/-1, Handed sanded to 3000grit then etched in Ferric chloride to etch, and then etched/stained in Coffee to create the great contrast and then sanded to 5000 grit before the finish.

The handle is made of a Stabilized Black Ash Burl with Resin Hybrid, hand sanded to 1000 grit, and hand polished and coated with Carnauba Wax and Polyurethane to seal and protect the wood and resin.