Nick's 9" Chef Knife

9" Chef Knife for Nick Humphries at Sage Real Estate in Cabbagetown, Toronto http://nickandhilary.com/.   The blade was forged from 1084 high carbon steel.  The handle is made from salvaged douglas fir.  Happy Cooking Nick!

White bench for Ian

Simple painted white plywood bench for my father.  The  cushion was upholstered by Don Hammond of Unionville, Ontario.  Don always does an excellent job in a very timely fashion.  I highly recommend Don. His contact info is below:

Don Hammond Upholstery

20 Fred Varley Dr, Unionville, ON L3R 1S4

(905) 477-4501 

January Night at the Cabbagetown Forge

                      Two shots taken last Saturday night Jan. 18th, 2014 at the Cabbagetown Forge.

Looking Back at 2013

As I leave beautiful British Columbia and I look back at 2013 and am filled with gratitude toward my family and friends.  I would like to take an opportunity to thank my parents, my sister, my relatives (in B.C. and England) and my friends, especially Dave Steiner and Amy Czettisch.

9" Chef Knife for Cafe Olya

This 9" chef knife was custom designed and hand crafted for proprietors Mike Tasso and Olyana Zhuk of Cafe Olya located at 540 Parliament Street in Cabbagetown, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  The blade was hand forged from 1084 high carbon steel.  The handle is made from douglas fir salvaged from a building previously located at Yonge and Bloor.  

I hope this knife will assist Mike and Olyana in continuing to provide Cafe Olya's customers, friends and family with countless tasty and inspired culinary creations.

First Fire at the Cabbagetown Forge

First Fire at the Cabbagetown Forge on May 18th, 2013 at 6:38pm 

Quick Edge Sharpening

First sharpening with the newly built portable sharpening bench on Sunday January 6th, 2013 at Bernie and Laura's place near Danforth Ave. and Donlands, Toronto.

Sharpening my buddy Dan's 2 hunting knives and 1draw knife on Sunday, January 13th, 2013 at his garage/ woodworking shop near Jane and Bloor West, Toronto.

Sharpening the Maclure's 'workhorse' knife (very beautifully weighted Wusthof) on January 20th, 2013.  Photos by Simon Maclure. Nice job bud!

As I start to scratch the surface of knife sharpening,  I found that in terms of sharpening advice on the net - Murray Carter's website & youtube links at http://www.cartercutlery.com/ are some of the most insightful helpful info on the subject of free hand sharpening.