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.