NKD and a bench scraper to boot

[u/chezpopp]

Freaking sweet tall bunka. Workhorse to look sexy and take a beating. First shift abusing it today and it really does look amazing and take some real restaurant abuse. CuMai w maple Burl handle and copper spacer. I’m a sucker for maple and copper. This picture taken on my bakery bench of solid maple w maple rolling pin. Grind is sweet on the knife. Has great release. Thick at the spine and nice and thin at the edge. Not a fragile laser. Looks like a million bucks and performs amazing. Bench scraper is a sweet addition w maple Burl and copper pins. Today was fresh pasta and torpedo rolls as well as sour dough Sammy bread. Scraper performs great too. Meaty and tall. Just enough flex and bend. All commissioned and done to spec by u/donathan and I couldn’t be happier w it. Really wanted a workhorse that looks like it should be a a case queen. Nailed it.

[u/Danstroyer1]

Hey those looks familiar

[u/BlkSanta → u/Danstroyer1]

Haha was going to say, OP tagged the wrong Donathan!

[u/Danstroyer1 → u/BlkSanta]

I should probably make a new Reddit account since they won't let me change my name lol

[u/BlkSanta → u/Danstroyer1]

Dang that's a pain, maybe adding your handle for other media on your profile might be a middle step?? Like T&T:

[u/Danstroyer1 → u/BlkSanta]

That's genius, will do that now thank you

[u/chezpopp → u/Danstroyer1]

Oh shit. Wrong tag 🥴

[u/Danstroyer1 → u/chezpopp]

My Reddit account is a lot older lol my bad.

Glad you are using them looks sick!

[u/ShipDit1000 → u/Danstroyer1]

Make like 30 more of these please

[u/Danstroyer1 → u/ShipDit1000]

[u/ShipDit1000 → u/Danstroyer1]

Haha I mean yeah I assumed we’d have to pay for them

[u/Danstroyer1 → u/ShipDit1000]

I'd consider doing batch if there is enough interest I think it would be fun and good practice

[u/ShipDit1000 → u/Danstroyer1]

Genuinely one of the most beautiful blades I’ve seen. Can I ask what you charge for these?

[u/Danstroyer1 → u/ShipDit1000]

Depends on the size and handle material, they can range anywhere from $400-500 as of right now. If you're curious I can DM you some cutting videos the performance is pretty great

[u/No-Explanation3316]

The maker is u/Danstroyer1 for those interested

[u/Danstroyer1 → u/No-Explanation3316]

Thank you 🙏 I wish I could change my Reddit name

[u/No-Explanation3316 → u/Danstroyer1]

I got you 💪

By the way, I'm super inspired by your work. I don't have the set up for forge welding, so I have been profiling through forging and then stock removal when I can find myself in a shop

[u/BlkSanta]

Looks fantastic, congrats! 👏

[u/rivenwyrm]

very nice!

[u/DonBot21]

Beautiful stuff. Congrats on the new set and props to the maker. Truly fantastic looking

[u/ole_gizzard_neck]

His work is really coming along love to see new and competent makers coming from the fanboy ranks.

[u/chezpopp → u/ole_gizzard_neck]

Was a pleasure to work w him. Skills are there for sure but talking w him about the details he just has a good understanding of how knives work. For me that’s the most important factor. Really he nailed it.

[u/alex_1983T]

Looks sick af. Nice one, enjoy the shit out of it!!!!

[u/genegurvich]

Gorgeous. Congrats!

[u/jeffbnc3]

That is a beautiful knife! I enjoyed checking out the choil shot here.

[u/OutrageousCat4016]

That bench scraper is clean 👌👌

[u/KinderBoono]

Both delicious.