Here are two gifts that I made for Christmas.
They are of 440C <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> - not my preferred steel, but one's for a kid and the other is for my mom (kitchen duty). So, stainless seemed like a good choice for both.

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This one is HC and Cultieus inspired:
3/16" 440C, natural canvas micarta
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This one is similar with no choil:
3/16" 440C, stabilized spalted burl maple
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my wife also got me a SOD!!! I can't wait till it gets here.


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