Knife block

[onedash]

Im on a roll...Made this in less than 2 days...I just wiped some oil/wax stuff on it since I wanted to get my knives right in it....My only mistake was not making it long enough for mu slicing knife. I was thinking about putting a piece on the back but decided against it. Now I can make another one. It was made with from my cut off pile. I ruined a few pieces testing out some theories. But I got to use a bunch of tools for this little project. I resawed some wood which I thought I did pretty good at and also used the bandsaw to cut the angled face. the Router and router table to cut the knife grooves for the big ones and the table saw for the steak knife slots. I also used super glue to connect the pieces. Not the best idea I dont think. But I put the pieces on the side with gorilla glue and it got into the slots a little. I put the steak knife block on after the big block was dried and sanded.

[onedash]

Here it is with knives. The steak knives turned out to be pretty close. If they were any closer I would have had to start over....

[Mrs. Wallnut]

Looks good. I like the way things are situated in there.

[JSCOOK]

Very nice ... first that I've seen that will actually hold a full set of knives ... geez, if the LOML see this she's gonna want to replace the one that came with our set ...

Did you finish/seal the knife slots themselves?

[SHADOWFOX]

Nicely done!! It looks very nice.

[Tom Slick]

It looks great. I'm glad to see you situated the knives correctly, sideways slots. alot of blocks situate them vertically and so you are dulling your knive every time you take it in and out.

[bigstick509]

Vnw

[Slik Geek]

Nice work! I like the smooth lines / corners.

There should be some type of warning code in posts like this so that I can tell it isn't one to pull up while LOML is looking over my shoulder. The "honey-do" list is long enough at the moment, I don't need to have any more added to it!

(It didn't help that you mentioned it only took you a couple days to do it... statements like that get me into even more trouble!)

[onedash]

Nice work! I like the smooth lines / corners.

There should be some type of warning code in posts like this so that I can tell it isn't one to pull up while LOML is looking over my shoulder. The "honey-do" list is long enough at the moment, I don't need to have any more added to it!

(It didn't help that you mentioned it only took you a couple days to do it... statements like that get me into even more trouble!)

My wife asked me if Im addicted to this website... I figure if im not making something I should be planning something or getting idea's. We went to a furniture store to look around today. We were probably going to buy another curio but we wanted a matching one and they didnt have it anymore which is probably a good thing. So maybe I will make something so we can thin out the one we got now. We went to woodcraft today but they were closed. We are going to check out some other wood since they havent had lyptus in a while. I am trying to talk her into bubinga but she quoted the price. More than twice as much a BF than lyptus. I told her I could make the top with a thin veneer on plywood...Dont think that helped any though....

[Pappy]

Slick knife block. I like the grain on the front of the steak knife holder!

[onedash]

Did you finish/seal the knife slots themselves?

No... As long as the knives get put in clean I should be ok. I hope...
The finish I used is like heavy duty pledge. Its a couple waxes and some orange smell. Used to use it on an unfinished coffee table....I figure I can just rub some on every few months.

initially I was going to have it flipped the other way so it would be tilted. Figured this was easier though...especially with the steak knives attached.

I almost glued the pieces together with gorilla glue then it dawned on me that the slots would fill with glue. Thats why I tried super glue....guess I should have used yellow glue.

[GeekMom]

Nice job! The woodgrain is sure pretty!

[John Hunter]

Very nice.

[jackellis]

Nice job. We need one for our vacation home.

[mater]

It looks great. Very nice work.