Quote Originally Posted by dgaddis View Post
So I just got a new knife, my first custom knife, from Joey at JB Knifeworks in Buford, GA (where I grew up). He's a co-owner of Pop's Knife Supply, where they sell materials to knife makers.

8" blade, S35VN steel, 3/32" blade stock, ground nice and thin with just a bit of a convex grind near the edge, and the tiniest bolster ever. Handle liners are natural micarta with tiffany blue G10 pin stripes under 'delorean grey' G10 handles and micarta pins.
That's some pretty work. Did he give you a hardness? I know it's a bit thicker than your Japanese made blade, but I'm always nervous seeing fine chefs knives around bones.