Knife Stand 9G

Woodworking is about joinery. If one is not joining pieces together then he or she is not doing woodworking. Cutting, smoothing and polishing are all good steps but until one has joined two or more pieces together to become one piece for a specific purpose then woodworking has not been completed. This is version 9 of a knife stand. Knives stored together inside drawers, blades hitting other blades, are like cattle in a cattle car. Knives, if one values them for either their utility and purpose or for their sentimental or exquisite values, should be stored individually, in full view and easy access.

This piece of material was purchased a long time ago, discounted by a woodworking store when this particular wood pieces had languished in a bin of unsold merchandise.

A joiner flattens one edge

A 2-1/2 inch piece was ripped on the table saw.

One piece was split in half edgewise.

A scraper removes the saw marks.

Walnut pieces ripped into 1/4 X 1/4 ribs.

Gluing the ribbed pieces along the edge of one piece effectively created a channel.

The other mating piece is used to aid in the glue up of the ribs. It was dry so it was removed after the ribs were set. It will be permanently glued to the channeled part later

A 45 degree cut. You can follow the process with the next photos.

A dry fitting

Another dry fitting

Applying glue before putting the two halved-pieces together but not quite glued the base.

Gluing up the top piece to the channeled piece.

It is not all power tools.

All the pieces before final glue up.

There were slight variations in the other construction but they all served one purpose - keep individual knives in their own stands.

The fluted profile here can only be made possible by the construction process shown.

The two photos below are of an earlier project. The stand is tiptoed on edge like a diver about to do a backward flip from a diving board. I have not taken photos of its construction so I cannot explain how it was constructed. It might seem that the joinery is flimsy or weak but rest assured it is strong. Perhaps later if I do make a version 2 of this, detailed photos will explain.