KNIFE BLOCK (round/cylindrical of course)

[thomas prusak]

Spalted maple,walnut,walnut burl, and box elder burl. Made this a while back shortly after I got my lathe. It was a gift for one of my employees son who was in high school culinary program. He son said " dad, I am going to have this for the rest of my life". When asked why I made a round knife block, I answered, "I just got a wood lathe...........now everything I make is round!" :)

c and c welcome

[Roger Chandler]

WoW! that is nice Thomas!

[Brian Brown]

:eek::o:eek:

now everything I make is round!" :)

c and c welcome

As it should be. It looks great, and what agreat idea. I know at leat one person who will be copying it!

[Doug Herzberg]

That is nice! I may also borrow. Thanks for posting.

[Jim Burr]

No that is crazy Thomas!!! You went way outside the box and created an heirloom! Well done sir!

[Steve Hayes]

Excellent!

[Timothy Mann]

Beautiful that is an heirloom.

[thomas prusak]

Thank you guys for the kind words.

[Tim Boger]

Very unusual design, I really like it.

Well done!

[Michelle Rich]

that's thinking "around" the box!

[Curt Fuller]

That's got to be the coolest knife block I've seen!

[Doug W Swanson]

I love it, Thomas! Excellent choice of woods and great execution! Like others have said, I may have to borrow that idea.

[Mike Null]

I've made a lot of knife blocks. None looked that good.

[Wally Wenzel]

Tom, I wonder if you could give us a few measurements of that terrific knife block ? It would help us that would steal that idea. Thanks, Wally

[Tom Winship]

That is a new form of segmenting, correct? That might be one of the most copied pieces on the forum. Dimensions, please?

[Dan Carroll]

I really like that. I have some scrap walnut, holly and aplated maple down stairs in the shop that might have a use now. How did you join the top to the base? The picture looks like some sort of hook. Also, does the base of the cylander come off for cleaning? Are the slots in the base that look to be for small knifes, just button on top of long, deep holes or is there some segmenting in there as well. Thanks for sharing, and I may well be working on my own design take on it very soon. Thanks again.

[thomas prusak]

Here are some photos with knives in the block. This may help as far as scale is concerned. Approximate dimensions of the cylinder are 5"x14" including the end cap. I configured the different slots,sizes and placement based on the quantities and type of knives we have in our knife block. I then added the three small slots in the base for smaller knives. One thought i had was to add a clock or timer to the base. Just a thought for anyone who has a knife block on their to do list. Thank you all again for the wonderful comments.....definitely made my day! Merry Christmas and Happy Days to all the Creekers!

[Steve Schlumpf]

WOW - just a stunning design! Beautiful work Thomas! Thanks for sharing!

[Greg Ketell]

Wow that is pretty and a Great Idea!

Thanks for sharing.
GK

[Kevin Lucas]

That is one great looking piece. I especially like the base to it!

[cal thelen]

Very creative great design

[thomas prusak]

Dan,
the base is fastened up through to the block, with two wood screws. The small box elder burl pcs. Are about 3/4" deep and are recessed into holes in the base. I drilled a small hole in each and the cut the slots on a scroll saw. I'll post pics of the base ASAP.