Leaf form knives to spread stuff with

 

I used to refer to the leaf form knives in this blog as 'leaf pate knives'; but Fiona said folk might use them for all sorts of spreading tasks - butter, soft cheese, dips etc as well as pate - so they are now know as 'leaf spreading knives'. The spreading section of the knives is not sharp - not for cutting cheese  or sausage!!!

I have made 20 knives - with a bit of variety - some with leaf veins, some totally plain, some with ornate backs and some with ornate fronts - really mixing it up as you will see from the photo above and the ones below. The opening photo shows that a number of vintage silver-plate trays were cut up for these knives. 

A few process photos to show that there is a process and the shiny pieces do start out looking pretty grungy.

Different gloves for different tasks.

The last photo was taken when I was packing the 20 pieces up - though each is unique they do generally pack together well.