Jonathan Olson

Traded in the chef jacket at the end of the year. This has been a nice change of pace. @ St. Louis, Missouri instagram.com/p/CKP4MwrjVVz/…

We are ready to chop down our Christmas trees. Axes for everyone! @ St. Louis, Missouri instagram.com/p/CIGeXniDCYQ/…

I made a mini axe for rudolf! It’ll all make sense tomorrow. This will be the fifth year of chopping down our Christmas tree with this sweet axe from @japaneseknifeimports @ St. Louis, Missouri instagram.com/p/CIEN1jRDhRS/…

Back at it. Available soon (the knife, not the kale) @ St. Louis, Missouri instagram.com/p/CHwAksVjXoG/…

Well June was not a fun month. No shop time whatsoever, garage is nice and dusty. Almost two weeks since surgery and I’m getting better everyday so maybe I can find something to do this month. @ St. Louis, Missouri instagram.com/p/CCGtidyDVOj/…

Long day at the hospital. Had surgery to fix my broken arm. I took a bad fall at Castor River Shut In’s ten days ago. I doubt I’ll be doing any blacksmithing any time soon. instagram.com/p/CBmORc0DcbI/…

First strawberry harvest this year, from plants four years old, with more to come. This Ohta higo has to be the perfect knife for trimming off the vine. @ Princeton Heights, St. Louis instagram.com/p/CAkt6K_je-6/…

Loving the lighting strike figure that showed up in this walnut! Knocking out serving boards for Mother’s Day gifts. @ St. Louis, Missouri instagram.com/p/B_3c_qaDO2u/…

From the cheap white oak at the lumber mill. Built in floating tv stand. Built into the shiplap, my router got a workout on this project. Finished pics soon. @ St. Louis, Missouri instagram.com/p/B_neOimD9Zr/…

How can I make a knife saya out of shiplap? That’s where my mind wanders working on the walls. So far this year it’s all house projects and not much time in the shop. New underlayment, floors, and shiplap the walls.… instagram.com/p/B_JF0yLj2CV/…

Really like the lighter colors in this buckeye burl. Of the few buckeye saya’s I’ve made the color always gets muddied when finishing. I’m going to keep this at a lower grit and try a new way. 🤞 @ St. Louis, Missouri instagram.com/p/B_ARQZcDfHI/…

Sweet piece of buckeye burl, hopefully it makes a nice saya. @ St. Louis, Missouri instagram.com/p/B8bnf6pnigB/…

Another pic of the oak saya. Really happy with how this turned out, now I’m wondering how a more concentrated tea wash & how higher grit sanding would of turned out. Guess I’ll have to make another. @ St. Louis,… instagram.com/p/B8WZKNknsZT/…

Saya for this @mmknives slicer out of oak. I made an ebonizing solution out of steel wool and vinegar. The tannins in the oak react and turn black. Pretty happy with the way it turned out, I plan on using this method… instagram.com/p/B8KOyxgnCfv/…

Put together my handtool bench. I’ve always wanted a workbench in the basement, I think I’ll be more motivated to work on projects when it’s really hot or cold in the shop, and for $40 ya can’t turn this down. @ St.… instagram.com/p/B7W-S2CHyhG/…

She said yes! Japanese rainbow garnet I picked up awhile back. The stone was mined in the 80’s from the kouse mine, in the Nara Prefecture. The many facets on the stone show off the light and the colors. @ St.… instagram.com/p/B6zXxU8nsRu/…

Choil shot of my latest gyuto. Thin where it matters & a nicely convexed grind. @ St. Louis instagram.com/p/B191yLzHSI2/…

Leopard wood saya with mammoth tooth pin. Handle is Ironwood, mammoth tooth & Blackwood. It was really difficult to get a good pic of this one, so I just stood in direct sunlight against my white fence, probably not… instagram.com/p/B1v1sRPHstv/…

Nice smooth choil for prolonged use in the kitchen. This knife is going to a cook that has used wusthof’s his whole career. No more sharp spines & choils for him. @ St. Louis instagram.com/p/B1rw9fpn4gu/…

Honduran Rosewood Burl & Mammoth Tooth. Pics don’t do the figure in this wood justice. I’ll try to get some better pics when this knife is done. @ St. Louis instagram.com/p/B1pNRZQHzVQ/…