Knife Stand

This is a knife stand that I made for my wife for Christmas. It's a fairly simple design but it looks nice and is a mix of modern and classic in style. I didn't really want to build a traditional knife block and had seen some interesting bent acrylic knife stands last time I was in Japan. I wanted to try to reproduce that style but add my own design elements to it. The "windows" are acrylic and simply slide in place. This allows them to easily be taken out to wash if they start to get funky. The monogram is paua shell veneer that I laser cut. The shell veneer cuts relatively well with the laser but the edges come out a little bit charred and it creates quite a stink.