In-Drawer Knife Block -- Large

This is the larger version of our FlyingCircusStudios.etsy.com item: "In-Drawer Knife Block -- Compact" and was a response to customer demand.  Though only a couple inches larger than the compact version it provides space for thicker handles and longer blades.  Here are the specifications:

● Dimensions are 9 1/2” long, 8” wide and 1 1/4" thick

● Holds 7 knives from 3" paring to 10" chef

● 3 longest slots are 1 1/4" apart; 3 middle slots are 1 1/8" apart; 3 shortest slots are 1" apart

● Slot length ranges from 4 1/2" to 8 3/4"

● Width of two longest slots is 1/8", i.e. knives up to that thickness will fit

● Width of remaining 5 slots is 3/32", which fits most typical kitchen knives

● Finish is primarily Danish oil

Our recommendation is to place the block over cork or resilient shelf pad to protect both the knife edge and drawer bottom. Easily lift knives out with one finger on the butt or by grasping the spine.

Eliminating the handle support block reduces height, length, shipping cost and price, but note that some handle-heavy knives might require a piece of foam, a length of which is included when you order the item, under the handle if you wish to keep them from tipping upward (note the foam in the photo above).

The creation of an Etsy shop was partly a response to my abhorrence of the waste of beautiful wood that ends up in dumpsters outside woodshops everywhere.  Most of my knife blocks are made from woodshop cutoffs that would otherwise end up in the trash.

In-Drawer Knife Block -- Compact

The items in my Etsy shop derive from my abhorrence of wasting wood, especially beautiful hardwoods. How can anyone trash fine pieces of black walnut, cherry, oak, mahogany, maple, hickory? Yet woodshops everywhere do so every day as you will see from this very short explanation of how woodworkers work:

First, a board is ripped usually on a table saw to the required width. Ideally a board is chosen that closely matches the final width, but these long strips of many feet, varying from a sliver to a couple inches, have no utility to the project at hand.  The Cheese Serving Board was designed to utilize these narrow strips and make something useful out of them. Fatter cutoff strips exceeding 1½ inches can be used to make the Wooden Teaspoon in.... 

Trash???

Second, a board is crosscut usually on a power miter box to the required length. This inevitably leaves a useless short chuck of wood when the cross cuts are done. Rather than go into the trash such chunks become Mini Cutting Boards as well as Wooden Teaspoon in....

Thus up until now items in my Etsy shop were designed to utilize waste wood from larger operations. The In-Drawer Knife Block is a departure from this principle as the thicker oak was specifically purchased for its fabrication. We wanted our knives convenient but out-of-sight.  Finding this particular kitchen organizing accessory, however, was not easy...so why not make it instead?