Rock Lobster 'mini-skinny' chop

[DigDug72]

Confessional: Dear Sal, I committed sacrilege and chopped a Rock Lobster yesterday. Please forgive me!
This was for a customer, but I have to admit I love it and want to do another one for myself if I can find one.
New dimensions:
- OAL 7.25"
- Blade 3.0"
- Handle 4.25"

[The Meat man]

Very nice work as always!

[sal]

Hi Digdug,

I'm guessing it was for legal reasons. Nice job.

sal

[DigDug72]

Hi Digdug,

I'm guessing it was for legal reasons. Nice job.

sal

Thanks Sal!

[DigDug72]

Very nice work as always!

Thank you Double M!

[SG89]

Stellar as always

[DigDug72]

Stellar as always

You are too kind SG, thank you!

[Evil D]

I dig it. I really would love to see a Rock Lobster sprint.

[Enactive]

Looks great. Have you chopped a SpydieChef?

[soulspy]

I like it!

Do you have a pic of the end so I can see what it looks like where the liners were cut?

[bbturbodad]

Looks fantastic!

[DigDug72]

Thanks for the kind words everyone, much appreciated!

Do you have a pic of the end so I can see what it looks like where the liners were cut?

Here's a pic that kind of shows. I just sent this back to the customer who commissioned it, otherwise I'd take a better one!

[soulspy]

Nice! Thank you it looks better than I expected. Sort of like the area around a compression lock where the jimping is.

[Theldraskien]

Looks almost like a Pingo!

[foofie]

Really liking this - good thing I can't easily order up a rock lobster
Could you include some pics with the blade closed?
And curious - was the original plan for picture 3, but then you kept shaping and ended up with picture 4? I am trying to understand why you made the cuts you did.

[Pancake]

I dig it. I really would love to see a Rock Lobster sprint.

LC200N I guess, right? And fully serrated, just for you Evil :D

[Evil D]

I dig it. I really would love to see a Rock Lobster sprint.

LC200N I guess, right? And fully serrated, just for you Evil :D

For this one I'd take just about any steel combo. I hadn't considered SE though :eek:

[toocool006]

Love it, as I love all of your work oh chopmaster, our chopmaster!

[Marko]

I almost cried when I saw the first two pics.

I’ve been carry a RL for past three months. Found one NIB on another forum. I owned on years back when they first came out. Great design. Carries well, excels in the kitchen and opening packages. Very comfortable in hand, for me. Construction is top notch. My only comment would be that the Seki models tend to be very finicky to reassemble with regards to centering and lock up. Gotta take your time adjusting every screw just right.

That mod came out really well!

[DigDug72]

Could you include some pics with the blade closed?
And curious - was the original plan for picture 3, but then you kept shaping and ended up with picture 4? I am trying to understand why you made the cuts you did.

Here's a quick vid that shows her closed: https://imgur.com/uQVMbO1.
I already sent her back to the owner (this was a commission chop job), so couldn't take any more pics.
You're exactly right about the chop sequence/thought process! The owner had wanted just a straight up chop, and I talked him into the skinny mod after step 3!