Wagon Wheel carving knife on a Victorian wooden wagon wheel with a rustic background
Wagon Wheel carving knife on a Victorian wagon wheel
Knife detail of the wagon wheel wood handle and integral blade wagon wheel wrought iron detail
Victorian wooden wagon wheel handle on a rustic aged wagon wheel background
Carving knife angled to show the curve of the blade
Wagon Wheel Carving Knife on a Victorian wooden wagon wheel surface outdoors
Wagon Wheel Carving Knife on Victorian wagon wheel wooden spokes with natural background
Benjamin holding his hand forged Wagon Wheel Carving Knife in front of a Victorian wagon wheel against a textured wall
Benjamin holding a large Victorian wrought iron wagon wheel from the historic Opaki Racecourse. He is standing in front of a house with garden elements
Historical black and white photo of the Opaki Race Course building with text about the Masterton Opaki Jockey Club and racing history.
Photograph of three ladies at the Masterton Racing Club's meeting at the Opaki Race Course in 1920. A large crowd of race-goers is in the background.

Wagon Wheel Carver

$2,000.00
$2,000.00
The materials for this knife rested against the historic Opaki Racecourse stables for more than a century, untouched as motorised vehicles with wheels of alloy and tyre's of rubber roared past and the seasons flashed by. Then, one fateful day Benjamin came along and everything changed...

Benjamin hand-forged 80CrV2 steel clad in wrought iron salvaged from a colonial wagon wheel, forged by blacksmiths to endure farm tracks and race-day hauls. The handle and custom display stand he shaped from the original weathered hardwood spoke.

A revival of horse-powered heritage for the modern kitchen.

Blade length: 270mm 
Overall length: 405mm 
Year: 2025
Artist: Benjamin Madden

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