The blade for this knife is made from W-1 high carbon tool steel, it has a blade length of 178mm, a blade thickness of just over 5.5mm and the overall length of the knife is 305mm. The blade has been coated with clay and quenched in water to produce a quite vivid Hamon. The handle scales are black canvas Micarta with red liners, held with two stainless Corby bolts, one three milimeter stainless pin and a stainless thong tube. The double… View More
The blade for this Bowie is made from medium carbon spring steel. It has a blade length of 225mm, is 46mm wide at the start of the clip, is 6mm thick on the spine and has an overall length of 395mm. The spine has fancy file work running from the ricasso to the start of the false clip and the blade has been acid washed to produce an antique effect. There are three coined nickel silver spacers seperating the wrought iron S-shaped handguard and… View More
The fullered blade for this spear point Bowie is made from W-1 high carbon tool steel, with a blade length of 255mm, a blade thickness of 5mm on the spine with a 130mm false unsharpened clip on the top edge. The overall length of the knife comes in at 380mm, with a hand guard, grooved bolster and grooved end cap made from 316 stainless steel. There are three coined nickel silver spacers and the handle is made from a beautiful piece of… View More
This new series of chef's knives are called the Oyabun, which is the name given to a Yakuza boss and these will certainly be the boss of any task you perform in the kitchen. They will be a standard style and size and will come with the same shaped handles. The core blade steel will be 26C3, which is a very pure high carbon tool steel which is capable of taking and holding a very fine and sharp edge. The outer cheeks are made from mild steel… View More
I've just completed my first three day Damascus chef's knife class with a student. On day one Mark made the billet and performed multiple forge welds on it to get his layer count up to 124 layers. The billet was made from 1075 + Cr high carbon tool steel, 15N20 and pure nickel. The blade was also hardened and tempered by the end of the first day. Day two consisted of grinding his blade to shape and then grinding in his primary bevels. No… View More
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