Wow I’m surprised...... I thought it did well for a kitchen knife excellent!!!!!! I realize it was re-profiled but got the job done well!!!!! Thanks so much!!!!!
Yeah, and you should see the butcher knife, that one is a beast! The reprofiling is absolutely essential though, the factory edge was appallingly bad xD
It’s a KITCHEN Knife meant to bone chicken etc, not for slicing hence the blade edge profile, also not meant for batoning. Why, why, why must we use batoning as a test? Great knife if used for it’s intended purposes.
I have no idea. Grew up in an outdoor family, and never even heard the term till i was in my mid 20s and heard it online. Its the DUMBEST thing ive ever seen. If id of tried doing that with a knife my grandpa would of taken it away, and whipped my ass. I wouldnt of gotten it back till i learned to treat a knife with respect. To me a belt knife is for food prep and game processing. And thats it. Any woodwork is done with a pocket knife or axe/hatchet.
This one is mostly from outdoor work, though if you're looking for a similar blue, I find that dicing/mincing onions gives a nice blue patina on the kitchen ones I have pretty quickly.
If this pandemic ever ends, I will be! It might be tricky to do too much while I'm there, so my hope is to pre-record a ton of stuff before I go so I can keep putting stuff out (and record whatever I can while I AM there).
do you think 1095 should be softer for bushcraft purposes for the reasons you mentioned, less risk of chipping, etc? and haven't they made this knife for like a century or something?
Personally, I don't use my knives for hard use (batoning etc) other than for these videos. I do quite a bit of woodwork with them though. So, for my purposes, I'd prefer a harder temper, as my uses are low liklihood of chipping, but absolutely if someone is going to be beating the thing to death, it shouldn't be TOO hard or it'll chip. I think Old Hickory has been around just shy of 100 years, I don't remember what year off the top of my head, but I mention it in the video I did of the 5 piece set.
Depends on how much reprofiling needs to be done. If it's just a bit, I'll use stones, but if it was an appallingly bad factory edge (like the Old Hickorys were), I use the belt sander. Fine grit belt, one or two passes and then spritz the blade with water to keep it nice and cool, and just keep going until the profile is how I want it!
