Yup, most smiths on YT leave their work thick and grind them into a finished straight blade rather than risk forging them into a thin blade with precision hammer and tong work.The waste of metal is amazing!
Great work man I am actually a chef by trade I truly appreciate the craftsmanship that you put into your work currently my best knife sg2 myobi burchwood
Nice work brother good video . Sometimes if those brass pieces are a little loose before you do any glueing and sanding you can tighten by slipping it on the tang were it will sit and then hammer it on the edge it will close up a little but its harder to hammer the fit in the thicker your brass is. J. Neilson Taught me that trick.
Beautiful work. A lot of effort into that piece. How do you charge for work like this? I'm getting into it but have no idea what a fair price is for my work. (I'm not doing demascas yet)
So I have been doing this for 3 years now, the last yea an a half full time. When I started the first kitchen knife I sold was for 40$ I think. Obviously my quality has gone up quite a bit, so for a knife like this that is hand forged and made from hand forged damascus, I'll be asking 450$-500$. Normal carbon steel I ask 250$. Nick Rossi (been making knives for 18 years) when I asked him how much my knives are worth, he said "however much you can get for them..." If you're just starting you'll be selling to friend and family, so sell them cheap, and they'll tell people about you. Good luck, make an instagram, a facebook page, and start an Etsy store.
So you think your knives are up there for 500 dollars that puts you up there with the likes of yu kurosaki who is a true master knife maker I'm a knife collector so if you think that and can get that that's great good luck to you keep up the good work
