Making a chef knife from Damascus steel 

I prefer to keep the videos on the shorter side, I lost a small segment of the handle shaping due to bad footage hence the quick jump

@@lewgriffinknives216 Fair enough, we all have our own style! Can't wait for more videos from you!

Thank you very much!

Thanks, not sure if it's Turkish but it's walnut burl I believe

About 25 tonne

@@lewgriffinknives216 thank you！

🙏 thanks. I scrubbed it clean for use in the kitchen so it probably appears lighter on camera. I'll try to get a detailed close-up next time to show some texture and pattern

Thanks so much 😊

Thank you much appreciated!

Yea didn't show a few small steps as they weren't too interesting, going to fix that in future videos

Got to do it's job! 😊

Thanks!

Thanks for the sub 🙏 working on another video at the moment

This one is sold but I have knives available on my website every few weeks 🙌

that’s kerosene so it seeps into all the gaps and the idea is when he put it into the burner it’ll burn all the oxygen out of the gaps so when he forge welds there are no pockets

It's diesel and the reason is to prevent oxidation/any scale developing on the welding surfaces

@@joelsutton6707 correct!

Thanks. Works well after det annealing

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Thanks much appreciated

It is Damascus steel. It is not wootz steel. The term Damascus steel has become synonymous with pattern welded steel in modern times. Pattern welding pre dates wootz steel regardless of the change of terminology. There's plenty of information available online on this topic

@@lewgriffinknives216 I know there’s plenty of information. I’ve given it a serious amount of scholarship. It actually has to be wootz steel before you can call it Damascus. It should have specific chemistry as well.

Blacksmith and bladesmith is different and dedicated to similar but individual focused work. Back then they understood the need to utilise extra manpower to achieve what would take a single person an unnecessary amount of time

@@lewgriffinknives216 all the same back then the manpower would surely be umderwhelming to 25 tonnes of pressure conistent straigh out of furnace ceaselessly. Either way merely a humourous observation admired your work greatly

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Thanks

Has to do it's job! 😊

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Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks

Thanks much appreciated!

@@lewgriffinknives216 I didn't commented just for the algo ^^ I did appreciate, I'd like to be able to do a knife like this, this is really wonderful, you did a great work

@@poischiche2933 thanks I truly appreciate it as I primarily make knives for others to enjoy. Hopefully one makes it to you someday 🙌