This video is a little bit dated, (VHS?), but the subject matter is fascinating.
Think Damascus steel, hammer forging, and color case hardening.
I once saw a Katana at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Breathtaking.
Enjoy!
url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxwWf-MfZVk[/url
-Stretch
For all of you amateur knifemakers
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Re: For all of you amateur knifemakers
thanks so much!
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Very enjoyable.
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Re: For all of you amateur knifemakers
Amazing.
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Re: For all of you amateur knifemakers
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What struck me was the way a draw knife was used on the sides of the blade to smooth the surface of the steel there, and how the Hamon was formed.
I thought the video very interesting, if not intriguing - Thanks for posting it !
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What struck me was the way a draw knife was used on the sides of the blade to smooth the surface of the steel there, and how the Hamon was formed.
I thought the video very interesting, if not intriguing - Thanks for posting it !
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Re: For all of you amateur knifemakers
I thought that draw knife was wicked cool as well! ("wicked" is a Maine thing - analogous to, "the finest kind.")What struck me was the way a draw knife was used on the sides of the blade to smooth the surface of the steel there, and how the Hamon was formed
Imagine the steel THAT has to be made of to hold up to that kind of treatment. I wouldn't wonder if the swordmaker made that, too.
Ya can't exactly buy one like that at the local hardware store, eh?
-Stretch
Re: For all of you amateur knifemakers
it is very cool. think of the scraper as a file with only one 'tooth'. it only has to be harder than the steel it's working on to work. I think the benefit might be that it might be easier to level a surface with the scraper, that is, reduce the high spots the way a machinist makes a steel plate, or lathe bed, flat with a scraper.stretch wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:04 pmI thought that draw knife was wicked cool as well! ("wicked" is a Maine thing - analogous to, "the finest kind.")What struck me was the way a draw knife was used on the sides of the blade to smooth the surface of the steel there, and how the Hamon was formed
Imagine the steel THAT has to be made of to hold up to that kind of treatment. I wouldn't wonder if the swordmaker made that, too.
Ya can't exactly buy one like that at the local hardware store, eh?
-Stretch
Re: For all of you amateur knifemakers
I enjoyed that immensely. I also enjoy watching Forged In Fire. Making cutting implements that are also beautiful is both a skill and an art. We may not need the forging process to be done by hand anymore, but it is nice to see the old technology kept alive.
D. Brian Casady
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Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost