Great job on the restoration! I really need to pick up a rotary whetstone. Having something powered to follow my 2x72 belt sander would make my life a lot easier.
Really nice job for a working restoration of a blade that needed a lot of edge work and cladding removed. You produced a pleasing finish and good edge, and the new handle looks great.
Very interesting. Nice technique on that wheel. Not to second guess an approved method of straightening a bent spot, but a tap with a hammer - a very light little tap from two inches height - is, I found, easier, and I picked that up watching a knife sharpening operation from somewhere in Asia. You can get a bit more precision with a hammer, but I could not manage to get the very tip of one knife that way, it was too tiny a spot for me to tap on, I guess. I do not know how the hardness of the steel comes into play, but my experiments were with HRC 56 knives (friends' knives). I put a single strip of masking tape over the head of a common hammer, and used a tiny anvil (4"x4"). The Asians had two or three types of hammers and a regular anvil, but still, just a tiny little tap on Japanese style knives, a second one if not straight after the first. That wheel you're using is really cool. A $50 dollar belt sander with a 3" belt works wonders for chips, and resetting bevel angles. Asian shops - I think the one I've watched videos of is Korean or Thai - running hundreds of knives a day have those huge traditional stone wheels. Mechanization is just so much faster, and your hands are relatively set in place, so you get less variation in angle. I saw a video of Yaxell's operation in Japan, and they have wheels similar to the one you guys are using.
@@sacoto98 Ah yes, I've seen it in knife making/forging vids. It makes all the different types/layers of steel stand out more. especially in damascus style. Ta
God I hope I never have a client bring me a knife that needs this much work. I do only work farmer's markets and nobody is carting their multi-hundred dollar knives to me for full restorations - mostly just sharpening - but the notion of doing this like I have to do it (whetstones only, no water wheels) is gonna give me nightmares.
Absolutely- all of our staff members have to thin a knife by hand start to finish before the ability to use the wheel. It's the last hurdle in training, but it's a helluva slog!
I don't think I have ever seen Skye sharpen and restore a knife before but she did a damn good job
I did my best for the fallen soldier. Thanks!
Great job on the restoration!
I really need to pick up a rotary whetstone. Having something powered to follow my 2x72 belt sander would make my life a lot easier.
Thanks, friend!
Really nice job for a working restoration of a blade that needed a lot of edge work and cladding removed. You produced a pleasing finish and good edge, and the new handle looks great.
Thank you very much!
@@KnifewearKnives 🙂🙂🙂
Skye made this fun and did a great job. My one suggestion is to mention getting a knife guard.
I absolutely sent it home in a guard and a new box.
@@KnifewearKnives Not surprised Skye! I am sure your family will be thrilled with the great job you did to refresh the knife.
You mean for whilst working on the handle after sharpening?
I was wincing a bit, because if it were me i'm sure would've sliced my hand somehow.
Drinking game idea: take a shot every time Nathan makes an appearance in the primary cam.
Lo primero antes de tocarlo es enderezar el cuchillo. Como recomendación, no crítica, para los que necesiten hacer este tipo de trabajos.
Very interesting. Nice technique on that wheel. Not to second guess an approved method of straightening a bent spot, but a tap with a hammer - a very light little tap from two inches height - is, I found, easier, and I picked that up watching a knife sharpening operation from somewhere in Asia. You can get a bit more precision with a hammer, but I could not manage to get the very tip of one knife that way, it was too tiny a spot for me to tap on, I guess. I do not know how the hardness of the steel comes into play, but my experiments were with HRC 56 knives (friends' knives). I put a single strip of masking tape over the head of a common hammer, and used a tiny anvil (4"x4"). The Asians had two or three types of hammers and a regular anvil, but still, just a tiny little tap on Japanese style knives, a second one if not straight after the first. That wheel you're using is really cool. A $50 dollar belt sander with a 3" belt works wonders for chips, and resetting bevel angles. Asian shops - I think the one I've watched videos of is Korean or Thai - running hundreds of knives a day have those huge traditional stone wheels. Mechanization is just so much faster, and your hands are relatively set in place, so you get less variation in angle. I saw a video of Yaxell's operation in Japan, and they have wheels similar to the one you guys are using.
Great Job!!!
Maybe buy that relative some Cuisinart knives if that's how they treat their knives lol.
That's probably a good idea, maybe a Tojiro color for them!
Maybe a re-etch? To make that core steel pop out
how do you do that? Always wondered
@@russyJ20 you can do it with coffee. But most smiths do it with ferric chloride.
@@sacoto98 Ah yes, I've seen it in knife making/forging vids. It makes all the different types/layers of steel stand out more.
especially in damascus style. Ta
10:27 "Well, she's perfect" YES, YES SHE IS.
Skye is one of us, able to get down and dirty. Awesome.
Lucky husband!
Nice job. You should have etched it to bring out the contrast a bit more.
ahhhhwww I fall in love today 😍😍😍😍😍😍
God I hope I never have a client bring me a knife that needs this much work. I do only work farmer's markets and nobody is carting their multi-hundred dollar knives to me for full restorations - mostly just sharpening - but the notion of doing this like I have to do it (whetstones only, no water wheels) is gonna give me nightmares.
Absolutely- all of our staff members have to thin a knife by hand start to finish before the ability to use the wheel. It's the last hurdle in training, but it's a helluva slog!
Been there, done that too… after doing one you never want to do another by hand lol
I would do almost anything to have a HOYO
I have to say I was expecting a bit more ceremony for the "exorcism." Amazing restoration, though.
I'll add some pea soup next time.
You guys sell knife handles too?
We do! Shoot an email to hello@ knifewear.com
@@KnifewearKnives custom one possible or what's in the store basically?
Great, What is the name of Stone-machine ?
It's a Hoyo sharpening wheel- not sure if this exact model is still available but you can likely get similar ones.
Where are your hot glue pellets from all i can find are the sticks!
Cut the sticks into pellets
@@russyJ20 but... But... Im Lazy!
If you start with "where" you have to end with "?", not "!".
Them Japanese serrated knives are getting extreme these days. 😂🔪🔪
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Banish the evil spirits of the family member who did this to the knife 😂
FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRST!