How To Make The Strongest Chef Knife | Go Mai Forging With Horn & Heel

Duncan from Horn & Heel shows us the Go Mai techniques for making the strongest chef knife.
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Time Codes
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Damascus vs Go Mai
01:30 What Is San Mai & Go Mai?
02:46 Prepping Your Materials
03:12 Trimming Your Billets
03:41 Welding Machine Settings
04:24 Welding Billets For Forging
06:24 Heating Up The Billet
07:24 Setting The Forge Welds
09:26 Drawing Out The Billet
10:48 Setting Material Thickness
11:29 Results
12:17 Horn & Heel
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[@tinkering123]

Nice video. Good skill. The more you know the further you go.

[@Welddotcom]

Thank you! Learning never stops if you are doing it right.

[@TM-rp7bd]

Form that piece you created.....at the typical length, profile, and thickness of your finished samples....how many knives could you make with that one piece?

[@TM-rp7bd]

Can that initial set done straight out of the forge on the hydraulic press be achieved with a simple shop press?

[@jago171]

I've seen people turn 5ton log splitters into forge presses with good results. I'm no expert but would imagine a good shop press would be suitable. My only blacksmithing experience is making a railway tack anvil (can see a video on my channel of you want to see) which I normally panel beat cold metals on so I could be wrong mind