How to Make a Small Kitchen Knife -SLL Build Along-
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- This knife had some serious issues and still does. One fatal flaw. But, a lot of learning and overcoming. In the end, even bad knives make for a better knife maker. Share you work on Instagram using the hashtag #sllbuildalong. #knifemaking #diy
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Hey man great video! I’m happy I could help.
Thank you Lucas! And thank you so much for your time and insight. Much appreciated! 👍
I've not honestly followed the channel for as long as most, but let me just say that I've thoroughly enjoyed the direction it has taken, the growth and quality of the content is always impressive and entertaining. You sir have a fan in me. Looking forward to the next video.
Thank you very much! I"m glad you're enjoying it. I appreciate the encouragement! 👍
Thanks for honest share on the crack. I learned more from this video than from scores of others because you showed all. - Cheers
You're welcome. It happens to everyone eventually I think. Thank you so much! 🙏
I want to sincerely thank you for inspiring me to do my first project! I reshaped and thinned one of my dads old broken kitchenknives into a petty, modified the tang into a wa style and made my own wa handle. Your wa handle vid was really helpful! I live in an apartment and have no real tools so i mainly used a bastard file, sandpaper, a drill, and whetstones for thinning and sharpening which made the process quite slow but the outcome was really worth it and actually real fun.
Thanks alot!
Also, if I think I've ground the edge too thin before heat-treat, I'll just give the edge a light touch on the grinder before going to the heat treat. It's usually not enough to significantly change the blade itself, but enough to thicken that edge up so it's more stable!
Totally should have done that. 😆
Jeremy, I absolutely love my new knife that I recently purchased from you.
I love the heft and brawn, super easy to cut a melon or squash.
Crazy sharp too! Love it, love it.
Thanks,
Diane
Hey Diane! I'm so happy you're pleased with it! Thank you so much! 🙏
@4:34 Gorilla tape backed sand paper FTW!! I use this trick all the time too 😊 keep up the great content 👍
Yeah! works like a charm. Thank you so much!
Lose my “temper”! Lol! I love your videos. Wanted to say thank you for the effort on showing your blade straightening technique. So much value for me in this video.
Thank you so much! I’m gland you’ve found it useful 👍
Perfect timing on watching this video. I very rarely get worps. In over 400 blades in 17 years. I think this is like the 3rd time so your video really helped me out thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I love your videos man. This give me so much motivation to make knives
Thank you. I appreciate hearing that!
This is the first time i see this kind of hollow grinding tool, instead of a classic wheel. I've been watching your videos for quite a long time now, since i'm willing to start making knives. Bought some tools, even made my own ones in this process and keep watching you, 'cause there' s much to learn. I like the simplicity in approaching knife making explanations you give us all and also how you can handle different situations encountered in the process, some of the solutions beeing closer than one might think.
And I honestly thank you for that!!!
That’s a cracking knife mate
hahaha, thank you! And it's literally a cracking knife 😆👍
Looks like that big edge warp propagated that crack right out of the quench. Not much you could have done about it at that thickness, I don't think. Something to consider with 1084 is that it has a little too much manganese to pick up a nice hamon. They always lack the fine details and patterns you get with something like 1095 or W2. As far as rutlands cement goes, I've found it in tubs at big box stores where they keep fireplace stuff. It's usually separate from all the caulking and insulation.
Hey Jeremy
I think you may have tried this before, I’m sorry I don’t remember. How about grind the blade edge to .020 to .025 then heat treat and temper. Then finish grinding to your set thickness before hand sanding.
I’ve done this with most of the kitchen knives and a fillet knife that I have made with great success. I dip after every pass on the grinder to avoid over heating the blade. Just a thought.
I really enjoy your videos and the content.
Cheers Mark
Impressive craftsmanship nice job
Very very beautiful knife. Waiting for the handle.
I’ve never made anything but full tang knives. I’m looking forward to how to do the handle
Right on!
Great video! You should make a straight razor
Thank you!
Arrrrrrr that sucks it cracked mate.... I'm going to start mine this weekend 👍👍
Yeah, oh well..... That's great! I hope you enjoy it!
Awesome!
Always love your videos. Just finished the grind on mine and getting ready for the quench tomorrow. Finger crossed. 🤞
RIght on!
great piece, as usual.
i like very much
Hello from Denmark🇩🇰
Rasmus Uhre Høeg 🇩🇰
Nice "Shawn" overalls :-). A friend of mine in martial arts, Kyle, has an old gi with the name "Eileen", so we call him Sensei Eileen in class.
I know Neels van Den berg uses thin steel wire and gum gum(the stuff uses to seal exhaust systems on cars), Alec Steele got it from him for his hamon build... I use the rutlands, watered down a bit, it has to go on really thin... I've done a bunch of hamon Heat treating videos, experimenting with a bunch of ideas.... I do the dykem on the back thing too... I was getting thes offset lines & it turned out to be a little layer of dykem messing up my mark... Hope all is well Take it easy...
Right on! Thanks buddy! I have honestly not had much interest in hamons until very recently. It is actually quite fascinating to get into 👍
@@Simplelittlelife Wait til you get to the finishing/polishing, buffing, trying to get the hamon line to pop without fading out everything else part hahaha... That's the real fun
phew, super thin, super good...thanks jeremy
Oh shit, I am so on board for this build!
Right on!!
Have you thought of etching your logo on the grinding tray? Platen? The horizontal flat part that you hold the knife on while grinding. I must be tired😁😁. Anyway I think it would look cool while you’re grinding. 😁👍👍
Too bad it cracked.. you could reprofile it but it would be a lot of work after all the finishing stages
If you're not going to sell this knife, then the crack isn't an issue. I mean, you know it's there, it would be better if it wasn't here, but since it's a light task knife and since this is so sharp, you won't notice it at all and it won't affect the performance of the knife
Can you tell me a bit more about how you revealed the differential hardening line ? When I use ferric chloride and then lightly sand with 5000 grit, everything takes the same color as the rest of the blade, even though the edge was clearly darker right after the acid bath
Shawn, when you grind on a radius platen with a jig, edge up the same
“Slap this in the acid” 😂 say it out loud a few times
The profesour knif
I think Shawn wants his coveralls back 😉
If freehand grinding on a radius platen it's a whole lot easier to make your grind Spine instead of Edge up, doing so gives you better control and lets you see what you're doing. I learned this while learning to do "S" Grinds... the hard way, and went through a lot of bar stock in the process ^.^
Anyhow I hope you find this useful
I can't use grinding jig when my freehand grinds are bad, because I'm to lazy to build a jig haha :P
hahahaha!
Wishing you could grind the edge back up and get rid of the crack!! Then again my daddy always said “ if wishes were fishes we’d all have a fry!”
Great video!! Thank you Jeremy🙏
hahahaha! I hear you buddy!
Great video
I like to grind my bevels after HT.
Is it bad to grind to thin ?
I would think you could reduce the edge 5/16" and remove the crack without hurting the efficiency of the knife. Looks like a very useful knife in the kitchen.
blame the "lose my temper" joke.. it cracked you up too much 😁
hahhahaha! That must have been it! 😆👍
If I'm making my first knife with basic tools, how thin should I get the edge pre-heat treat? I'm using 440C and using a hand file bevel jig
Matthew M I'm making a basic drop point hunter type knife, and I will be sending it out for HT. Especially since it's Stainless. I've been debating on getting a Harbor Freight 1x30 belt grinder mainly for handle shaping, but maybe also grinding bevels and such. Otherwise, it's hand files
Dime thickness at the least. Im a fairly experienced bladesmith with forging and stock removal. Any thinner than that, it becomes common for the edge itself to warp, especially on longer blade (5”+)
Amazing grinds there my friend, NICE work! It’s a bummer about that crack in the edge, but it looks like it won’t affect performance of the knife.
Thanks Nathan! Yeah, kinda made me sad but really, I think I'll actually enjoy using it for myself. Interesting to see how it holds up with the crack too. 👍
What is the advantage ( if there is one) on the radius platen over a contact wheel
Hello from Turkey...
can you make a knife-making video using simple basic equipment?
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Very good video, I learned a lot ! And can you please tell me what is the name of the tool you used to block the blade on the board to sand it by hand ?
Thank you! It’s called a toggle clamp👍
I heard that 1084 has a looser tolerance on it's elemental ratios than, say, 1095. I'm wondering if that's a vector for introducing imperfections that could influence warping?
Betty recommendations on how to grind a distal taper?
20:40 - Heard something else at first
😂😂
Beautiful knife, but I was just wondering if 1084 high carbon steel is the best for a kitchen knife. I tried making one out of that steel a while back for a customer but was worried it would rust to badly. Love the tips and tricks you give. Your content is amazing. 👍👍👍
any carbon steel blade will rust if not cared for properly, however it will also develop a patina over time which will protect it better
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woohoo!!! 😆👍
Bonjour jeremy ou ont peu acheté la pate hollow pour la kmg et merci j apprend beaucoup de toi
He Basically made a scandi grind kitchen knife, before you sharpened it lol 😁
Would you happen to have a link to that buffing wheel by any chance?
Can you youse your staines tinfolie, for the hamon? If you cover half of the blade in it?
Love the Music!!
Thanks J! 🤙🏼
Thank you! I'm not sure that would work as I really don't think it would insulate well enough. But hey, I can't say I've tried it so.... 👍
Simple Little Life yeah, i Think your right about that👌🏽 it will allow too much air inside..
Where can I get the radius platen.
I water quenched a 1095 knife and the tang had some hairline fractures. It still hasn't cracked and it holds am edge like no other knife.
I need me one of them there band saws. I'm tired of using a hack saw 😫
Oh yeah I could understand that for sure.👍
where do you get such an oval plate
knife makers don't make mistakes. We make smaller knives.
At least you didn’t lose your temper 😆😆😆
Cool. That crack breaks my heart.. now im scared to heat treat mine. Ugh..
yeah man, quite a bummer. Especially because I didn't notice it until I was putting the final touches on the blade. Oh well. I am interested to see how using it affects the crack and what happens over time. So to that end I'm kind of excited about seeing what's going to happen. 👍
@@Simplelittlelife keep us posted. And wish me good luck
I would have been ecstatic to have ground that blade. I’ve just made about 12 knives so far, many with imperfections. No all with imperfections 😂 in finish carpentry we say when an imperfection occurs, caulk and paint will make it what it ain’t !!! Unfortunately that doesn’t apply in knife making!!!
Is the platen 36" radius or 36"diameter? I know you said radius but just looking for clarification.
36” radius. 72” diameter. 👍
And I thought my 16" diameter contact wheel was big! I really appreciate you and your channel, you are making us all better... I'm doing the build along...there are going to be many firsts in this build for me... But I figure if you're teaching, I ought to attend class.... Today I learned a good lesson from you... I have two blanks cut out and profiled.... Looking forward to this.
Also. . . MORE KARATE MONKEY! please.@@Simplelittlelife
Hi how can I send you a pic I’m working on a kitchen knife for a friend of mine it’s my first kitchen style knife and I’d like you opinion please? By the way I’d still pay for that knife it still cuts😎😊❤️
Where did you get your radius platen?
www.billbehnkeknives.com
I think thay call it steel bacon when that happens
So many ads in one video, out of greed?
I even lost the desire to watch the video!
I liked your comment too. 👍 out of greed obviously. You know, I’m a bazillionaire, eating fancy ketchup while the rest of you chumps sit around and eat a home cooked meal we multi-millionaires only dream of food that doesn’t come from a can. 🫠
i really need a bandsaw
It is one of my favourite tools in my shop. Super super handy. 👍
Nothing wrong with a grinding jig.
grind the edge back
Can we send The pic of our knives
Aww shit absolutely gutted for you. Look on the bright side at least it wasn't homemade Damascus 😐😉
hahaha, that's true! Oh well. My own fault and I had a looming sense it could happen anyway to not a complete surprise. Kinda like speeding, thinking they took your photo, and then having a ticket show up in the mail a few days later. 😆 (not that I know what that's like.....)
@@Simplelittlelife pmsl. I know the feeling but somehow that letter never came.
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Hi Shawn,
Just finished watching your video and was wondering if you would accept 150 dollars for one of these knives ?
Who's shawn