Forging a Pair of Stainless San-Mai Kitchen knives (Bladesmithing)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- Stainless san mai has been something i've wanted to try for a long, long time, and finally I found the right project. I used 416 stainless, and 80CRV2 for the blade, black g-10 bolsters and spacers, as well as brass spacers and stabilized maple burl handles. These came out great and they have to be some of my best knives yet. These are spoken for, but if you are interested in my work, follow me on Instagram @ljpenn_ or send me an email @ seakranger@gmail.com
Make sure to subscribe for more videos, and go follow Steve Morley on Instagram @feathercap_forge he helped me get started in bladesmithing, and he let me use his forge press for this project.
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Great video. Thanks for posting this. 🤙
Really nice job!
So so stoked! Love it and can’t wait to use them!
I’m excited for you to be able to put them to work soon!
Share a video of them in use
You have a lot of talent, the workmanship is excellent,, as an amateur bladesmith myself, I can only imagine how much time and focus goes into a job like this 🤜💢👍
very interesting idea! :) beautiful knife!
Thank you
Super knives! Well done! I agree about the clean spacer material! Nice contrast
Thank you!
Dude, beautiful work! I have never forged stainless steel before, yet alone san mai stainless. Your tips on this video will really help me out on my first attempt. Good on you for finding a craft that you have an obvious passion for. Young people these days spend to much time on the screens of PC's. I have two sons who do the PC thing. I have forged for 15 years, and I want to pass them down a skill, but they have no interest. To close to the pond I guess to see the beauty. Ps, the g10 bolster with the brass does look sharp! Keep up the great work!
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. I was looking for a forged to near finish stainless San Mai technique.
Nice knife! You have some great equipment too!
This is a great video. Really like how you present yourself and your work! Careful with the long hair and spinning equipment!
Amazing. You are the best 💪🏼
Thank you
Suas facas são maravilhosa ,perfeitas parabéns pelo seu trabalho
Beautiful! I realy like those knifes!
Again another great video. 👍 hope you get your name out there in the world of knife making. In this video your voice is alittle echoing. But you do and awsome job explaining your process wich is easy to follow and understand. Simple enough for beginers 🙋♂️ but complex enough for the intermediate. Great job man.
Thanks for the feedback!
Nice job ! Looking forward to see more :-)
Ax.
Thanks!
Well done sir!
Thank you!
Man this is good btw the hair is looking great iam growing it to👍👏
Haha thanks!
It is a san-mai blade made with two types of steel but why does it have three colours after the etch?
U've done an awesome job on those two beauties!👍🖖
It’s stainless cladding over carbon steel core, with these San mai blades there is often a cool layer where the two alloys blend a little
Hi!
Thanks for the fast reply!
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beautiful knifes Liam im going to try stainless san mai today actually for the 1st time thanks Mark 😃👍👍1 question what quench oil did you use thanks appreciate it
I quench in AAA
Watching this made me realize I need to get a rounding hammer.
They are pretty nice!
@@LiamJPenn Adding it to the long list of tools I need. Hand filing everything is rough. 😂
Cool stuff, man. You still talk to Bennett or Spicy Mike?
Nice hammer work man!! the blades are awesome! 416 is a much better option than 304 for ss san mai and that 12 ton press damn good machine!🔥⚒💪🏻
Thanks! Yeah I like the press a lot
Hi guys, can you tell me the name/model of the press? help is appreciated!
Excellent video. Really like those knives. Is there a reason you chose that particular stainless instead of something like Aeb-l? Does that particular stainless forge weld more consistently?
I used 416 because it did not need to be a hardenable alloy. I would use something like aebl or nitro v if it was going to be on the cutting edge. I am not an expert on forge welding stainless, but It should all weld up fine if you take the time to totally weld up the seams.
@@LiamJPenn right. So I'm guessing it was more of a cost reason? Technically you won't ever be trying to harden the stainless because it would cause too large a grain growth in the high carbon steel since stainless requires a much higher austenite temp. I hear what your saying though, Thanks for responding.
@@TheMotownPhilly yes, and the 416 was the right thickness. Hopefully in the future I’ll be doing some straight up stainless blades from nitro v
You need to apply to go on Forged In Fire. 💪💪 rumble young man , rumble!!. Great job
Haha it would be fun. Maybe when I’m ready to look like an idiot on tv 😂
@@LiamJPenn nah I'm sure your blade "Will Keel"
That’s super nice! I wonder if you had done an S-grind if more of the 80 CRV2 would have been visible.
Possibly, but in my opinion on kitchen knives I’d want as much as possible to be stainless, but that’s just me
Nice! Is the PAPR necessary, or can you get away with an N95 mask and working outdoors? Also curious where that bronze-ish color is coming from....
The full face respirator is the best protection. An n95 outdoors is good, just not as good. The full VersaFlo is great but expensive and a normal respirator is probably just as good protection for your lungs, just less fun to wear
Nice!
What’s the brown stuff on the knife edge ?
The handle is a work of art 👌
Thanks! The brown is just the color of some of the oxides from the coffee etch. There is the mixing zone between the stainless and carbon steel where the two mix a little and that shows up as a different color than the core
nice ellis 8 forge
Great forge!
@@LiamJPenn yup I have one !
They turned out great dude! That yellowish band between the steels is very interesting, I dont think if seem that on any other stainless sanmai, I wonder what exactly caused it
Thank you! Most stainless San mai has some kind of mixing zone thing, I think I got the yellow color because of the coffee etch I did
@@LiamJPenn yeah I'm used to seeing that mixture area, turned out pretty neat tho, I can't wait to get back to knives 😭
Супер!👍👍👍
This is great work I don't know why I didn't see your channel earlier. I need to make the channel myself. Where are you from?
I’m from Alaska
you need a power hammer man. 🙌your work is so good❤
Haha I’d love a power hammer though I think if I had one the entire neighborhood might sink into the muskeg 😂🤘🏼
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👍👍👍👋
what do you use for your forge?
These were forged in my old Ellis 8ht from high temp tools. Great forge but now I have one I made (watch the video 😉) that suits my needs better
Do you have any advice for a beginner
The biggest thing is to take a class. If you are in the states, check out the New England school of metalwork, and the center for metal arts.
@@LiamJPenn yeah I am a student of Steve's and I have thought about asking him or another exspiranced smith about taking a blacksmithing class trying to see if I can get some insight from a exspiranced blacksmith or at least a knowledge but thank you I will look into it
That's beautiful and sexy pair of knives you made there.
Thank you!
What's the hp on your grinder?
It’s a 2h motor but wired for 110v so I’m only getting 1.5h for now. I should be able to rewire it at some point to get the full 2hp
@@LiamJPenn thanks