Kiyoshi Kato Kitchen Knives 2014
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- Visit to KIYOSHI KATO 2014
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On our trip in 2014 We visited Mr. Kiyoshi Kato
Licensed sword smith and knife maker in Hokuto City, Japan
Mr. Kato still make his knives in traditional way forging in charcoal and quenching with water
He also using Sen for his swords as well as his Knives
In the video you will see Short demonstration of making our Yoshiaki Fujiwara - The Workhorse Gyutos
We do not show all process ! Using this old tools to make knives is very labor intensive job!
And Kato usually produce ONLY 1 regular knife in 2 days
Besides knives he is still making Swords from Super Rare, over 200 Years old Tamahagene Steel, that his grandfather and other ancestors collected over the years.
He makes all His knives/swords Only by him self without any help !
I Really hope you will enjoy this video and his knives/tools as well as i do !
See how Mr. Kiyoshi cuts and scrap the edges like carrots!! Isn't? Wonderfull to watch and get inspiration. I now realize what knives are all about and what is put into making a knife like this. Thanking you for posting on the net.
Arctic Circle Hopefully he has somebody to pass his craft down to. He is a true artist there are people who take a rasp and put it to a grinder and put a handful on it and call it a knife.
@@shawndarling5855 Chelsea Miller? lol And charge $800+.
@@haydnball990 I don't charge no 800 bucks for a knife. Chelsea Miller does however.
It's too bad such a gorgeous video has music playing the whole time... it was unnecessary. The sounds of the fire and hammer would have been enough.
I agree 100%. Most TH-cam video producer know nothing about documentary film production.
Not only this guy butchered the video but he also butchered Mr Kato work.
I put up with that annoying music and at the end Mr Kato work was not presented.
I also enjoy the steel on steel sound of a forging video
wow great vid , and the knifes are just perfect as well .
the music sounds like some kind of old midi music for SNES games
Add my thanks for this wonderful video. I too could watch this artist work for days. Does anyone know what he put on the steel? There was a powder on the blank block and then a brown liquid on the blade.
The USA has such a smith inMr. Murray Carter. I believe he is still in Oregon, he is the 18th master of a family in Japan.
Thank you.
Borax
But I think there have other substance
ex:iron sand or other things
From:Taiwan and practice blacksmith
Learning English and hope this helps you
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And some Chelsea Miller from Brooklyn asks 800 dollars for her "custom made chef knife" grinded of old horse rasps and rotten wood from her family farm !
She is a con artist. I can't believe people buy those.
@mr scemp I must see this rubbish
She sells a story that chefs like to tell. It's made locally from a horse rasp blablabla. This is a better story
I could sit and watch this man work for years. lol What an inspiration of craftsmanship.
Same but this shitty music makes me want to kill my self. :D
I have never seen someone peeling metal like that before, really amazing.
Its been 5 years. Has anything changed? Or is this still the only knife peeling you have witnessed?
@@duskyjackal1699 I saw it once and was told they were just taking off the slag. This seems like he's actually creating a bevel. Where do I get that tool?
Great video, unnecessary music.
Japanese sword and knife making is truly amazing. I never get tired of watching these masters at work and displaying their art.
Very good filming, but WHY THIS MUSIC ???????????
Maksim, thank you for posting this video, it is exceptional. The few slow motion sequences revealed subtle details in his process. The next day after the annealing (or normalizing, depending) he cold forged a curve in the blade, both directions. I'm assuming this was a grain structure refinement step but I would sure like to know what he says. Did he explain this step to you? Did he have a name for this step?
Thanks
Robert
When I watched i was wondering the same thing.
He was getting the scale off of the blade prior to cold forging.
***** It is for scale removal
Maksim Enevoldsen thanks!
+Maksim Enevoldsen (JNS)
Can hot forging not do this?
My god this is hard work. Watching this makes my arms hurt! with all those grinding and hammering
I've never seen a wood planer-like tool used on hardened steel before.
+entropy11 That is called a "spoke shave". Originally used to make spokes for wagon wheels. He must have hardened the snot out of it. Or made one...
+entropy11-- In Japan, that tool is called a "sen". He actually wasn't using it on hardened steel. You can see in the beginning of the video that he made a 3 layer steel laminate called, "san mai" by forge welding a high carbon steel core (for the edge which ends up in the center) inbetween 2 pieces of mild steel, one for each side.
The mild steel on the outside doesn't harden during the quench due to it's low carbon content, which allows the bladesmith to use the "sen" (made from hardened high carbon steel) after the hardening process to scrape away the soft steel on the sides to expose the hardened center (edge) steel. If you think about it, a sen cuts kind of like a file does, but it's only cutting with one sharp edge as opposed to the many edges (teeth) on a file.
I believe the sen makes faster work of the initial stock reduction to expose the cutting edge (by tapering down in thickness from spine to edge), whereas a file will leave a flatter, more consistant finish and clean up the marks left from using the sen. This all sets the initial blade geometry, which is then refined even further by using a number of different water stones, starting with coarser ones and working up through finer and finer ones, just like when using sandpaper. Something along those lines at least. ;-)
Hope that makes sense! :)
+lsubslimed Great explanation!
+entropy11 neighter did i.. cause that's done with an annealed blade :p
+Franco Buzzetti LOOOL he really used it on the hardened edge , my bad i pre-answered ahahah
keyboard vomit completely ruins the video for me
but this is youtube so fuck it
Awesome! Thanks for making a sharing this great video. I love watching japanese smiths working in a traditional manner. :)
with this, I can go to war with beef, pork, chicken and fish and know I'll be victorious! Amazing skills.
Truly, one of the finest video's on Bladesmithing, domo...
Like everything that is quality, it takes lots of time, effort and experience
Thank you for the video, Maksim. It's stuff like that that makes me want to take up knife smithing.
11:50 holy cow that thing must be sharp and hardened ad nauseum.
Yes its called a Sen
A couple questions Maksim. The very purpose of cold forging prior to the hardening has eluded many American smiths, which includes myself. For what reason is Kato cold forging? I suspected since he annealed and then cold forged, he was fracturing the crystalline structure evenly similar to a normalizing cycle, which he didn't do in general sense. If this is not the reason then why? Otherwise once he brought the blade up to temp. for hardening, any other reason to have the grains fractured is nullified by the grain reset. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Also, is this a San-Mai construction? It is hard to tell when he is drawing out the tang on the power hammer, and not sure if the scale is tricking my eye, but I am counting 4 layers. As if the initial long bar stock was mild steel with two pieces of high carbon stacked on top of that and another piece of mild on top of all of those. EDIT: As I watch again, it looks like a 3 bar construction with the long bar stock being mild with one piece of high carbon on top of that along with a mild steel bar on top of that.
Thanks for your time and posting this video. Makes me want to buy a Kato blade sooner rather than later.
Daniel C as far as I can tell, it's a kasumiyaki blade design. One side mild steel/iron, the other side is high carbon steel. The urasaki would take most of the high carbon steel, leaving only a little bit on the edge, and the back of the knife to keep the layer together. A downside to these knives is after 40 or so years, it will tend to warp if made by someone who isn't a master bladesmith. The warping occurs as the two metals stretch and contract differently over time. I hope I could be of assistance!
It's a san-mai. You can see it when he does the forge welding at around 1:10 - Long bar of mild steel on the bottom, high carbon steel in the middle (you see him flux both sides of it), then another mild steel on top (fluxed on one side only).
I was wondering if the flux has carbon in it, it looks a bit different than Borax to me or am I not seeing it right?
From what I've read cold forging before austenizing can allow for a slight finer grain when up to austenizing temperature
Very neat, I love the scraper
All for cutting a tomato
+Futuretoons Well, considering how bloody recalcitrant tomatoes are, it makes sense, ya know?
+Futuretoons That tomato totally deserved it.
Is it a tomato or a tomahto?
What an art in making those knives. Amazing
Futuretoons you cut it with a fork then
Very AWESOME!! The music turns it into a spiritual event. A very talented and gifted man. Thank you for posting this wonderful video. I knew that there was a reason why I always preferred Japanese knives and blades.
SuperSniperSal
USMC
Disabled Vet
Wow real craftsmanship, never seen a bevel set like that before!
+raccoonradar DUDE! Seriously! like WTHeck just went on there? Maybe i missed something because i was mesmerized but did he use a friggin draw knife, to cut hardened steel? if so, this guy's not a craftsman, he's a ****in wizzard.
It is similar to a draw knife in design, but has a insanely hard edge. It functions like a engraving chisel in how it cuts, but with the general design of a draw knife to make using it easier. Hope I could be of assistance!
Nice video, but damn the music gets annoying quick. I reckon it would've been better to just leave the sound as was recorded in-camera, without any soundtrack.
Металл какая т сырамятка
I'm pretty sure this man is a wizard, no mortal man can make blades like that
that is what I call perfectly hand crafted tool.
Usta bir pota çeliği mutfak bıçağı rica etsek, belki ucuz olursa biz de alabiliriz...
still dont understand whats going on there
he anneals the blades, to remove stress
then he cold forges them which introduces stress and then quenches them without annealing.
ive seen a lot of japanese smiths do this, i dont know why...hmm more research needed
Учитывая тот факт что японской школе изготовления холодного оружия не одна сотня лет, делаю предположение, что многие мастера и сами не знают зачем делают ту или иную операцию. Их просто так научили и всё. И никто уже не вспомнит что 780 лет назад старый старый мастер просто ошибся в чем то при изготовлении очередного шедевра, а на следующий день умер. Ученики же старательно повторяют данную операцию до сих пор.
Вы меня извините он что нож закалил а потом стругал его как свинец? Из чего он его зделал?
Great video RUINED!!!! by this music.. what a shame.
Supreme extremely knife making ever seen before!
He has a knife to carve out other knives... I really can't describe how much he rules.
Full respect for your work art and skill sir...!! This is why japanese blades are very expensive to buy.. Love to have one of these blades which is made by you... Love from India
Wow that draw knife that carves steel--amazing
back again wondering what the clay he uses is.
when I use clay it usually cemets to the knife and wont come off unless I scrape it off along with the forge scale finish.
hmm...more research needed.
oi será que tem dessas facá aqui no Brasil
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Going to make and use a double face draw knife like he was using to finesse the cutting edge, looked very nice
That draw knife is known as sen: if you succeed don't forget to post a video ;-)
+Andrew Wilson laminated tamahagane? ;)
... ahhh-shit! I made it almost 2/3rds of the way through the video, but had to quit yet one more time because of that fucking music!!! It is gorgeous video footage, but the entire film and effect is destroyed because of the really shitty music... Not going to watch videos by the filmmaker who chooses to use that kind of shitty music because it ruins the film and destroys the story. I hate it!!!
Why do youtube creators feel the need to put annoyingly loud "background music" in their videos? Really detracts from the video.
Привет! Максим ты Русский язык знаешь, с тобой можно переписываться по русски ???
This fucking music
@Maksim Enevoldsen What is the compound that he applies at 9:10 to blacken the blade?
what is it made of?
Watching it was like some kind of a journey. Thanks for sharing.
What's the title of that music though?
Imagine how many HRC has the draw knife since its cutting hardened steel like a butter
what tool is that at 12:00???
yeah...wtf is that...after he hardened the metal in cold water he is sharpping steel by cutting in to it?
Its a Sen which is essentially a blade smiths drawknife.
ベルトサンダーを使わずに刃付けするなんて初めて見ました!
素晴らしい技術ですね♪♪👍👍
amazing video, horrifying music.
David Liebenberg .. Its a special flux used in japan . I bought a steel tin back with me . It has Borax Copper power and iron shards in it . Treat for welding nasty phosphorus /sulphuritic Iron together or scabby steels . The rest of the video is what we do hear in europe to forge a good blade . Nothing special about this . He can't cut SUMI for shit with a nater .
SUPER!!!
That’s a couple thousand dollar knife. At least.
how do all these people get so old? They are not wearing any lung protection
Worst music track in TH-cam history. I liked seeing him make the knives though.
Big respect for this old man!
Awesome man and he makes it look easy
Awesome!
When music become anoying.
The way he forges it is similar to a katana. Amazing.
Just got my first knife from him! I absolutely treasure it and all the hard work it took for him to make it
Beautiful.
What is that tool he used to scrape off the metal?
Can you tell me , What is powder ? borax? I use borax it is pure white , but your powder is gray, Thank you very much
I believe a lot of Japanese smiths use rice straw ash.
Bu japonlar ne iş yaparlarsa yapsınlar disiplinleri hep en üst seviyede taktir ediyorum
What name off pawder you use! Ask me gays
More people have to learn from this man for his patience and precision for his work! Very impressive! A lot of compliments!
okay. you forged it. then you annealed it. then you bent it. then you straightened it. then you cold forged it... what on God's green earth are you doing? Someone help me.
Maksim, what is this music?
Can anyone tell me why he was dunking the hammer in the water around the 4:30 mark? Thanks
reduces adhesion
gercekten süper bir özen ve disiplin isteyen bir is tebrikler ellerinize sağlık
huge traditional kitchen knife fade zooms into a 2in damascus fixed blade with a 4 in handle... that was... odd.
Great video but crap music
What is the name of the tool he uses to shave the bevel?
its a draw knife. though i dont believe he is shaving hardened steel so easily with it.
Justin Taylor It is Sen in Japanese, and he do not shave hardened core steel but soft iron around it :)
You are mistaken. That blade was treated before any shaving was done.
Justin Taylor haha i was there so i do not mistaken :D
so you are telling me this video is out of order in the steps it takes to create these knives.
Lots of traditional katana sword making techniques going on here - yes keyboard vomit aside, this is very intriguing to see.
This is writers 2nd or 3rd video like this & each video theirs something different or unique 2 that craftsman that is mesmerizing or should I say “ASMR” just saying-David E.
Horrid background song.
Sadly knives making is no longer a profession but a relaxing hobby unless you have a big factory and state of the art technology like cnc laser cutters to make fancy stuff.
+Luis Fernando That's not true at all. :)
+lsubslimed
Exactly. A good craftsman will get the business. I know this from my own experience. People will pay for quality if you can do a good job. I make wood arrows for archers and believe me, a machine CANNOT make them. It takes human hands to put together and for wooden ones it's an art and not a science.
Great video, does he still make knives? How many do you get each month / year, please? And what about his apprentice, Mazaki (?): does he follows all the steps Sato San uses to make all his knives as well? Sure do hope so...
Not sure if this was intentional but this video along with the music selection is strangely reminscent of the Kill Bill movie, particularly the scene where the swordmaker makes the main character her blade. Search Hattori Hanzo sword scene to have a look.
ohhhh, arigato
I've been making knives for several years now and watching this video was interesting, but I have to say I was most impressed at the 11:35 mark. All that would take is one bad motion and that whole knife would be junk. Don't get me wrong, this entire process is impressive, but using a draw knife to rough in a uniform cutting geometry is nuts.
What beautiful craftsmanship and labor. I was misgiving about a 300+ Dollars Deba or Yanagiba but after seeing this i want a Yanagiba forged like that knife he made.
9:15 No cutlery is complete without that smoky mustard flavoring.
I would love to watch this master blacksmith in person. It would really be an honor to have any kind of work from this Master. :)
Truly you are a master knife maker. Thank you for allowing us to see you in action, a wonderful video indeed. Thank you...
Absolutely beautiful craftsmanship. Great knife
Im confused, why is he cutting charcoal when he is using mainly coke as his forging fuel??
One question , why does the hammer dip in the water ? prevent scale from creating ?
Mr. Kiyoshi Kato 👍👍
Allows you to really appreciate what goes into a hand crafted object. My hat is off to the people that dedicate themselves with such rigour to their craft
and we bargaining the price of knives... 20$ for 1 knife...
Шикарный струг. Интересно, это выведение спусков или предварительная заточка? После закалки?..
Which steel does he exactly uses for the Yoshiaki Fujiwara series, please?
What kind of draw knife is that that it can shave hardened steel? Holy crap
Is this yoshimi’s dad?
Wow keren..👍👍👍
I really like the profile of the kitchen knives👍👍👍🔪🔪🔪
its almost an act of disrespect not to lose a finger or at least a nail cooking with one of those knives
Why does he first hit the metal with the hammer put in water and then puts it under the pneumatic hammer?
Vladimir Savov
The water is used to blow the scale off the blade so the the powerhammer doesn't imbed it into the steel.
Thank you