Stainless | High Carbon Steel San Mai Damascus. I thought this would have been hard!
I recently took on the challenge of attempting a san mai stainless damascus, just to explore something new. Surprisingly, it turned out to be much easier than I initially anticipated! To maximize my chances of success, I ensured the steel surfaces were impeccably clean and diligently welded the billet along all the seams. For this project, I chose a combination of 440c and 1070 high carbon steel, and they worked together seamlessly.
As for the blade, I followed my usual geometry, with a spine thickness of 3mm and a width of 40mm. As for the handle, I relied on my trusted stack of olive, red heart, and ebony wood.
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0:00 Billet preparation
1:05 Forge weld
1:55 Profiling
3:52 Heat Treatment
4:16 Blade final grind and finish
5:58 Handle
7:37 Sharpening and test
9:00 Final Result
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The combination of precision edge and untouched since it left the press is just chef's kiss. This knife tells a story of it's own creation and I'm in awe of your skill sir!
I can't believe how beautiful, and yet quickly, this one turned out! One of my favorites I've seen from you
Thank you! 😊
It’s not an official word, but it sums up the end result…….”Flabergastery” Keep it up, and keep it in!
Please get a camera filter for when you are welding!!! It hurts my soul to imagine the sensor getting burnt out and having to wait longer for your videos.... apart from that, brilliant video as always! I never thought you could forge weld stainless but this is impressive
Really good transitions between the welding clips. Your editing efforts are not going unnoticed.
Yep, I liked that also. It is improving. ✌from Alberta 🇨🇦
I love the “jaggedness” of both edges
That's a very beautiful finish and pattern
San Mai: ancient blacksmithing secret Also San Mai: Metal sandwich lol. Nice work! Love the look of it! This is one of those knives that makes you feel extra extra fancy when you're prepping food!
what a wild looking knife. love it
This turned out to be a beautiful piece of usable art thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother
Have to admit watching your hydraulic press in action is very satisfying!
That's a lovely end result. Brilliant jump cuts with the welding / heating in the forge, too. I even appreciated the subtle one at the heat treat. The change in the oil temp caught my eye. I'm a simple guy, I guess.
I feel bad leaving a negative comment, but I would like to comment on the chemical knowledge required to make knives. That is... When different metals are in contact and there is moisture, a galvanic current flows and the metal with a lower ionization tendency corrodes. This is called "galvanic corrosion". The order of ionization tendency is ‘K > Ca > Na > Mg > Al > Zn > Fe > Ni > Sn > Pb > Cu > Hg > Ag > Pt > Au’ Stainless is an alloy, but it is chemically It has the similar ionization tendency as copper (Cu). Therefore, although the sides will not rust, the edge will rust more easily than a knife made entirely of high carbon steel. However, if you coat the blade with oil and you use it as an ornament, there is no problem .
Great work 👍
Absolutely beautiful nuff said!!!!
Loved watching this. Inspires me to have a go
Very good BB... You have that Damascus stuff down to an art... Take care my friend..
Very nice job !
Beautiful knife and you did an excellent job making it!!! I enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
It looks like a cave from the side, with stalactites and stalagmites. I normally hate the forge-finished look, but it works here.
Craftsmanship at its best
your videos make it look easy !
That's a very beautiful knife sir well done you ❤
Nicely done mate, came out pretty!
Just need your makers mark 😊 That knife would be a fine addition to anyone's kitchen!
Very nice! Love the overall look!
Good job 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. Be safe 🇨🇦
What a beautiful blade.
That turned out so awesome. The blade looks almost like a cut out of a cave with the stalactites and stalagmites such a cool look. Bravo sir!
I like these traditional making knife videos, seeing all the process from the forge to the manual handle. It was with this content that I started following the channel, and love to see again once in a while. Greetings from Brasil!
Turned out really nice. Blade looks fantastic and the handle is beautiful as well. Nice work with your editing. Very nice content. ✌from Alberta 🇨🇦.
This is a great knife. You did it well. 😎😎
dude, kudos! That is a fine piece of cutlery. That blade finish is phenomenal.
I agree that this is a masterpiece!
Gorgeous knife!
Beautiful piece of art more than a knife 🔪...
Beautiful knife mister well done
Gorgeous knife
Dang. Incredible
Hey 👋 man how you doing bro nice!!..knife!..nice job buddy blessings 🙌 🙏
You make this look way too easy 😁👍
Beautiful
It seems like ages since you've done one of these. I love your knife handles. They have fascinated me for years. I used to enjoy the elaborate pins with the black resin in them. So happy to have watched this ❤
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed ❤
Awesome video and a gorgeous blade! I've been wondering about stainless and steel - a very cool combination!
Impressive as hell.😎😎😎👍👍👍
You re getting pretty good at welding. So satisfying to watch 😊😊
Nice
Almost forgot to like the video before it ended
Wow stainlesssteel make knives strong
Excellent knife blade !!! Is it possible to do something like this only by hand, without hydraulic press? I want to venture into the San Mai technique, but I have no hydraulic press. Thank you
Amazing - looks incredible as always - might be good though if you test it on camera with a proper metal hardness tester (durometer I think) instead of paper and vegetables!
Nice work! Looks like a beautiful low maintenance everyday-work-horse chef knife! Just out of curiosity: Are the deep "imperfections" at the top edge of the blade fully intentionally or rather a compromise of material loss during grinding and asthetics? Greets from Germany
Pretty counter-intuitive: your typical stainless steel has a low carbon content, but 440C is quite the outlier! It has a higher carbon content than type 1070 high carbon. Picking martensitic 440C was an excellent choice. It would have been quite a bit more difficult to try and make this from 1070 high carbon and, say, austenitic 316L.
Fabulous! Can I get away with the layers being mig welded, or only tig?
1:58 using parkside grinder is great but try using the brushless one from the same brand with a smart battery pack it's something extra ordinary with a lot of power
That is a sweet piece , how would you go doing it wit 7 pieces, 3 steel and 4 stainless.
Ogni tuo video in cui fai coltelli mi fa salire da una parte l'orgoglio patriottico e dall'altra un po' di invidia dato che la mia bottega stenta a partire... appena riuscirò a sistemarla voglio "rubarti" un paio di progetti 😂
i am suprised you have never been on forged in fire dude, been watching you for years
And the second reason is that he is Italian and Forged in Fire is based in the US.
O que vc faz com as peças que vc produzis. Sou seu fã aqui do Brasil
What was the stainless you used, love the blade
Make Galadriel's dagger. :)
What is the etch-ant you are using to instantly show the high carbon (on spine and edge at the begining)?
قبل مشاهدة الفيديو انت تستحق الدعم🎉🎉
Are you able to distinguish letters in your alphabet (if that word applies to your text) without zooming in text above the system defaults? I have difficultly seeing all the details of it while I'm seeing Latin alphabet fine.
@@oalfodr I wrote my comment in Arabic. Do you find it difficult to understand the translation?
@@user-wj1sw7ou2z I do not have auto translations enabled, so I did not understand the meaning of your message. I was just wandering about the Arabic script itself. With such small details in it, do you need to increase your font size or you can understand it as it is by default. For example, above the character all the way right, I can hardly see two dots, but on youtube, I cannot see details of the character next to the line. ق This character when placed in a word has a circle only 3 pixels wide and it is barely visible.
It could be only because of my system font not well optimized for the Arabic script
@@oalfodr ealaa aleumum shukran litaeliqik dayiman tarjamat aljujil fiha akhata'an surirat bimaerifatih
Great result! But it's not Damascus steel. It's a classic 3 layer blade, right?
how much steel do you lose in the damascus forging process?
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What do u think u have total time in making the knife start to finish
Since 440 is hardenable, would a cheaper stainless work as well?
What kind of stainless and high carbon? Oh just read the description!
i am asking this beacus i dont know. whats the difference between the wet stones and the green thing he showed after the wet stones?
Do you do electroplating?
You should sell a fixed blade knife for personal carry.
Why does it look bent to me when you're showing the straight view from the handle?
What was "Damascus" about that? It looked pure San Mai to me.
Why in the cutting dose it seem there are some dead spots in the edge? It should be a smooth seamless cut
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Little did not finish, Bro! sharpening is rather weak
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