Knife Making: Nakiri Japanese Knife DIY
Another Japanese Chef's knife! This shape is inspired by Nakiri knives typical Japanese-style vegetable knife but with a western full tang construction and a general utility bevel geometry.
The steel is 02 high carbon. Handle is made of ebony and teak (or oak, not sure) both aged well by a luthier and white vulcanized fiber liners.
The pins are all brass with the middle one in mosaic made by me in a previous ideo.
Clarification:
With the words "inspired by Nakiri knives" I wanted to point out that this knife is not an actual nakiri. The handle construction, bevel geometry and thickness have pretty much nothing to do with traditional japanese knives. This knife has been made to be used as a general purpose knife, that's why is thicker than you might expect!
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Did anyone else think that he was cutting the handle off the blade at first?
Yeah James! Looks like many did :)
James Hamr🔁
Yup
Me too xD
Hahaha me
I can't even begin to describe how much I like when fabrication videos play the sounds of the machining instead of some ABSOLUTELY ANNOYING techno/house music... SUBSCRIBED!!!
Thanks man! :)
Soooo trueee
I feel tired just watching the video. So much work and effort poured into this project, not to mention planning. I'm going to take a nap now.
lmao hahahah 😂😂🤣
You tired
As a 25 yo nurse. I know absolutely nothing about making knives and this stuf. But your videos are very calm, interesting and relaxing to watch! I watch a few every night! Keep the good work up! Love the restaurations the most!
Hi there! What do you think about this video length? Much longer than usual right? Too much? Let me know! :)
Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Perfect longer is better ! Are you selling this awesome knife ?
Thanks! :) This was a commission work so I sold it already :)
Black Beard Projects the length was great, content kept it interesting the whole time and the editing was great. Great job. Great knife.
Video length just nice. But I like to see you make sheath for the knife. That would be awesome bro..
"WHY WOULD YOU EVEN DRAW THE TANG IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO CUT--oh" I gotta learn to trust that people know what they're doing lol
That was exactly what I was thinking
@@gt3293 same here
And at the second frame handle appeared to be in place 🤷♂️
MYOB, biuld ya own blade thats betters it or stfu
Spear a munt gum, mixed With gorilla glue super glue and proper surfaced items, is damn near bullet proof. Learn your shot Walmart shoppers. Alot of ppl by 90% are smarter than the part they creating. You just stupid
At first, I thought, "WTF?! He's gonna cut off the tang!" Heh heh
Ernie Velveeta that’s exactly what I thought too haha
same here
Same! It took me a few watches through to finally get it
I totally thought that as well... almost rewound it to see what I was missing...
Me too
This is beautiful this is pure ART...AMAZING work i LOVE IT so much...looks of the blade,shape of the handle,everything it's AMAZING ! ! !
As a chef, this is my favorite knife! This custom design is amazing and the width of the blade makes it look more balanced and more comfortable for someone with big hands like me. I would love to get one of these to show off with at work!
It came out so gorgeous. I’m very impressed.
That knife is a thing of beauty and I'm sure a joy to use. Thank you for showing what can be created.with minimal equipment.
Im sold, thats a beautiful knife with some brilliant detail and the workmanship involved has left me in awe
The handle is absolutely gorgeous. Great work!
As a chef of 20 Yrs I would love to have that in my collection. Awesome knife
I watch a lot of kinfe making videos on KZhead and this knife is one of my favorites. Very good job on it keep them coming ...
So beautiful to see how such a knife is handmade. really calming and beautiful to watch
It's fascinating how people can create something so amazing and good out of simple materials
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@@richardwgoughsr2930 are you high or you fall asleep with your face on the phone?
Really nice knife, but the bolt with a cut for sanding! Sheer brilliance! Excellent ☺
Thanks man :)
This craftsman's attention to detail is what gives the excellent's in the final result , What a beautiful piece of blade work !
Honestly I’ve watched this over, and over again, and now 4yrs later, this is my favorite knife, I need one!!!
I've always wanted to make a chef's knife for a project. I think I pulled a lot of inspiration out of this design.
Great video its like an unintentional ASMR, it makes me feel calm and relaxed
Being a Chef, this is a very Beautiful 🔪, SALUTE! Craftsmanship at it's FINEST, SALUTE! Real Love for the Craft.
that was a long video but I have watched it from the begining to the end. Very relaxing :)
yeah,true
Never expected to find you here, love your stuff as well!
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That was really incredible craftsmanship! Beautiful
This knife is so beautiful! It almost looks like if it had a floral pattern
Love the design of the handle and the way the blade looks. Nice work👍
I would love to own that knife it's absolutely beautiful . wonderful craftsmanship
Wow what a lot of hard work the rough texture gives it a rustic look. I wish I could buy some to work with in my kitchen.
Thanks Lester :)
A chefs dream beautiful work
Amazing work. Not too mention, editing, amazing skills you have sir. Thanks for sharing
I used a large rasp/file for mine a while back. My look comes from leaving a little of the rasp and file showing after grinding/sanding. Like the sanding block for the angle, so simple.
I love watching your videos! I bet you are tired of people asking but of you ever open a shop I will buy all your knives!
Now sell it for 1,100. Also love the middle brass pin art work with the two pins, Japanese blade makers love to do the double pin it's so beautiful and beautifully recreated here awesome job.
My lord is there anything I can get you
I'll take two!! Beautiful job! Thank you for sharing
Grande Mestre Cuteleiro! Parabéns pela bela peça que produziu. 👍
that looks awesome! I always love hammered textures like that
Thank you brother :) :)
Paul's Garage did you sell it? I want
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Awesome work! I really like it's design!
Thank you my friend :)
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Oh how I would love one of these - it’s beautiful. So well done.
What an absolute pleasure to watch. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful work.
Beautiful knife, regardless of the disrespect in the comments. They're envious of your skills.
What skills, ability to cut and make a blade from a piece of paper? Or beat it to death for no reason? Or his inability to even harden the blade correctly?
@@alphadogforge3024 you sound like you got something stuck in your butt and its been there awhile and it must be really hurting you.
@@alphadogforge3024 just wondering but what's wrong with the way he hardened it?
Amazing design my friend!
Thank you Alex!!! :)
This knife is lovely and that handle is gorgeous!
BB you rock bro. I love watching your stuff. Great job!
This is the best-looking knife I've ever seen!!
Are you thinking on making one yourself?
Thanks brother :)
You should see slavik telly knives He is awesome and makes crazyly precised knives
are u just born yesterday? there are lots of greater knife out there!
lalala lilili maybe you were, because you'd know by now that people have different tastes.
I think this is one of your best yet
Thanks Russel :)
Incredible craftsmanship! Kudos!
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Aww man my perspective was all off when you first were at the band saw, I swore you were cutting off the tang. Freaked me out something proper. Great video as always!
Hehe... Thanks you mate :') I have to say you're not the only one telling me so! It look that way!
Lmao ... I thought the same as well. Great knife!!
Haha, me too! Now, after third time, I see what he's doing! xD
I panicked for a moment as well.
olaolapepsiman - the shape tessellates. It looks the same on both sides of the black line.
Man, the is pure craftsmanship it is beautiful piece of work.
Ur mom is
LOVE WATCHING THIS MAKING OVER AND OVER!
That is absolutely beautiful. Amazing job.
At the beginning when you were using the bandsaw to take off the most material i legit was like NOOO WHAT ARE YOU DOING, and then realized it was the other half
Haha! :') You'r not the only one telling me this :)
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Haha i was like. "what is this?" hahaha
Niels Beeris waaaaaawawa2
so true xDDD
Please use gloves when gluing with epoxy. My friend worked with epoxy most of his life, he is now allergic to the entire world.
I dont understand
@@fearcase90 You'll understand after it happens to you. Nasty chemicals. They can attack through the skin and lungs. After you become sensitized to them, you'll find them everywhere.
I was the same with wood dust. I spent years making shit out of wood without the proper dust extraction system and no mask. I started to get red welts on my skin and I would hay fever symptoms when I would do woodwork. By this time I had tens of thousands of dollars of woodwork machinery and hand tools, all were useless to me as I couldn't use them without getting sick. Now I spend my time welding and grinding instead. I do miss the woodwork though. I still have to cut wood every now and then for various reasons, but I have to do it outside with a good respirator on.
Same here only I was born being allergic to the whole world which means my body rejects fruits and vegetables. I have asthma so the allergic reaction swells up my gums causing them to itch really bad and the irritation makes my throat feel raspy and itchy and then everything gets red and inflamed as well as my throat swelling. Doesn’t matter if they’re cooked or not. My stomach issues leave me to eat a very specific diet which mainly needs to consist of fruits and vegetables, yay for me! Due to what I’m supposed to be eating and mixing that with my allergies to everything, they contradict so I’m stuck hating food every time I eat. Most days I don’t even want to eat. My diet is mainly fruits and vegetables supplements thankfully this way of consuming them is okay as well as chicken and red meat. Smelling perfumes and cologne will trigger my allergies to go off really bad so I completely avoid candle shops and anything similar. Bathroom sprays are no different. Having a house too clean will trigger my allergies but having it dirty doesn’t help either, everyday is a contradiction for my body. Forget lawn work and gardening that kills me and usually gets me really sick. I hate spring. I’m sure there’s other things I haven’t came in to contact with that my body is probably hoping I never come into contact with. Sometimes if my skin rubs on any plant my skin breaks out in bumps and starts itching and spreading. Obviously there are some plants nobody should touch and just being around those plants makes me break out as their smell or plant fuckery dust is in the air so I still get a reaction. I feel your friends pain. I’m sure there are things he/she is worse on as their body is different. It is what it is lol.
George Gabel He should have epoxied a pair on him.
Que hermosa obra de arte,felicitaciones.saludos desde COLOMBIA SURAMÉRICA.
That was awesome!! Love the colors in this knife.
I want the same but 10 times bigger, and with that I can scream “BaNKai !” in front of my tomatoes
Good job on the sanding it looks crazy shiny :)
Thank you my friend :) :)
It was a pleasure watching you work; handsome result! I'd proudly purchase that blade!
Fabulous work. That knife is a piece of art.
A work of art, just wonderful!
Thank you!! :)
Really, this is art. In comparison to the other KZheadrs who make knifes, this is THE BEST LOOKING i’ve ever seen. Question: Do you still use the knife? Answer: I think that length of the video is good, you get all the details of the knife and the handle in only twenty minutes. Impressive!
Thank you sir! :) This knife was a commission work, so I sold it.
Black Beard Projects Oh okay. Hope you got what it's worth ;)
At what price ?
Black Beard Projects Great work man ! but if I want one how much can I give !? Thank you
Exqueliox v it wasnt actually 20 min he sped the video as u saw but still impressive
Beautiful knife and it's such a versatile shape. I use a sililar shaped knife for pretty much everything.
Such a beautiful knife. Love it!!
Grande bro!!! Finalmente!! Bellissimo!! Ciao a presto
Grazie caro :) :)
Dat der is EYE-talyun Derb old boy.
that handle is great!
That handle was*
Really nice piece of work, and great to see it step by step. Good work.
THIS BY FAR IS THE BEST LOOKING KNIFE BUILT HERE ON KZhead
Beautiful work my friend. Out of curiosity, how much would something like that cost! Thank you in advance.
Fantastic for less than 20 minutes work!
Are you serious? This is at the very least 4 hours of work
@@robertmartin3447sometimes it's hard to recognize a joke 😉
Amazing! Wonderful work of art!
Even after 5 years, I think this is your masterpiece!
honestly one of the best knives I have ever seen. great work
Thanks Leon! :) Very kind
Considering how you cleared the bandsaw table at 13:09 I'm surprised you have any fingers left.
knife you seem like a well-adjusted individual
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sorry mom won't happen again
@Joanne Noobs are always surprised and amazed on pros,u just keep being surprised and he will do whatever he like ,cuz he knows exactly what he can do and what can't.
Being wise and experienced means knowing that fewer stuff than you think depends solely on you and your skill. People that work with risk around them and have long and successful careers are almost religious about safety. And even then the most diciplined can have accidents.
Holy dude that is one sick knife I'm a collector and this is very very nice, i have never seen one like this, you have real talent, you should be paid as a designer
Questo coltello è veramente stupendo, se non avessi visto il video non avrei mai creduto che fosse stato fatto interamente a mano. Manico bellissimo, lama perfetta!
CRAZY beautiful my friend!
Grazie vecchio :')
Excellent work. I would pay well for that knife!
Who can thumbs down this video ? You did such magnificent job , what a beautiful knife ! I wish I could have made one . Thank you for sharing.
I imagine it’s because he showed how to fake a forged knife. I’m this case, there’s nothing wrong with his process because he’s not trying to hide the technique. However, some stock removal knife makers will attempt to deceive buyers by placing faux hammer marks into knife. It’s a deceptive tactic when used to hide a lack of skill.
This blade is GORGEOUS!!!!
A very beautiful knife! I love everything about it. One question, the first cut you made it looked like you cut the handle off? Oh, and 1st!!
Thank you my friend :) Yeah I see it looks like that! But I was now :D
Ikr, I thought that too.
glad I wasn't the only one tripping
d c yeah same hear I was like wtf! Had to watch it again then go look at comments to be sure.
I saw that and was like oh no what is you doing then re watched it
15:20 someone must love foamy the squirrel *ITS JUST A JOKE*
I know
Yooo! What a throwback to an oldschool series.
that DIY rotary sander at 15:30 or so was amazing. never seen that. would've helped so much when sanding a Stratocaster body
Excellent work and craftsmanship...handle is outstanding.
Looks great man, I like that you used magnets to hold the pattern
Thanks brother :) I'm pretty sure I've seen it done somewhere, maybe Slavik Tely!
The handle was good
Beautiful knife! I would buy that one!! Thanks for sharing!
Top notch craftsmanship. Skills.
Wow
When you did the paper slicing, i thought "every knife can slice paper, he should slice a tomato" and then you did that aswell! Liked and subscribed!
Awesome, relaxing video to watch. Very beautiful knife.
Fantastic result!! So beautiful
Beautiful knife! I love it! I wonder how much it would cost to have one made for me?
15:22 -Black Beard Projects is a mad man help us,save us~
Gorgeous piece
Such a cool looking piece.
Simply amazing ! Two questions I have 1- Why did you heat the steel and forge l twice? 2- What is the purpose of the machine that you used at 6:35 min? Sorry if you had answered those questions many times.
No worries! :) I harden the blade at 6:14 and temper it at 6:35. The machine it's an electric oven I made while back :) I have a couple videos on my channel where I build it if you are interested! Thank you :) :)
Awesome
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this isnt really forged, it is texturized, forging would imly significantly altering the shape and crystal structure of the steel, there is a reason forging is still used in engineering, when you really forge something you align any lattice fault in a way that intersects the surface as little as possible, going parralel to it instead of across it, any place a lattice fault intersects the surface is a weak point, if it is paralel it will lead to flaking, if it is perpendicular it leads to cracking or even a snapped blade in bad enough conditions.
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Blades sharped on both sides like this have a _ryoba_ type edge. For left or right hand. However, the rest of the blade is (too) thick, and has no curve or notches to release the vacuum created when slicing. A chefs knife must have this so it can have a “rocking” motion for some cutting operations. The absence of the notches causes food to cling to the blade with additional passes too. Nice job here, I’m being critical. I’d love to cook with a knife like this. But I doo have those few small qualms with this project. Just think of it as advice for the future? Friendly advice hopefully. There’s a reason “santoku” means “3 virtues” ;)
A Nakiri knife is a vegetable cutting knife
It uses the up and down motion
You are being critical. Looking forward to your efforts.
It's because san means 3
Who in the living g hell said he was a chef
Nice knife, great job. I see that you have 6 millions + people that watch this video, but I'm appalled by the bunch of "experts" criticizing, your work and some sometimes disrespecting. I tried to find a single video from these experts, but shockingly I couldn't find any - nothing to show just hiding behind the their computer and talk crap. Keep doing these videos and as me there are many more that appreciate your time. Thanks!
Certainly one of your better works, amazing!