First forged knife since the HI a year ago

[Dan Pierson]

Started this one at the HI where I won the forge with T-Blade's help and finished the forging over at Justin's.
Learned a lot from both of them -- Thanks guys!

This was going to be a kitchen knife, just so that I could see how the steel and edge profile hold up in the kitchen
but Donna doesn't like the handle so we'll see. I'll probably use it making dinner tonight anyway

Blade is some of Aldo and Mace's first 1084 with a ferric chloride etch.
Handle is Kingwood and African Blackwood. I still need to figure out how to make it a Scandi style sheath.

 

[BChou-E29]

Nice! Love the patina. Call me crazy but I thought 10xx series steels were prone to rusting which makes them unideal for kitchen duties?

 

[Dan Pierson]

I've used simple carbon steel knives in the kitchen for most of my life. Yes, they rust if you don't care for them. Minimal care and they develop a patina that some of us are quite happy with. They're easy to sharpen and take a good edge. Yes, we do have a number of stainless steel knives as well including Wosthof and and Kershaw Shun -- my wife working in a high end kitchen store

Now this one is less successful as a kitchen knife. It's sharp but the spine is too thick which makes it cut poorly in common cooking chores (I really did try using it for dinner that night -- cutting the skin of an onion - no problem; cutting an onion in half was harder because the knife had to wedge through it). I clearly need to learn for forge thinner blades for kitchen work.

 

[Rossi Knives]

Nice shape.

I really dig the blackwood caps. They look great with the blade finish. I know just what you mean about the scandi sheaths. I just finished a damascus Pukko last night and it pains me to make a 'murican style sheath for it.

-Nick

 

[BChou-E29]

I see. Do you use some sort of protective finish on the steel like a silicone wax?

Looks like it be a better outdoors-esque knife

 

[Dan Pierson]

If you mean carbon steel kitchen knives in general; no, I just wash and dry them after use. Occasionally someone gets careless and there's a little rust which cleans up easily.

Some people do oil them after washing and drying. Probably a good thing to do, but IMHO not realistic for many of us. I do oil hunting blades and such with Balistol after finishing them.