Hand forged stainless steel kitchen knife.

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Dmitry.M

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I am playing with the hammer trying to remember how to forge. This one came out pretty good. This is "French style" kitchen knife.
Stainless steel (440). Hand forged from round bar from one piece. Tapered tang.
Blade is 6-1/2" long, 1" wide, 1/8" thick near the bolster and evenly tapered to the tip. It is ~1/32 at the tip. Hardened to ~54HRC and tempered as a spring. It is flexible but not flimzy.
Walnut sculpted scales with 3 brass rivets. Rivets has a Nickel Silver heads. I made very simple engraving on them. Finished with tung oil.
It has a simple pouch to keep from scratches and to prevent cutting yourself. This one came out very sharp, so puch was really required.

So what do you think guys?
 
Dmitry.M said:
I am playing with the hammer trying to remember how to forge. This one came out pretty good. This is "French style" kitchen knife.
Stainless steel (440). Hand forged from round bar from one piece. Tapered tang.
Blade is 6-1/2" long, 1" wide, 1/8" thick near the bolster and evenly tapered to the tip. It is ~1/32 at the tip. Hardened to ~54HRC and tempered as a spring. It is flexible but not flimzy.
Walnut sculpted scales with 3 brass rivets. Rivets has a Nickel Silver heads. I made very simple engraving on them. Finished with tung oil.
It has a simple pouch to keep from scratches and to prevent cutting yourself. This one came out very sharp, so puch was really required.

So what do you think guys?
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That is a very nice looking little kitchen knife, but I still thing that you are slightly crazy. Dmitry:D First you do all of that engraving by hand and now you want to forge stainless and round bar at that.......are you a masochist? lol.
 
Awesome work......glad to see that you've got your forge going.....can hardly wait to see what you come up with! :cool:
 
Dmitry.M said:
jdm61, what answer you expect from me?
Dawkind, ritzblitz, Barkes, Erik - thank you.
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LOL....none. That is really a nice looking piece. I injured myself earlier this year forging carbon steel round bar by hand. I can't imagine trying t oforge stainless like that:eek: :D
 
Dmitry that is one of the most beautiful kitchen knives I've ever seen. The engraved rivets are outstanding :thumbup:
 
Dmitry, your work is always a great inspiration to me. That's a beautiful knife.

-d
 
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