Integral chef's knife and mini santoku - WIP

[ArielSalaverria]

Just a preview of this two I'll have finished for next Friday, as they need to go to Slovenia via NYC!

San mai damascus with a 5160 core.

Mini Santoku: 4 1/2" blade, 9" overall length.
Chef's Knife: 8" blade, 12" overall length.

Thanks for looking!


Ariel

 

[Keith_H]

awesome as always Ariel!:thumbup: Did you mill the whole thing from that thickness or did you forge weld on the tang?

 

[ArielSalaverria]

I didn't use a mill, I started with a package of steel layers as I always do and press forged the ingot to desired shape and thickness (both handle and blade) Then did the final blade forging to shape with a hammer/anvil and then I ground the bevels and drilled the handle

Of course, I still need to grind the handles to the proper rounder and thinner shape and finish up the blades.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

Those are going to be really, really nice.

 

[ArielSalaverria]

Here they are finished.

I don't really like how the santoku turned out, so I'm gonna make another one for my customer.

 

[ArielSalaverria]

Thanks for looking!


Ariel

 

[halfserrated]

Those are really sweet looking blades. If you don't think your customer would like them, I could test them out for you