How To Now that’s a different way to make a knife.

T. Erdelyi

T. Erdelyi

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I just wanna preface this post by saying I have nothing to do with the video, the knife maker or his methods. I did however find the video interesting, informative and entertaining. Enjoy, I’m sure you’ll find it equally interesting.

It takes a lot to peak my interest, it takes even more to keep it and impress me, this video did just that. I wasn’t sure where to put this but because it is knife related I figured it would get to a wider group of knife enthusiasts.

I’ve seen knives made of all kinds of material from ceramic to carbon fiber and everything in between.

Blades forged from hammer swings to explosive forge welding, this is something entirely different. I love how this guy went about making the knife and how he overcame some of his problems.

I’m not gonna tell you much about the video other than it’s about making a knife and it’s totally safe for work and family.

If you’re intrigued watch it till the end it was informative and entertaining. Everything except the part with the sponge animals in the capsules.

The video is a DIY about how a uv plastic chef’s knife is made.


ETA. Watching the procedure and how he made the garbage bag holder did give me a lot of ideas for using UV setting plastics to make some parts and solve some problems around the shop.
 
I would guess as long as it didn’t chip out and it was used on softer materials it would be fine. Just look at Silver fruit knives. Silver is soft, I don’t know if it’s softer than UV cured plastic but I know I’ve used a plastic butter knife with those little diamond shaped serrations to cut meat a few times before it dulled on the plate.

I’m sure if all it cut was tender flesh and organics and it wasn’t batoned or levered, it would last for quite a while.

It’s only gotta be tougher than what it’s cutting. My Old Man used to say, “You can cut a rope with a rock or a knife. You make your choice based on what’s available and how quickly you need the rope cut.

I’ve cut rope and wire with a hammer and the corner of a beam or piece of steel plate when it was all I had, wasn’t pretty but it was quick and served it’s purpose. :)

I really just found it fascinating that someone thought this out so well. He even made sure to get rid of the bubbles or to incorporate them when it was too late to do anything about it.
 
I subscribe to that guy's channel on Youtube. It's a lot of fun but it's also clear that his knives are not meant for any real use, just as curiosities. He made one out of hardened gelatin once then rehydrated the knife and ate the gelatin.
 
I’ll give him an A for ingenuity. They must have easier access to more things and materials than we do here or they just know where to go to get them.
 
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