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Since I mentioned a food scoop, I want to suggest that every knife maker make some. It is about the simplest and most appreciated gift you can give a cook. They also sell well. A food scoop is a non-sharp tool to pick up food after cutting or chopping. It has a simple square-ish handle across the entire spine. This is the only "knife" that should have BHS.
So next question is should this be a double sided grind or a chisel grind.
Also with using O1 what hardness should I be shooting for?
Again, I have not yet made a cleaver, so take this with a large grain of salt. I'm trying to learn with you
A chisel grind makes a lot of sense to me, for a heavy chopping knife. The only real disadvantage I see is if you grind it for a right-handed person, and a left-handed person tries to use it... that might be awkward.
I see no reason to temper it below 58Rc, and my instinct is to go for 60Rc... perhaps even a bit higher? Again, I'll defer to Stacy and others who have actual experience with these type blades.
Rc 60 would be a good area for an O-1 chopping blade.
Double sided grind, as with an ordinary knife blade. A single side grind (chisel) would be a poor choice. Have you ever seen a single bevel axe?
If you look Deba knives, you will see that they are single bevel for veggies and fish, until the purpose gets into heavier breakdown tasks of poultry and red meats ... then the make them double bevel.
Double sided grind, as with an ordinary knife blade. A single side grind (chisel) would be a poor choice. Have you ever seen a single bevel axe?
If you look at Deba knives, you will see that they are single bevel for veggies and fish, until the purpose gets into heavier breakdown tasks of poultry and red meats ... then the make them double bevel.