Sheffield style

Sam Salvati

Sam Salvati

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My mind and outlook was pushed farther in the direction on the path of seeking the ancients and seeking also what they sought, when I saw the video of the Sheffield bladesmith fellow, Albert Craven. I see in him obviously an incredible amount of skill, but also a window into the past of the golden age of manufacturing, at it's absolute height in my opinion, pre mechanization. Right at the almost perfect seamless production by human hands with minimal machine intervention. The purest form of the craft, incredible repitition, incredible accuracy.

So I took the first baby steps towards attempting to step in the shoes of craftsmen like him, and tried to mimic the techniques I saw in the video, and here it is. I would liek to develop some specific tooling like that shown on his anvil.

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And of course I had to do it in 3 times the size so as to see the subtleties of the process.
 
Sam that is very cool.

I've been confused ever since seeing that video though - how does the tang work?
 
That's awesome! You got a hell of a folder going on. Very cool that the video inspired you so much. I've watched it a few times myself.
 
Looks good. I don't think my pockets are that big. :) Are you going to make one of those 'Canadian' folding sheath knives? It would be a shame to let that blade go to waste.
 
Don Nguyen said:
Sam that is very cool.

I've been confused ever since seeing that video though - how does the tang work?
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I just pulled out my OT61 and I think the grinders removed about 2/3 of it getting it sized for the cutler. But that is a guess.
 
Nice job Sam. I too would like to see that made into a finished knife. Inspirational as always.
 
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