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Sorry for another post right on top of the other one... but I thought this was pretty cool. I had a customer who wanted a gift for a professional chef (a very well known one) who has just about everything in terms of kitchen knives. So I was asked to come up with something unique. A while back I got an especially well compacted bloom from my orishi-gane furnace in which I melt down wrought iron in charcoal to carburize into steel.... an old process. I thought it would be fun to see what a blade would look like from the unrefined, unfolded bloom.. straight from the furnace. I was excited to see the results. A few pockets of inclusions.. but a clean edge. And a tapestry showing who knows what in terms of carbon distribution and steel types. This stuff is very high carbon... almost cast iron. In fact.. it might be considered 'malleable iron'. So... not a recommended knife for hard, everyday use perhaps. But a great conversation piece that does hold an edge (the only fear is chipping due to embrittlement).
I put it in an eskimo artifact walrus tusk with a piece of desert ironwood for spacer.
Anyway... a 5" blade vegetable cleaver I'm calling the 'Ancient'.. because that's what it reminds me of.
I put it in an eskimo artifact walrus tusk with a piece of desert ironwood for spacer.
Anyway... a 5" blade vegetable cleaver I'm calling the 'Ancient'.. because that's what it reminds me of.