Knife porn thread

I'd quiet like to do the whetstone thing too, more so for craft knifes & chisel blades, from working in a staff canteen I do have one of these which (while mostly idiot prof) can be used ineffectively (to much pressure for the blades hardness wrong direction) but it's very quick and little hassle and the steels can be replaced.

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^i wouldn't stick one of those £200 knifes through to thou

I was trying to cut through a skate bushing (don't ask) with my little SAK this morning and have done it a mischief.

I pushed down to hard and the blade folded a little further back than where it should have been and now it won't fold away completely.

If I push on the back of the blade it will close a bit further but it springs back out and when I pull it open its like free, unsprung travel to about 45deg where it stiffens up and requires a bit more force to open the rest of the way out. Any ideas if this can (easily) be remedied?

Cheers.

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Maybe... Sounds like the leaf spring behind the blade is either bent or jammed with one of the other parts. Have a look down in the body of the knife and see if you can work out which.

They're not easy to take apart and fix but it is possible.

Ask this guy.

Sharpening Japanese knives. Is there a system eg Lansky that is up to the job?

I have mdf discs on a bench grinder which are amazing for stainless kitchen knives but I fear it’d be too aggressive for nice Damascus steel.

To be honest I do t want to spend ages learning how to use a whetstone- I have tried but not been successful and it’s not something I’d do often enough to learn the muscle memory for.

Lanksy is good for knives which have a double bevel, I never tried it on a single sided kinfe. Overall I like the fusss free simple and consistent approach a Lanksy provides.

Overall I like the fusss free simple and consistent approach a Lanksy provides.

+1

Periodic Lanksy and a quick whip with a steel in the interim ftw

@dancing james worth getting the little swivel base thingy.
I got it for my dad's kit, but haven't bothered for mine and it's definitely more convenient.

If you still have your stones a hapstone t1 maybe

If you’re ok with the mdf wheels on stainless steel I’d stick with that, can you slow down the motor? What compound do you use?
I’d have thought that your Damascus steel would be harder than stainless, and hold an edge better and be more tolerant of your abrasives.
Slow speeds and fine compound paste (I like solvol autosolv) should get a nice sharp finish easily enough without wearing the blade away.

Depends what the Damascus is. That's quite commonly stainless and nickel pattern weld with a stainless or carbon hardened core.

Also what's the core hardened to. If 60+Rockwell then machine ftw.

No idea

I was given two Japanese knives

One appears to be https://www.knivesandtools.co.uk/en/pt/-kai-shun-kaji-granton-santoku-kdm0004.htm

The knives in the Kai Kaji series are named after the Japanese word for 'blacksmith'. Only blacksmiths who made the best Samurai swords, were allowed the honor of carrying this name. In line with this tradition, Kai has developed these kitchen knives. They have chosen an extremely hard steel for the blade. A core of SG-2 steel is flanked by 32 layers of damask steel. The extreme hardness of 64 HRC

The other I can’t tell as the writing is all Japanese.

Bite the bullet & grab a set of Naniwa stones (and a flattening block).

Once you get into it, sharpening by hand becomes far less of a chore.

Does anyone know if left handed slicing knifes are a) a thing -b) not crazy expensive ?
The longer story is after borrowing a 150/400 oil stone and I got to imagining what a 1000 grit would be like, after one and a half shitetube videos later, I ordered two stones from workshop heaven - with no intention for use on kitchen knifes. However they do sell this this number which for the price would be well worth a play with but being left-handed would be pretty useless.

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followed the link in the above, about £125ish gets interesting, but still double beveled

New cutting board day:

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Fancy 💥

Pretty chuffed with this:

£1 car boot sale chisel knife. Will clean and sharpen up really well and I think be great for an allotment carry.

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Great find. They're only about £7 new, everyone should have one.

I've had a hankering for an EDC knife for a while now and after looking at videos on YouTube I plumped for a Civivi Foldis. It's going to be for wild camping primarily, as well as the odd bit of box opening etc etc.

It's arrived and whilst it's very nice, I'm seeing some noise online about the potential for the 'flip' action to open the blade to be misconstrued for the automatic action of an actual flick knife.

I'm not ever really likely to get the knife out in public and start flipping it open, but I'm slightly concerned if I was in a routine stop the plod would go to town on me for having it, because of the action.

Now debating whether to return it or not?

Heinni Haynes description of this knife states it is UK Law friendly so go with that. It is not locking and it doesn't flick etc.

Roger that. I bought it from HH. It's just I've seen various posts on YouTube videos saying its the flip action that is questionable

Sure it will be fine though, it's a tiny blade

£1 on anything is great (, i think it's a glazing tool & I should have one!)

It's a bit sad but this is a hell of a lot more fun than I was expecting .. played scratches on scratches off just with the stone, then had a go with the impossible 5cm scalpel blade and gave the bread knife a freshen

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Nice find. My allotment chisel "knife" saves on so much bending down.

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