Decided to forge out a little chunk by hand.
Only 16 layers, but it came out nice! Starting chunk was 16 layers, 1.3" tall, 1.7" wide and around 1.4" long.
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- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Damascus Pizza cutter??
- Replies: 67
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- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:22 pm
- Forum: Tim Johnson Knives and Handles
- Topic: Damascus!!
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Damascus!!
Took a 16 layer chunk from my first forge welded billet. It was 1.3" tall, 1.7" wide and around 1.25" long. Forged this out by hand!
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: Sharpening Advice
- Topic: Thin this knife to improve performance?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 972
Re: Thin this knife to improve performance?
Very nice!!
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Damascus Pizza cutter??
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- Views: 3225
Re: Damascus Pizza cutter??
This is the one Jeff is trying to show:
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Japanese Village Wants Steel Tourists
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- Views: 119
Re: Japanese Village Wants Steel Tourists
That would be sweet, but I would want a lot more Tamahagane! LOL.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Damascus Pizza cutter??
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Re: Damascus Pizza cutter??
So am I! LOL. Not enough free time to get back to my buddy with the press, so I may try to go to a forge on a day off and see if I can knock it out in a day there. Power hammers and press make quick work of a billet! It's around 12" long, around 1.25" square, 16 layers, so I may try to red...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Damascus Pizza cutter??
- Replies: 67
- Views: 3225
Re: Damascus Pizza cutter??
I started my first damascus billet. Still need to cut and stack a few more times!
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Damascus Pizza cutter??
- Replies: 67
- Views: 3225
Re: Damascus Pizza cutter??
Heh, my nephew wants a pizza axe for Christmas...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: Bread knife
- Replies: 8
- Views: 171
Re: Bread knife
The Tojiro ITK and Mac bread knives are almost identical except the handle shape. Tojiro is much less expensive!
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: Sharpening Advice
- Topic: Sharpening on Diamond Plates
- Replies: 3
- Views: 151
Re: Sharpening on Diamond Plates
Yup, I started using it on all of my knives! My waterstone bucket dried out I think, gotta re fill it I guess! Or maybe it's time for a sealed one that doesn't have sludge in it...lol. Been using the same water tub since around 2012?? They are faster than waterstones, so if it needs a touch up, I ju...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: Bread knife
- Replies: 8
- Views: 171
Re: Bread knife
Yeah, the descriptions says they extended the machi (neck) of the knife, so it's still the same blade length. Tojiro ITK is still my go to for bread and watermelon!
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:57 am
- Forum: Tim Johnson Knives and Handles
- Topic: 240mm Magnacut gyuto...new handle installed update!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1068
Re: 240mm Magnacut gyuto...new handle installed update!!
Finally got a chance to take a picture showing the hollow portion of the grind. So where it hits the ruler near the edge is where it's around .04"/1mm thick. The spine is .090"
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Grill suggestions
- Replies: 20
- Views: 429
Re: Grill suggestions
20230512_173824.jpg This is my 5 burner NexGrill. It got blown over by a heavy wind storm this winterand got a bit banged up, but the main burners all still work great! The side burner isn't working right, so I gotta see what is going on with it. The knobs got banged up, so I may get some replaceme...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: Sharpening Advice
- Topic: Thin this knife to improve performance?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 972
Re: Thin this knife to improve performance?
You can kinda see the hollow s grind here in this pic on my magnacut gyuto. Where the blade hits the ruler is around .04" thick.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: Single Bevel Kiritsuke
- Replies: 6
- Views: 193
Re: Single Bevel Kiritsuke
Also out of stock: https://www.chefknivestogo.com/ki24kibl2.html This one looks good, but is a double bevel gyuto, but with a very flat edge profile: https://www.chefknivestogo.com/kabl1gy24.html Again, double bevel gyuto or kiritsuke: https://www.chefknivestogo.com/tabl2ki24.html https://www.chefkn...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: Sharpening Advice
- Topic: Thin this knife to improve performance?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 972
Re: Thin this knife to improve performance?
Go course for the heavy lifting, but move up to finer stones so you have enough meat to remove the deeper scratches.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:22 am
- Forum: Sharpening Advice
- Topic: Thin this knife to improve performance?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 972
Re: Thin this knife to improve performance?
You can try to a thin it out a bit more as you sharpen it if you feel it can use it! You are at the point now when stones start to work better. Basically you would be trying to bring the cladding line higher up on the blade, so use the pressure on the cladding line area.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Grill suggestions
- Replies: 20
- Views: 429
Re: Grill suggestions
My wife and kid got me one of Home Depot's 5 burner grills last Spring to replace my old charcoal grill. They didn't like the smokiness from the charcoal and it was small. The new grill is much larger and I can do more food quicker. The extra width with the 5th burner is nice. It has the stand alone...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: Sharpening Advice
- Topic: Thin this knife to improve performance?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 972
Re: Thin this knife to improve performance?
Good looking choil! It shows how much you improved the original grind, too!
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: Sharpening Advice
- Topic: Thin this knife to improve performance?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 972
Re: Thin this knife to improve performance?
This is a 165mm Yamashin Funayuki I thinned and reground with a variable speed 2x72 and rotary platen. Yours isn't that far off!