Antique White Black Beveled

Knifemaker Restore Antique Cleaver

Restoring an old cleaver and fitting a new handle made in my style. I found this old beauty in a thrift store, it's 36cm (14inch) overall with 23cm (9inch) long blade 11cm (4.3inch) at his widest. The steel is some kind of high carbon heat treated to an hardness between 50 and 55 on the Rockwell scale, appropriate for a cleaver. The construction is very interesting with the tang forge welded and riveted to the blade. I guess the extra part on the handle is some kind of guard and the protrusion on the spine is possibly there as a stop when pushing on the spine with the other hand. Not sure! Say something in the comments if you know better. Guard is made of brass, pinned in place with two...

Turn A 2€ Rusty Knife Into High-End Japanese Chef's Knife

I found this big knife at a local flea market in a bucket of "everything 2€" miscellaneous items. I bought it with the intent of lightly restoring it but after a close inspection I thought I was better off doing something more interesting with it since the construction was pretty bad, with un-even grinds, terrible pins and poor materials. After removing the rust I could also tell it has pretty much no historical value since it has no marking at all. So here we go! In this video I go through the entire process of turning it into a better looking (and better performing of course) chef's knife. The design is pretty close to a kiritsuke, but it's much bigger than most measuring 43cm (17inch...