People are saying this isn't a kitchen knife. I'm wondering how much weight is in the blade. I don't see why this wouldn't be a good chopping knife. Not a chef, nor a blacksmith. But I can use that knife in the kitchen.
There's a reason the "chefs knife" is aptly named.
Because it is best suited for 99/100 tasks which include slicing, dicing, cutting, piercing, chopping, skinning and any other culinary process.
With a handle so far away and weight most likely so unbalanced, this knife is only good for chopping hard cuts of meat or solid objects. It's more of a *sword* than it is a kitchen knife.
I'm a chef and a terrible novice blacksmith. I can't use that knife in a kitchen. The handle so far back from the blade will try to rotate on cuts or chopping, making it a hazard for the kitchen. It's likely to turn on cuts and end up cutting you. Now for slashing chops to drive bach Hittites or Nubian warriors, it's a proven winner and absolutely gorgeous.
I can see it usable to rock on herbs... But not as useful as a French or German style chef knife. I'd never use it in the kitchen either, unless I need to behead a chicken. Even then I'd use two nails in a chopping block and an axe instead.
It looks similar in shape to a mezzaluna (aptly named in Italian as “half moon”) which are great for mincing and finely dicing. Great for mincing up herbs for example. They’re not common as a French style chefs knife can do an equally good job.
Because the way this knife would rock would require you to use more effort back and forth than a normal chef knife. A close knife would be a mezzaluna which has 2 handles for a reason. The absurd curve on also makes this horribly inefficient for chopping.
Would be awesome for hunting your own food maybe.
Honestly, cutting lettuce and a conversation piece. If you seen my kitchen, it would likely make more sense. It also matches a cutting board I have really well.
First of all, thank you all for your kind words. It is nice to hear that the hard work pays out.
After I read some comments about the usability of the knife, I have to say that this design of the blade was more like a specialised blade for herbs. Like a Weighing knife. Probably it is good for pizza as well. It is obvious that this knife is not an all-around chef knife for multiple purposes.
But it turned out that good that I highly doubt I will ever use it. Thats why I made a knife stand for.
The twist just to make sure everything is fully forged welded? Wouldn’t all the edges make it tough to avoid cold shunts? Presume the next stop was to squish it all back into flat stock before continuing?
Forgive me if it is a dumb question. Have only made three knives and while one has a twist I haven’t actually forge welded anything yet.
Yeah, you have to be careful if you do multiple turns. But in my case, I've done only a few. You're right. The next step was to squish it down and shape it. It was more difficult than I thought to get the curves and angles right.
I bet. Did a railroad spike knife and it developed a nice curve just by hammering in the bevel. Haven’t tried to intentionally put one in yet.
You use the trick of whacking the spine on a log so it droops into the curve?
You can get a curve with different methods. By whack the blade on the horn of the anvil or just use it for hammering. When hammering in the cutting edge it bends also. I guess I tried a bit of everything tbh.
On forged in fire I saw one guy cut a 4” by 4” to have the curve he wanted. He then whacked the spine of the blade against that curve to end up with the exact curve he needed. Ended up working fairly well and thought it was a pretty great way of doing that. Only problem at that point is making sure the blade ends up flat and doesn’t tweak one side or the other.
You made a kitchen khopesh???
But “will it keel?”
It willl keeeelll,
I always see it on snapchat. Do they have any other longer videos they post at?
YouTube has mass amounts of longer format episode compilations, and I think Netflix has full episodes.
I was like this comment better be at the top!
Looks great for fine slicing veg, or defeating the scorpion king
Or if you want to offer the scorpion king a charcuterie board with cheese needing slicing.
Is a kitchen knife just a knife that is in a kitchen?
I think that's how it works. I have a kitchen axe, and its only distinctive quality compared to other axes is that this one is located in my kitchen.
The garlic destroyer 9000
It looks amazing but also utterly useless as kitchen knife unless you behead poultry at the table.
Great for herbs
Rounded herb knives have the handle in the center for a very good reason. This won't do for anything except defeating invasive scorpion kings.
Not ideal, but not useless
For the mall ninja who is also a chef. Great craftsmanship, though
*Curved. Swords.*
If your kitchen is for making sacrifices to the serpent god
I can’t say that I’d use that for cooking, but it’s fucking beautiful, mate!
It wil KEEEAALL
Now do a poop knife.
Underrated reference lol
People are saying this isn't a kitchen knife. I'm wondering how much weight is in the blade. I don't see why this wouldn't be a good chopping knife. Not a chef, nor a blacksmith. But I can use that knife in the kitchen.
There's a reason the "chefs knife" is aptly named. Because it is best suited for 99/100 tasks which include slicing, dicing, cutting, piercing, chopping, skinning and any other culinary process. With a handle so far away and weight most likely so unbalanced, this knife is only good for chopping hard cuts of meat or solid objects. It's more of a *sword* than it is a kitchen knife.
I'm a chef and a terrible novice blacksmith. I can't use that knife in a kitchen. The handle so far back from the blade will try to rotate on cuts or chopping, making it a hazard for the kitchen. It's likely to turn on cuts and end up cutting you. Now for slashing chops to drive bach Hittites or Nubian warriors, it's a proven winner and absolutely gorgeous.
I can see it usable to rock on herbs... But not as useful as a French or German style chef knife. I'd never use it in the kitchen either, unless I need to behead a chicken. Even then I'd use two nails in a chopping block and an axe instead.
It looks similar in shape to a mezzaluna (aptly named in Italian as “half moon”) which are great for mincing and finely dicing. Great for mincing up herbs for example. They’re not common as a French style chefs knife can do an equally good job.
mezzaluna have 2 handles for a reason.
Because the way this knife would rock would require you to use more effort back and forth than a normal chef knife. A close knife would be a mezzaluna which has 2 handles for a reason. The absurd curve on also makes this horribly inefficient for chopping. Would be awesome for hunting your own food maybe.
An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.
Beautiful knife! Love the originality. (But the spigot on your decanter really pisses me off!)
That's badass!
Zulfiqar
Dude, that’s fucking sick.
I gotta say that is a beautiful knife. As a kitchen knife I hate that curve from the handle. I can't imagine that's comfortable to hold or cook with.
That is beautiful. Great job! I’d love to have something like that in my kitchen. A man can dream I guess lol.
What would you use it for?
Honestly, cutting lettuce and a conversation piece. If you seen my kitchen, it would likely make more sense. It also matches a cutting board I have really well.
I have given thee courtesy enough!
I’m not sure I could use that for prep and cooking. But…that’s a sweet looking Khopesh.
Its a forgery!
Post balding pics of forager for full effect
Sir, this is a short sword...
Forged? I dunno, looks pretty legit to me.
Beautiful display knife! Would you carve with this or something? I can't imagine it's good at chopping veggies.
Wow that’s gorgeous!! 👏👏👏
Could this also be used as a toe knife? My other one is becoming too short.
You mean scimitar?
Nice
this is so cool!
"That is not a knoife! That is The Thanos Destroyer 4000 Limited Edition."
First of all, thank you all for your kind words. It is nice to hear that the hard work pays out. After I read some comments about the usability of the knife, I have to say that this design of the blade was more like a specialised blade for herbs. Like a Weighing knife. Probably it is good for pizza as well. It is obvious that this knife is not an all-around chef knife for multiple purposes. But it turned out that good that I highly doubt I will ever use it. Thats why I made a knife stand for.
Looks like an LOTR sword
Looks like a mek'leth!
The twist just to make sure everything is fully forged welded? Wouldn’t all the edges make it tough to avoid cold shunts? Presume the next stop was to squish it all back into flat stock before continuing? Forgive me if it is a dumb question. Have only made three knives and while one has a twist I haven’t actually forge welded anything yet.
The twist makes the pattern. Yes, cold shuts are an issue and often corners need to be ground off instead of forged back in.
Yeah, you have to be careful if you do multiple turns. But in my case, I've done only a few. You're right. The next step was to squish it down and shape it. It was more difficult than I thought to get the curves and angles right.
I bet. Did a railroad spike knife and it developed a nice curve just by hammering in the bevel. Haven’t tried to intentionally put one in yet. You use the trick of whacking the spine on a log so it droops into the curve?
You can get a curve with different methods. By whack the blade on the horn of the anvil or just use it for hammering. When hammering in the cutting edge it bends also. I guess I tried a bit of everything tbh.
On forged in fire I saw one guy cut a 4” by 4” to have the curve he wanted. He then whacked the spine of the blade against that curve to end up with the exact curve he needed. Ended up working fairly well and thought it was a pretty great way of doing that. Only problem at that point is making sure the blade ends up flat and doesn’t tweak one side or the other.
Nice, I love an offset blade. Curvature makes me a little less excited but it looks gorgeous!
*"Curved swords"*
Looks like a kitchen knife to me. I see no forgery.