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I did a Chefs knife making course over the last weekend, the two days, it was a great learning experience and fun at the same time.

This is my Chefs Knife that I made over the last two days in the course that was run in Kalgoorlie, it turned out awesome.

It is Go Mai construction blade which is 5 layers of various metals the center core is 1084 high carbon steel then and thin layer of Nickel then and outer coat of mild steel/Wrought Iron

Forge welded and then drawn out and shaped and then the very neat handle fitted and shaped.

The blade was etched in Ferric Chloride and then the handle and blade given a wax coating and polish

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cheers dave
Nice knife. PP

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Today Engine Bay Day .
Troopy Hzj 31yrs old needed attention & fitted 2nd battery base while attending it.
Pays to take a few pics of the existing when attempting to relocate relay switches and cables.
1/2 a bay done atleast i`m happy everything is working correctly.:)
 

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Today Engine Bay Day .
Troopy Hzj 31yrs old needed attention & fitted 2nd battery base while attending it.
Pays to take a few pics of the existing when attempting to relocate relay switches and cables.
1/2 a bay done atleast i`m happy everything is working correctly.:)
Second your mention about pics before dismantling.
Do the terminals have enough clearence from bonnet?
 
I started two more chefs knives while we were in Kalgoorlie and I have just finished them now at home.

I think they turned out ok, not quite as good as the one I made in the knife making class in Kalgoorlie Boulder Artisan Blacksmiths

For these two I just bought the handles finished from Amazon for $60.00 for the pair delivered

Both these blades are the same construction as to one I made in the class, "Go Mai" which is 1084 high carbon steel center core and then thin sheet Nickel each side of the center and then Wrought Iron cladding on the outside, the thin white line is the Nickel, the dark black is the 1084 and the textured outside is the Wrought Iron, then the blade is etched in Ferric Chloride Fe-Cl3

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I made a Paring Knife from some of the left over Go Mai metal from the two big Chefs kitchen knives.

The handle is a piece of dead and dry WA Mulga cut and shaped to the octagon shape, all sanded to a 600 grit finish and an oil/bees wax finish for the handle and blade.

Sharpened to 8000 grit on the cutting edge and, it will cut 👌

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cheers dave
 
First go at making a Cu Mai billet in my home gas forge, it actually worked not to bad, judging the heat is a bit tricky, to hot and the copper is to liquid and wants to find an escape spot which is where the thinnest line of copper is in the blade.

I used a piece of 5mm thick plough disk for the center core then about 1mm thick copper each side and clad the outside with 3mm mild steel

Ok I finished the Cu Mai Mini Cleaver/Chopper, it's a bit ruff but happy with it for the first finished forged blade in my home gas forge

The pictures didn't turn out great but you get the idea

Etched in Ferric Chloride and sanded to 600 grit on the blade and handle, the handle is from a piece of Mulga I brought home from WA

The Billet
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The Blade shaped out of the Billet
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The finished mini Cleaver/Chopper
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cheers dave
 
Today I made, well it took a few days really :) but I got it finished today

Damascus steel Chefs knife the steel is 1095 and 15n20 forge welded and twisted to around 352 layers (I bought the billet) I don't have enough heavy duty machinery to do the billet myself yet

Anyway I cut and ground the shape from the billet heat treated and oil quenched and then tempered

Sanded to 600 grit and fitted the handle and sharpened the cutting edge and it will cut ;)

the start of the project
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The finished Chefs Knife
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cheers dave
 
Excellent piece of work Dave.
Very Impressive.
I`m still wondering why they do not edge the blades prior quenching. ??? .
i was at the steel yard Au a few weeks ago seeking steel to replace rotary cutter / slasher skid runners.
They only had mild steel available in stock so i ran with that.
i figured the welding would have degraded a higher carbon steel anyhow plus the mild metal was fairly easy to bend.
 
most the carbon steels when bought new bush arrive annealed (soft)unless requested to have it hardened before delivery, you have to harden and temper them when you finish playing with them
mild steel is usually the norm for slasher skids ,the top usually rusts out before the skids wear out
 

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