I've just completed my first three day Damascus chef's knife class with a student. On day one Mark made the billet and performed multiple forge welds on it to get his layer count up to 124 layers. The billet was made from 1075 + Cr high carbon tool steel, 15N20 and pure nickel. The blade was also hardened and tempered by the end of the first day. Day two consisted of grinding his blade to shape and then grinding in his primary bevels. No… View More
This new series of chef's knives are called the Oyabun, which is the name given to a Yakuza boss and these will certainly be the boss of any task you perform in the kitchen. They will be a standard style and size and will come with the same shaped handles. The core blade steel will be 26C3, which is a very pure high carbon tool steel which is capable of taking and holding a very fine and sharp edge. The outer cheeks are made from mild steel… View More
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