Thread: Wootz and damascus knives work in progress

I thought this thread had ended with the first post. Missed a lot of nice knives.

No worries John, More knives will shortly be uploaded.

Very nice work Bruno!

Awesome blades, Bruno-I just discovered this thread, didn't know you were making kitchen knives now too! You are a gifted blacksmith, and an even better father. The camel-bone funeral for your little girl is just priceless-what a dad!

Yes he makes kitchen knives very well, I have a 3 piece set that graces my kitchen, they are awesome. Tc

I like to make things that people actually use instead of putting them in a shadowbox.
Straight razors and kitchen knives are 2 of the things that people use when they buy them.

Up until now, kitchen knives have been something to do on occasion as an experiment, using various different constructions. This year I am planning to put a bit more effort in kitchen knives and come up with a standard handle construction that I like and then make a couple of different blade shapes to see if I can sell them at a price point that works.

My plan is to make them in wootz or Damascus of my own making. Not that I think my Damascus is automatically better than someone else's, but because thick blocks of Damascus raise the price by a couple hundred to begin with. So I make the Damascus myself. The wootz for the kitchen knives I buy as an ingot that I cut and forge out myself to cut costs. This way I should be able to keep the prices reasonable.

The reason for wanting thick starting material to begin with is that I want to make integral kitchen knives, meaning both the blade and the bolsters are forged from the initial billet in a single piece to eliminate any line between the blade and the handle where dirt or liquid can seep in.

I have a most awesome Bruno kitchen knife. It is by a long shot the best edge on a kitchen knife in my house, and the great thing is that nobody else ever uses it, so it is always sharp and never abused.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I have a most awesome Bruno kitchen knife. It is by a long shot the best edge on a kitchen knife in my house, and the great thing is that nobody else ever uses it, so it is always sharp and never abused.

Bruno is making me a 02 chef knife. The Swiss Miss will not be allowed to touch this tool.

Half the time I go to use mine it is dirty waiting to be washed. I have had to resharpen it.

No shadow box's in my house.

A large wootz kitchen knife I made for a colleague who wants to surprise her husband with it for his 40th birthday.





Shrunken like this you don't really see the pattern.
That handles are olivewood.