18 years old forging a Nakiri Knife || Making a japanese chef's knife

Here is our own version of a Japanese Nakiri knife made for one of our clients. The blade is forged out of 1095 steel and the handle is made from black walnut, maple wood and thin sheets of copper. 🔪🔥
⬇⬇ To build one yourself, you can support us by buying the DXF files of the blade or the printable 1:1 templates here: ⬇⬇
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⬇⬇ Want to build your own? Get the belt grinder plans here! ⬇⬇
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[@ShadrikEaston]

oh god.. when you used acetone to clear the excess of the glue off, I smiled so widely. you are literally the first person I've seen who gives a toss about excess glue. when you took the nakago out and removed excess glue before reseating it I was very happy also. :)

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Shine bright and beautiful.

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

awesome nakiri

[@KOPOprojects]

thanks !

[@russellfox6619]

Nice work mate

[@chefknivesenthusiast]

Well done! I love Nakiri's, my most used shape if Japanese knives in the kitchen.

[@KOPOprojects]

Thank you !!

[@ShadrikEaston]

to be fair, my nakiri gets a lot more use nowadays than my santoku. :) lovely knife.

[@lArtisanBrasseur]

C'est un bien beau channel que vous avez les boys! C'est très léché et super bien fait. BRAVO!

[@KOPOprojects]

Merci beaucoup ! Ta chaine aussi est super !😉

[@pjotrasert2054]

as an 18 yr old damascus bladesmith i give this one my stamp of approval, nice work and might i ask if you have any socials i can follow ?

[@KOPOprojects]

Thanks, it's always pleasant to get the aproval of other craftsmans! We recently created an instagram account, there is no content yet but you can sure follow us there : kopo.projects

[@noemiefalardeau5641]

C'est absolument insane!

[@KOPOprojects]

Haha merci Noé! 💛

[@markneo1]

Bravo 👏👏👏👏 🇧🇷

[@KOPOprojects]

muito obrigado !

[@knifethrower9733]

18 year old with all the the tools etc We want and at least 70/80% of us make knives, but we'll done very nice knife I'd be happy with the results