Competition chopper AEB-l

[@FearNoSteel]

Congrats on the new furnace

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Thank you I love it can’t believe I have one waited so long. Probably should’ve got the 220 version 30 minute ramp time I hope is adequate, whenever magna-cut becomes available I Can’t wait to try it out

[@dominickmaone]

Pretty entertaining video. That’s a big knife.

[@jjrossitee]

Happy to hear the furnace had arrived eh, best of luck with the new creations... That chopper is wicked awesome.

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Thank you hopefully my buddy can enter one of these competitions he's been looking it up he's got to go down to Texas and I guess big Chris is the one that teaches the class lol

[@jjrossitee]

@@AaronJohnson1979 Be really awesome to upload some of that chopping content to the channel eh. The knife you made him looks like it could so some serious chopping.

[@AaronJohnson1979]

@@jjrossitee probably not the best steel for the competition but it's what I'm most familiar with.

[@NORTHWESTKNIFEGUY]

Sweet lookin chopper man, nice work! Btw that's a nice looking furnace!

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Thank you maybe sometime in the next 5 years I'll get my hands on some magna cut lol

[@NORTHWESTKNIFEGUY]

@@AaronJohnson1979 Check pops knife supplies dot com

[@AaronJohnson1979]

@@NORTHWESTKNIFEGUY holy crap man you're right it's there I just bought a bunch of it definitely not cheap stuff lol. I appreciate it I've been looking at all these different websites every day thank you

[@NORTHWESTKNIFEGUY]

@@AaronJohnson1979 Hey you bet, glad you were able to pick some up. 👍

[@AaronJohnson1979]

@@NORTHWESTKNIFEGUY I picked up more than I should have put it that way lol

[@ibpositivemostly7437]

Very cool video thanks.

[@AaronJohnson1979]

I made another video of this competition chopper, cutting through rope and putting it through a course but I also put a mirror finish on it in the other video

[@pant0sand0hat]

Well made video

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Thank you im still learning but do enjoy doing it

[@emilyscandycakes4530]

AEB-I...Interesting stuff...

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Yeah the stuff performs a lot better than what it should.

[@the1stvendetta]

Nice chopping blade, I am gearing up to make a short sword in the same stuff. You really shouldn't be sharpening to a burr. A burr is steel that collapsed under the pressure from the sharpening abrasive, and is by definition weakened metal. You can induce a burr with too much force on the edge when sharpening, but it can also be indicative of issues like overheating, poor heat treat etc. All of these things have been shown by lots of other people. The ideal sharpening process would be to shape the edge with a stone until it won’t reflect light, then refine with higher grits to achieve the grit finish you want. If the knife already had an edge but was used fairly heavily, it is almost always best to start with de-stressing, by cutting directly into the stone and removing fatigued metal at the edge. Sharpening on a burr, or on fatigued metal has been shown to reduce edge retention by a huge amount, 90% or more. Yes, really that much. I never did this before and I have noticed dramatically higher performance in my knives since I started.

[@AaronJohnson1979]

@@the1stvendetta the only difference is these have never been sharpened. This is a first initial edge put on them when making a knife. The bur is essential for evenness and knowing your symmetrical.

[@knifesharpeningnorway]

Damn thats sweet mate

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Thank you I’ll do a better performance video next time on it this one was starting to get too long I might try to make it a little thinner. I think I can get away with shaving a little more off lol

[@knifesharpeningnorway]

@@AaronJohnson1979 yes sir probably i have noe clue how they do the comp choppers.

[@kevinAuman1]

Ya better listen to hank, he knows best!

[@chadhosmer9357]

I was just wondering who made you Makers Mark tool?

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Honestly man I know this is gonna sound terrible but I don’t remember

[@chadhosmer9357]

@@AaronJohnson1979 that's ok like everything else I will figure out a way and make my own. Thanks for getting back to me though.

[@AaronJohnson1979]

@@chadhosmer9357 yeah, i pretty much just googled cold metal stamps and the company just popped up

[@chadhosmer9357]

@@AaronJohnson1979 thanks for the info.

[@FearNoSteel]

No paper

[@AaronJohnson1979]

Yeah I wasn’t sure, I won’t use anything next time. Thanks