Forging a Japanese Sashimi Knife - MURRAY CARTER

[@BernhardHofmann]

I can watch a master craftsman all day long. Thank you for taking the time to make this video and sharing it with us.

[@RAWKINTHEFRAGGLE]

No shit. Possibly the most valuable person to have around other than an experienced farmer and/or doctor.

[@swrcool]

I want to start forging, I got a small anvil I need to get some metals to practice with and a forge. I would love to learn from someone with as much knowledge as you. I'm glad this art isn't dead.

[@avboivin]

WOW that slow motion quenching is an amazing idea ! Very cool !

[@Neo2906]

absolute amazing job you did. i work as an engraver and i love to see people all over the world doin`nice old jobs. greetings from germany

[@19boris57]

Fascinating. Once the process started, I couldn't stop watching. Thank you for sharing an inner glimpse of your craft, Mr Carter.

[@westxtsew]

Very impresive. Thanks for showing the extensive process too making a sushi knife. You make me want too forge and complete my own knife.

[@Crazyknives]

Awesome knife!! 👍 thanks for sharing

[@Paner91]

This is so amazing. I could watch your videos all day long. Keep this good work going!

[@GrimacesGameNuggets]

A fantastic video! You do an amazing job of making your craft exceptionally interesting for common folk, it was almost hypnotic. I hope you continue to produce material like this.

[@lambamthankyoumaam]

At 9:55 you can tell Murray is Canadian, lol. All kidding aside this is truly a pleasure to watch. One day, when I have 6,000 dollars to spare, I'm definitely making a trip out to Oregon to take the Intensive Course. Beautiful work!

[@redanor]

Thanks for sharing, one fo the best blacksmith videos I've ever seen.

[@grundegrimstad4703]

Excellent vid man! I wouldn't mind even more technical explanation of the process. I love shop talk. I think everybody watching this clip is probably pretty nerdy about it in the first place, so I say more tech-talk please!

[@stigy61]

Superbly skilled knife making art, thanks for showing

[@NathanNostaw]

Thanks murray, loved your knife making book and enjoyed your video.

[@bubbasanjohnny]

I own one of Carter's knives. Love it. One of my cherished possessions.

[@Crazyknives]

That buffer polisher is huge!! Now I know how my yanagiba was made!!

[@hollywoodhefner2]

At first I was wonder why his knives were so expensive but now I see.... Totally worth it

[@neilyakuza6595]

That is a work of Art. Beautiful.

[@SpiritofPluto]

Thank you for this video. I loved every second of it!

[@jboy4023]

Beautiful! Man you made that look easy.

[@nejcpanic6704]

great stuff really i ve just purchased your sharpenong dvd, will go through it this week ,cant wait. thank you for your videos!

[@xmachine7003]

Nejc Panič I purchase Murray's knife sharpening video also. Very technical. I can make blades scary sharp now,thanks to Murry Carter.

[@manhunter1975]

you are one of knife makers that inspires me on my work thanks a lot for your vids good luck

[@CarterCutlery]

Thank you!

[@buetang]

You're an amazing talent sir. Thanks for sharing w/us laymen!

[@cocoanightnmare]

That is a beautiful tool. Thank you for sharing the video.

[@reynajs2412]

Absolutely gorgeous!!!

[@deesterdee123]

true skill !!! you make it look so easy!!!

[@MrMattyord]

Beautiful work

[@notiskoundouris9320]

Excellent work.Congrats.

[@joelbyrne]

Stunned. Such an informative video and well presented,

[@carloanthony8736]

amazing process and skill. well described too. thank you for making this video :)

[@SBlaugrund]

Congrats...Job beautifully done.

[@CarterCutlery]

Good eye. The tempering process was left out of the video. After the blade was quenched it was tempered.

[@iamsupersammie]

i love this!! great work!!

[@dutchomatic]

Good stuff as always!

[@blackheartknives6544]

Amazing work, thank you for showing us.

[@ltsgtwld]

Great, thanx for the video, really nice job done.

[@27dcx]

i love these videos. i hope someday to be able to attend the carter bladesmithing school

[@Gman6755]

Very interesting video! What would that knife sell for? It looks like a great knife!

[@PsychoStueyHappyKittens]

Chuck Norris heats metal with his breath and forges with his bare hands. He doesn't have to quench it. By then the metal is so intimidated he just says, "Be cool" and the metal quenches itself.

[@nosenugget6976]

This type of comment makes itself into all videos, but if you made this one up then good job. It is a pretty funny metaphor.

[@TheJared999]

I have always liked the pocket knife you use and can not tell the brand. Did you buy it or make it?

[@jerrege]

Truly a master!

[@dominickmaone]

Amazing knife.

[@Balisktic]

Master Carter, I am impressed with your choice of cold forging. I am reading and rereading your book Bladesmithing in an attempt to more fully understand the effects it has on the finished blade. Do you think the reduction of the steel's grain size plays a part in the effective bond between the outer tough layers and the inner strong layer of a blade allowing it to have a minimal chance of cracking or deforming during tempering? -Timothy

[@Logjam5]

Nice set-up.

[@solarisseven6969]

beautiful work

[@rowanationer]

really great video

[@bigrecexec]

this is too awesome to only have 1,600 views.

[@YL_AmericadoSul]

Hi! Nice video! I'm an enthusiast knife maker and I'm planning on making my first 2 layer yanagi knife soon. I've been searching for the correct heat treatment process for mild steel + blue steel #2 but didn't find anything concrete. On the video Murray makes a white steel laminate and you guys only show the quenching part of the heat treatment. I wanted to know if you guys tempered the blade after hardening and if so, for how long and at what temperature. I would really appreciate if you guys could share this info with me! Thank you!

[@jamesm3268]

Yuri Darian ni mai '2 layer' is the same in heat treat as San mai '3 layer'. You always heat treat for the given blade thickness and what the core composition is. So in your case heat treat using Hitachi heat treatment specs for the given thickness of the blue2. Cheers nyatiblades

[@digital-alchemist]

Super cool. Very skilled. Glad to see the ear protection, but no safety glasses? I'd hate to get a hot piece of scale in the eye. Anyway, great video man.

[@rostk3496]

Hi. Awesome video :) Could u, please, explain the attachment of the bow spring to the hammer ? This soft connection of yours looks pretty cool to me. Is this a rope, or a belt? What kind of material, and what is the way that its tightened. Thanks in advance. Rosen

[@Acheiropoietos]

Really nice job

[@中間徹]

This is the art !!

[@LMarshall32]

A fantastic Video!!!

[@superman4ever0311]

so that is going to used for blowfish?

[@fadugleman]

So do you hollow grind all of your blades? Great work by the way.

[@pabloramirezdiaz7668]

Amazing skills and knife! Awesome to watch! I am wondering why there is no tempering process after the hardening. Is it because this kind of blade doesn't needs it or it's just that this part was not included during video editing? Congratulations #CarterCutlery and all the best from Chile 👍

[@ogenmatic]

Gorgeous!

[@triggernova]

I've noticed in a lot of videos I've seen on traditional Japanese bladesmithing, especially with swords, that the smith will use apprentices with larger hammers to act as a sort of power hammer. How much time do you think using a power hammer saves you in the forging process of a knife?

[@AllieStrange]

Wow that was quite impressive.

[@neilyakuza6595]

Love your Knives.

[@tropifiori]

Very nice work. Thank you for making this video. I always thought you could not strike the metal after the hardening process. Perhaps these knives are intended to be tougher than hard? If it is not a proprietary matter, may I ask what color/temp do you reheat the metal to after you do the initial quench? Thanks Frank

[@fasteddie4145]

I'm very impressed with Murray's skills.....has he ever considered using induction heating to heat the steel in lieu of a traditional furnace?

[@CarterCutlery]

The thought of straying away from the traditional techniques that were taught to Murray has never entered his mind.

[@fasteddie4145]

CarterCutlery I didn't think so, especially for the earliest parts of the process....I'm an engineer at a company the manufactures them and many people use them for annealing, hardening and tempering.....The biggest advantage is precise control but obviously Murray knows how to control that.....

[@Saki630]

fasteddie4145 My thought is that maybe there is a wide enough temperature range that allows human error to forge the steel near perfect a majority of the time. Then only by having a reference that is the standard, will one ever know how well the new forging was. It could also be that a human cannot tell the difference between similar blades and as long as the maker was close enough no one person could ever tell if he was a few degree's Celsius off or too much or little time elapsed. There could also be an argument that if someone has an appreciation of handmade items, let alone love Japanese blade culture, they will always believe it is better because its hand made by someone who has made them for their whole life. Rather than accepting a machine automated the processes and took out the human error, producing something equivalent - if not better. I would like to know the answer, but maybe it will detract from my enjoyment.

[@Wattoman]

Thanks for the great video! :) One question. What is the purpose of welding low carbon steel and high carbon steel together?

[@huntergreen99]

Also what does the clay do ? I've seen some Japanese n others doing that. Thanks.

[@luizguilhermecosta1100]

Hay. Congratulations. Beautiful work. I have one doubt: what is function of clay to hardening the blade? Or better, what differente obtain with this process? My english is not good, sorry, i live in Brazil. Thanks Luiz.

[@なんちゃらかんちゃら-e5w]

+Luiz Costa It goes back to the two different kinds of steel used in the blade. Coating part of the blade in clay causes that part to heat and cool at a slightly different rate to the uncoated portion, which helps keep the blade from breaking or warping due to the mix of high and low carbon steel.

[@TyBaloo]

oh woooooow! I couldn't find any other word to say!

[@fralab9]

loved this video!! i have fallen in love with your power hammer!! where can I buy one?

[@Buford_T_Justice]

You didn't show the tempering process. Was that just left out of the video, or is the blade untempered?

[@peterrawlings9651]

Awesome video Murray 👍👍 Can I ask what type of high carbon steel you used? And what dimensions were both pieces roughly before you started? Cheers mate

[@danrobinson587]

great job.

[@matthewboston4487]

hello, Im a hobbyist knife maker and i see in this video that he had a pre-made hilt from japan that he did not use. Is there a supplier that you could suggest to buy these from. I have spent 3 hours looking for one and came across your video so i figured id ask, and a lovely video and its nice to see that other people do cold forging. thanks

[@jedirifleman]

Does fugu in the name fugu-hiki have any similar meaning to the "river pig" meaning of the fugu fish or do Japanese words take different meanings from prefix and suffix usage?

[@TechnicusJoe]

Very interesting video! One part cracked me up though! At 4:05 "I never tire of forging hot steel..." It really made me laugh, of course you won't get tired, you're letting the power hammer do the work, hardly forging it yourself (not negatively intended). I know this is not what you mean by that. But geez... that got some tears of laughter rolling!

[@olegahg]

what kind of power hammer is this? thank you

[@poeplay2008]

That was awesome

[@vdepoorter]

Awsome job.....japanese style!!!!

[@triitjahja1133]

Where are you buy Japanese power hammer ?

[@Screamingtut]

great video thanks i enjoyed it

[@TheRealFOSFOR]

I was wondering the same thing. First you made the metal brittle like glass and in the next step you smashed it with a hammer =D You don't use eye protection, do you ?

[@GarfieldGuy]

i love dat knife,nice work

[@wessmith2361]

Where can you buy rice straw ashes? Thanks.

[@TheOtherChef]

Is this yanagi-ba right or left handed?

[@treanthonyhuang636]

I want to learn to forge my own knives. Where do I go ?

[@burygems]

sweet slo-mo on the quench

[@FalltoAbism]

Where do you learn this tecnics, may i ask? Awesome job by the way;)

[@allietanner]

the best way is just to start up on your own. I suggest getting a piece of railroad rail, or something of the like, if you can't afford or find an anvil, and really, just regular old charcoal, and even wood, as I started on, will work just fine. a really cheap hair dryer, and some pipe to direct the air, and you are totally set up with your forge. just grab a hammer, and start heating some steel. Message me as much as you want, if you need any more help with getting started. also, keep your eyes open for a blacksmith group. there was one just a couple miles away, and had no idea, until I saw it in the paper, and got in touch with the man behind it all. A lot of wisdom and skill can be found in some older blacksmiths.

[@FalltoAbism]

tanner bozell Men i laught so much because THAT IS WHAT I HAVE DOING, a railroad a airdryier and lots of wood:D

[@allietanner]

Editeseunome lol, well, good. next step would be to get some fire brick, and fire clay, and maybe upgrade to a vacuum. I used an old steel grill, lined that with fire clay, and attached some piping, and still using that hair dryer. I would love to see some of the stuff you make. really, I am interested in seeing what everybody else comes up with. it is my main way of learning. I am actually currently working on a kusarigama, made completely out of chain.

[@jedmasonsong1481]

How much is the yanagiba if you sell it ??

[@T3hJones]

That is a very nice knife.

[@DulishusWaffle]

What kind of steel does Murray use for the high carbon layer? Thanks!

[@Master...deBater]

Hitachi White #1.

[@Mr.BinBin]

IT'S BEAUTIFUL

[@badokluwe6327]

GREAT JOB

[@phelpscd]

Other stuff like argon, whose natural gaseous form is monatomic (which is to say, not in a molecule)? Also, molecules are only bonded covalently (shared bound electrons). Very few metals bond this way.

[@llamaking1995]

is that for cutting the sushi or catching the fish :P

[@huntergreen99]

What is annealing Murray ? Thanks.

[@festol1]

07:30, cool capture carter. Keep the great work, we are following.

[@michaelmoore2104]

i want to make my own knfes any tips?

[@pomademahal]

How much you sell this one for?

[@daniel12hot]

that is beautiful where do i go to school

[@aedenangelone7177]

How would that sell for?

[@rebkong]

the Japanese were in awe of Murray Carter's power and strength. they made a movie about his time there featuring an actor playing Murray Carter, the title character. in Japanese, the word for Murray Carter is Godzilla.