Knife Making: DIY Japanese Santoku

I have only made one knife before this, a regular western style chefs knife with a full tang handle, I've been using it for about a year, but often find myself prefering a santoku style blade, I had another piece of 1075 steel lying around from my first knife so I decided to try making a satoku shaped knife. This was also my first time attempting a hidden tang or Wa style handle with a brass bolster and that was a lot more work than I thought it would be to get everything fitting nicely.
In a previous video you saw me customise a 4x36" belt grinder to be able to grind knife bevels, in this video I make a santoku style knife using my new belt grinder to grind the bevels. I think it worked very well!
I've used the knife a few times now and I'm very happy with it, the carbon steel is already starting to patina.
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[@morgarath101]

dude you're skilled AF. loved the filing on the brass bolster!

[@lukeedwards8018]

Absolutely stunning build along. That’s the first time i’ve seen a handle being built in such a way. Great job

[@UmarRosyad]

This is actually amazing work I wonder why this video never came out from my search engine Good knife bro!

[@davidflemmer3392]

Great work, I did notice a tin of Syrup on you workbench from foreign shores!

[@janeparker5577]

Great job!

[@salsolo2403]

beautiful :)

[@diydaisy2217]

That paper cutting at the end is what my ASMR dreams are made of!

[@diydaisy2217]

Hey now!

[@dmitryk754]

Do you thing Water and that grinder as safe so close together ?

[@robg109]

Great looking knife. I'm making my first japanese style petty at the moment. Just hand filed the bevels yeaterday. May have missed it but what is the finish on the handle? Looking for something robust for everyday use. Good to see more UK knife makers👍🏼

[@DavidParker]

I’m actually in New Zealand! I used Tung oil for the handle

[@TakamiWoodshop]

Good stuff man! came out perfect. What does the refactory (refractory?) cement do?

[@DavidParker]

Rob Trautvetter - Takami Woodshop it’s an old Japanese technique, it’s not really needed with modern steels but the refractory cement insulates the back of the blade so when you quench the knife in oil the edge cools quickly and fully hardens but the back cools slower and stays softer. When you polish and etch the knife it shows the two types of steel as varying shades... I just did it because i think it looks good and because I can!

[@TakamiWoodshop]

@@DavidParker hell yeah - "because I can" is the best reason to do anything! 👍💥

[@JohnJohnson-bg2oo]

How in the hell do you get epoxy to stick the black walnut and brass together? And, have you ever tried a multiple faceted handle, using bamboo brass and black walnut? I have tried to epoxy these materials together twice now, and both times the epoxy has failed MISERABLY! Any info will be appreciated.

[@DavidParker]

I don’t have experience with bamboo but I guess just make sure the parts are dry and clean from oils etc (clean with acetone) and they fit well and you’ve mixed the epoxy properly and at the right temperature etc and you’re using the correct type of epoxy. I usually leave a rough (sanded to 80g) surface on materials like brass to give the epoxy something to grip to.

[@sunny-wn5do]

What type of glue did you use to make the handle of knife?

[@DavidParker]

West systems epoxy

[@PrimedProductions]

What did you use to control the angle of the wooden block to create the correct angle bevel? Looks super consistent.

[@DavidParker]

I cut the block of wood to the angle I wanted on the tablesaw

[@PrimedProductions]

@@DavidParker aha! Love it, I will try this next time

[@max88nielsen]

And what kind of belts and grit ? :-)

[@max88nielsen]

Nice :-) How thick was the steel ? And is your grinder still working ?

[@DavidParker]

Max Nielsen it was 3mm, grinder still working well! No issues! I found some ceramic belts on eBay I think? 60, 80 120, 240 before heat treat and then 240 and 400 after and then I used a 1000 grit belt for the initial sharpening before finishing with polishing compound on an mdf wheel

[@max88nielsen]

@@DavidParker Thanks :-) The knife is pretty impressive :-)

[@crassizolda9935]

Круто! (Cool). Подписался.

[@smailmehdi1017]

Hi my friend what kind of iron that is used for the manufacture of a knife

[@DavidParker]

Mahdi Smail this was 1075 steel

[@janhvizdos]

Hi, nice work. And Cemix product? Which?

[@DavidParker]

It’s their Laitite refractory mortar. Seems to work great for me!

[@amaroq69]

Single or double bevel?

[@amaroq69]

& is that a brass inset at the hilt?

[@krzysztofhabrzyk8047]

Can you get the dimensions of the knife?

[@smailmehdi1017]

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