Making a Damascus Chef Knife from a pile of nails

This knife was made for my wife who has a small hand so the handle is slim. This knife is lightweight and suitable for handling vegetables.
I love the process of turning fantasy into reality and the sense of accomplishment that comes with seeing the results.
About the material: The nails are high carbon steel nails and before forging, I did a heat treatment test.
Steel powder contains large particles of nickel, which is where the reflective spots on the blade come from. If you look carefully, you will find that this knife is not pure black, but has many other colors. This is not a camera error, this is real. Once I figure out what's going on, I'll show you the process specifically.
Finally, thank you for watching.

[@geraldstamour1312]

This knife, HANS, totally belongs in a high-end kitchenware catalog and/or retailer!

[@jayoutdoors1534]

No

[@geraldstamour1312]

@@jayoutdoors1534 Yes

[@anubis8680]

@@geraldstamour1312 nah…..the metal is likely hot garbage. Made well, yes, exquisite craftsmanship obviously, but starting with a base metal of mild steel nails…. The intrinsic metal qualities is what’s lacking here. Will it cut sure will it last likely, but chipping, rate of holding its edge, overall length of sharpness… likely sub par. Nothing on the creator, just not great knife steel to start with.

[@geraldstamour1312]

@@anubis8680 To each one's own! Let's agree to disagree!

[@kode4420]

You definitely "nailed" it. 👍

[@MASI_forging]

What a beautiful knife 👍👍

[@kevdimo6459]

That’s a beautiful knife Han, i don’t think I’ve seen the blank twisted so much as you did in this video. The handle turned out great such a great piece of wood. 👍🏼

[@justinkurokawa5099]

I love seeing Damascus because the patterns on knifes can be very beautiful like this one.

[@stefanbehling4251]

The Rooster in the Background knew what this knive is for.

[@normanzurich2781]

A lot of machines, time, energy… how much does it cost ?! 😮❤❤❤

[@axemanmike4390]

BEAUTIFUL! WELL DONE! THANKS for sharing!

[@therockhoundchannel9673]

I'd definitely buy a whole kitchen set excellent work!

[@Obsidian369]

That’s a beautiful knife

[@danunger3240]

Nice work!

[@swordof5ab]

Gorgeous!!!

[@benjaminmatte5225]

Nice knife brother

[@jerryhaverstick5259]

That's a beautiful piece of work, you should set up a website to sell your craft. ❤

[@derrickcordick1315]

Beautiful job 😊

[@stevekorup7366]

Very Cool!! Great Job

[@michaelrobins420]

What a talented man I would love to own a knife like that

[@jfssparky]

Great work 😊

[@sailor5026]

Beautiful. Just right.

[@jeromebonto8680]

Love what you do.

[@Tolp_Is_Gone]

Damn guys I think he nailed it

[@THEchiQ]

That’s a fabulous grip. Is it a maple, or walnut, or something else?

[@Shae_Sandybanks]

Wow! Awesome piece. What type of wood is it?

[@paulwiggins183]

Judging by how easily you drilled through the tang, the nail steel does not harden appreciably. Very interesting. And very well photographed.

[@HansKnives]

That drill bit is made of tungsten alloy. Can penetrate 60HRC steel. My oversight, not showing it in detail, and the handle part is not heat treated.

[@paulwiggins183]

Oh! I failed to notice that the tang wasn't hardened. I'm currently wrecking drill bits in an effort to get through a tang which I did harden. I won't do that again.@@HansKnives

[@HansKnives]

@@paulwiggins183 🍻🍻🍻

[@jackcarpenter2468]

Fantastic

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

4:39 I can never figure out why forgers never use a runout surface to keep their material from sagging in the press. It's a pretty knife, I love the wood.

[@lescouteauxdejerome9833]

Magnifique !

[@leor2830]

very nice knife,, but,, the way you held onto that small piece of brass with your fingers was scary,,, you should have held it in a vice!!

[@madmadeirajassan7952]

Humans have at least two replacement fingers 😂

[@CardinalSinOfCake]

Just keep spinning Just keep spinning What do we do!? We spin, spin

[@happinessis850]

What would a knife like that sell for?

[@aea5340]

chef's special

[@TheIronspike1982]

Very beautiful, but why do you made this Damascus pattern? Basically you need thin layers orientated with the edge, twist/welding/waving just mess up layers each others.

[@user-oz8ev9wc2o]

完美，加油🎉

[@gabrielgoldwoulfe2277]

And where might I purchase your handiwork?

[@jensebock7696]

Ein wunderschönes Messer, wenn leider das Muster kaum noch zu erkennen ist. Es ist für mich zu viel gewesen. Handwerklich kann ich nur den Hut ziehen...einfach wunderbar.

[@eliezerjohnson5491]

O que são essas lascas que saem ao ser pressionado?

[@waltermartinelli]

Top😊

[@MrTimNed]

I never seen the canister removed. Heat treat didn't look hot enough but the file skated

[@Phornax7]

Aren't nails usually made from mild steel?

[@clebplays]

nice

[@aaronhill9444]

Do you sell any of the knives you create?

[@sebastiaoferreiraramos1053]

tem uns parafusos de bombas de poço sapo que esses parafusos são feitos de um aço que permanece intocado mesmo depois de 5 a 6 anos no cloro sem derreter ou perde medidas tenta fazer uma faca ou adaga com esse material se não tiver o material posso te mandar ele pelo correio se você quiser tenta essa brincadeira

[@eliezerjohnson5491]

What are these Shells that fall off when pressed?

[@garyjohnson9297]

The flakes are called fire scale

[@DebakulumToughguts]

👍 für den Algorithmus

[@steveholmes381]

Why ?

[@jeremyfoster6942]

Making steel from lots of little bits of all the same steel is patern welding, not " Damascus "

[@idleartisans778]

现在盒马玩的越来越溜了。看起来又换场地了啊

[@HansKnives]

明年换，今年还在原来的地方

[@idleartisans778]

更新没原来快了，是不是订单做不完啊😂，恭喜生意兴隆😁

[@subithnair186]

Aren't nails made of low carbon or mild steel? Is it possible to harden it to the extent that is needed for a knife?

[@garyjohnson9297]

Not without adding carbon to it , and this forging did not add any extra carbon

[@JoseAntonio-yt1if]

Quanto vale

[@MarsStrider]

The pattern is to fine. Could not determine what I was looking at. To many twists.

[@user-ks8qp1td8d]

콘크리트못으로칼만들어주시오

[@garyjohnson9297]

Blade is too thin , cutting edge is not hollow ground , how long does a blade forged from low carbon steel stay sharp , clanp it in a vise and try to bend it. Next time try using masonry nails they are high carbon steel or steel cable . I had a friend that forged knives from steel cable , much better than nails . I could tell by the sparks from grinder that you were using low carbon steel

[@panzerlieb]

You twisted it too much. The pattern was nearly lost.

[@MrTimNed]

There is no pattern to it

[@user-vl6jy7cw8z]

Что за порошок в начале видео?

[@jayoutdoors1534]

That knife is far from high quality

[@rickschlosser6793]

I am not sure I would be happy with the handle.

[@user-sb9gh9lt8z]

Хороший шеф нож!