Beautiful Japanese Knife Restored - Look how beautiful it looks!

[@Joe_Elle]

The handle wood is just gorgeous!

[@stevedoolanTacoma]

That handle is insanely beautiful. Nice job on the blade as well. Thanks for the videos. 😎

[@condar419]

Fantastic work. For the longest time watching, I had no idea if that handle was going to be a disaster, but it turned out to be beautiful, a work of art. Well done.

[@DawahTrucker2024]

Beautiful finish, it is a small pairing knife.

[@valinn13]

Beautiful restoration! That's some gorgeous wood. Where did you get that combination file guide/bevel jig? If you made it, are there plans available?

[@coreyskiles8985]

Very nice job, great craftsmanship!

[@ROCCKO6901]

What kind of wood did you used for the handle, I'd so beutifful and great job

[@bringit3164]

That was amazing! I couldn't stop watching. Beautiful work!

[@diyresttube]

Really nice outcome.from rusted to very sharp knife.

[@Stealhammer100]

Wau! Beautiful.. It’s awesome.

[@npfrestoration]

Excellent !! Restored a similar painstaking task !!!

[@timothycarlson3663]

Terrific restoration, and a beautiful handle!

[@MrOrnix]

8:50 the meaning of vacuum impregnation is to allow the resin to enter the capillaries of the wood ... The air comes out quickly, the resin enters slowly, after equalizing the pressure, you need to keep the wood in the resin for 12-24 hours ...

[@OldRusty]

In reality, the handle was soaked for about 3 days. With periodic pumping of air and at normal pressure.

[@kangmaen2113]

Ahh... Thank you

[@KompletterGeist]

My man...if the air comes out of the wood, what do you think will fill the void it leaves behind? A black hole?...The air that is pulled out is directly replaced by resin, otherwise it wouldnt come out. No need to leave it in for another 24 hours

[@HerrDiestel]

It looks really nice, and I enjoyed watching the video. If there is one grain of salt, it is that you altered the form and function of the blade.

[@KendoChris]

Stunning!

[@이쁜미니곰]

Omg !!! So beautiful !!!! Awesome !!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@JayMStein]

Really beautiful work. The handle really caught my attention.

[@minasaluna8618]

I always Smile 🙂 , when the result is Beautiful .

[@18echo]

Two works of art in one , the blade and the handle.💪🏼💪🏼👏👏👏

[@خالدالبيومي-ظ1ز]

Beautiful restoration!

[@nevillesmith9795]

Beautiful wood. What kind is it

[@hanikaram3351]

the maker of the knife will be proud of your work

[@geibenbedivan3433]

Outstanding nice Restauration- marvelous handle! Thank you for this spot!

[@dejavu666wampas9]

I haven’t even finished the video yet, but I have to stop to say - Awesome homemade tool for removing the old handle.

[@vinceianni4026]

Beautiful knife beautiful restoration good job well done

[@m.b.alford6760]

Great Work. The Handle is Beautiful.

[@julienbailly3830]

Great job and very good restauration

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

beautiful restoration

[@cpinedo]

Great work... Congrats..

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

this jar trick is great

[@RestorationAustralia]

Well done.👍

[@ajoybanerjee2819]

Amazing handle 👏

[@Zombu47]

I love that handle.

[@joelboutier1736]

beautiful handle

[@jayaline]

Very nice. Beautiful handle. I would say unfortunate that you sanded the patina off the top of the blade, .. some Japanese knives are made with that patina on.

[@antonzanker1459]

What are you doing in the glass with the wood and what chemicals do you use?

[@frankplummer5084]

Beautiful wood .

[@Jako-fh8zg]

It looks amazing. I love the way you have retained some of the character of the knife - thanks for posting this 👍👍👍

[@joso5554]

Magnificent handle. The blade work is ok but could be better.

[@johnbren1351]

I entered your world and was soon in an unfamiliar and amazing place. I watched in awe, increasingly lost in and by what was happening. I reached the end, baffled and only half aware of what I was doing there. I left quietly with more questions than answers. Nice.

[@OldRusty]

:)

[@たなかたろう-n3o]

もはや、包丁では無くなってしまった。テセウスの船。

[@kayakfishinghokkaido9884]

かつてゴミだったものが、今では再び美しく役立つ道具になりました。

[@robertocastilho2083]

👍gostei🔔sino salve pela faca antiga

[@VictorLarsen-fy9ls]

What kind of plastic do you melt on the back tip of the blade to insert and secure in the handle? Interesting method👍

[@Eliel7230]

Excellent craftsmanship. I especially liked the work you did on the knife handle. Very sleek ! 😊

[@randy3972]

Very nice.

[@kellor874]

Fantastic restoration and I absolutely love the created handle

[@OldRusty]

Hi, thank you. When I tried polishing it, I was really surprised at how beautiful it turned out. I did not use any wax or oil in the beginning.

[@jameshoffman1842]

Not restored but altered...

[@jerrygouge9615]

Beautiful work. Salute!

[@АндрейМарков-з8к]

well done!!!👍👍👍

[@EnterBiH]

Nice, what is that liquid in jar? And what kind of wood?

[@monteceitomoocher]

Lovely job, now it's too nice to use!.

[@lennartharry]

how intelligent...no disturbing music

[@markspc1]

Nice work !

[@sedquoniam]

What are the machine you connect to the jar and the liquid you poor in? Thanks

[@sedquoniam]

You pour

[@OldRusty]

It's a vacuum bagger...

[@michaelwirth6843]

Yeah, it looks really beautyful, well done!

[@blacksheeepfilms]

The rust from the thumbnail magically disappeared, turned out real nice tho

[@jameshoffman1842]

A drop dead BEAUTIFUL handle ...❤👍

[@czowiekbeton6647]

what is this fluid that you used to stabilize the wood?

[@tyronekim3506]

Nice restoration. I have two same-looking knives but mine are smaller and bigger and both blades are thicker. Both knives are about 70 years old. I wonder what kind of steel they are.

[@mdakin]

This looks like a small single beveled deba knife, there are many steel possibilities. These knives has a convex back (Urasuki) not sure but it doesn't seem like restorer took that detail into account.

[@butsukete1806]

@@mdakin After watching the first bit again, it does appear to be a deba. You have a good eye for noticing that was single bevel, the camera angles make it hard to tell.

[@doriWyo]

The remaining pits give it great character. Beautiful work.

[@olgaabella2537]

Muy lindo quedó 👏👏👏👏👏!!! Abrazos desde Uruguay

[@jasonantes6015]

So I must ask about this, with the amount of material that was removed off the blade would this affect the hardness and the temper of the blade. Would this have made the edge to soft.

[@Goochgravysuppliers]

If he burnt it, yeah, but it didn't look like he did expect maybe the tip. Since it looked like it changed colors

[@1954JDR]

An amazing restoration. That knife is now worth a lot of money.👏✋

[@Pnanasnoic]

What would you pay? Just curious.

[@Austeration]

Looks fantastic 👍 well done

[@ahmadshuhaimee8307]

Marvellous

[@carrestore]

good job Beautiful Knife 👍👍

[@codyconrad7333]

What solvents and resins did you vacuum into the knife handle wood?

[@OldRusty]

Answered this question several times in the comments ;) It's a polymer compound.

[@MattMuirhead]

One question about the process.... why bother with the Japanese pull-saw to initially rough-cut the blank when you have a bandsaw right there? 🤔

[@morethan16letters]

This type of Japanese cooking knife is called Ko-Deba. Ko means small. Deba knife is used for dismantling fishes. Therefore this is for cooking small whole fish like young mackerels not for aged tunas because too big.😊

[@OldRusty]

Thank you for the information. I had my doubts about what kind of knife it was.

[@davidtatro7457]

Nah, it's a funayuki. Debas are a similar shape but thicker and single bevel.

[@morethan16letters]

Thanks, Funayuki is a kind of Deba knife. Yes as pointed out, this has a thinner blade than that of an orthodox Ko-deba.

[@filouphilippe7680]

@@morethan16letters So ... not a Ko-deba

[@ppp.207]

/z

[@VEH00465]

仕上がりが予想と違ったｗ　片刃を両刃にしたのかな？

[@scottyelder8351]

The sharpness test is always to simply shave a small amount of your arm hair that's sharp if it can do that cutting paper isn't really impressive especially if you've just created something as beautiful and obviously razor sharp this was a truly excellent demonstration of Master Craftsmanship God bless you Sir and God speed 💫✝️✨

[@OldRusty]

I disagree, sometimes a knife and even an axe after sharpening shaves your hand fine, but cannot cut through paper. I don't understand what this has to do with it.

[@lwj2]

Very nice. I would have left the hilt less polished for a better grip and epoxied the brass pins into place. The hilt it a fascinating piece of wood.

[@stoathenge]

WHat was the liquid you used to stabilize the wood? Tung oil? Also, whty were the little glue balls you added to make the tang stay in the handle? Sorry if I missed iut in the comments somewhere.

[@OldRusty]

About the liquid wrote in the comments - it is a polymer analogue of "cactus juice". The balls are also a polymer - when heated to 80 degrees it becomes soft for about 5 minutes. Just in case you have to take the knife apart for maintenance or repair.

[@zou6492]

Another great restoration 👍🔪 Congratulations and greetings from Belgium 😉🇧🇪🖐️

[@syedmohammed1158]

That Handle thought!

[@adrianlala5044]

What kind of wood is that it's very pretty

[@OldRusty]

Betula pendula var. carelica

[@heisenbergheisenberg5745]

Is there a link to that metal angle finder for sharpening

[@OldRusty]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3eQeGSiirVnl9U

[@АлександрЛошкарёв-й6х]

Прекрасная работа. Вторая жизнь хорошему инструменту. Респект и уважуха.

[@maksimmaks303]

Китайский нож и он его если честно не совсем качественно восстановил .

[@neovvvzubrov137]

Шляпа полная . 1. Съел пол лезвия ,это уже не "шеф" 2. Ручка посредственно сделана. 3. Судя по всему сталь на ноже копеечная ,смысл восстановления ?

[@maksimmaks303]

@@neovvvzubrov137 Это дэба , а не шеф .

[@neovvvzubrov137]

@@maksimmaks303 прекрасно, это все меняет)))) 0.5 как вы сказали дэба!!! О т так лучше?

[@maksimmaks303]

@@neovvvzubrov137 Там проблема не в размере клинка , а в том что судя по видео он не восстановил его геометрию , у асимметричных ножей она мягко говоря непростая .

[@brucevodka]

Bravo!!

[@taeicaasa6352]

quedó muy bonito pero esperaba más, mucho más. Le has dedicado mas tiempo a la empuñadura que a la propia hoja del cuchillo, dá la sensación que no querías restaurar el metal "UNA GRAN PENA". Pulgar abajo

[@andrewwatson9805]

Wow!

[@scottydudley5700]

Well done sir🔪🫡

[@lososthefish3]

Looks beautiful, but was it even a good knife in the first place?

[@danalexandroaie3233]

Very nice job, I really like it. You are a real professional. There is one single thing I would like to mention. I noticed you weare gloves on most of your operations: drilling, grinding, filing or any other operations you do there. Have you ever imagined what will happen is the drill or the grinder catches your gloves? I will tell you: it will remove your arm from the shoulder FOR GOOD. Please, get a second and think: if you wear gloves, your arm may be removed from your shoulder for good. If you DO NOT WEAR gloves, you may lose one or two fingers. What do you prefer? Sorry for my warning, maybe the tone of my message is a little bit tough, all I wanted to do was to draw your attention on this issue. Take very much care of your health and safety coz of you don't do it, nobody else will. Thank you for reading. God bless you!

[@OldRusty]

Thanks for the advice about the gloves. I try to use very carefully and lately only good quality gloves are very comfortable for my hands and good protection from cuts when working on the tape grinder. On powerful equipment, I try to work with minimal risk of getting my clothes or gloves in it :)

[@_BLANK_BLANK]

Yeah I hate when the brass in a wa handle gets too hot while grinding, and messes with the epoxy holding it together. Then you have to go back, and redo it. The solution you came up with is pretty smart.

[@OldRusty]

My first experience with brass and wood stabilization.

[@scottydudley5700]

Well done🔪👍

[@bostjanbizjak3952]

Nice

[@robappleby583]

What did you do to it to chew it up like that? No normal kind of abuse could possibly ruin a knife like that.

[@rickpenney3041]

Very nice restoration, I really appreciate Being able to watch

[@kasettimaier4745]

did you destroy the edge yourself?! it does look like that..

[@OldRusty]

It was not necessary, I got the knife already in this condition

[@Arrviasto]

Some of the points show lack of experience. When I saw you glue in that spacer I wondered how are you going to shape it since heat of grinding that brass instantly destroys the epoxy - as shown in the video. Handsanding on that blade is just bad - you destroyed the bevel line but didn't achieve the flat surface. I'd either polish the bevel only leaving the patina untouched or polished those surfaces separately (with a sand paper wrapped around something solid like a drill bit). On the other hand - stabilisation of that wood looks decent and in the and it's a nice looking handle. And I guess the knife is more functional than before, so that's good.

[@OldRusty]

You're right, I don't have much experience with Japanese knives. Now I already look at this restoration differently.

[@_-Mike-_de_-Fly-_]

Sehr geil

[@SimonettaCattaneo-d8m]

Magnifique restauré mais le nain ce woog pour le manche svp ??????? Réservoirsvous

[@松井洋-s2l]

Mr,Old Rusty　日本語で失礼。私はこの修復画像を見て大変残念に思いました。 これは『修復』ではなく『作り変え』です。 包丁（出刃）を直すのではなく、“ナイフ”に作り変えているだけです。 刃の部分の黒い所の意味、なぜ日本で刃を砥石がメインで刃を出すのか 勉強してから包丁の修繕や修理と言った言葉を使ってください。 ただ、持ち手の部分の制作に関しては“流石”の一言です。 長文にて失礼しました。

[@OldRusty]

コメントありがとうございます。よく包丁を修理している動画を見かけます。このナイフは、折れた刃を修理した後、再び焼き入れをしたものです（動画には写っていません）。その後、ブレードの形状はかなり変化しています。これは、多層構造で薄い鋼材であることが影響していると思われます。ジオメトリーの復元に多くの時間を費やした。とはいえ、貴重な体験ができました。

[@ВиталийЧерепанов-о5ъ]

What you understand in serrated knifes?! :D Maybe they made it specially! :D

[@spiffyago6431]

0:21 My brain: IT CUTS, THEREFORE ITS PERFECT

[@hank-d7e]

how do u wear a knife like that in the before images?

[@autumn5592]

Chopping things you shouldn't, like bone.

[@francissobotka8725]

Or the piece of all thread he later used

[@HIDERALDOHLM]

Trabalho muito bem feito.

[@micahpickering2068]

So I've never seen anyone do anything like that with wood for a handle. What was the purpose?

[@OldRusty]

After polymer impregnation and baking, the handle is strong, water repellent, and of course beautiful.

[@imwer23]

При насадке рукояти можно использовать намотку тонкой хорошей лески для зимней рыбалки. Садится плотно без подогрева.

[@mikeiver]

When the tip went blue in the initial grind, you lost the temper. Grinding tempered steel requires allot of water or a light touch and a dip in the water after each pass on the belt sander. IE: time and patience.

[@richardlacroix9069]

Any other knives you restore with this style handle, hold a block on the side of the k kfe tight against the bolster and tap with a hammer, it'll pop right off.

[@OldRusty]

Oh yeah, and I found that way already, and I'm definitely going to try it. Thanks for the tip!

[@sverigeforst6615]

I guess you're new to this sorta thing. But don't worry, you'll get better, probably.