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Thank you! On the knife in the latest pic I made the damascus myself. I haven't seen anyone selling damascus in layer counts above 400 so there's really no other option. The previous pieces are stainless damascus from Damasteel in Sweden. I make all my own carbon damascus, but not stainless.

Custom order finished up. Feels nice in the hand. 870 layers, 255mm, 55mm tall, 240 grams weight. 3.2mm thick at the handle, 2.9mm above the heel, 2.2mm midway, 0.75mm at 1cm from the tip.

Thanks! The handles on the other set are to match with everything else he has from me. Sure is! I broke one drill bit and blunted two more drilling the tang holes on one of them. Must have hit a knot.

Two sets of steak knives. The first set were ordered by a customer, the second pair I did from the leftovers for myself just for the hell of it. The blades aren't glued in yet on the last two.

Here's the knife I was forging out. I don't know why the video has disappeared, here's the direct link to it It's a good sized one, 255mm long and 57mm tall at the moment.

I'm not registered for VAT as my turnover isn't high enough to require it, so the price listed is what you pay.

I took a few bits of video of forging out a big 'ole chefs knife at the weekend. And yes, I used a big 'ole hammer to do it. 🙂

Thanks! Could well be, it's only my second nakiri. I spent some time on the phone with Jon at JKI to get an idea of what goes into a good nakiri and I may have gotten more fixated on geometry than overall shape. I've done a few. I find them fascinating as well as a real challenge to do well.

Finally got a webshop up and running, but I needed to finish some knives first. These are some of the first to go up there. Really had a lot of fun making these.

Last ones of the year. 650 layer ladder pattern. Handles are ebony, spacers are nickel silver and more ebony, and mammoth tusk ivory ferrules. There's a 225mm gyuto, 150mm petty, and 90mm parer.

And older knife came back for a clean up and sharpening, and I realised I never got any pictures of it. Did the best I could with my phone. The damascus is nigh on 900 layers.

No offense taken. The first time it happened I assumed that it was my fault too. After forging at different temps, both by hand and on my small power hammer, I've experienced the same issues. I would like to try the same material in a larger thickness and see if that had an impact. When making...

Nice, the outdoor ones look very tidy.

I've only used a couple of bars of prelam (stainless clad super blue), and both of them delaminated on forging down tangs. I had no problems when forging out the blades, but the tangs were an issue.

Thanks man! I guess if you spend enough time salivating over things you can't afford, you decide on a different tack. Or to quote Jeff Goldblum "Life, uh, finds a way..." For anyone interested I'm running a giveaway over on my instagram page. Check out the @thorntonblades handle for this knife...

Couple of sujis that are ready for handles. Stainless clad super blue and a damascus one. Also I made some damasteel rings.

Choil shots are my nemesis.

Had a quick foray into some very low layer damascus. Kept the whole knife very simple. 37 layers 1095/15n20, charred tulipwood handle with oak ferrule. 170mm, weighed in at just over 140g.

Love old Porsches. Lottery win dream car is a Singer.

I haven't used a dowel in years, even for multi part handles that use metal. I keep a clean bucket of water on hand when shaping and dip the handle in to keep the metal from getting too hot and melting the glue.