Making a Wood Knife Using The "San Mai" Technique
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- I decided to try my hand at making a wooden knife and see how well they actually worked, I was pleasantly surprised by the result. I wanted to try something a little different as opposed to making a solid blade of one type of hard wood such as Lignum Vitae.
I decided to try what the Japanese call "San Mai" which is basically a knife making technique where a hard steel core is laminated between a two softer steel plates to form a jacket.
For my "San Mai" attempt a decided to use Masaranduba, also known as Bulletwood for my hard core, book matched Olive wood scales for the jacket, a piece of Doussie, also known as Afzelia, for the handle and Wenge for the pins.
Considering that this was more an experiment than anything else and that I am nothing close to a knife maker, I am quite pleased with the result.
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Beautiful work! I can't believe it turned out that sharp. I might have to try that myself
Thanks so much for watching! I was personally very happy with how sharp I was able to get it. It sliced through anything I was able to try it on. I'll was a very fun project with a lot of potential. Thanks again for watching and taking the time to comment. Stay creative!
Looks awesome!...And it works perfectly too!!!😉
Thanks love! Happy you like it.
This is gorgeous!!
Thank you very much for watching and for taking the time to comment! This was idea I have had for awhile, finally got around to trying out and I am very pleased with the results, cheers!
Absolutely stunning work!
Does it lose its sharpness real quick?
Thanks for watching! I used a very durable hardwood for the edge so unless it comes into contact with something much harder than itself, I think it will retain it's edge very well. Thanks again for watching and for the uplifting comment! Stay Creative!
Looks great!
Thank you very much for watching and for taking the time to comment! Stay creative!
Sweet AF
Thanks so much for watching! It was a fun project for sure! Stay creative!
Beautiful. Been making wooden cake knives but from single piece blades. How thin do you make each piece before glue up?
Thanks for watching! If I recall correctly each piece wasn't more than 2-3mm thick and so the blade ended up being around 5-6mm thick in total. It's a fun project to try and using the hard tropical woods actually does make a difference. Thanks again for watching, I hope you enjoyed, stay creative!
Nice work! looks awesome! Did it stay sharp?
Thank you very much for watching! The truth of the matter is that I only had it a short time as I gave it as a gift to a friend. As far as I know, he still has it, but of course wood will never be as efficient as metal, so I don't know if he uses it or if it's just for decoration. Thanks again for watching, and taking the time to leave a comment! Stay Creative!
Need bloodwood?
Thanks for watching, I have plenty thanks.
Patagonian ?
Koa?
@@cryptycpromethea1993 My friend, I'm all stocked up on exotic hardwoods, thanks for asking though.
thats not the san mai
My friend, thanks for watching from every bit of research I did, this indeed is one of the many forms of the San Mai technique. The hot-dog in a bun method is in general a more will recognized form of the San Mai technique, but laminating soft steel in both sides of a hard steel core is also considered to be San Mai. Thanks again for watching, stay creative!
@@FromTheHeartWoodMK oh sorry thank you for correcting me but i only thought of san mai as just the bun method maybe i should do some research before i say somthing lol
@@FirstnameLastname-zb7hd no worries man, knowledge is free for us to share 😉