Making Japanese knives - knife forging by Master Blacksmi...

[BIZARR099]

What's that white powder he keeps sprinkling on the metal?

[drio3000]

I love this old men ;;

[BeanyHarnell]

My respects to such an art and heritage. I hope these traditions endure.

[llew777]

To the people of Japan this is an art, handed down for generations, this is not a wealth creation, but pride in your work, to see the finished product is a breath taking experience, and yes the master is bringing along his apprentice (who has only been doing this for 10-15 years) and still an apprentice we in north America could use more of this, in our use and throw away society Rob From Canada

[henrydamaster]

if i owned a blacksmith, i would pay this guy what he deserves and a little bonus give him the perfect working area aswell.

[TheChefTonio]

These hand made knives by Meister Doi are made from Japanese White 2 Steel. The Yanagiba range from 399 to 429 dollars depending on the length you get.

@fowad27 The knife would be brittle, the soft metal jacket is there to absorb shock. However, the type of metal; hardness, softness etc. Doesn't really matter as much so long as the blacksmith is a true master. Such as Meister Doi. I will be buying the Yanagiba in a short while here to see how they perform.

[fowad27]

what if you made the entire blade out of hagane? why is that not feasible?

[honyaki68]

@fowad27

They do make knives and swords out of hagane, its called Honyaki and price starts at around $2000usd for knife

[bercuk159]

2 words: mad respect.

[BLADExARTx5160]

Japanese blades are extremely super fucking SHARP!!!

[csgtfaught]

@AntipodeanAl i would guess in the 100 hour mark

[Aetos325]

I thought the Japanese folded their Knives while Forging? or was that just Katana wakazashi and Tanto?

[MDCeasar]

What brands are his blades sold under? I'm also curious to know where in Japan he operates his shop. I have a Hiromoto Aogami Super, but it wasn't anywhere near even $1,000.

[TheChefTonio]

@MDCeasar His own brand, these are Doi Knives. I have only been able to find Kiritsuke and Yaganiba by this Meister.

The price range for Kitsuke is 329 to around 359. For yaganiba it is 399 - 429. $1,000.00 for a knife?  It would most likely be made in the Honyaki method.

This shop is in Sakai city, Japan. You can also look up Sakai Takayuki. This brand of knife has been around for 600+ years. I would go with Mr. Doi as he has been making knives for the better of 60 years now.

[honyaki68]

@TheChefTonio

No, it would be a hon-kasumi or hongasumi method (aogami or shirogami core carbon blade with jigane outer). Honyaki is traditionally made from single steel (shirogami) and price starts at around $2000 USD

[TheChefTonio]

@honyaki68 Read what I said, I said if a knife was priced at 1000+ it would most likely be honyaki.....wow....no prices for honyaki do not start at 2000

[rebarproductions]

just bought a knife made by this master, really appreciate all the work behind it!

[brother776]

im sure i have seen a documentary about this..... there was a part of the documentary where it has been made and the presenter goes too a sushi bar i think and see's a knife that was made by this very person. i also remember that the chef had too clean the blade very carefully and everytime due to rusting or somthing

[808Arsenal]

omg i want this old guy to make me a sword!!

[nbl66]

I would like to be his apprentice.

[modernblacksmith]

that planishing work will tighten up the steel

[pkqkennywood]

what was that he used to attach the hardened steel with? i'm guessing filings, i see the borax on the right.

[ElectronicStuff4Free]

I really hope this guy gets payed what he deserves

[combatcommand]

Damn, scraping an extremely hot piece of metal with a tiny piece of metal, with no

Glove. Does this guy WANT to lose the skin on his hand?

[fusionstar916]

@combatcommand hes been doing it longer than you been alive. I think he knows what hes doing.

[combatcommand]

@fusionstar916 i was just saying that a small peice of metal can conduct heat very rapidly.

[TheWaggaBloke]

I Bet there both mostly Deaf... same but I guess thats how it is.

[MrTech40]

that hammering in he background is really annoying. I find it starnge that I mind noise like that in a video but I don't mind noise at work.

Awesome job though!!

[moleman1961]

That hammer saves the old fellow a lot of work now! Lovely bit of kit!

[brewa90]

¡good job!

[Bonscha]

after hardening (and the japanese knifes often are hardened high, just about 60-62 HRC or higher) the danger of breaking is too high (i would say higher than before)... the material is hard but brittle... so of course the cold forging is done before hardening...

[gekomhoog]

heey guys do you know if his son is flattening before or after hardening because a blade warps most of the time during the hardening fase ... but it can break when hardened ???

[sc00ny]

Many steels are cold work, the son looks to be 'peening' them. It's not too risky an operation, especially here, where the majority of the knife is iron

[sfmg54]

@gekomhoog Before you make a stupid comment again, look up why things are forged and some basic heat treatment 

[orlando0lucena]

awesome

[slab698]

some of the finest blades ever made were from the hands of the japanese.

[SlappieBob]

Some?:P I think it's safe to say allXD