So i made myself a chefs knife out of o-6 tool steel being lazy i did not want to drag out the forge just to heat treat one knife so i grabbed my torch and went with a simple diffrential heattreat not expecting anything other than function.... this is what i got.

Once i realized i had a hamon... my first all be it boring as no clay was involved i had to go all out on the fittings.

I went with solid copper scales soldered to the tang then hammered and polished the blade was etched in my vinigar picle bath i use for removing scale 10 min then rubbed with silk then 10 min soak anout 6 cycles

Tell me what ya think

du

 

The main question is, how does it perform?

I don’t know yet as i havent out tge finish edge on her to see what edge retendion is like but i was experimenting with 0-6 as i heard edge retendion is awesome

As a famous artist used to say “There are no mistakes, just happy accidents”

As noted elsewhere, knifemakers don't make mistakes; they just make smaller knives.

Funny this knife did loose an inch to a stress fracture in the tip that was not visable untill i had it at a 300 grit finish ( i dont remember dropping it) lol soni had to regrind and undo all that pretty polish work grrrr.

 

chopped up a bunch of veggies for dinner the other day and she still shaves like a straight razor 

better than my commertial vg 10 chefs knife can do ^.^