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Knife Making: Japanese Petty Knife | SLL Build Along 3
Index of operation and materials:
0:05 Tracing design on steel with random spray paint, holding the tempalte with magnets
0:13 Cutting out the blank on a metal cutting bandsaw
1:07 Refining the shape on the 2x72 belt grinder
1:26 I rounded off the sharp corners between tang and blade off camera
1:52 Adding some texture to the steel with a ball peen hammer, the steel is soft, it can be cone cold
2:10 Packing the knife in stainless steel foil to prevent decarburization while heating for hardening. Also added some talk as suggested by Jeremy to prevent foil sticking to the blade
2:54 Heating to 1060°C and holding for 15min as for manifacturer instrucition
3:08 Quenching in aluminum plates with compressed air
3:48 Tempering at 250°C for 2hr
4:00 Grinding bevels after heat treating, much easier for a thin blade like this one
4:31 Hand sanding up to 1200grit sandpaper (I think I sanded too much the texture area)
5:28 Buffing with cotton wheel and fine polishing compouund
5:50 Handle stack glued with epoxy resin
6:20 Squaring off the handle with metal cutting bandsaw and belt grinder (a fresh low grit belt helps a lot)
6:53 Drilling dowel hole in the handle
7:22 Center punching brass guard material
7:34 Drilling with 2mm bit
7:46 Texturing with tiny ball peen hammer after fitting the guard of the blade
7:57 Forced patina on the copper to add contrast (antiquing solution)
8:05 Buffing out some of the patina with fine steel whool
8:15 Cutting a split on a 10mm beech wood dowel for the tang
8:30 Final glueup with slow setting epoxy
9:07 Rough shaping the handle on the 2x72, octagonal handle style
9:40 Finishing the handle by hand with sandpaper up to 1200 grit
10:11 White mineral oil for finish