Anthony Bourdain - Knife Making

[RicInOR]

about 12 mins.

Article if you prefer:
http://nerdist.com/anthony-bourdain-melts-a-meteorite-to-make-a-beautiful-blade/

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[John Gault]

Wow....

 

[Morpheus]

I've always wanted to learn how to do this. Such an amazing level of skill.

 

[U201494]

Bourdain has morphed into a pathetic Hollywood cheesedick from a once interesting and pithy personality. I stopped watching him years ago.

 

[308]

Great vid...thanks for posting it.

 

[Mark W.]

I was a full time Knifemaker for 14 years and a member of the Knifemakers Guild.

Please understand about 1/3 of everything a knifemaker and especially "Bladesmiths" tell you is Bubblegum.

as evidence of my point of view go here:

http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=197184

just a few of the 2500 knives I made.


I made my last knife to sell in Sept of 1996 Please don't ask I do not make them anymore.

 

[Cryobot]

The tell tell shadow moving in the glowing metal was neat. This is pure no nonsense master craftsmanship supported by science and experience.

 

[45alive]

I was a full time Knifemaker for 14 years and a member of the Knifemakers Guild.

Please understand about 1/3 of everything a knifemaker and especially "Bladesmiths" tell you is Bubblegum.

as evidence of my point of view go here:

http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=197184

just a few of the 2500 knives I made.


I made my last knife to sell in Sept of 1996 Please don't ask I do not make them anymore.

I had dreams of being a Bladesmith when I was a teen. That is cool how you had that experience. 2,500 knives, that's a lot.

 

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[DieselScout]

I read a knife of his sold at auction for $32,000 dollars. I am in the wrong business.

 

[Bon Sauvage]

I was a full time Knifemaker for 14 years and a member of the Knifemakers Guild.

Please understand about 1/3 of everything a knifemaker and especially "Bladesmiths" tell you is Bubblegum.

Well spoken.

 

[clearconscience]

Bourdain has morphed into a pathetic Hollywood cheesedick from a once interesting and pithy personality. I stopped watching him years ago.

But he did somehow get his own show showing him eat food around the world while getting drunk and high.
Great family programming.
I can't stand him. Andrew Zimmer is okay, but you can tell he's a hollywood sissy pants.

 

[U201494]

and Zimmern? he eats dick&balls a lot. One episode he dined on a stew made with the joysticks and balls from 9 different animals......tasty.

 

[clearconscience]

Sounds like a girlfriend I had once

 

[Sgt Nambu]

That's a beautiful knife! I'm fine with kitchen knives in the under $200 range and I like Japanese style chefs knives. Ten inch please!

 

[BrentN]

My god man- I come on here to see about knives, end up reading about joystick stew! Freaking hilarious! No wonder this is my go to website.

 

[Stomper]

That's a beautiful knife! I'm fine with kitchen knives in the under $200 range and I like Japanese style chefs knives. Ten inch please!

That's what she said!

 

[BrentN]

Stopped laughing long enough to watch the vid- interesting. I never got the knack for putting a good edge on a blade. More practice needed.

 

[RicInOR]

@Mark W.

I have seen in the knife laws about certain types of knives, one is a Dirk.
I see in your pictures you made one.

What is a Dirk?

Most of the descriptions point to dagger.
What is a dagger?



The one I linked is gorgeous !

 

[The B]

I just bought a set of Shun Soras.... their "entry" line, and still set me back hundreds. Definitely the nicest kitchen knives I've ever laid hands on. In doing my research on what I wanted in a chef knife/knife set, I learned all about forging techniques, steels, grinds, etc... I'm certainly no expert from a couple afternoons reading articles on the internet, but I did come to the unexpected conclusion that I did NOT want to drop over $1000 on a block set. The value bell-curve drops off sharply at around $400-500.... you're paying for gimmick after that.

If you want an etched damascus knive folded from meteorite, you can have one. Just don't fool yourself.