Making a $5000 Kaleidoscope Damascus Chef's Knife

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Music: Epidemic Sound

My Shop Equipment:
Forging Press: 25 Ton Press from Coal Iron Works
Forge: 2-Burner Habanero from Chile Forge
Grinder: KMG-TX from Beaumont Metalworks
Anvil: 365lb Sichelschmidt und Schlasse
Heat Treating Oven: Paragon KM36T

CHAPTERS:
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0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Forging the Mosaic Damascus Pattern
9:06 - War Thunder
10:11 - Back to the Video
20:23 - Tile Welding
26:13 - Forge Welding the Bolsters
28:15 - Forging out the Blade
30:27 - Quick Shop Cleaning Montage
31:07 - Profiling and Normalizing
33:51 - Rough Grinding
34:52 - The Quench
35:55 - Straightening and Final Grinding
42:14 - Fitting the Spacer Pieces
47:00 - Fitting the Handle Block
50:56 - Gluing the Handle Together
52:43 - Shaping the Handle
56:33 - Thinning the Edge
57:04 - Hand-sanding the Blade
57:45 - Hand-sanding the Handle
59:19 - Etching my Maker's Mark
1:00:22 - Preliminary Handle Buff
1:00:50 - Etching the Damascus Pattern
1:03:08 - Sharpening the Blade
1:03:35 - Final Reveal
1:05:12 - Sharpness Testing

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