Restoring Very Rusty Japanese Kitchen Knife

I in this episode I will restore a Japanese kitchen knife with a lot of rust. Rust has eaten a lot of the steel away. Also the handle was not in good shape and the wood had split. I started by removing the handle. I used block of wood to hammer it off the knife.

For the new handle I used a piece of aluminum pipe which I bent into an oval shape and made a plug from birch to fill it. I cut the rough shape of the tang of the knife in it, but I left the hole a bit too tight on purpose. I did the final fitting by heating the tang with blowtorch and burning the hole to the correct size and shape. Next I took a piece of Finnish curly birch and drilled a hole for the tang. I glued the handle pieces together and sanded the wood down to teh shape of the aluminum pipe. The aluminum was then polished. The blade fit the handle firmly so I didn't add any glue. Finally I sharpened the knife with a sharpening stone.

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Some of my tools:

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[meesherbeans]

Whoever forged that blade originally must be so pleased to see it restored and treated so well. This was lovely.

[stevenwilson]

Duck oversees progress and finish. The duck is the quality control officer. Probably the best restoration channel on YouTube in my opinion. Great content. Thank you! From Scotland.

[ganskyline]

Hello!
I'm from Russia. In my opinion, people who repair things are great! The current era encourages all of us to throw out spoiled things and buy new ones. But! I am of the opinion that restoring old and broken things is more correct! Good luck, master! I wish you good health and good deeds! You are just a hero of the current era!

[DecayingReverie]

The rust removal is always so satisfying. It's like a visual backscratch.

[TheWeaponshold]

After a long experience with knives I only have the one tiniest complaint. The grip not being more aggressively indexed to help maintain the direction of the blade during use. Other than that this is amazing.

[franciselliott]

My lord. We've done it. An actual and genuine restoration. With real rust and pitting. I'm so glad I saw your channel name in another restoration channel. Please excuse me while I proceed to gorge on your content.

[pfadiva]

Beautiful wood! And I love texture contrast between the shiny edge and the pitted body of the blade. A really great restoration.

[legendarymudkip]

What an elegant item! I like how there is texture on the blade from where it was rusted before, really reminds of its past life as it goes forward into its new life

[MoonlightTeas]

8:30 "I think it's now ready" very much made me laugh

[michaelmiles]

The close up with the laser rust removal was literally the most satisfying thing ever. And great job. I love your work and the ability to turn knives back into its original glory is an art. Good job. And thank you.

[HandsonRestoring]

1:25 i asked myself "is there any steel left under so much rust ?" Great job buddy ! Congrats 👍

[ianmaxfield]

The laser is my favourite! It’s just so satisfying and I’m addicted.

[Ladegun]

Its always so relaxing to watch your videos. Every day is hectic and your videos have just a comforting calmness. Awesome restoration as always btw.

[TexasExotic]

I loved the end where the sharp knife cuts straight through paper! Visual therapy 💯

[viathan]

“Ah the sand blaster part, I love this”
*laser blaster*
Mother of god.

[Dayzzzzzzz]

Dude the laser cleaner was insanely satisfying!

[gdinfernoboy]

This was worth the wait. The fact that you are still showcasing some amazing and unique ways to fix things always puts a smile on my face

[AmazingSmart-ngth]

This is really informative and useful. Thank you for this amazing video.

[BigLazyBear]

His videos are dangerous. Idk how many times i've hurt my face after dropping my phone on it when i fell asleep watching his videos..

[Bananeisafree]

Always a relaxing pleasure to watch.
If anyone knows, I have a couple of question :
1) Why are the wood of the handle and the one stuck inside the metal part not just one block ?
2) Is there any danger that the heat applied to the part of the metal of blade that goes into the wood could mess up the heat treatment of the blade ? (thinking of it ... considering the rough shape the knife was at the start, heat might not be the worst thing it had to endure :p)
Thank you to anyone who would care to enlight me.
Cheers !