Making a set of 3 kitchen knives from 80CrV2 steel FULL KNIFE BUILD Forging, Heat Treat, Sharpening

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In this video I forged out a set of 3 kitchen knives; a 9” chef knife, an 8” filet knife, and a smaller 7” chef knife. The blades were all forged from 80CrV2 steel. I ran 3 normalization cycles at 1650F, 1500F, and 1400F. I quenched the blades at 1525F in Parks AAA quench oil that was heated to approximately 120F. I tempered the two chef knives at 400F to achieve a hardness of around 61 Rockwell. I tempered the filet knife at 425F to achieve a hardness of around 58 - 59 Rockwell. I ground the bevels on each knife up to 220-grit on the 2x72 belt grinder, and then hand sanded from 120-grit to 400-grit.

I attached stabilized maple burl and blue epoxy handles with white G10 liners. I secured the handles with (6) 3mm stainless steel handle pins. I shaped the handles on the bandsaw and grinder before hand sanding them to 600-grit. I polished the handles on a buffing wheel with pink rouge, and then applied 3 coats of Odie’s Oil finish. I allowed for at least 12 hours of cure time between coats.

I sharpened the knives on diamond stones, and progressed through a 300-grit, 1200-grit, and 3000-grit stone. I stropped the knives on a double sided leather strop loaded with 5 micron diamond paste on one side and 3.5 micron diamond paste on the other.

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[ALWhiteAuthor]

Gorgeous set of knives. I'd give a neighbor's left kidney for a set like that.

[TheOGfrenchy]

OUTSTANDING WORK!!! Every time I watch one of your videos I am impressed!!! Great work dude 👊

[GlennInLaguna]

Great looking knives. Great work! Thanks for the videos.

[dwayneburbridge]

Love the set - very well done. I’m sure the customer will use them for decades.

[mjgholfza]

Wow, beautiful! I absolutely love a good knife, or knife set.

[eddy]

17:58 Absolutley beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[bobgore]

Absolutely beautiful knives my brother! Great job, and thanks for sharing! 😎👍🏻🔨🔥🔪

[geraldstamour]

Dope AF results, @DavidMoonForge! Any food service professional would be proud to own this knife set!

[donalddparker]

I'm a woodworker not a bladesmith so I really appreciate the voiceover education. Keep it up. You won a new subscriber today.

[McGowanForge]

Dam man! Last time i warched your channel you where a beginning smith, i come back and now your like a pro, impressive work!

[opa_plays_mw]

Very nice walk through. I'm new, and I'm subscribed.

[ahmedejaz]

Beautiful work! I wonder how much these cost and how much better would these perform in hands of a experienced user as compared to cheaper commercially made knives.

[shaggyrumplenutz]

Great video. Great blades.

That book is a must have.

Please be careful wearing your ring. It would suck if you degloved your finger.

[Anderson-HandForged]

just found your channel beautiful set of knives man!!!! New sub Mark 👍👍

[JunkyardTavern]

What does set like that go for? That's beautiful workmanship!

[rondangeli]

too pretty to use. great set. Was that a commission?

[BigChia]

How many days did it take you to make that set? Also BEAUTIFUL knives!

[MrPedur]

Extremely beautiful knives. But the uneven surface makes them less suitable for food as bacteria can "hide" in the unevenness.

[scottydudley]

Well done sir.
Beautiful knives.
Do you stabilize your own handle material?
Thanks

[jaimeherreraopazo]

Hermoso set, solo una duda, el filo es a mayor a 15* ??