Title
Making an 8” Chef knife from 80CrV2 steel (FULL KNIFE BUILD) Forging, Heat Treat, Finishing, Sharpening
Transcript
Hey, what’s going on? In this video I’m going to be making an 8 inch chef knife.
First I’ll forge out the blade from 80CrV2 steel. Then I’ll normalize and quench it in Parks AAA quench oil.
I’ll attach some beautiful desert ironwood handle scales, and then sharpen it on some diamond stones.
If you’re looking for any of the tools and materials I use in this video you can find links to most of them either in the video description or under the product links tab on my website, www.davidmoonforge.com
If you’re interested in having a custom knife made, you can reach out through the contact form on my website.
Feel free to leave any questions or comments about this build in the comments section. Thanks for watching!
Description
In this video I forge out an 8” chef knife from 80CrV2 steel. I normalize the blade with three cycles at 1650F, 1500F, and 1400F. I quench the blade at 1525F in Parks AAA quench oil that was heated to 120F. I tempered the blade for two 2-hour cycles at 400F. I attached desert ironwood handle scales, and took the handle finish up to 400-grit. I finished the handle with 3 coats of Odie’s Oil and allowed at least 12 hours of cure time between coats. I sharpened the knife on a set of diamond stones at 300, 1200, and 3000 grit. I polished the edge with a double sided leather strop loaded with 5 micron and 3.5 micron diamond paste.
Thanks for watching!
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