Comments on: Real Steel: San Mai

By: Adam Daigle

Adam Daigle — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:02:31 +0000

Yep! Today marks my 1-week anniversary and things are going well.

By: Todd the Bladesmith

Todd the Bladesmith — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:06:55 +0000

@Adam Daigle – Thanks Adam. Good to hear you’re diggin’ the chef knife.

You settling in the new place?

By: Adam Daigle

Adam Daigle — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:36:37 +0000

That blade looks great, Todd. I love seeing your pieces….and I especially love using the chef knife you made me.

By: Todd the Bladesmith

Todd the Bladesmith — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:30:38 +0000

@Darkjoy – I like the core to be *at least* as thick as the jacket, and a tad thicker is better. In general, if the jacket is too thick the border forms too close to the edge, and if it’s too thin the border forms to close to the spine. If the core is too thin it can be difficult to keep the edge centered in the finished blade. It’s actually easier to do than it sounds.

By: Darkjoy

Darkjoy — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:14:05 +0000

I’d say it’s your standard knife so it will do 1d3 damage

@Todd Is the ‘meat’ part of the blade smaller than the two ‘bread’ jackets? Or do you just grind away all the ‘bread’ parts?

By: Todd the Bladesmith

Todd the Bladesmith — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:55:34 +0000

@Thorr-kan – Every Day Carry usually means utility. But if it’s got a practical, easy to carry design, an EDC could be a defensive knife. This is a utility, but it’s a good shape for a skinner also.

@RocksFallBlog – Hehe, thanks.

By: RocksFallBlog

RocksFallBlog — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:25:46 +0000

…but how much damage does it do?

All jokes aside, the aesthetic wave effect is amazing. I’m definitely jealous!

By: Thorr-kan

Thorr-kan — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:07:10 +0000

Pretty! A nice utility knife. (I’m assuming EDC doesn’t mean a personal defense weapon.)