Titanium Mini Santoku with Carbide Edge

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Been playing with this one today. Will get some pics up later.
 
that sounds really cool, but...

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can't wait to see it!!
 
Here are a couple that I just took with my phone camera.

OAL is 7 1/2" with a 3 5/8" blade.
Full convex grind with zero convex edge. Carbide edge on one side.
Trying out a new finish on the titanium. It has a frosty pattern that is almost like damascus.


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That's gotta be a SUPER light slicer. That looks like a melted frosty finish! Let us know how it holds and edge after some longer term testing.
 
norcalblacktail said:
Interesting. Ti with carbide. This might be the answer for Ti knives.
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Warren Thomas has been using embedded carbide in Titanium for as long as I can remember.

When given a decent primary geometry the carbide does a pretty good job of allowing titanium to hold a decent edge while at the same time cut very well. This knife can easily slice slivers of paper after I polished the edge of the non carbide side. I then proceded to slice up a bunch of carboard. It started to drag a bit after about 25-30 cuts or so. At this point it could no longer easily and cleanly slice paper. However, it could have easily kept on cutting cardboard for much longer. 3 seconds on a leather belt and the edge is brand new again.

I think that carbidized titanium should work pretty well in a kitchen environment where the knife will mostly be cutting softer non abrasive material.
 
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Here are a few more shots of the Ti-Mini Santoku

I tested it out a bit in the kitchen and it seemed to work well. Will try to slice and dice some other stuff tomorrow when I get a chance.

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... stop... making/// knives... I WANT... lol damn looking for kitchen knives and that one is perfect.. MAKE MORE PLS :D
 
With all these kitchen knives you are doing I see a Ti carbide edge kitchen knife set in my future. I love my Shuns but a BT set would be sweet. Maybe Dan is on to something.
 
norcalblacktail said:
With all these kitchen knives you are doing I see a Ti carbide edge kitchen knife set in my future. I love my Shuns but a BT set would be sweet. Maybe Dan is on to something.
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I personally like Ti Carbide Edge Kitchen knives very much. I used that mini santoku again this evening to dice up a few things and cut up some carboard around the house. Holds up well to that sort of work. Edge is still very toothy and aggressive. :thumbup:

I may have to make a medium size santoku out of that stuff to try out.
 
I would love a mini 4-5" santuko ultra thin titanium slicer.. /me waits for this knife patiently :)
 
Cool! I really like how you applied the carbide; sort of a faux hamon. Nice finish on the titanium also.
 
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