Features forged kitchen knives

Until now, among the knives, intended both for kitchen and hunting, and for throwing, products made by forging remain the most durable, reliable and durable. Most of the tools are performed by handicraft masters, taking into account the requirements and wishes of the customer. This gives you the opportunity to purchase exactly the thing that will last a long time and in the full sense will become irreplaceable.

Understand that the knife is forged and made according to all the rules of blacksmithing, you can stamp on the blade, which is applied by a shock method.

The advantages of forged homemade tools:

• the product is durable because it has high strength characteristics;
• the blade remains sharp for a long time due to the use of special technology;
• strength is one of the parameters that determine quality, it is due to the fact that the knife is forged from solid steel and does not have seams, this eliminates the breaking of the blade and increases the resistance to high loads;
• Forged kitchen knives have a unique design, as a rule, are made in a single copy, and therefore have a special value as a work of artisan art.

These products have their drawbacks, which are relative. These include:

• high cost, which is due to manual work and the implementation of individual ideas of the customer;
• a lot of weight - similar specimens are heavy, and after ordinary kitchen knives it will be uncomfortable to use them for a while.

Each forged tool should be selected according to the established characteristics, based on the purpose for which it is purchased.

According to their purpose, cast seamless knives can be divided into several groups.

• Combat, more precisely, throwingin demand, the main requirements for them are small thickness, lightness and perfect balance. To the same category can be attributed hiking, tourist and fishing knives, folding forged products.

• Hunting blades, characterized by medium size with a small handle and a large blade. They are most often decorated with various images or they are complemented with elements necessary for hunting.

• Household, household, multifunctional products used in the kitchen. Used for cutting meat, vegetables, finished products. Because of the high prices, as a rule, chefs of elite restaurants work with them, but sometimes they get them for home cooking. The peculiarity of this knife is the proportional size of the handle and the blade, as well as a greater length, compared with the hunting.

As for combat knives as weapons, this is a separate category, especially for such a tool you need to have permission.

An important requirement for a kitchen knife blade is its sharpness, small thickness, and lack of auxiliary elements. The product can be universal and suitable for cutting a variety of products, but there are also highly specialized tools that are used specifically for the finest cutting of meat or fish.

Thanks to the forging method, an advantageous combination of tool quality and its excellent appearance is achieved.

This is a multi-stage technique. Production of the product includes four main points.

• First select the appropriate material.It is usually carbon tool steel obtained by doping with vanadium, silicon, chromium and other elements. Also made a sketch of the product.

• The next stage is glowing. The steel is heated in a furnace, after which it is forged to create the initial billet. This is a rough treatment, then during cooling it will tend to decrease by one and a half times.

• Final shape The blade accepts during the finishing forging, at this time there is a sharpening of the blade, the addition of drawings and ornaments at the request of the customer. After completion of the work to make any transformation is no longer possible.

• At the end for the acquisition of strength knife hardenedby immersing in cold water.

For the culinary professional, and for the ordinary housewife, if she is not afraid of the weight of the forged accessory, an originally made kitchen knife will be a wonderful gift, and most importantly, really, a sharp and durable, practically “unkillable” tool.

Your choice can be stopped on the following unusual knives.

• Japanese kitchen knife "Kuritsuke" forged steel with a handle made of stabilized maple burl and elk horn. Such a product weighs only 235 g, despite its high strength. The total length is 330 mm, the blade - 210 mm with a butt width of 2.4 mm and a blade width of 35 mm.

• Handmade all-metal super-knife "Chef" Damascus steel for the kitchen with a handle from a particularly valuable species - tropical wenge wood. The length of the knife is 285 cm, the blade is 160 cm. According to reviews, it is an excellent quality forged product.

• Damascus steel fillet knife with black (mahogany) wood handle with an unusual pattern on the blade. The length of the product is 325 mm, the length of the blade - 205 mm with a width of 26 mm and a thickness of only 1 mm. Handle width 30 mm. In addition, there is a cover made of genuine leather.

• Another Damask Fillet Steel Knife with a narrow and thin blade made using hornbeam wood and inserts of nickel silver. It has a length of 340 mm, a blade length of 205 mm with a width of 18 mm and a blade thickness of 2, 4 mm. Handle width 30 mm.

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