It takes something TRULY impressive to make me subscribe to a YouTube channel. But there's a dude calling himself kiwami japan out of... ummm, Japan I guess, who has earned the ultra-rare golden buzzer. As the son of an accomplished knife maker I have been
totally jaw-dropped by kiwami's work. Because he is demonstrating that real and
extremely sharp and perfectly usable blades can be made from practically
anything.
So far kiwami has made knives from
an Amazon cardboard box (seen in photo),
from chocolate candy,
from epoxy,
from rice,
from ice (bet you'll never watch
Game of Thrones the same again),
from Jello, and now in his latest video kiwami japan
has made a deadly blade out of men's underwear. kiwami japan is working with so many unorthodox mediums that your mind will barely stop reeling and your mouth might never stop watering. With a minimum of tools (many might already be in your own kitchen or garage) you can follow his tutorials and make your own blades. The one that is currently interesting me most toward attempting
is the carbon fiber knife. It seems the more practical, long-lasting and durable of the series so far. Well, that and also because I suck at cooking anything in the kitchen. It's also the one that I most easily envision Dad taking a stab at (pun horribly intended) in his knife shop. And
kiwami japan's YouTube channel is one I've no doubt Dad would be checking out every day... and he
hated computers entirely.
Since I mentioned Dad and his own handiwork, I'm obliged to post some of what he made in his time on this earth. Incidentally, he learned the art of making Damascus steel from Bill Moran himself. He was the one who back in the Seventies rediscovered how to forge Damascus for the first time in several centuries. Anyhoo...
Yup, Dad even made knives out of horseshoes and railroad spikes. How many he made, I've no idea. He would make knives for friends just for the heck of it without telling them, just to see the look on their faces when he gave it to them. All of those you see in the pics above were for sale or commissioned works. If you see "R KNIGHT" or "ROBERT KNIGHT" stamped on one, it's likely a knife he made. I've got one in my possession...
...and no, you can't buy it. Not for all the money in the world.
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