Brisket Knife

[Gliden07]

I had a repeat customer ask me about making him a brisket/slicing knife (with scalloped edge). I can't think of a way to make the Scallops with any real consistency. Has anyone made one of these or done a scalloped blade? Any ideas on how one would replicate blade with any consistency? I know I shouldn't be thinking of taking this on but it's a new challenge and I like trying different stuff!

 

[Bruce McLeish]

coat the blade edge with marking fluid. set your calipers (or any repeatable marking device) to say ( as an example } 1/8 inch. Mark the scallop top on the blade. Mark off the 1/8 inch segments along the blade edge. These marks become the center of your scallops. start a small guide cut on the mark using a triangle file. then, using a small round file follow your blade marks up to the guide line. only scallop from one side.
I'd suggest a trial run ( or more!).

 

[Chris Railey]

coat the blade edge with marking fluid. set your calipers (or any repeatable marking device) to say ( as an example } 1/8 inch. Mark the scallop top on the blade. Mark off the 1/8 inch segments along the blade edge. These marks become the center of your scallops. start a small guide cut on the mark using a triangle file. then, using a small round file follow your blade marks up to the guide line. only scallop from one side.
I'd suggest a trial run ( or more!).

Great info, I was asked to make a bread knife the other day and I kind of balked because I have no idea how to make a serrated blade. Now I have a starting place thanks to Files McLeish...

 

[Bruce McLeish]

Happy to be of assistance there blacksmith Railey. Ifin ya got questions, I'll try to hep ya out.

 

[Gene Kimmi]

I'm pretty sure it was Geoff Feder on the knife talk podcast that explained doing them this way.

Draw the profile of your blade. Then mark out and drill a series of holes the size you want your scallops to be, centered on your edge line. Cut your blade out and then grind bevels and file the scallops.



In this example, the scallops would be 1/4".

 

[Bruce McLeish]

drilling seems like extra work to me , and hard to do on the edge , but you do it how you see fit.

 

[Gliden07]

I guess I described what I was looking for incorrectly. More like the picture.

 

[fitzo]

That is called a Granton Edge.

 

[Bruce McLeish]

Can't tell what that looks like. All blurry. And yes I was wearing my glasses !!!

 

[Bruce McLeish]

I looked it up and now I've learned something new. Thanks fitzo , much obliged.
still seems like a reasonably easy build.

 

[Gliden07]

I looked it up and now I've learned something new. Thanks fitzo , much obliged.
still seems like a reasonably easy build.

I think your description for the serrated knife would work but I think you would have to take a rubber wheel and shape it like a football to get the Oval scallops?

 

[Bruce McLeish]

Or use a riffler file with an edge guide. Or don't use oval scallops at all . Just make "mini-fullers" horizontal.

 

[Gliden07]

Or use a riffler file with an edge guide. Or don't use oval scallops at all . Just make "mini-fullers" horizontal.

Ya know what may work is one if those hard grinding wheels. Round the edge on it?

 

[Bruce McLeish]

that would probably work , too. How's about a shallow horizontal fuller. After all , it's just to break a small suction,