Happy Birthday to Joss Delage

[Betsy Speicher 0]

Wishing a very

to Joss Delage.

[Joss Delage 0]

Thank you Betsy.

[JohnRgt 0]

Happy Birthday, Joss!

[A=A 0]

Joss,

Is there any place we can view some pictures of your blade smithing work?

[Joss Delage 0]

A=A, I'm not bladesmithing. I did a little of it as a hobby, but I stopped several years ago. I never completed a single knife. I collect knives and a few of them can be seen here: http://jdelage.smugmug.com/Hobbies

John - it's getting scarry how well you know me. Bob Kramer lives pretty close from here, and I have been on his list for many years. I met him 4 - 5 years ago at a lunch organized by the owner of bladegallery.com to honor Yoshindo Yoshihara - one of the best Japanese swordsmith. I actually have a production verson of his santoku, but I'm afraid I'll never get a real one. I want a 10" chef *really bad*, but they have reached stratospheric prices in the secondary market.

[JohnRgt 0]

John - it's getting scarry how well you know me. Bob Kramer lives pretty close from here, and I have been on his list for many years. I met him 4 - 5 years ago at a lunch organized by the owner of bladegallery.com to honor Yoshindo Yoshihara - one of the best Japanese swordsmith. I actually have a production verson of his santoku, but I'm afraid I'll never get a real one. I want a 10" chef *really bad*, but they have reached stratospheric prices in the secondary market.

I know all this . . . . (not really.)

Did you ever get a feel for the differences between his Damscus knives and his more conventional blades?

[Joss Delage 0]

There's no difference material enough for 99% of the people to notice. His plain blades are made of 52100, which is a steel which has potential for a much more refine grain than nearly any other steel. That should translate into a better blade, but this is not perceavable by most chefs I think. The damascus looks prettier, each piece is completely unique, and stains are less visible. The main difference is going to be appearance and price.