Friday, September 18, 2015
Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain - Episode Four: Bob Kramer
Well, yeah, who doesn't turn a meteorite into a chef's knife in their spare time?
Bourdain visits with Bob Kramer, a master chef's knife maker who goes through the smelting, forging, and heat treating of some pretty spectacular knives.
At about 5:38 (explanation starts) then at 6:18 (actual visual) is one of the - if correctly described - most stunning things I've ever seen in material science. Kramer explains that there is a 'shadow' that moves through the steel as it - as I understand - undergoes the phase change from FCC to BCC, squeezing the carbon into the harder, BCC form of iron.
I am currently looking for confirmation from a second source, however, that what we see is actually what Kramer says it's showing.
Labels:
cooking,
food,
forging,
heat treating,
military
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