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Battle of the 3D Printed Knives – Entry #1

by Bradley Schmidt

Battle of the 3D Printed Knives - David Bullocks first metal 3D printed knife
David’s First Knife

Pauline is a great cook so I decided to have a go at making a classic chef’s knife, with a view to blending the metal AM with some woodworking and CNC as well. I also had Pauline shape a handle to her grip using some modelling putty which was then 3D scanned to give me the basic handle shape.

David Bullock

3D Printed Knife – David Bullock Entry #1

This is Davids 1st knife submission.


Knife Material: 3D Printed Maraging Steel run on and EOS M290.

Handle: CNC machined Padauk hardwood.

Lessons learned and mistakes made!

  • The shaped handle looks cool but doesn’t really add much to the haptics of the knife.
  • I did not allow enough material for polishing and the 2nd bevel.
  • The knife did not distort as expected when heat treated.
  • It seems to hold an edge fairly well.  

About

About a year ago we decided it would be fun to run a small internal competition to design knives with the aim to use Additive Manufacturing as much as possible. This was inspired at least in part by Davids nephew having a fascination with forging and knife making which led to much YouTube research.

None of the Akhani 3D team had ever made any sort of knife ever. So everyone started off with their own ideas. Some were faster than others in terms of execution and printing but we have now entered into a second round and, have included the new members of the team into our little competition.

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