Head Cocinero Chef 225 kitchen knife

Head - Cocinero Chef 225 kitchen knife

Cocinero 225 is a lightweight and relatively thin chef's knife blade, ideal for preparing meats and vegetables. X50CrMoV15 knife steel is proven and of recognized quality. Concealed pin design gives you the freedom of your own design when it comes to the handle.

Cocinero kitchen knives is a line of kitchen knives, manufactured by the Spanish company Cocinero. They are made of high-quality stainless steel, characterized by corrosion resistance and durability.

The Cocinero 225 chef's knife is an 8.8-inch (22.5 cm) kitchen knife for peeling and slicing that is widely used by chefs and professional cooks. It has a blade made of high-quality stainless steel, designed to allow precise cuts and minimal food waste.

Cocinero kitchen knives have a good reputation among users, who praise them for their quality of workmanship, durability and ergonomic and comfortable handle.

Head parameters:

• Blade length: 225 mm
• Blade width: 44 mm
• Blade thickness: 2 mm
• Overall length: 313 mm
• Steel: stainless steel X50CrMoV15
• Grind: Flat
• Bore: 1x3 mm

How to make a knife handle and embed a bolt-action blade (hidden tang)?

Embedding a knife head with a bolt into a wooden handle using a block of wood, a brass guard and decorative spacers made of reindeer antler or fibers (optional) is a process that requires some skill and tools.

Tools that can be useful for this task:

• Hand saw or jigsaw
• Sandpaper of different gradations such as 100, 220, 400, 600, 800 and 1200
• Drilling machine with drills of different diameters, for example, 3 mm and 5 mm
• Files for wood and metal
• Carpenter's squeeze (optional)
• Angle grinder with discs for sanding wood and metal or belt sander
• Polisher, polishes

Materials needed for this task:

• A block of wood of appropriate size and thickness
• Brass garda - bolster (optional)
• Reindeer antler or fibra decorative spacers (optional)
• Two-component adhesive (epoxy resin)
• Finishing materials such as wood oil, wax, etc.

Step 1: Prepare the blade head

Clean the arbor from rust, grease and other contaminants. Trim the mandrel to the appropriate size (no longer than the working length of the drill) if you intend to hide the mandrel entirely in the handle. If you want to refine the head, for example, polish it, put satin, then do it at this stage. Protect the knife head from further work, for example, by wrapping it with insulating or painting tape.

Step 2: Prepare the wooden handle

Start by cutting a block of wood to the proper length and thickness to match the size of the head and the planned handle. Align the contact surface of the block with the ew. spacers (guardrails).

Step 3: Cut the holes for the pin

Use a drill to make a hole for the pin in the wood block. Adjust the hole, for example, using a smaller drill or file, so that the pin enters freely.

Step 5: Place decorative elements

Make holes in the decorative spacers corresponding to the diameter of the pin. Finish the surface of the spacers so that they adhere to each other exactly. Place the spacers and guard on the knife shank to check that everything is properly aligned.

Step 6: Glue the pieces together

Prepare two-component glue and apply to the holes of the wooden block. Then place the brass head-bolster with decorative spacers on the stem of the head, lubricate the spacers with glue, similarly the stem itself. Place the whole in a wooden block and press down so that the elements are well connected. Remove excess glue from the outside of the handle. You can squeeze the whole thing gently with a carpenter's squeeze and let it dry vertically.

Step 7: Handle machining

After the glue has cured. Using a wood file or sander, remove excess wood to make the handle relatively smooth and even. Then use a belt or angle grinder with wood sanding discs to smooth the edges of the wooden handle and brass head. You can do this by hand with sandpaper strips. Use sandpaper with gradations such as 1000, 220, 400, 600, 800 and 1200 to smooth and polish the surface of wood and brass.

Step 8: Finish the handle

Apply wood oil, wax to the wooden handle to protect it from damage and ensure durability. Wait for the surface to dry. Repeat the impregnation several times.