Get smart curated videos delivered to your inbox.   SUBSCRIBE
The Kid Should See This

Making a kitchen knife from a roll of aluminum foil

Watch more with these video collections:

With a roll of aluminum foil, some heat, a small hammer, a few whetstones, and lots of repetitive tapping and sanding, layers of foil can be turned into a sharpened kitchen knife. In the video above, YouTuber Kiwami Japan diligently forges the layers of aluminum, sands and sharpens the metal, and then adds a wooden handle. It’s all created carefully with hand tools.

Kiwami Japan is known for making kitchen knives from unusual materials like chocolate, pasta, and the heaviest, hardest wood in the world. This experiment in aluminum, the video’s notes indicate in Japanese, were handled with extra safety and care. As always when making, mind smart safety procedures and appropriate parental supervision.

Next: A last Japanese swordsmith forges a sword, The Putter and the art of putting together scissors, How knives, forks, and spoons are made, Molten gold transforms into gold leaf, and more metalsmithing videos.

Plus: More aluminum, including The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can and how to make simple homopolar motor race cars.

via Reddit.

This Webby award-winning video collection exists to help teachers, librarians, and families spark kid wonder and curiosity. TKSST features smarter, more meaningful content than what's usually served up by YouTube's algorithms, and amplifies the creators who make that content.

Curated, kid-friendly, independently-published. Support this mission by becoming a sustaining member today.

🌈 Watch these videos next...

World Championship Blacksmiths’ Competition Tong Making Class

Rion Nakaya

Traditional sword making from scratch

Rion Nakaya

Toledo, the Spanish City of Swords

Rion Nakaya

Thumb-dented aluminum can sculptures

Rion Nakaya

Theodore Gray’s Periodic Table Table: A rare collection of elements

Rion Nakaya

The untold history of ironworking in central and west Africa

Rion Nakaya

The Sword Maker: A last Japanese sword smith forges a sword

Rion Nakaya

The Putter and the art of putting together scissors

Rion Nakaya

The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can

Rion Nakaya