Knives gustav emil ern biography

I enjoy receiving gifts of food and other random kitchen gadgets. Christmas hasn’t arrived but I was gifted a kitchen blade. A very long one with a total length of 15”.

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It was rusted, covered with tape, and looked like it was kept at the bottom of a tool drawer. I do take in knives of various kinds and bring them back to life but I’ve never really done one that was as rusted out this. Yes, I’ve been told many times to do before and after pictures to show my work.

The history of the knife is a simple one, “This was the knife I saw my mother use in the kitchen.

It’s a German knife, high carbon, from Solingen.” I am forever grateful for gifts but even more grateful to those who gift me their family heirlooms.

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I calculate the blade age to be around 53 years old. This is where a tear rolled down my cheek and I felt honored to have it.

So I took off the tape and started to grind away the rust. Turns out this blade is a Gustav Emil Ern Cimiter (scimita