Japanese YouTuber Turns Pasta Into Razor Sharp Knife
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By Ryan General
Among the many things one can do with pasta, it’s a safe bet that turning it into a potentially lethal weapon likely isn’t one of them.
Japanese Youtuber “Kiwami Japan”, whose channel is dedicated to making amazing things with knives, recently published a video showing his intricate process of making a knife out of the Italian food staple.
Kiwami began his 14-minute demonstration by setting up a wooden frame with some stainless steel woven mesh sheet.
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Then, he turned packet of dried pasta into a fine powder, which he sieved carefully.
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Next, he mixed the powder with water in a saucepan, kneading it deliberately for consistency.
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He then sealed the pasta dough inside a Ziploc plastic bag before making an outline of a knife out of it.
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It was traced, cut out, heated in a microwave, and then set to dry for a week inside the earlier prepared wooden/steel frame.
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The hardened pasta knife mold was then subjected to meticulous shaping and sharpening using a variety of whetstones.
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To test his new pasta knife, Kiwami began slicing through tomatoes and cardboard boxes.
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Impressed? Watch the entire process here:
Feature image via YouTube / kiwami japan
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