Damascus Precision Edge marking knife
Forged from 81 layers of Damascus steel and hardened to 62 HRC. A pencil line is a millimetre wide; this gives you a line you can register a chisel in.
Furniture built on camera.
I’m Cam Anderson. I build one-off tables in my Portland shop, film every step for 3.46 million subscribers, and teach the methods that work, including the ones that cost me $30,000 to learn.
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Layers, exposed. It’s the idea behind my Damascus denim tables, and it’s forged into every marking knife.
The last 2.5 inches of the Precision Edge, to scale. Step through the layer count to watch the pattern build up to the 81 layers forged into the finished blade.
Every piece is a one‑off.
Built once, filmed once, gone. A few favourites from the archive, or start the next one with me.
Hey, I’m Cam.
I flew air ambulance helicopters for a decade and started woodworking on my days off. In 2020 I quit flying for good. Now Blacktail Studio is the full-time job, and the camera is half of it.
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