A leaf blower during the quench ! That's a new one. I found you channel only a few months ago and I really enjoy all your knife making videos. Def learned a few things but I still wondering who Sally's baby daddy was.
Never put dry ice in a container mixed with water especially a glass bottle with a metal screw lid it goes off like a b omb , ended up in a&e with two others getting stitched up, one lad ended up going to theatre to stop the bleeding .
I’m just getting into forging myself. I mostly do stock removal. I do have some forging videos but you’re gonna want to watch some videos that Jason Knight makes. He really shows a lot of good techniques.
Marko Tatamovich here , I’m polish and I invent my own knife steel , it’s called Kurvacut , I use secret blend of molybdenum and skin of 9 polish sausage. I have Sam Rockwell of 120, I cut steel balls in half in one chop, make your knife look like toy. I’m fully qualified metallurgist and have degree in science,physics,electronics,nuclear engineering,quantum mechanics, medicine,sociology and biology, but here in Uk I work in sausage packing factory, I’m best knife maker in world, like betman.
Wow thanks for sharing. Opens too many new possibilities for a whetstone enthusiast. Even if it doesn't release abrasive that much, or loads up slighltly quicker, still can be slurried with diamond plates etc so I definitely need to try
Thanks I’ve been playing around with different grits and different adhesions with materials that might release a little better This might be still the best one though plan silicon carbide with fiberglass resin
So are knives, But making knives yourself, you can customize what you like. I’m sure that applies for anything that you make homemade and you get good at it
I know I was thinking the same thing, but I didn’t want to edit anything. I wanted to show that it was from start to finish so someone didn’t think I was cheating.
In a weird way I almost believe all the problems made the trip better. Everybody came together. we went through it together and then we had a victory at the end together which all the problems made the victory that much sweeter
Never a fan of jack of all trades, generally. I really appreciate it for what it is though, like a stainless 4v, except I’d just take the 4v anyway. If I were to make a knife for someone to have forever and not have to worry about I’d choose this but for now it’s high carbide tool steel as hard as I can muster. I really appreciate these videos. People poo poo desctrutive tests but with the right observation they’re useful as hell for me brain to see the physical limits.
I like your electric forge as well as your operation. Small but i can tell you know what your doing. Do a lot of what i do. Only i made my own quench tank out of some 6" angle iron i stood up and welded together like a pier that i welded to to a square piece i torched off of what was a cutting edge off a large bucket of a machine.
I use W2 at times. Making limited runs of my professional grade throwing knives i make and sell. Its good stuff once you get your heat treat and temper cycle down. I use Parks 50 to quench it in. Mostly i use 5160, SUP9, and occasionally 80crv2
I have made 2 knives with 01 tool steel. A Nakiri and a paring knife. I personally love the steel. I use a propane forge with a K-Meter thermocouple and parks AAA. Your knife looks great with the coffee patina.
Yeah, and I see nothing wrong with that method but so many people do it’s almost weird. I made a few knives with a propane forge myself and they turned out just fine.
@@AaronJohnson1979 Would love to see one in the future with that metal though. You do a fantastic job with pretty much every heat treat from what I've seen.
@@mikafoxx2717 well thank you and the video right after this one I did torture test the steel and it did great! heat treating is one of my favorite parts of knife make for some reason lol it’s a fun I enjoy it and glad I can share
And here I am feeling crazy thinking most people sharpen their supersteels to like 20-25 degrees per side. meanwhile I'm sharpening my cheap steels to like 12.5 for kitchen and a scandi at 11.5.. That being said, incredible performance from a great heat treat. Love the freezer cryo
Thank you and yeah, you do get probably an extra HRC point from just a home freezer a little more from Dry Ice and if you can get your hands on liquid that would be ideal
The bondo one seems interesting to try an make. I wonder if mixing a 10k aluminum oxide with bondo would act like those old razor hones in barber shops. Is the fiberglass resin abrasive on its own? Does it slurry? (make mud when lapped with I diamond plate)
I live in an apartment so I can't make my own knife and I was wondering if you can make a simple, custom knife. I live in Manitoba Canada. Would be awesome.
I will let you know if I start making knives to sell as of right now i am not. And you can make a knife with just a file outside on a stump. Just because you live in an apartment building don’t let that stop you if that’s what you wanna do. Nothing can stop you from accomplishing something that you want.
True indeed. Hopefully this year I will be able to get a house and then I'll can make my own furnace and get some more tools that I need. The whole place might go up in flames if I did that here!
I got the same set up for the grinder minus all them added features you have. Now I think I need them added on. For your cu Mia I made a few. Lower temp lots of borax and lighter hits. If you fail retry the piece usually they’ll restick with same process. Good luck and great content 👍🏼
I think I’m going to practice with contrasting steals and get good at that first then move to cu mai not ready for it lol I suck! Do you have a 2 x 42 ? I love mine it’s been super reliable it’s a craftsman
crazy, I grew up in Morris, never heard it pronounced that way. We pronounce it more of ep than ape. Even after all the years I have been gone, when I go back it really hasnt changed much. My brother and other family are still there, I get back almost every year.
Probably 8670, It’s cheaper 8670 has nickel so you could make light layer, Damascus. 8670 doesn’t warp during quench 80crv2 can give you problems if you try to make Damascus with it because anything with chromium doesn’t like to forge welded to itself it is possible but it’s harder. Not to mention on paper, 8670 is much tougher not that you would notice a difference. 8670 has a little less edge retention, it would be hard to notice a difference with that either..
