I am passionate about Knife Making as a hobby, and I invite you to follow and learn about the processes involved in manufacturing hand-made knives. My goal with this channel is to teach and learn as we dig deeper into this journey of craftsmanship, as I remember how I watched RU-vid video after video in order to learn as much as I could. Over the last 5 years I refined my techniques, kept what worked, and discarded that which did not...and now I can share it with you. The tools I use is by no means fancy, my belt grinder being the biggest piece of equipment I own, which means that you can jump in and make your own knives with basic tools found at any hardware store. I did after all, start with using only hand files and a charcoal forge.
just out of curiosity what is the totak amount of time put into this ???? where did you get your metal . do work 'haeder' blade steel ?? and longer ??? a beauy of a true " hand " made knife !!!!❤
Its hard to keep track of the exact amount of time that I put into a knife, as I work on it over several days...but depending on the size of the knife it can be anywhere from 20 to 40 hours total time. I buy my steel from a local supplier in South Africa, @zeesknifesupplies. I always work with soft unhardened steel, and heat treat it to harden it. If you work with hand files then its difficult to work with hardened steel.
As a veteran, I was even moved by your music selection. My grandfather fought in World War I in World War II and some in the Korean War and I do appreciate your honoring of our veterans and a beautifully made knife which I’d love to own and I’m an inspiring knife maker trying to teach my grandson how to do it which he loves forged in fire of course the TV show.
lovely design, different to british ww2 para blade, I've got a ww2 navy seal blade, my friend gave me it after he's mate dropped my SAS buffalo bowie in the river, i wasn't happy.
I like how this guy makes improvements in every step.from soldering the guard, to tapering the tang. We need an improved model of the pilot survival knife. Make it happen.
Thank you for the comment...yes i've been wanting to make a updated video of this for quite awhile now, as the build has evolved quite a bit since I made this video. Ill get to it someday. Are you referring to the Camillus pilot survival knife?
Hello my friend, i like your vids. Question at minute 22:42 you are rounding your handles. Do you you use a half-round file are a regular rectangle bastert!!
Hi, i use a flat file on the handle, and a half round file in the rounded sections like the the finger choil and inside of the handle. I prefer medium cut files as bastard file can be aggresive and cause nasty scratches.
I have a question, can you gring already hardened steel with a file? I mean if ill buy blank of a knife, is it possible to remove big amount of material from hardened steel?
Not with a hand file I'm afraid. You will blunt the file very quickly without much progress if the steel is hardened already. A belt grinder will be a better option in that regards, or you can anneal the blank and re-harden after filing.
One of the most complete instructional videos I have ever seen and I have seen hundreds. At least you dont have that awful head banging music in the background. Excellent.
That is a great video, I value your tutorials and learn so much from them! Could you please tell me what thickness (in metric) you like to leave on knife edge when doing bevels? Also, should I start process with coarse file for quicker removal then switch to a second cut file to finish, or, do you use same file for whole process, Thanks
Thank you for the comment. I try to get the edge to about 1mm before I heat treat. I used to start with a coarse file but I found that the deep file marks are very hard to remove...so nowadays I do everything with a medium cut file. The time "saved" by using coarse file is not really worth the time hand sanding afterwards.
i have the cheap HF 1x30 belt grinder. I've modified it to be more suitable for my knives. I've learned how to freehand bevels with it. I can make a decent looking knife with the crappy belt grinder. HOWEVER, knife making is therapeutic for me. And there's nothing more therapeutic than putting on some tunes, zoning out the rest of the world, and hand filing bevels.
Yes that is true...hand filing, and hand sanding tends to leave you to your thoughts. And, you learn to use the tools you have at hand. I remember when I first got my 2x72 belt grinder, I thought to myself now I am going to produce knives at a lightning pace, only to very quickly realize that freehand grinding is a skill that needs to learned, and no machine regardless of quality will teach you how to do that...it's still something that I sometimes don't get right....hand files on the other hand...you cannot go wrong with it...:)
