Actually Forging A Huusk Japaknives Viking Blade! 

I really enjoy these videos, letting people know that what you see online isn't always what you get, your version so so many leagues above the Husk knife they're not even comparable, nice work!

Knives like that remind me of the old saying "most fishing lures are meant to catch fisherman more than fish." You're finished recreation was pretty sweet though. Seemed like a decent herb chopper.

I love this. PLEASE make more of these! I'd love to see you buy another cheap knife and try and reverse engineer it to make your own better one

Woah excuse me 2 vids in 1 week, my tiny simple brain can’t handle the awesomeness

the shape of the blade and all that herb chopping is really bringing me back to my old Miracle Blade III Perfection Series Rock 'n Chop with Accugrip control ball

You had me at "control hole"!

I dig your work here. As a guy who uses kitchen knives a lot, I don't think three anything anyone could have to make that design optimal for kitchen use, it's a bad design top to bottom. You came as close as anyone could I think of turning into a functional blade. Bravo. It AMAZES me how many kitchen knives are sold on bogus visuals, shoddy information, and just general bunk every year. Imagine if we did this for cars, like next year the new Huusk Cube Japacar Madagascar Slaying Car went up for sale with square wheels and egg carton foam body panels. That industry is explosively unregulated.

Your knife is def a big improvement over the mass produced version. IMO the blade geometry doesn't do anything really well. A series on breaking down a popular internet knives and improving on them would be really interesting. Thanks for the vid.

310 cuts on the "Pete-Scale" is actually extremely good for a non PM steel. Impressive job!

Thank you for this, as a fellow knifemaker these ads for super knives piss me off. Keep making killer content man. 👌

Awesome! Thank you for sharing your Time

It reminds me of a Green Beetle knife, but without the epic hand sanding.

I know a few people who got scammed by these "knives". And I'm glad to see someone fixing dumb knives. Also- subbed.

Every time I saw an ad for that knife I would certainly cringe. 😬 You did a great job upgrading it!

Awesome video. Thank you Mr G Beetle.

Its really good. And it cuts much better.perfect work!👍👍👍

Good morning from New Zealand, coffee in hand :)

I love how I got an ad for the huusk before this video xD

Wow, I did not expect that. Nice job!!!

Very nice!!! Always wanted a tactical Viking herb and bbq chopper. Lol. Awesome stuff per usual!!!! Thank you!!!

Straight Pro! Great Vid!

Excellent knife and beautiful micarta!

I love this idea for a video

i thought he was going to run out of rope at first with the edge retention test haha

Love the video Steve! Keep it up. I so wanna make one now!

Nice job as usual! As well as an interesting concept

"My forging muscles are a little weak and this might take a bit longer than normally" *proceeds to use powerhammer* Me: *jealous eternal amateur noises*

Big ups...big improvement

This is why it's a good idea to spend that little extra to get a quality knife. The most dangerous thing in a kitchen is a dull knife. Same idea probably extends to other situations as well.

visually pleasing

Nice work.

That's the speaking Green Beetle channel that I click like on before even watching. Keep that in mind for the next knifemaker challenge.👍👍

It's a really nice looking knive. I like it

and again a very nice job 👍👍

The best part of this is that no matter how the forging goes you couldn't possibly do worse than the manufacturers did.

This is great, now I want to make one

Yours is better than the commercial one. Yours is a true Husk Knife!

Very cool steel. Good job on recreating the design. Cool idea for video.

Nice job

Interesting Blade !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Guy puts a guarantee on a box to make you feel all warm and toasty inside..."

it really does look like some kind of fantasy woodsmans knife. Might also pass decently as a throwing knife as well.

Like I said EPIC brother, you rock

It's been so cool to watch your channel and skills grow over time. I'm still a hobby level bladesmith, but I've designed kooky shapes like this before when "rings" in blade stock were really popular. I guess if I had been on top of it at the time, I could have made a "Tactical Spinner" with a race and bearing at the ricasso! :D

For the love of all that'd good and hoyl, please send this to Pete for his reaction!

You should send your blade to that same guy to do a review on, and watch him say this is what a good knife should be! It would be awesome!

Nice! 😁

Great to see you helping to show up just what kind of junk those Huusk knives are, such a scam... backed up so beautifully by doing the same look properly!

Now pour some resin on all that cut rope and make some knife scales.

Now, THAT kitchen,hunting,bbq'ing knife I WOULD buy ! Good one,good sir.

Better suited as a thrower with those proportions and weight. And you needn't worry about the edge retention either, just give it a touch of grinding on the spine for a false bevel, and start chucking.

I think the knife you made is a big improvement. Great job

A jack of no trades and a master of none. A true Corn Huusk, Viking Uthturd and Japa Yabba Poo knife.

I really like how you break down everything and then build it yourself. Great work Sir 👏👍

Thanks. I really learned a lot. Now I know why I love one of my kitchen knives over the rest. Great video. Great job, but skip the hole

nice project :)

I would never use this style of knife. Awesome vid. ✌😊

I like how you just stopped cutting sections off the roll of rope...

Thank you for doing this. I was wondering if this was worth buying

Smashing

I'm russian and i leave positive comment again great work comrade I'm going to go to Yakutia and dig out some tusks

Как говорится "Почувствуй разницу" . 👍

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Place a damp tea towel under the cutting board it will change your life 😁

I did a similar shaped one recently from 316SS as a gift for someone. No forging. Just angle grinder. I put up a video on it too just to document.

That's awesome I did the same thing

Who doesn’t love japan Viking inspired BBQ tactical chef knives

Yep I was scammed big time with this huusk knife😔 When I ordered one I was billed for four and sent four even though I emailed and made complaints, they waited until after postage to acknowledge my complaint, then sent reply saying I could give the extra ones to family or friends as they are very limited stock, no apologies or anything, then went on to say I could return them at my expense for refund but never gave any address or instructions as to how to even find and address. When the knives were delivered they were very disappointing indeed, heavey, and the metal seem soft to me not sturdy, they also feel clumbsy to handle. I believe this Huusk Japan company to be less than genuine in my opinion and have told them so but still was given no way of returning the mistaken order they made without a big postage expense of my own. Don't buy these knives or you'll regret it like I did.

Nice

The original scales' shape would probably fit the proper cook's grip better. However, I can't imagine how to use this thing in a kitchen :) Nice job as usual, thanks for the video!

Nice work. Was a great follow on for Pete's video... I don't think I've ever seen him so disgusted!

The stitching "sort of" comes out with your fingernail? Ever the gentleman and diplomat, sir.

Now that's a HUUSK knock-off that I'd pay good money for.

I will trade 2 New Huusk for the one you made. Nice job!

i like it 😍

Worked as a chef for 19 years + 4 years as an apprentice, so in 23 years I have never ever seen a chef use a knife like that

I can finally defend myself against feral meaty thigh bones at my monthly tactical barbecue.

Break it lets see the grain structure. Great Vid!

I actually work as a kitchen assistant and I really like 5-6 inches knifes for all-purpose cutting(something that I do almost all the time...) . Also for me more than overall weigh, balance is more important, i used knife with that type of handle but without hole and it was really good. Of course I use like 10 different knfies but one that I use all the time is 5-6 one made from old Bucher knife that I just modified to be slimmer and if I would break it I would actually consider that style of knife... Unless steel would be crap as that one you bought... If I would have more time and experience I would make it my self but I'm still noob at knife making and stuck with smaller knifes that are more for show than work...

Wonderful video! Well, someone in my country is also badly trying to promote this as "the internet named this the kitchen katana". Lol! Glad to see an actual review. I guesstimated it's: 1. China made and 2. Worthless as a "meat-knife" as the add said ("but also perfect for any other kitchen use, of course"). As a herbal chopper, well, it may work, as you demonstrated but I'm sure there are better designs. Kinda reminds me of all the Mitutoyo indicator replicas on ebay (usually branded "Mitutogo")... Poooor quality!!!

I bought my mom a 4 PC set of calphalon, and the knives look amazing, but the hardness was between 45-50. I went to calphalon and ......crickets...

I knew that was a herb chopping knife :)!

I see those junk knives advertised on facebook all the time and it makes me cringe. Thanks for showing them how its done.

I own own one of the Chinese version of this knife. Quite frankly, for 15 euro it is a good knife. Yes, shape is a bit weird, and yes it need sharpening every 2 weeks, but i like it :) Thank you for the nice video and the time and efforts you did put into forging the knife, testing it and doing the video.

Sweet shirt, bruh

You mentioned how this steel would take a good hamon. Is it time for The Hamoning III ?

That turned out really well. I like how you changed the design a bit, just can't make a knife with poor geometry. You almost always use some kind of burl for your handles, I guess you could say that they are....burl-esque. I'll get my coat.

Definitely a viking herb cutter!

Is it possible to salvage that original knife with some tempering and resharpening to get it stronger and sharper? I’m curious if that process would work on a cheaper (fantasy) knife. Thanks for sharing!

Dang 2 mins since post. good job RU-vid recommendations.

I really like the...handle.

Me: A metal template. Huh. Usually paper. I wonder why? Also me: *mesmerized by incandescent steel*

Man, watching this makes me lament over the dullness of my kitchen knives even more.

GB’s wife walks into kitchen “hey babe, what are youuuuu making us for dinner?” GB; another video…. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Well, I loved it. I really didn’t like that knife from TV anyways💪🏼🔥🔥🔥👍🏻

Freaking nice job! My dad got me a huusk a couple years ago. Not all that great. Ended up mirror polishing the bevels to 1000 grit. Looks nice, but that's about it 😂

Very cool that knife has been very much an interest of mine not one I wanted to pay for though lol 😆

I suggest that next time you get a sharp finger by Old Timer. If you want to buy a knife. The 1 that you made is very nice,in comparison to the 1 that you bought.

I love using 26C3 and after temper I get 64-65 HRC. I did make a camp knife without temper to see how it held up and it was a beast and held it's edge for a full 2 week camping trip.

Btw another knife shop vid would be kool.

Pretty beautiful work, dude! 😃 The original knife was beautiful, but yours is even more! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊 BTW, I've found locally 5160 steel... And I want to buy to make plane's blades. You know? Either way, do you think it's a good enough steel?