I love how the end of the antler actually matches the front of the handle and the edge of the blade, a friend has an antler handle bowie and its all lip sided lol
13:49 those hoodie strings looked so close to the tool. I always cut the strings off my hoodies. ✌️💚🖖 Edit follows…WoW what a beautiful knife!! Great Job!!
Chris, great knife build. That Bowie is impressive. Each of the three components work together so well. Thanks for the demonstration of your craftsmanship! - Tennessee Smoky
@ironridgeoutdoors, beautiful knife. All your stuff is amazing and this video inspired me to try something similar from an old rasp I had. Just curious though, the sanding belts you’re using seem to work a ton better than mine. What kind and where can I find them? Any tips and tricks are appreciated.
I can’t watch the whole video, watching you work and make a knife is painful. Sorry but it is. The end results looks awesome but your “forging” was hard to watch, you didn’t get the steel near hot enough and you should set your purse down when you swing a hammer! If you would have heated the steel it would have belt sanded much easier and quicker! I’d wager you used a lot of sanding belts and time! Like I said though, it “looks”good!
Thanks for the lovely backhanded compliments. It's always interesting hearing criticism, however unfounded. I don't show every step in the process, and many times you, the viewer, are only watching a a small sample of what's actually going on. Lastly, there's more than one way to cook a chicken, so to say, and my chicken tastes darn good. Cheers mate.
*Terribly ugly. Neither a file nor a knife. It's a waste of a nice antler. I wouldn't pick it up if I found it on the street. It looks like it was made in Russia.*
@@user-ww4od4jl1f made in Russia? Haha, better than some I suppose; I'll take that as a compliment. Please like and subscribe for more amazing Russian-looking half knife, half file things stuck in antler.
I'm an actual bladesmith and you are a cut out guy. Your hammer work is weak and you cut your tip. Let me know when you can do 85$ on the anvil and just finish work on your 2x72. Keep up the cut outs girl.
And one more thing, there is no fucking way your heat treat and temper are correct if you can get any drill bit through a bastard file. Such crap here. Faker.....
I drilled through the tang, which was never hardened, and my heat treatment is spot on. Your lack of decorum and inaccurate claims clearly display your ignorance. By all means, continue watching, commenting and contributing to my videos. The RU-vid algorithm and I thank you for your interactions on my content.
Nel video non fa vedere la fase di stempra, a sentire dal suono e a vedere dalle scintille non credo habbia ammorbidito la lima . Si può anche fare , ma si consumano molto di più gli attrezzi, e bisogna fare molta attenzione a non riscaldare mai in nessuna fase di lavorazione la lima, così terra il filo. Ma e un metodo che a me non piace. Personalmente quando uso una vecchia lima la stempro, costruisco il coltello , una volta finito prima di immanicarlo gli rifaccio la fase di tempra seguendo tre passaggi almeno. Bisogna anche ricondizionare dopo la tempra.
@@ironridgeoutdoors skip the music, bro. We're here for the knife and workshop noises. Beautiful build BTW. I hope to buy one of your knives some day. Maybe I could trade you a couple of custom leather jackets?
@@ironridgeoutdoors those shop noises are nothing. The drum beat does get old though. Just constructive criticism…. The video content itself is awesome though, from one bladesmith to another.
