Bushcraft Knife and Sheath From a Chef Knife and a Tennis Racket 

Word of caution for anyone who is going to try drilling handle pin holes in a knife blank, CLAMP IT DOWN! Several years ago, I had the bit grab a hold of the knife and spin it around like a lawn mower from HELL! I got lucky and only sliced my palm slightly. I would have lost my thumb if my hand had not been flat at the time. So I hope someone can learn from my stupidity and save themselves some headache and blood. Cheers!

Very nice job love how you Incorporated that tennis racket into the knife itself and then the sheet pretty clever

Nice job on that. Pretty darn creative. I like the green left on handle.

Shout out to the opinel in the beginning of the video. I have several of them. Love those knives.

Awesome in every way.

In 60+ years of being in the woods and on rivers hunting, fishing or just passing time in some shelter, I never encountered a situation where a good quality boning knife, out of the box, has failed me. I don't have bragging rights to my cutlery style or shape, but for knife work I have never been let down. These knives have been designed by centuries of use and I don't need a self designed pattern to make things any more difficult than they are. Just keep what ever you have sharp and rust free

Really nice job.

Trash to treasure! Awesome work!!

Great project. The colors are unique. I'll keep watching for the white boots and cowboy hat video. 😀 👍

Smart and really nice.

Nice knife

Nice job on knife too

Cool video man! Reminds me of Noarth Creations and the sheaths they make.

Nice use of materials! The knife and sheath both look great!

I’m at a loss for words. Great up cycling project. I’m gonna have to try this.

The old Chicago Cutlery knives are nice steel. If they have the model number on the handle, like yours said "Chicago Cutlery 44S" it means it is USA made and it's made from 440c. Not bad steel for a bushcraft knife!

I'm inspired! And its half price day at my salvation army!

Dude you're pretty slick, I think the only thing better than your skills is your imagination.

Nice work! Interesting scale design with that paint left on the wood. I think this was a Brasil Tramontina chef knife. I have the same one at my mother's house.

All the old kitchen knife's I threw to recycling no more gotta try this!

That leather looks like ray skin (shark), that’s why it’s rough & dry. Quite a find at a thrift store & good size too. I too had an issue repairing a 30 year old spiderco knife, only having to enlarge the hole for a new pin.

Good job and a clever idea for the handle.

Nice re-cycle 👍

Nice job. Wasn't sure at the start but turned out nice. Thanks for sharing

That is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time that is awesome 👍👍👍👍

That's was a beautiful thing to watch, great job👍

Nice work man. Try using a drillbit ment för ceremic tiles, they word wonders on hardend metals :)

Thats amazing good job

I Like the shape of the blade and the handle...I have made a few knives from old kitchen knives and from hand saw blades

Brilliant!

Great idea..never thought of this.. Will try.. Thanks

Cool.

Awesome restoration on butcher knife

When normalizing the handle, you can wrap the blade portion with a wet cloth to help protect the tempering of the blade

Nice.

That was really nice 👍. I enjoy watching your videos, I wish I had the ability to do what you do. Ciao!

me : (Sees the pins in knife handle, gets excited to see how they come off for my own project.) oldshovel : cuts the handle off the knife me : (cries a little) PS the white looks like tennis shoes. matches great.

That was a fun creative thing you did. You remind me of Pocket 83. You deserve more subscribers. Heck, you should be beating T-Series.

I ran into the same problem drilling pin holes in a SS steak knife blade! It was more of a disaster for me because I had already epoxied the wood handles on! The laminated tennis racket wood has a nice look.

I like your video format. Consider starting your Patreon early, and give away your projects as incentives for people to sign up. Hope to see a lot more of your projects in the future.

Great knife build for $2.50 plus leather and epoxy invested into it! Well done!

I am just getting into knife making, and saw your post on the FB page and clicked the link to see your video. Very nice design and I like the idea of re-purposing the old knife and the tennis racket for the knife scales as well as using the tennis racket strings for your stitching on the sheath!! I also do leather craft and really like how you made that sheath, good work! Juddie - J & J TOA PS>Sub'd to your channel.

Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls

That is an awesome project. I like the use of the tennis racket and the white sheath is just complementary to the whole thing as a white tennis shoe... I hope I didn't throw away that broken racket that was around my lawn... Thanks for the detailed explanation. If I wasn't already subscribed, I would've... This is awesome... diYotam Ch

👍👍 ok I’m in. I subbed.

What you needed was dedicated drill bits for steel only.

I'd love to see you just grind the green off, the wood laminate looks nice.

Now you can go to the disco prepared to do some bushcrafting.

Slowing your drill press down would of helped on drilling those handle pin holes.

Abîmer un si beau couteau pour arriver à ça franchement fallait pas!

Very good restoration bro 👍👍👍

Take a shot every time he says " I want "

use a little oil to drill metal.

Carbide masonery bits! They will drill through hard steel ! Use lower speeds !

What opinel knife is that? The one you peeled the grip tape off the tennis racket with?

They never sell any bladed objects in thrift shops near me so bummer☹️

Wait are you supposed to use gloves with linseed oil, it wont hurt you right?

That looks more like badminton than tennis

Gloves?! What is this?

Sure it looks nice but in my opinion you should have just bought a mora and not ruin a perfectly good kitchen knife.I would have loved to own it

Looks like a small chef knife. Pass

It's not that hard to make a heat treatment on the blade

I've just noticed, because it's small on my phone, your Oldshovel channel logo looks like someone sticking their middle finger up... 🤭🤭Hehe.

I cant watch you drill without clamping

Love it! If you're going to do more knives like that where you need to drill them, you might just go ahead and invest in a solid carbide drill bit specifically for dealing with the hardened steel. Amazon affiliate link to what I'm talking about: amzn.to/2HslO4R The bit in that link says it will handle up to 65 rockwell which should be fine for kitchen knives (I read somewhere that most french chef knives come in somewhere around 54-56 which is why they need to be touched up on the sharpening steel often, but that lower hardness does make them easy to sharpen.) Even with that solid carbide bit you would need to use a lot of coolant (oil, cutting fluid, etc.) during the drilling and you would want to go slowly, might even have to use a hand drill if you can't get the RPM's down slow enough on the drill press. Looked like the heating of the dill spots go you through it, but I bet your looking at videos on how to sharpen bits now. ;-) The other option is to friction drill those holes out and then grind flat, but those bits are $$$... (amazon affiliate link to a friction bit example): amzn.to/2HwoiPB (BTW, friction drilling and friction welding videos are fun to watch on RU-vid...lol..)

You should never use the same bit for metal and wood. It blunts them. Steel needs constant water

I’m sorry to say this but that green color on the handle really makes me feel nauseous. You made such a beautiful piece and it’s ruined by that God awful color...sorry!?

If you don't use light machine oil while drilling steel, expect your drill bit to die. I take it you didn't do any metal work at school?