DIY puukko knife 

John Biggs same

true craftsmanship? I'm sorry but all he did was grind a bit of metal into the shape of a knife. the handle was nice I guess but that's the only real craftsmanship in this video. if he forge welded the steel himself and hand pounded it into shape etc that would be true craftsmanship.

The man is a true artisan and well worthy of his hire.

Absolutely agreed. I bet that is an outstanding blade.

Neill Wylie Hense your pic

I really enjoy reading comments from people like you showing how ignorant you are. Don’t forget to use your drool bib. 😉

NW Prepper, how is it ignorant to point out that he completely skipped showing any heat treating process. *You* are the one who comes of ignorant here dude.

Jonathon Atkinson he doesn’t seem to do that to any of his letter openers

just make sure to give it back relatively soon ;)

Check out the description, I added template there

Thanks mate. I was also wondering what wood did you use for handle and what did you use to finish it because to color came out beautiful.

I used some mordant and tung oil to finish. Handle is from ash tree

It's easier to buy steel that had already been tempered to the hardness you want, than it is to achieve proper hardness by heat treating yourself. Unless you already have a temperature controlled heat treating furnace. You just need to be careful to not damage the heat treat when grinding the blade to shape. (notice how he applied water to the blade portion while he was cutting it out with the angle grinder...the tang doesn't need to be hard, so he didn't bother cooling it.)

thickness of the blade is 3.2mm. I carved it from steel blanc for about 5 min I guess...

oh, I see that! really thanks for reply! :)

TheSteelWolf put my mixtape on it

That's epoxy glue

mauimudpup Probably some no-copyright music.

mauimudpup Darude-Sandstorm

nope thats not it. 2nd song in. Old Alex doesn't list the song but its from a almost free music site epidemic soundtrack

sounds better than most free stuff so I was surprised. Its just from an almost free place

It's Fucking oil

It's Good resistant

Realy? Only oil!!!

He put a dark brown stain on the wood, and then finished it with tung oil.

because Finnish puukko knives often have narrow tangs

Ferric chloride probably

It's ferric chloride water solution. I put blade into it for about 2 min.

Cool. Just about to use my first batch of ferric chloride, so I'm just looking around for examples on how to use it properly. This looks like a nice, etch. How much water to acid did you use?

Very Cool! I bought straight Liquid Ferric Chloride to try and I have no idea how long to soak a blade. I'll start with 2 minutes and see what happens. Is there a danger to soaking it to long?

Mossine Gago I normally like to use used motor oil for my handles. It'll give it a rugged look. Leave in in for a night or so. Good luck!

ah ok , thank u for the informations i will try it, thank u agin for reply and good luck in new projects :)

If it's supposed to be a puukko, you don't put a guard on it.

Feel free to build yours that way.

ThePatientArtisan snap

He softened the end of the tang up with the torch before drilling, so we can assume it was hard. Also, this is made from D2, which is an air hardening tool steel.

Cooking oil

tung oil

Shanqz Cooking oil Spoils and stinks

Edgar Romero I think it's ferric chloride.

Would love to know that too.

Wood stain

You clearly do not know much about knife making. Did you not see him add chewing gum after applying the glue, at 8 minutes 33 seconds?

Varnish for water proofing. Otherwise the wood would rot when you wash it.

I think its some type of acid (ive seen people use vinegar) used to give the blade a patina coating (blacken the blade).

Whoops misread blade for handle because that was the last soaking I saw. It's a cold blue solution to prevent the blade from rusting, but mostly because black blades are cool. Probably.

It is ferric chloride, diluted with water.

Andrew Fritz by the way he heated the tang before drilling and his effort to keep the angle grinder cuts cool I think the material is pre hardened

oh ok Thanks!

it isn't even forged.... anyways to answer your question its a pre heated steel

that doesn't mean anything, he just took a random strip of steel and turned it into a knife, when you buy steel from a steel place its not hardened

yah XD I was watching forged in fire a couple days ago and one guy did that and was eliminate immediately, he said he was playing it "safe".

Ferric Chloride.You can pick some up on amazon, works for etching metals too.

using iron perchloride+ Chloride got it.. thankjs.

Kyllä

Juup

Joo

If the metal is already hardened, you don't want to heat it up too much or you'll lose your hardened edge