I have a forge somewhere! Lmfao that's the story of my life! I do appreciate that in most of your videos you use stuff that most people have in their garage or could easily borrow from a neighbor. Very cool
I bought some new small cheap wood chisels off of Ebay. I sharpened them down on a diamond stone, then a wet stone, then stropped them & they are sharp as anything I have ever cut with. They made great little skiving knives & straight blade cutting knife like cutting in a square corner. I think I spent $5.00 to $10.00 for 5 of them & they have been worth every penny. If Tandy had a set of these they would want $100.00 + for them.
@WyomingWright I appreciate your mindset and I’ve always found a solution to anything holding me back. If I don’t have a specific tool I find or build a work around and keep on moving and try my hardest to accomplish what I had set in mind. Most the battle I think many people face is lack of creativity. They see others build or make something and think they can’t do it without the same tool when if they just thought about it for a bit they could come up with an option to make things happen. I enjoy your videos and positivity and I also appreciate the fact you lift commenters up and tell them not to look at themselves as a victim and they can do it and I respect that about you. Have a great day !!!
It’s a hard rubber pad you can get at a farm or ranch store. Usually placed in the bottom of horse trailers. I cut a big square chunk of for my tabletop. It’s virtually indestructible. Probably not the best working surface out there, but I had it and it works pretty darn good.
I used ferric chloride. The longer you leave it in there, the darker the metal gets. I like how it looks, plus it helps you see differences in hardness on the steel. You could use any acidic fluid. I’ve seen people use vinegar, it just takes a lot longer.
One option is to use a bastard file to bevel the edge and then sharpen on sand paper. Another option is you ask around and see who might have a grinder or belt sander. You might be surprised at the tools that are available around you when you put some effort into reaching out.
When such a piece is on hand, why not use both ends? They can be prepared at different angles for variety, as well as having in readiness 2 sharp edges without having to resharpening in a mid project. Of course for safety, caps for it can be made out of cork.
Thank you, sir. My cutting mat is a section of rubber mat such as you would see some people put in the bottom of a horse trailer. You can pick one up at a farm supply store pretty reasonably. I do believe they are recycled rubber. I’ve been using mine for a couple years and it’s held up really well. Although I will say it does have a little give to it so it’s not the best for smacking sewing chisels, tooling, or setting rivets. I have a large anvil I use for that.
Still use it all the time. I messed up in the heat treat though. The tiniest bit of the tip cooled too fast before the quench and didn’t get hardened. So I ended up curving the profile of the tip to remove the soft spot, resharpening, and now it’s golden
I used the dmt double sided diamond stones. They are pretty good, but if I bought them again I would just get the course and fine and not mess with the extra course and extra fine. I also use a three strop system with 3 different stropping compounds to finish. Works pretty good, but I’d like to add some high quality ceramic stones as well.
@@wyomingwright I just ordered a set of UltraSharp diamond stones. It was that or DMT. I’ll probably get a set of DMT’s too just to try both. Need to get a strop, or make one.
salut , à 9:51 tu pense ton tranchant insuffisant , mais je crois que c'est prce que tu utilise cet outil un (tranchet) hre nous les cordonniers comme un couteau à parer qu'utilise les maroquiniers !! de plus la façon dont tu affine le bord de ton cuir est typique de la maro avec un couteau à parer alors que pour parer avec un tranchet le geste est tout à fait différent !!! mais bien sûr cela n'enlève rien à ta réussite de ce très bel objet qu'est cet outil !!! force et respect
I get it, man…tools are expensive. It’s taken me a while to get the few I have. But the laws of the universe dictate energy in, product out…It takes effort to make something. When you’re first starting and you don’t have as many tools, it takes even more effort. Use some sand paper and some elbow grease. Use a file. Borrow some tools. There’s lots of solutions. One thing that won’t help is victimizing yourself. Don’t let your lack of one specific tool keep you from accomplishing something you really want. You can do hard things!
I was waiting for that one. Yeah you gotta have tools to make stuff. I did use a second hand belt grinder, a weed burner and some sharpening stones. Hardly 5k but I get your point.
get creative dude. Metal hacksaw if you are giga poor or an angle grinder if you're average joe, use some sandpaper wrapped around a drillbit if you have no sander (there's like 60 dollar sanders that work okay enough...) and use a propane blowtorch to heat it up before quenching and doing the main profile with a file then a sharpening stone. Assuming you own a way to sharpen your knives you can make one of these for 30-50 dollars of tools you probably already have.
He has a point. It's a catchy title but pretty misleading. For someone getting into leather working, it would likely cost more just to acquire some of the tools you used than it would be to just use a box cutter with a wooden spine added for rigidity.
Granted, but you might be surprised what tools are available to you when you ask around. Everyone has to find solutions for their own situation. This video shows my solution. Not all of it will apply to you, but some of it may. It’s hard to find solutions when you’re looking for problems.
$5 for sandpaper. $15 angle grinder. Small propane torch from home depot. Does the exact same thing just takes a bit longer. Dont act like you cant do this without a workshop you just dont want to do it.
