i’ve been watching your channel for years now and i have no words to express how much i love your videos i have learned from you as a blade smith myself and find myself watching old videos of your channel all the time, thank you for sharing this with us.
Elijah I see that you are still in Texas, I think that’s a good thing. I just don’t care for the cold. The knife turned out beautiful. Thank you Sir for this video
That knife is gorgeous and I know it's a very well made blade. I'm a naturalist at heart and I'm sure you'd agree that the right natural materials are better than synthetic ones.
I don't know what is going on with RU-vid but I've been a subscriber and had all notifications turned on for years and I never got notified of this video.. Elijah your forging videos are the best! And I just ordered a 6t Norton fly press with 12" daylight that I'm extremely excited to receive! I had to tell someone who might know what I'm talking about
@@FireCreekForge the 5 lb hammer I got from you has been a conversation piece in my comment section on my forging videos lol. Once you get use to it, it's easy to swing.
I have the bad habit of fast forward through a video just to watch the beginning and the end result but you make me watch the whole thing 😆 I been looking for an antler handle knife and I think I found it. Going to your web page to check your inventory.
Love the graduation of Steel, Brass, Antler, Brass. The only thing better looking (in my opinion) is the butt end of an antler. Also thanks for no music.
If you put the same diameter bit so it fit the ridges would look far better than flat that doesn't look natural trace it before you grind it of put paper over use charcoal give you perfect copy
I really enjoy your videos. I find they have an AMSR effect on me. And oh yeah, you're knives are awesome! One thing I would have liked to see on this one would be an inch or so of jimping on the spine. Just a thought not a criticism 😁
So one thing I dont understand is normalizing vs annealing vs grain refinement. Id imagine the effect each has on steel would be of significant difference if your doing a different cycle for each one? I heat up the steel and let it cool down slowly and do a couple cycles like that before quenching. I just call it annealing, and it seems to refine the grain and give me better edge retention. Im curious cause Im still learning, especially about heat treatment and everyone seems to say different things, do it differently or they believe their way is better or something like that etc. Its like asking ten different people the same Q and getting ten different answers. I guess my question is why do a different cycle each time rather than just an anneal or just a grain refinement? And whats the reason(s) that makes you do different cycles? Thanks!
Hey Patrick I have a lead...maybe..on a potential client. Roman Sharf. He's on RU-vid and sells luxury watches and jewelry. Obviously making money and he likes to spend it on guns, art and he loves vintage machinery as well. He's talked about few times about knife collecting and he would like to maybe get into it, but he doesn't know much about the business. He has clients who have pocket knives worth over $9k and above. With your style and artist level of blade making, I think he would probably love to buy a piece from you or more. Rumor has it that he's been looking for a damascus clinch pick, or small kerambit. Something concealed in his belt that he can pull out and rapidly stab and cut. He deals with end stuff you know. Not sure if the rumor is true, but either way, it's a starting point..if you're interested
On the end of the tang use the same metal that knife is made from cut the slot the same then use a rod that you have taped grind down to fit slot Then you can use fusion weld A car battery with jump leads 2 copper bolts with shamvor attach them to old car panel clamps you have them then apply pressure on the bolts use RUBBER GLOVES Hope I've explained ok so OR YOU CAN DO SAME THING BY PUTTING END TO END PUSH TOGETHER AND DEBURE IF NEED TO
Why didn't you use the dremel with a fine bit to cut the groves back in the antler knowing how much care you took making it would of finished it properly
Wouldn't it be stronger if you put a couple of holes in the tang before you harden it, to create some glue rivets in the handle. Also did you glue the bolster on. I thought the shape of the blade was elegant. Very pleasing to the eye. It looked very well balanced too, nice work. This is the first time I've seen one of your videos, nicely done 👍
I am needing assistance in working metal down. I’ve seen power hammers and hydraulic presses used and homemade versions of each. If you had to make one and had none of the tools/metal fab skills which would you go with? ATM I can’t even afford to buy a “no weld” belt grinder kit much less one of these. What would you choose first out of the two?
It’s been a while since I’ve really paid attention, but did the move out of Texas back up North not happen? Regardless I’m always impressed by your work.
I think you call it the ricasso , but I have always wondered what the purpose of it is. That is as I understand the blank steel between the blade and guard. I never buy a knife that has that feature. It seems like waste space and added weight for a mountain hunter. Thank you in advance for your reply.
I have not heard of that. Well there is variation to the Bowie design, historically its main purpose was as a weapon, for self-defense usually. A Bowie style clip point isn't well-suited for field dressing and skinning.
@@FireCreekForge I'm pretty sure the bowie knives with the very pronounced clip point were used for skinning so that you could use the spine of the knife against the meat and drag it so that it wouldn't leave cuts in the meat for when you want to preserve it and as it has a round shape to it it would make it easier to rap it around meat when cutting the skin
@@FireCreekForge It was designed for hunting, but was used for self defense, In 1838 Rezin P. Bowie, brother of Alamo hero James Bowie claimed that he made the first Bowie knife while the Bowies lived in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. He designed it as a hunting knife and gave it to James for protection after his brother had been shot in a fight.
I'm looking to make something similar except I'm buying a blank since I don't have a forge or have a clue how to go about it. What kind of epoxy do you use to secure the tang to the antler?
Two ways to minimize this: heat up only the blade, so the tang remains ridgid, secondly, using slot jaw tongs hold the blade as close to or at the ricasso.
Seems just fine to me, but I live in the desert. Bigger knives are always favored here, even back in the day. The toothpick or the bowie was more the style over a trade knife, you just had to learn how to use the bigger knife like it was smaller
Hey man, I'm in Plainview going to school at Wayland and I was wondering if you will be offering any classes or any type of workshops? "All work and no play" you know what I mean? 😂
we have had our enemies for years coming to our country legally and illegally. with all our borders open we.are sitting ducks .I'm expecting something to Happen. its not if,but when it's definitely going to happen American is so unprepared. Papa
instead of welding next time try high temperature silver brazing. make a v shaped cut in the end of the tang and then shape the tang end of the bolt to fit in it. and then braze them together. like brazing a carbide tooth onto a saw. it is very strong.
