I'm impresive with your work, 3 years ago i made a karambit with stainless 304 and a feeind who makes knifes too thell me this steel is' not very good because don' get it temper on the edge so i put it the stainless karambit in the shifter on my pick up 😂. I follow on you from Panamá🇵🇦
I don't understand how you're not one of the biggest knife makers on RU-vid. From your tutorials to your knife making is so good. Beautiful night Sir keep up the good work
You beat me to the punch, i have been planning this very build for 2 weeks. I even had the steel on my anvil yesterday to start it. I decided i would finish the grinds on the kukri and Ka-Bar i have so i can heat treat them when I'm forging today. I appreciate your channel! I have learned a lot from watching.
Glad I discovered you ages ago. You're the only one I've run into that does these gorgeous damascus builds inlaid with random metals and they always come out looking awesome.
I've seen a LOT of other makers doing or trying to do a kerambit and some have looked pretty good but WOW copper mixed into the damascus.. AND something that I haven't seen anyone try except for those toy makers, using the acrylic handle is amazing. I hope that others will at least give it a try, it COULD be the new craze.
I've done the acrylic once before but it wasn't for a video and I thought it looked amazing. Since the karambit has such a short blade, I wanted to show off the damascus more so it was perfect for this build. Thanks for watching!
I printed this off your patron a while back and it turned out to be a throwing knife also LOL. It'll be a while before I attempt that grind again. That has to be the best looking karambit I've ever seen 👍
@@TyrellKnifeworks as someone who has a lot of metal work experience and wants to try and make some knives I love how you do stuff. There are some creators who make me cringe but you do things in such a smart professional way, i am learning from you and I appreciate that.
another great build. A hypothetical question: I f forged in fire said to bring your best knife between 12 and 15 inches, and not knowing how they would be tested what would you do?
This style you did here and with the copper inlay katana is hands down the coolest I've seen. I know you don't like making the same things twice, but would you ever consider making a chief's knife or two in this style?
Love the new press dies you made for longer billets! Great idea! I’ll have to make some for my press now! 😊 And now I see the surface grinding attachment for non magnetic materials! Headed to your store now to see if you produce those for sale. I don’t own a mill yet….
Gorgeous work, as always, Denis. I'm still a bit confused by the ground ridges you put in. Had you not done that, would you just have straight stripes? Would the copper on the blade be a simple curve?
Yes, without grinding in the lines, you’d just have a boring straight line. This gives it much more action. You can see it MUCH more on the Bowie I’m working on. Though I’m not doing a video on that one, you’ll see a short of it at least. Thanks for watching.
@@TyrellKnifeworks I think it would be useful if you did a tutorial on these techniques just using simple billets of different construction on plain rectangles, rather than knives etc, so the techniques could be compared in isolation Avoid the usual shaping and warping in the press, so the different methods used are clear in the end product. I hope that makes sense!
@@TyrellKnifeworks Not so much the Damascus patterns, but like in this case, the layering in of the copper and the solid core. Like how to get that line to follow the blade curve.
@@TryptychUKthat line will always follow the curve. Remember it’s there because I’ve ground in the bevel and exposed the silver. The only time it would move would be if: 1) you changed the bevel angle, 2) you forged an area thinner/thicker than other areas. Make sense?
I have a question: if I have a Damascus steel ready to be turned into a kitchen knife (the bar is oiled and in plastic), can I grind it to shape and do everything until it’s time to heat treat? Because my heat treating oven isn’t ready yet but I want to start this project. Is it a good idea to start or I should wait till my oven is ready? Oh and you can use a wheel and put your table on a angle for the inside grinding. Thank you, love your videos!
Gorgeous! Also, I learned something easy and cool you could experiment with; 'Copper Flame Art.' You can get a vibrant rainbow out of the copper by burning it with an oxygen torch, then using a reduction flame on it. The layer of colored copper is very thin, so it couldn't be on the blade itself, but I bet you could do something cool on the grip.
I’ve done a video on that process actually. It’s not very durable though. Even washing the blade/copper with soapy water removes the color. 😕. Thanks for watching.
I actually weighed the starting steel when I did the Viking challenge sword. It was a really complex Damascus with about 7 forge welds but I started with 10lbs and had 4lbs just before I started grinding. On a build like this karambit, it’s only 2 forge welds so it would be much lower loss. Probably 10-15%. Thanks for watching.
