I love it. The scales look awesome. I actually prefer when there isn't a consistent pattern in the blade because it has a natural feel about it. Planned patterns can be awesome, but in the end, when a beautiful pattern with some randomness appears, it becomes a more creative work of art in my opinion. That's why I love your blades and videos.
I liked it! Cool combination of organic and techno vibes. I like this channel for things like these - neverending experiments, and searching for new forms.
I liked just the low level twist pattern you had before you drilled in the rain pattern holes. I do like the way the knife turned out. The handle material looks good.
If I've learned anything from you, it's that when the build throws you a curve, you stay in there and turn it around. Easily my favorite forge building channel. Wooo!
I like it! It has a kind of sedimentary flow with nodules look. The handles actually look like feather pattern. Awesome! Ya cant "snap into a slimjim" when ya have a good slice n dice. 😂 Merry Christmas amigo!
Happy winter festival Steve I really like the contrast its very m uuch like fossilised coral, specifically Crinoids in limestone which is a definite plus. Very cool and the amber like handle gives it a very prehistoric feel...yup like that a lot.
The handle material is good for someone out there, not my personal taste - but it doesn't look tacky or anything. The pattern on the blade was pretty cool, I didn't honestly expect that outcome... it definitely is my personal taste.
I really like the handle and the pattern, I think it came out well. I also hate these videos because it makes me want to do more stuff with canisters, but that's a pain in the butt (actually my arm) since I don't have a press or power hammer.
Beautiful knife! Looked great with the orange and black I think. I have used Dymalux a lot and it's pretty good stuff! At first I got it cuz it was cheap but then it turned out awesome every time so I keep using it from time to time.
Nice. I need to try it. Are bubbles and divots common dymalux? I actually ended up returning the set in this videos because of bubbles and I looked like part of it was flaking away.
@@GreenBeetle I haven't had a set that didn't have some bubbles in it. I always just ground the tang side flat and during shaping and sanding on the finished side it ended up getting them out. It finishes really nice and after a good buff it's waterproof as well. I've even acid etched the entire blade and exposed spine of the tang with the Dymalux in the acid and it didn't touch the finish on the Dymalux.
I really don't mind the knife blade overall and its an interesting material construction, lets face it, if it forge welds together then its a good start! The handle material I don't mind too much but I've sort of seen it sold everywhere and at least for me I don't see it working with anything I make, but there's plenty of colours of it and its not very expensive. A couple of handle material makers I'll suggest if you're looking for some pretty wild stuff- J Hue Customs, lots of really clever acrylic and epoxy stuff Fat Carbon Materials- does things with carbon fibre which are pretty great Not affiliated with either of them but the products are good stuff from small scale manufacturers and I think, fairly priced for what they are all things considered.
Hey GB… I operate a PTO plow/trenching machine that has the ability to bore under driveways and pavement with interlocking bore rods. The rods are tool steel. They are about 1” in diameter with a 1/2” hollow core. The machines we use are VERY powerful and sometimes the rods bend beyond repair. But I reiterate, they are indeed tool steel. Not sure the alloy composition, but they are STRONG! They are 10’ long and weigh at lease 25 pounds each. If you’re interested in trying to make a knife from one, I’ll gladly send you a nice chunk of the steel. Let me know.
Some tool steels can be forged some can’t. Their heat treatments can be pretty different too. Sounds like a great project but without knowing the steel there’s be a lot of trial and error, guess-work.
Kryptek camo scales would have looked awesome with that snakeskin pattern. The knife turned out amazing, and while I don’t dig the handle too much, it looks great
