Don't know what path you followed in life to get where you are now. But, you certainly have a quiet and satisfying style which comes through in your vids. I find watching your projects informative, and easy going...almost might say soothing or calming. You're a natural at these projects. Thanks for taking us along! 👍👍👍
Among the bunch of YT bladesmiths that hand forge their knives, you are certainly in the top 2%. I learn a lot about hammer control from your vids…too bad I can’t seem to put it to actual application! 😁 I love the ruggedness of this knife.
Thanks, I appreciate that! It took a long time and a lot of mistakes before I got to where I am now, and I still have a long way to go, I just try to get better with every project. I appreciate your support, and I appreciate you watching.
I love the jimping on the back of any knife, but especially a hunting / skinning knife. I'm very jealous at how nicely your leaf-spring treated you. I fought every single inch of the spring steel I used to make my first knife.
I love it as well, Spring steel can be a pain sometimes that's the truth, I worked with a rail spring clip making a Wakizashi a couple of years back and it was a pain even with a press. I appreciate you watching.
@@Mysticmountainforge nothing we did would take the desire of my piece of leaf spring to go back to its original bend out. We finally got a quench w a straight blade. And sure as sh*t the tang just decided to kick way over. Even after tempering. It’s fine, I had a ton of handle material to work with so I was able to still get the knife to like… track… straight… but with that kick I had some burn-throughs bc I needed so much space in the handle 😤
I gotta say watching your videos and you creating a knife is always so impressive. It's just really awesome to see you take a piece of ordinary metal and turn it into a beautiful work of art.
Looks nice! Funny its actually is a hybrid of two I got on the work bench right now. One with an identical profile and the other with forge finish flats and the same file work on the spine.
An angle grinder would be a great choice if I were just starting out, but since I have been doing this for several years I have quite a few used 36 grit belts that I have set aside strictly for profiling, I prefer to use the belt grinder but an angle grinder would be a viable option, I guess it would just come down to personal preference. I appreciate you watching.
Thanks, I appreciate you watching! It is called a height gauge, here is a link to one. www.amazon.com/0-150mm-Precision-Aperture-Magnetic-Standing/dp/B07M9P5DMK/ref=sr_1_16?crid=3G15QZHXOKVGJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.CSyVVbCLHMRCuWdqoszr0O1F_SCwhBf2-Jl3wr5gwKdAIoLtrvA92oK0SuxhHm6ZuiUcOac1Zue1-XeR-GlgzvE7XJj7Lzt3qb611RYovWHJ33B_5Hrogc6xor7q3kWMupkCILAIpON6DfkWMJOyA9wPrXrt_EUMQNzWtVG_j8_u1k0yj7WbJcmXYU5oJrjSF0Q39xAz7Kndakw-hyiUmzgJe6fEuCo-loXOlILopJg.4GNBA0S5BsyUZXUReUA-1X4G4Rr4L-l4Qc-IG0MFL2A&dib_tag=se&keywords=height+gauge&qid=1717719574&sprefix=height+gauge%2Caps%2C2090&sr=8-16
