It's almost midnight. I have an important business meeting at 8am tomorrow morning. I'm sipping a beer and watching a guy forge a knife. I'm proud of myself at this point.
@glenmpl1769 this is a typical a.hole comment. If you don't like his explanations, mute the loudness. So can you please shut up and just watching the video.
Artful grinding of perfectly shaped high quality steel blades isn’t forging, it’s custom knife making, and I don’t think less of makers who do it right than I do of this talented maker here in this video. He really does a fabulous job here, if that’s the custom knife you want.
Now that's a real man's knife.. Rugged looking, excellent Damascus patterning, and an old-timey style handle. Well done. I'm glad I found this channel today!
I always learn one or two things from every video. You concise comments are much appreciated. Today, I learned about grinding the corners off of a billet made up of lots of small objects. Did not know that before.
Beautiful and professionally done. May I suggest a thin, smooth bead of solder all around where the blade meets the guard. Makes a better visual and keeps liquid from getting down into the handle.
I've done some homemade scale work and refurbish on old knives, but forging one is next level. Definitely on my bucket list. You make it look so effortless, what a gorgeous piece for the ages.
Maybe a wire brush attached to the drill, rubbing the bit as you drill? Everytime you raise the bit, hopefully will clean the ironwood out of the flutes?
The happy valentines daddy in the background of your work warms my heart also I love seeing the process and detail you put into these blades I have been very interested in forging since I was little
Love the pattern. Many years ago, i took a class taught by Bill Moran, and he told/showed us to round the corners of our bar stock to help prevent the "fish mouth".
The trick with the white paint is to make sure it's a titanium based pigment, not zinc. It should be on the label of the can or on the MSDS from the manufacturer.
Yes. I have tried a couple different paints (both Rust-Oleum I believe) and couldn't find a description of ingredients but both worked fine. I'm told the cheaper paints are almost guaranteed to have the Ti content as it's the least expensive ingredient. As a side note, putting zinc in the forge would be dangerous as far as fumes.
Congratulations, beautiful work. I really like knives with wide spines. I send you a big hug and blessings for you and your family from Buenos Aires Argentina. Take good care of yourself.
That turned out really nice. Great work. Should you want to source more ball bearings, get some bearing units, wrap them up in cloth to prevent shrapnel, put the bearing on an anvil standing up, then whack with a decent size hammer. The races shatter and you can collect the balls. I used to do that from time to time, for slingshot ammo.
This might be my favourite knife youve made so far, so much that now I kinda want to try making something similar. I really like how the brass square stock worked for the guard as opposed to bar stock, and that pattern came out awesome.
"Glass jars with metal lids" is evident of old times? I thought this would had been the norm everywhere. Simple and effective as they always keep their seal. I know its not a relevant question, but such things always intigue me. Great video and beautiful knife
I just ordered 200 ball bearings this afternoon, oddly enough, but made sure they weren't 52100 as they will be part of an art piece I'm doing. Certainly not all ball bearings are 52100, and I wouldn't want to assume they were. Very nice job, and as always I learn more from your side comments than I learn from many other makers' full videos. Thanks!
Good point, not all ball bearings are 52100 but it's a good vet with any load bearing machine bearing. Sounds like you have a neat project going. Thanks for watching!
