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I Made An Ice Axe And Climbed A Mountain With It

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@Ididathing 5 месяцев назад

Good to see youve also discovered the tax ride off of doing holidays in videos.

@7-ten 5 месяцев назад

@Ididathing shhhhh! 🤫

@F0XD1E 5 месяцев назад

Mrs Steele: Take me to France. Alec: Say no more.

@mushroom1206 5 месяцев назад

ha 69th like

@mrstijntje 5 месяцев назад

You mean a tax write-off right? I mean, I can't blame him, what an opportunity.

@SilentForrest-he4qj 5 месяцев назад

Dude you are way more amazing than Alec. I like to watch your content many times more than what Alec comes up with nowadays.

@feelthepayne88 5 месяцев назад

Am i here before people say, "why didnt you just get ten ice axes and make one slightly larger ice axe?"

@robertpriestley3314 5 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@brown297 5 месяцев назад

Savage 😂

@Volt64bolt 5 месяцев назад

Still time

@AlecSteele 5 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@musicalcomputernerd6474 5 месяцев назад

Lmao I about spit out my burger but of course I’m too fat to do that

@walnutforge1203 5 месяцев назад

Making a dive knife and going diving would be SICK! I love this series where you make expeditionary tools!

@NickyHendriks 5 месяцев назад

Nah, next up should be a copy of a Petzl Progress. The progress requires a bit more complex machining. Or go for a grigri which has some moving parts, could be a bit of an educational experience. Or go all the way and go for something like an ID or ASAP, which aren't really products made for sports climbing but are used in rope access around the world every day. Especially the ASAP would be next level as it has multiple springs, gears and what not built in.

@dominic6634 5 месяцев назад

So dive knives totally ok where i live. But did you know they actually have alot of weird regulation

@hajocave2389 5 месяцев назад

@@NickyHendriksThings like grigris and other personal safety products would be really cool but have major safety concerns. If a grigris fails you will probably die, if an ice-axe fails in a controlled environment like this, you will not. But still fun ideas and a really fun video.

@NickyHendriks 5 месяцев назад

@@hajocave2389 I know about the safety concern but that could be mitigated using something like a back-up line and for example an ASAP. I never really understood why in sports climbing a single point of attachment is fine and personally I don't really like it. In professional climbing hanging just in my Grillon or ID would be not allowed as they are for positioning only, a backup in the form of an ASAP, Söll or Latchways safety line, fall arrest or whatever is always mandatory.

@AwesometownUSA Месяц назад

Make a diving knife and go diving with Ididathing :)

@philipangell8027 5 месяцев назад

I very much enjoy seeing you make something and then use it. Next up a Damascus steel frying pan and then cook a meal.

@C4sp3r123 5 месяцев назад

Hi Mrs Steele 😂

@McBeanTIO 5 месяцев назад

When your videographer is your "ride or die". Props to Jamie!

@jo_nathan_nation6544 5 месяцев назад

When you have a sentence or word in quotes the punctuation goes before the quotation mark. “For example.”

@Dornul 5 месяцев назад

Such a gentleman, taking his glove off before shaking the man's hand, even on a frozen mountain.

@Vault57 5 месяцев назад

I was curious if anyone else noticed this.

@DaveSearle 5 месяцев назад

That was fun to be part of guys! Jamie great edit. Alec, your enthusiasm and energy got me through feeling like I was about to die (I was recovering from a lung infection) thanks again!

@waverleyjournalise5757 5 месяцев назад

Nothing says 'recovery' like getting right back into something you love doing. I always like to see RU-vidrs helping out other RU-vidrs. Hopefully Alec sees this and pins it

@coen555 5 месяцев назад

The traditional forged mountain axe would be a fantastic build to see! This was so good. It's great that you are back spending time with Jamie.

@fzr400rr100 5 месяцев назад

That's actually one of the best videos you've done, well done you two!!! looked amazing.

@AlecSteele 5 месяцев назад

Yay, thank you!

@Dan_Kornfeld 5 месяцев назад

Alec, the axe looks absolutely brilliant! (The axe is what I commented that I wanted to see after the Damascus carabiner video.) You know what this means - Damascus crampons next👍! Keep doing what you do 👍‼

@michaeltilly6208 5 месяцев назад

Ice climbing as absolutely one of the most physical winter activities I've done. I do it every year up here in Alaska and I'll never forget the first time I barfed halfway up a waterfall from exhaustion. I was hooked! Exhilarating!!

@hangugeohaksaeng 5 месяцев назад

Way to go Jamie! Gotta love a guy who doubles down for his bro.

@robert.brokaw3829 5 месяцев назад

Very nice job Mr. Steele. Hope you and Jami have a safe and wonderful time. A little blood never hurt anybody. Stay safe.

@CapOfXav 5 месяцев назад

Arguably no blood is really bad for you aswell

@saginawdan 5 месяцев назад

Jamie - your music choices were outstanding! 👌

@nathanielgerlach1857 5 месяцев назад

My wife used to work for Petzl and I love these videos (biner and pick)! Such a great company to model your gear after

@life_behind_bars 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for taking us on the climb with you. It's been years since I've been climbing, but watching you, my ankles started hurting, having flashbacks to trying to stand up on a vertical wall of ice with nothing more than a couple of spikes from my crampons stuck in, and a couple of axes daring gravity to do its thing. Man, I do miss that.

@dannyswayze2133 5 месяцев назад

Alec, the ‘Traditional’ axe you are referencing is still in use today. Used for glacier travel and steep snow fall arresting. The axe you are building is indeed an ice climbing axe, commonly referred to as a technical ice axe. Super cool!

@IanHutchison 5 месяцев назад

Rab makes fantastic gear! Bought my first Rab jacket at a local consignment shop and it's my absolute favorite! 👍

@sealdoggydog 5 месяцев назад

A RU-vid creater and his cameraman that get on so well they even holiday together, is a beautiful thing

@tekkno.logist 5 месяцев назад

Oh I am keen as hell, I’ve NEVER seen someone forge an ice axe! What a great idea!

@seanandrews5375 5 месяцев назад

You still haven't. He forged a Damascus billet, then cut an ice axe head out of it. He did not forge an ice axe head.

@skilletborne 5 месяцев назад

@@seanandrews5375 You're on an Alec Steele video, of course he just cut and ground demascus I love when he does proper smithing, but until the demascus craze goes to the hell it belongs in, he's gonna grind instead of forge because it makes better patterns

@seanandrews5375 5 месяцев назад

@@skilletborne i love Damascus, and I love forging; I don't love forging a Damascus billet and cutting it, then calling the finished product "forged" because it isn't

@skilletborne 5 месяцев назад

@@seanandrews5375 You can love damascus, but you can't expect traditional or technical forging and it to appear in the same context because they're not compatible. I legitimately love learning and doing smithing, and I liked damascus when it was used sparingly and deliberately. After 10 to 15 years of seeing it take over, it's tired. It's used to the detriment of pieces in visuals, process and function, and made it harder to find both information and materials. It's driven up steel cost, buried domestic suppliers, and redirected smithing channels and blogs to repetitive content with bad habits.

@sarchlalaith8836 4 месяца назад

I noticed you were using your own carabiner too.. Must be a special kind of satisfaction in knowing you make everything u did this with

@navajoninja8956 5 месяцев назад

I love when you make literally any tool out of Damascus. One of my favorite being the razor blade for a utility knife. But imagine making a car key or house key out off Damascus.

@ThatWorks 5 месяцев назад

This was honestly a frkn blast guys!!! Well done!

@TobiasKornmayer 5 месяцев назад

Crazy awesome adventure project Alex and Jamie! I climbed the table mountain, but this on ice is even further out, well done! Glad you made it!

@eugeneaquino9501 5 месяцев назад

Hey Alex! 👋 Just wanted to say thank you for making a new video I always look forward to your content and it never fails to brighten my day. Keep up the amazing work and keep those awesome videos coming! 🎉🎥🌟

@survivingminnesota8381 5 месяцев назад

I LOVE THE ADVENTURE. Maybe more episodes with more content building anticipation of a great adventure.

@AlecSteele 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🙏🏻 Glad you enjoyed it it was so much fun to make and have the adventure!

@Marss13z 5 месяцев назад

When I started watching your channel ages ago I thought there was a nice affect about you as you learned on each project, using what you knew to expand. You produced beautiful work as the Artisan. Your heart and spirit are strong!

@Lynkah 5 месяцев назад

It's so funny the recreationnal activities that used to be fully for survival/exploration lol. Now we just have fun risking our lives!

@Zogg1281 5 месяцев назад

Alec Steele's goal for the future "make EVERYTHING I'm ever going to use..... preferably in Damascus steel!" This is so cool seeing you naking these amazing pieces of kit. I really wouldn't mind if you could add some more video of the making process as it's starting to feel a bit rushed at times. Thanks for the video, guys 👍👍👍👍👍👍

@jordansahlberg8437 5 месяцев назад

That's certainly a pimped pair of Nomics!

@JossWaddy 5 месяцев назад

There aren't many components of a parachute or rig made of metal, but there is a very crucial component called the three ring circus. You could absolutely make a Damascus set of those and do a skydive. (They are not crucial to the reserve parachute FYI should yours accidentally break!) Anyway, loved this vid. Keep up the great work!

@jackwriter1908 5 месяцев назад

To not only build something, but then decide to test it out... I am impressed. Though I am still waiting for the day, where Alec is making a saxophone out of damascus...

@nicoketterer9665 5 месяцев назад

I love the cutting/ grinding/ forging - montages at the beginning of your projects 🫶

@taylorheinz7256 5 месяцев назад

Love the climbing related content, use a lot of this stuff quite often and it's fun to see your renditions.

@gagekieffer772 5 месяцев назад

man it must be satisfying as hell for someone to compliment your ice pick and you can go "thanks, I forged it myself." Wonderful craftsmanship and amazing content, keep up the great work!

@joshmajor8662 5 месяцев назад

This looked AWESOME!!!! I had completely forgotten about the axe until the end Haha

@JonGretarB 5 месяцев назад

Looks good. Really hope you make the more traditional one. Much more of a handy tool for more all-round needs in winter.

@pontiusthepilot 5 месяцев назад

I'd personally really be interested in seeing you make something insane out of all the spare hacked off ends and bits from other projects. Like not a weapon per-se, but maybe like a structural build like monkey bars or an art piece that can also function as a tool. Idk, I'm here for pretty much any video but seeing you revamp material from the last project got me wondering how crazy far you could run that idea.

@housevollmer9106 5 месяцев назад

If your concern is structural integrity, maybe a San Mai of some spring steel or some super tough alloy in the middle, clad with thin Damascus

@MrJacovorster 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely love the videos where you create and use on an adventure!

@motorcyclingsassav7217 5 месяцев назад

I would love to see a Damascus collab between Alec Steele and Kyle Royer at some point!

@saiyaneyeover9000 5 месяцев назад

Yo i just want the soundtrack to this video! Jamie killing it with these beats. Oh and Alec was good too.. lol. Best RU-vid duo!!

@TheIconsofsin 5 месяцев назад

awesome build as usual now you have to make a Damascus handle for it too

@user-tl8hn7rs4h 5 месяцев назад

Loved it. Let's see you make your own ice screw next!

@TricX92 5 месяцев назад

I love these videos, keep making beautiful equipment and show us the adventours og using them👍

@harrisonpontonio1892 5 месяцев назад

Awesome content, I’m proud of you for taking the risk to do something usual content adjacent but relevant. It worked out amazing in my opinion 🎉

@martinalonsoborzone967 5 месяцев назад

alec's giggle at 09:39 cracked me up! i love this B side of the channel, taking us into your adventures and shenanigans!

@wandervanhoucke4331 5 месяцев назад

The production on this video was beautiful!!

@BadForgeWeld 5 месяцев назад

I was expecting the entire body being made too. Cheater!!! Haha! Short videos like this are helpful for quick projects. Looking forward to another long build like the Viking sword. Something that requires creativity, originality, trial and error, new techniques, inspiration… copying things that already exist feels like all the Disney remakes. Go do the Spear of Longinus (Spear of Destiny - requiring a hollow spear, nails, silver smithing, gold smithing, and engraving), or a German Wall Clock, or make some blacksmith puzzles, a sword and shield, or something else. As always, I’m forever appreciative of the great videography, editing, and music.

@gibbnasta 5 месяцев назад

I love Jaime's editing. Also, that looks ridiculously fun!

@riccardolucchesi6683 5 месяцев назад

It awesome to see you use the gears you made

@Ludix147 5 месяцев назад

I'd be really interested in seeing you do stuff with steel tubes. Like you probably can't make tubes, but can you work with them? Forge and bend them into some useful shape?

@Chazlar 5 месяцев назад

Free Rab clothing is an elite partnership. They're gear is great! The axe is also cool 😉

@ndslat 5 месяцев назад

the music was so cool this episode! thanks for the video :)

@bobwallace5257 5 месяцев назад

An amazing adventure guys!!!

@TheRedWon 5 месяцев назад

That's a serious pitch for a beginner, well done!

@mikon5372 5 месяцев назад

Aw man I would love to fly out to Montana, make an ice axe and do some ice climbing or mountaineering that would be ideal right now.

@jordanb4559 5 месяцев назад

This makes me want an uncensored Alec Steele vlog channel

@GreenG-314 5 месяцев назад

Love it when you get back to forging.

@z_supernova 5 месяцев назад

I knew I recognized Chamonix in the first seconds of the video, as I am from there! Great job Alec, wish I would have met you there!

@danyg4063 5 месяцев назад

Something I've always wondered about Damascus steel, is the complexity of the pattern at all tied to its structural integrity/strength? Like, if you wanted a simpler, less complex pattern, would you have been sacrificing something by not cutting, stacking, and rewelding the billet at the beginning like you did? Or is that a purely aesthetic choice?

@jonahlstrom4753 5 месяцев назад

Very cool. Big "Yes" to the ice axe, "hell no" to that ice climbing though. Lol Insane stuff, love it!

@jamesbazemore9561 5 месяцев назад

I'd really love a pair of demacious shackles for my truck..make one of those

@Kolnerbigblue 5 месяцев назад

Congratulations to both of you. Way to put skill to the test.

@outsidestuff5283 5 месяцев назад

Hope you do more climbing gear! I'm a crap but enthusiastic climber and I'm currently designing and making climbing shoes for my engineering dissertation project.

@AlecSteele 5 месяцев назад

Oh home made climbing shoes sounds like such an interesting project! Dm me pics on IG when you're done would love to see them!

@jasonsummit1885 5 месяцев назад

I'd seen your Instagram pics before watching this and had to immediately come and watch it.👍

@sirmarkmagee1315 5 месяцев назад

Wow what an amazing awesome show of the ice axe it had your life in your hands.

@hannibal3143 5 месяцев назад

Next up: cams and trad climbing?

@psychosk8er 5 месяцев назад

I love seeing the adventures on your channel. It's cool to see you use the things you make.

@MadWilly66 5 месяцев назад

Nothing makes it more real than a little blood! Cool adventure!

@kingster652 5 месяцев назад

i hope jamie gets paid well. i wouldn't have been able to do that. well done lads!

@maesmassive9372 5 месяцев назад

Just wondered did you torque the pick. Or try any stein pulls. These two moves that are used on mixed climbing are the most strain you're likely to put on a pick. There are different ratings on ice axe picks. Love the channel and energy you bring to your videos. Would be great to see you try dry tooling/ mixed climbing with it

@RealAndySkibba 5 месяцев назад

Love a practical build

@levihicks4214 5 месяцев назад

Impressively good swinging technique! This can’t have been you guy’s first time ice climbing! Tackling 55m of WI4 is no joke even on top rope! If you come back to Montana anytime, you gotta hit Bozeman!

@AlecSteele 5 месяцев назад

This was Jamie's first ever ice climb! I've done a few multipitch mixed routes but this was my longest ever ice pitch by a long way!

@AlecSteele 5 месяцев назад

I wish I was still in Bozeman so I could be in Hyalite in 30 minutes. Hopefully next winter I can get some time on Ice there during a short trip.

@billchesser1475 5 месяцев назад

Just got back from London a few weeks ago. Of course went to the Tower of London. Damascus crown is definitely needed!

@samkochevar983 5 месяцев назад

Two of the coolest dudes on RU-vid

@ohusky271 5 месяцев назад

13:12 WE GOT ALEC UNCENSORED LETS GOOOO (before GTA VI too)

@ghmakes7853 5 месяцев назад

100% Need to see an old school ice axe build!

@mt2020 5 месяцев назад

Crazy. That had to be exhausting

@elementjoe 5 месяцев назад

Cool song during the restacking portion in the beginning.

@neuralwarp 5 месяцев назад

I'd love to see you do a series of Batman apparatus .. Baterang, Ascenders, etc.

@scottrussell8465 5 месяцев назад

If you are taking votes on musical styles, I loved that sitar bit!

@mattsully5332 5 месяцев назад

That looked like fun!

@LinthusOriginal 5 месяцев назад

Good to see you making a gorgeous bladeish thing again

@santosvella 5 месяцев назад

Truly fantastic ice axe and awesome climbing.

@Mountain_Man 5 месяцев назад

Also I would like to challenge you to make a steel Prince Rupert Drop. I know it won’t break or anything but trying to make one with steel the same way you make a glass one would be entertaining and fun

@SimonBauer7 5 месяцев назад

damascus mountain bike frame when?!

@RIPvizzini 5 месяцев назад

4:53 I did not have "full on dance party to an Alex Steele video while doing my makeup" on my bingo card today

@gfabasic32 5 месяцев назад

On va dire que tu as pleine confiance dans ton travail.

@donaldneill4419 5 месяцев назад

Trusting your life to a tool you made yourself. Hats off to you, sir!

@owensparks5013 5 месяцев назад

Where did he do that?

@InfernoPhilM 5 месяцев назад

The ice axe looks so good. What an adventure

@latemcire8387 5 месяцев назад

Will you make hand forged crampons next?

@gideon1980 5 месяцев назад

Alec : "I want to go oh holiday and do something fun. Let see how i can turn that into a business expense" 😂

@lizard1165 5 месяцев назад

I did it the other way around and built the handle while buying the head for mine :) Very nice Video!

@jerrylim6722 5 месяцев назад

so much of Alec's Alec-ness is tied to his glasses, that I for a split second thought the Hydraulic Press Channel guy was on the trip with you.

@g1nk0 4 месяца назад

It's kinda related to the carabineer you made, but it might be cool if you made one of those dog leash clips? The ones with the hook and the spring held bit that slides open to hook up the leash.

@apeiron1984 5 месяцев назад

DAVE SEARLE AND ALEC STEELE what a combo!

@jimysk8er 5 месяцев назад

I would like to give you an ultimate challenge that I am certain is more interesting and more complex than you can imagine. I challenge you to make damascus speed skating blades. Hokey blades are trivial but speedskating blades will blow your mind with their quirks and criteria.

@jimysk8er 5 месяцев назад

Speed skating blades are cherished by athletes as they are make or break in their performance and sharpened by hand nearly every race. The blades also feature a nice side face around 17inches long by 3/4 inch tall and a similar sized profile for the spine and some billet machined parts to join them to the boots. You would love the challenge and you will love how the blades are constructed and shaped in a way that would not lend itself well to knife making.