So my 9 year old has told me he wants to be a black smith. I have him binge watching your early stuff. So he understands he doesn’t need all the fancy equipment to get started.
indeed. All one needs is the work ethic, a hammer, an anvil, some form of tongs and a heat source. though safety equipment always helps if used properly.
Better he binge the good stuff then fill his head with dreck. Slap some PPE gear on that kid, toss him some tongs and a hammer, stand him in front of an anvil and let him hammer some metal while being supervised by a bigger kid ( parent).
@@TheBottegaChannel I got an anvil and some tongs, we don’t really have a forge yet, as I don’t want to spend money on a forge until I see this isn’t a phase. But we got an old burn barrel I load up with wood and once it’s nice and hot he goes to town on some old wrenches I have or some rebar. He’s made couple prison shanks 😂 hopefully he loves this and keeps going.
By God that's a gorgeous knife. The blade being diffrenct colors is so dam cool. Especially with mostly common equipment is astonishing. Can't wait to see what you gonna make next
I've never seen this technique done before and I think it looks amazing, even more impressed that this was drawn out by hand and not using a power hammer. Much respect and regards from here in the UK.
Power hammers make power mistakes. That power hammer trend will fade away like everything else. It's no problem to draw out steel, if you know your way around an anvil.
Can we take a moment to appreciate the editing of this video? Like we don't need to see it go in the forge every time, instead it's just red hot again as soon as the hammer lands, without missing a beat?
@Dom Brazzale it's steel with about 0.2% carbon, making it a low carbon steel. Because of the low carbon content, it's soft (for a steel) and also very flexible. It's used in everything, cars, buildings, fencing. Anything that you see that's made of metal (and isn't aluminium or stainless) is probably going to be mild steel.
Normally, warikomi technique(割込み) is not used for thin knives such as kitchen knives. The reason is that the thickness of the skin steel and the edge steel are not uniform, and an oxide layer is formed on the forge-welded part, which makes it unsuitable for handling food because it is easy for various bacteria to grow. Therefore, knives are made with Sanmai(三枚合せ) or a single material.
I don't really understand your reasoning (I'd like to). Where do you have the information from that Warikomi isn't used for thin knives? or bacteria growth differing from warikomi to sanmai? The steel used are often the same, as well is the thickness. Thank you.
@@MakeNCreate I have already explained why. The oxide film is fragile, and food particles can get caught on it, making it easy for bacteria to grow. On the other hand, in the case of sanmai, the matrials can be forge-welded after the forge welded part is in a clean state, so the oxide film is less likely to occur. Anyone who knows the nature of iron oxide can understand it. Frankly speaking, coocking knives don't need to be tough like weapons. Therefore, there is no need to create with warikomi technique.
@@Heuroya Ever heard of soap and warm water? It's pretty common practice for cleaning knives these days and is done after every cutting session. Seeing as you've failed to provide any sources for your claim I'm not buying it. IF it should, I refer you back to the question I posed at the start of this comment. Cheers!
@@TingTingalingy I'm so fortunate that you're wrong! Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38
Far from it. Made a lot of knives using Warikomi. Difference here is that I used mild steel instead of wrought. The dimiension of the starting material is also more tricky, thinner and taller, more tricky to get the high carbon steel centered.
nice work, by the first moment of you trying to spilt one side of the mild steel in half, i know you are gonna to do the forge wielding of laminated steel, and i like it, i like your way of laminated steel. i give a 👍for you, i don’t like others using tack welding then forging wielding. can you try the laminate steel and partial quenching for another blade please? thank you
I Love your videos and working skills I was watching you about the Skyrim Iron dagger, keep go on, it is very nice to see new projects !!! Greetings from Germany
Well done for basic equipment friend. I like your knife and handle also. I'm a beginner also. I've made one knife from a 13mm gear wrench but I'm missing the most important piece of equipment which is an anvil. I have a crappy forge but I think it's junk. I tried it once and it didn't work well
I love the blade. I do have a question. Why did you glue the handle on with tape around the tang then knock it off and glue it on again? I have never seen this done that way before and I was just curious why the extra step?
Thank you! It's called bedding the tang. I do it so I get a cast of the tang in the handle. Makes it easier to shape that handle as the knife will sit the same way every time. Also makes glue up easier with all the individual parts. I'll know they're seated where they're supposed to. Hope that answers your question.
How thick and tall is the flat stock you use as the outer steel? I'm interested in doing warikomi but I don't know how thick and tall the outer steel needs to be :P Thank you for your videos, I appriciate them a lot!
Hello fellow knife maker, the contribution of your video is excellent, I would like to ask you a question that I did not know how to find an answer to. Did you use stainless steel with a high carbon core, or low carbon steel with a high carbon core? And if it is possible to specify the steels, I would appreciate it. Your work excelent. Thank you so much.
Especially nice results considering the hand tools! 🔥 I saw a normalizing cycle, oil quench and another cycle sitting in the forge but not the obligatory tempering cycle, did I miss it?
I'm confused about one thing: you forged and shaped two pieces that you then combined into one piece, as shown around 03:15, but it doesn't look like you use them in the final product. What happened to them?
Nope. Warikomi the ''jacket'' fold around the steel as the high carbon is inserted into a lot instead of being sandwiched in between to seperate pieces. Cheers! :)
