Traditional tamahagane kaiken tanto knife - full process from ore to finished knife 

Floris Postmes. Great work mate, very respectful for the tradition and culture.. new sub.

Wow bro...totally impressed. Great job. Also love how u used a real forge and and no grinders... cant wait to see u progress and improve. Just subscribed. Keep it up Sand keep the videos coming.

Hey, your only human. You have seen your mistake and I'm sure you will remember next time init. :) dont beat yourself up mate

Pls make wootz steel...

I thought the music was "play the funky music white boy." I like the jazz though it goes great with the long process. You didn't finish it did you?

oh did you but if no one allowed no one still can see it

Read top comment now, he realized

As a blacksmith you should know that it's not just about creating a perfect rough shape with the hammer, it is also about generating this basic shape in no more than just 5-7 heating cycles - this is where the true art of the blacksmith lies. Every person can achieve a beautiful basic shape if he sends the steel into the fire often enough. In order to maintain the quality of the steel, however, the steel should not be annealed more than 5-7 times. That was not to be seen in the video so your assessment and the praise is a bit premature. I have my deep doubts that a 17-18 year old will have the experience of forming steel in just 7 cycles, and as specialy in a soooo perfect way as in the video. A real professional blacksmith needs years of practice and experience for the task. Also with the processing of the "Tamahagane" you have already seen what kind of "professionals" are at work here - they just worked the slag with a hammer lol. You can see very clearly here that a couple of young people have scraped together some knowledge via watching RU-vid videos and having fun with mimic he job of a real blacksmith, and that's ok, but you should not see the result here as the workd of a real professional.

@@net-twin-de Now say it without crying

@@adrianbardales1209 Ohh I "wrote" it without crying - you're the only one crying around here, you're whining around about my comment - sorry that the opinion of others moves you so much, you're a really poor poor fragile tender bunny. A free round of pity for you.

​@net-twin-de you get dropped on the head or something?

Absolutely agree. You could do one project 2 ways. The first is like this video, a short summary. The second is the same project in more detail over a few episodes.

most people overheat and hit the blooms too hard...this kid was workin it

jadekayak01 nice like to see the smelthing

@@davidlefort3175 he uploaded smelting and everything

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@@user-eg8zj4xr5z that one cool too

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Tr33fiddy imagine how long it would have taken if Alec made his own steel.

lol Omar. I love Alec but sometimes I just want the craft, start to finish.

I see what you have done. Poor Alec. :-D

Harsh but funny.

That’s cause Alec learns most of the stuff while doing it, instead of already knowing how

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its take time bro

Well I have some good news for you.

Glad i am not the only one left wondering "so where the hell is the knife".

Check my Instagram: Floris Postmes

I don’t use Instagram it’s utter shite, please show the entire blade next time

Yes very annoying we did not see the knife.

Sorry mate but I have to agree with the others you should have shown the entire knife

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Ok boomer

Ok boomer

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Many people believe that Tamahagane is very good steel. This assumption is wrong. The Tamahagane process happened because the ore that occurs in the Japanese region was not of particularly good quality, which is why this method was used very carefully to get the best out of the inferior material. The later processing up to the katana or tanto with the folding of the steel over and over again served purely to give the steel more purity. In the end you had finally won a usable piece of steel - but Tamahagane is and never was "good" steel.

@@net-twin-de It was a raw steel which had to be worked into high quality steel. Japanese sources weren't that poor in the first place, and folding just happened to be a common practice at the time in consolidating steel. The same process was done in Europe when they've had to work with carbon enriched iron to make steel.

@@net-twin-de Though in comparison to modern steels, then tamahagane wouldn't compare in any sense.

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everything looks like an avocado if you film it from 2 inches away