knifemaking - making a knife from old file

[silentrudys]

The blades are nice, but the handles are awesome!

[dumbo800]

I especially like how you left the file pattern on the top to leave no speculation as to the source of the steel stock.

[dumbo800]

Beautiful birdseye maple. 

[whitemike1998]

would you sell one?

[voidsugar]

@Trollskyy o my god man these knifes are sweeeeeeeeet i love everything of this vid and knifes nothing is wrong they are all so beautifull!!!!

[martinn369]

You are genius!! that is the most creative thing I've seen on Youtube.

[Trollskyy]

@martinn369 Thank You Sir

[northalbanylodge]

how did you get the wood to look so cool!??!

[Trollskyy]

@northalbanylodge i grind it using paper 2000 gradation and then apply dannish oil

[jacko1423]

@northalbanylodge if you refer to the pattern on the wood. its called burl. eg, mallee burl, redgum burl, amboyna burl, ect

[Lean540]

I love that you left the hatching from the file on that one blade. That would be extremely useful in bushcraft for fine work when you need to grip the blade.

Do you sell these?

[Trollskyy]

@Lean540 Yes i aM, both are available :)

[TRAILDWELLERMTB]

@Trollskyy how much?

[Trollskyy]

@TRAILDWELLERMTB 150 $ with sheat + shipping

[kbollhunt2010]

hahaha 3:31 ive always had touble with that part lol

[JagdtygerII]

I generally don't temper my file blades until I have ground them into shape and formed and sharpened them on a belt sander. Once I have a nice polish on the blade, I put it in my kitchen oven and watch for the tempering color to show up. I then quench them at about a "Turkey Bronze" color just short of getting into the purples.

This allows me to create a blade that can hold a razor's edge yet still be tough enough to do a lot of heavy carving or cutting with it. Chrome-Vanadium files are best

[BernhardHofmann]

Beautiful handles. Excellent bevels. Some people pay a fortune for such wonderful knives. Excellent job.

[Pyrofish22]

what type of wood is at 3:07 ?

[Trollskyy]

@Pyrofish22 it's sugar maple

[milotist]

can i use a new file ?

[Trollskyy]

@milotist yes but it will be more expensive, it;s a great adventure to made something out of nothing :)

[HomeMadeGunNut]

Beer and knife making, doesn't get better than that lol.

[666triktrak]

verry nice job man!

[TheKodiak72]

beautiful knives dude well done

[mitraljez]

handle˙s look nice

[skings72]

What kind of woods do you use for the handles? I think the handle makes the knife. Very cool!

[Pyrofish22]

at 3:39 what are the different types of wood used on those knifes?

[zzbunch]

@Trollskyy Where did you find that wood? It has a spectacular pattern to it. And I also commend you for using Dire Straights as a soundtrack.

[TidalDeath808]

@zzbunch i think its flamed maple

[radarlove007]

The first video I've seen on youtube with good music!

[purplepaisano]

Nice work! What is the red material you used to sandwich the brass plate?

[MutR]

How do you get the bevel so perfect? There must be some secret. I always mess up the bevel. Doesnt really matter on my own survival/hunting knives but i want to give one as a gift so it must look good! Help!!

[Trollskyy]

@MutR ok, so many people ask me about that that next movie i'll show how i exactly make that beavel :)

[MutR]

@Trollskyy Thanks! I am subscribed. Cant wait to see that video (and any other you got!)

[YOYOBOY666999]

Nice knives.

[survivalyongsters]

sweet where do you buy old file that are made from carbon steel

[Trollskyy]

@survivalyongsters flea markets are the best source of old files :)

[Polakonoid]

Jak robisz wyjście szlifu ? bo mi zawsze przy gardzie wyjście szlifu nie wychodzi .

pilnikiem idzie dobrzę , ale jak wyrównuje papierkiem 360 gradacji to zaokrągla się wyjście szlifu i nie wszystko się wygładza.

pozdrawiam i zacny nożyk

[Trollskyy]

@Polakonoid miałem to samo na początku, ale jak robisz pare szlifów tygodniowo to po pewnym czasie po prostu zaczyna wychodzić :)

[mtthomo]

oppisiteofafredfan, don't forget you have to heat treat the file b4 you do any work on it its called tempering.Otherwise it will be to hard and then re heat heat it again to get its strength back.

If your going to do it from scratch you need a kiln.

[crazyroosterfist]

man,your bevels are really good for using a hand grinder.and the wood you use is amazing. i have a lot of info on my channel if you need any help in clay hardening techniques.it is the method i use exclusively.

[TheBgcheez]

Love that song, reminds me of boz scaggs.Can you tell me who that is please?

[Splattis1996]

If you want to see more knife making from files, please check out

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[phunkyphantom619]

what grinder would you use to put the blade shape on i have a 2 wheel girnder in the shed and what sandpaper course did you use?

[Trollskyy]

@phunkyphantom619 i use papers 80-1000. 2 wheel grinder should be ok

[oppisiteofafredfan]

Any advice for me? I plan to build a knife for my brother (I'm 14, he's 19). I want to make the blade Damascus, and have a really pretty handle... what do you reccomend? I have tools as follow, allong with standard workshop tools everyone has. 2 Belt Sanders 1 Double Grinder/ Buffer 1 Drill Press 1 big vice one small vice and a thing it's hard to describe... basically a box with a little thing coming up from the thing that looks like a enlarged Dremel sanding bit... oh and I have 4 dremel tools

[Trollskyy]

@oppisiteofafredfan damascus is pretty hard to do . Wood on handles is pretty nice :)

[spoloon]

@oppisiteofafredfan to make Damascus steel you need to forge layers of high carbon steel and low carbon steel and fold it about 14 times. or you could buy a bar of it for 50 bucks some where.

[399zoro]

@oppisiteofafredfan you will need an good coal forge and aloth of skill to make damascus blade...

[Walkerofdeepsleep]

I want to see you attempt a clay tempering, that is your next step my son o_o

[Trollskyy]

@Walkerofdeepsleep Yes Sir :)

[Stormcloakvictory]

@Trollskyy been watching your video's quite some time now and i also got me an old file now ; ) but what i was wondering , how long does it take to get from file to file knife with handle? dobre

[Trollskyy]

@Stormcloakvictory well hard to say. But making only knife , with no photo session it would take about 3 days

[fenderJRtelecaster]

Awesome looking blades, the file texture looks brilliant; how did they do when tested?

[Trollskyy]

@fenderJRtelecaster they are pretty hard, once sharpened they are sharp for a long time. Old files is a great source of good steel

[mcdanjff]

the wood you glued  together was it laminate or one piece

[Trollskyy]

@mcdanjff all are from 1 piece. Regards

[MasterSysop]

excellant work , great looking knives. One quick think though, at first when you baked the files in the kiln to soften them up , you said " temper" when you meant "Anneal"

[Trollskyy]

@MasterSysop ofcourse You are right, I just missed that word :)

[midincuk4]

what was the total time in making these and what did you do to heat treat the blades

[warboop]

I love the knives you made. When i was in my teens my dad made a few knives to pass time on off days at wook . He would make the handles out of pressed rag. They would come out looking like wood when he finished them . I have two he made you would not believe it!! They are as small as GI Joe knives He made a few big one just like yours and a few pocket size . Then he made some out of wood well the rag handles and the wood were Amazing like yours .I just had to say.

[Trollskyy]

@warboop Great comment mate. Try to make a knife Yourself !! :)

[swinydapooh]

hey i was wondering see the way you finished off your handles. could you explain that to me i dont get what danish oil is lol plus did you varnish it or something after? sorry i know nothing about it and im lookin to start making my own handle for my Julius Pettersson blade you have done an abolutely great job and i may aswell ask you :)

[Trollskyy]

@swinydapooh danish oil is oil for wood, keeping water away nad wood texture looks great after applying it. Find dannish oil on ebay mate :) I used cherry dye to color that maple, looks better now I think. Check my other videos - there is a movie what to do with wooden handle step by step. Regards

[AndreaGanora]

Really nice knives, my compliments

[shitsmella]

what kind of wood its the first handle??

[Trollskyy]

@shitsmella brighter - maple, dark one is thuya&amboina

[coolkidcater]

DANG! You're good

[GICUSTOM]

Beautiful work!!!!



[BlunTTipps]

how do you remove the file teeth?

[Trollskyy]

@BlunTTipps i am using belt grinder, pretty nice for knifemaking

[TobiasParkour1]

Respect!

[s10m0t10n]

You obviously have an eye for blade shapes and also for handles that will suit each blade. Good video and keep up the good work.

[datzfast]

great handles,

[HARM633]

I like your knives. Very good work. What the music you added to video?

[Trollskyy]

@HARM633 it's Dire Straits from "Desperado movie soundtrack". Song is called "six blade knife" :)

[RyukRampage555]

great knives!



[tzDub92]

@Trollskyy would i be able to temper a file in a regular fire? i dont really have the tools and supplies to do it otherwise? any advice?

[Trollskyy]

@tzDub92 its pretty easy, Put them in grill with charcoal, fire it and then cool it with the furnance until furnance gonna be cold. Then steel is prepared to grind.

[monty5583]

Hey man great video how long did you temper the knife blanks in the beginning of the video and at what temperature and then when you heat treat it looked like you did it at 850 degrees how long and why so hot all the other videos say 400 is it better??

[Trollskyy]

@monty5583 these are very hard files, to be sure that I temper them GOOD i keep them 20 minutes in 850 celsus degrees and then i let them cool with the furnance for hours. All the structural stress is removed after that.

[Isalys555]

1 I love your knifes

2 I love the music that you use in your videos

3 keep up the good work :)

cheers from france

[ArtemiaSalina]

Those are some of the most beautiful knife handles I've ever seen.

[splintercelldude57]

umm ......how did u get those stipes in the handle or is it just natural

[Trollskyy]

@splintercelldude57 it's maple wood. After sanding it was oiled with danish oil. This is very beautyful wood, I love to make handles from it

[nicuyliapco]

do I still need two beers?

[Penaloza805]

Wow those came out great

[roberto25721]

can i use old motor oil to dip them in?

[Trollskyy]

@roberto25721 Sure !! Now I use sunflower oil - it smells great while heat treating :) But I  used to quench in motor oil in the past too , many times.

[laurentprodz]

@Trollskyy why did you choose sunfloweroil instead of used motor oil?

is sunfloweroil better then????

[Trollskyy]

@laurentprodz it's better becouse 1. smell great 2. better cooling 3. used motor oil smoke may cause cancer.

[laurentprodz]

@Trollskyy I dont give a shit about 1 smell 2 cooling 3 cancer fumes

and i dont inhale any of the fumes from the oil

i only care about obtaining an extreme good performing knife

i wish i could buy decent steel in the netherlands but my country consist of dumbfucks who cannot produce a knife suitable steel thats for sale in smaller quantities

i need to import 1095 steel from usa

and damascus from india

but thats waaay to expensive

[Trollskyy]

@laurentprodz I work in knifemaking online shop. We have many different kinds of steel. I am from Poland.

[laurentprodz]

@Trollskyy aah poland i love poland i do alot of bussiness with polish people in holland

i already knew u were a profesionall knife maker

[Trollskyy]

@laurentprodz In my opinion I am not a pro. But i am doing my best with the knives. BTW damascus from india is rather low quality.

[606chrisw]

they look awesome nice job i was wondering what type of wood you used for the handles it really helps to make them look beautiful 

[TacticalAtheist]

Nice. Do you quench in oil or water?

[Trollskyy]

@TacticalAtheist in oil, I have better experiences in quenching using oil.

[TacticalAtheist]

@Trollskyy I am hoping to get a new grinder soon (hopefully this year) and spend some time in the workshop. Life getting the way as usual but I would like to make myself and friends a few useable knives. I like the simplicity of the bush-craft knives and yours are exactly the look I want to achieve. Fair bit of practice needed on my part yet :)

[Splattis1996]

@TacticalAtheist alloy steel hardens in oil, non-alloy steel hardens in wather.

[OSORobsonSantos]

A simplicidade combina com a beleza deste trabalho. Boas lâminas e madeiras. Ótimas facas!Parabéns!

Prostota łączy się z pięknem tego dzieła. Dobre noże i drewna. Wielkie noże! Gratulacje! (Tłumaczenie Google) :-)

[bazyl11986]

Piękne nożyki. Aż chce się je poobmacywać.

[7maba]

POLAK POTRAFYY! Trollu, jesteś miszczu ;)

[Nomad4325]

Robisz niesamowicie fajne filmiki, wszystko takie łatwe i przyjemne, hehe.

Piękne nożyki, a ząbki pilnika nadają im niesamowitego charakteru :)

[jackrusselleko]

very nice!!

[t1czer]

Poland love it.

[thebibleisfiction]

great video !