Making a camp knife - ADM KNIVES

[SHESABUTE]

HOW DO U PUT YOUR NAME ON THE KNIFE?

[ryanrrx]

It's interesting, can you tell me where you got the ink sticker branding for the logo done at?

[mindharvester]

thats cheap ass steel if you can drill right treu it

[SwoopdySwoop]

@mindharvester its not if its anealled or at the right molleculer make up to properly work with

[Looneydude2398]

@mindharvester have you heard of tempering? its d2 steel, the best knives are made of that shit

[snickers763]

@mindharvester he probably annealed it did all the word tempered then hardened the steel

[TheFuzzyStuff]

how do u get the logo stuff?

[tubehubing]

great job

[brandonmul]

if my knifes i make were even as half as good as yours id be doing ok

[shippen2010]

Let me understand this ... You heat treat the knife then grind it??

[realityfighting]

@shippen2010 there are alot of knifemakers who do it that way. your technically not hurting the heat treat at all unless you heat up the blade so much that it starts to change color. as long as you keep it cool enough during the grinding process, you should be fine.

[K37J]

Great knife! How do you know how much steel to take off the handle in order to get the balance you want?

[uaphillip]

Where do you get the pins for the knife handle? Thanks.

[talley1013]

cool knife but not super sharp. My freshly sharpened knives fly through paper like it isn't even there.

[helicrashpro]

You should not have to saw through a piece of paper with a freshly sharpened knife like that one.

[MrPdante]

why do your fingers look greasy at 3:12?

[megalizardfreak]

ok so do u know where to find a slab of 1095 high carbon steel this .25in thick and 20 inches overall.

[justyoustupid]

i heard random music and started freakin out!

[Mr09jakester]

what did you put on the back of the belt and where do you buy the s30v metal

[Trollskyy]

nice skills and workshop too Sir. Watch my knifemaking movies if You have some free time :)

[stickfigboy]

what up with that hot tub?

[HomeDistiller]

dude go to a glazier and get a piece of plate glass big enough for the hight gauge and do it right. i know it doesn't have to be perfect but if you dont use glass then you may as well throw the precision tool in the bin

[RatifiedCow]

How would you convex the edge if you wanted to?

[mrsamsa]

nice SAR series watch on 4 ring ZULU

[tomptrson]

why are you heat treating before you flat grind. aren't you removing the heat treat of the steel?

[mosviil]

great!!!  muy bien

[hitmanastud]

hello i'm making a knife and i wanted to know, i had the thought of getting oak and staining it black and putting in 4 screws instead of the standard 3, also i'm using 1045 surgical steel at 1/4 inch thick in which i'm precision cutting and temperature treating then when that's done i was going to grind an edge into it then sand it down and buff and polish it, is that a good process?

[BeabeaB34TB0Xsucks]

Who has those tools in Holland >.>

[espike0696issweet]

this is a really cool knife!! but what kind of steel was it again?

[Benelatus1]

No offense intended, but using a grinder without adequate eye protection is not a good idea, mainly because it takes microseconds to throw a sufficiently large bit into them. I used to do much the same as you, but having had bits hit my face it means I use a face shield all the time, and now I have one with a built in air filter system which means that most of the dust is filtered out before I breathe it. Some Hardwoods are known carcigens, so I'm not pushing my luck.

[Ejakulant]

good job

[satandevil200022]

Dude you rock!! know it will be easier for me stab an afgan without registering a knife on my name

[ERprepper]

@satandevil200022 where would you register a knife at and why?

[ja2595]

@ERprepper that guy doesn't know what he's talkin about

[satandevil200022]

@ERprepper ooh its England you have to register it so if any thing happens they know you have a knife you would be one of the first suspects

[MrNightshade69]

very nice work

[bloodsirr]

hey i dont have a grinder but could i make a blade still?

[MrWer1138]

So you harden it before you grind it? Is there a danger of messing up your heat treatment? And can Paul Boss get 1095 steel that hard also?Thank you...

[taylorisgod101202]

handle looks like crap 

[SWAT487]

whats the logo machine called?

[spruce2287]

what is that you use to burn your logo into the blade???

Thanks,Nick

[JayByrd319]

see hes just an average joe and those r the kind of people that i want to make my knives cuz they take the time making them and perfecting them

[CodyOebel]

Nice work.

Check out the Bowie knife I hand forged form 5160 steel on my you tube channel. DEFINITELY watch me do the razor edge abuse test on the 2x4 ;)

[eisnil]

I'm sorry i didn't understand if you had the stock steel already hardened or if you gridded the design and then had it hardened?

[oromoto]

Cool!

[nohope112]

thats just great man nice work!

[m0therfugger]

nicely build, im a knife grinder/sharpener for 13 years.

But i must say that its not a good way to sharpen your knife.

If i sharpen my knives you can cut ttough thin paper just by pushing the knife straight down. (without saw movements).

You need a 120 grit sandbelt and a polish brush (high speed) and green wax.

just a tip.

[ERF420]

do you use pre made knife blanks or do you make them

[gordogreen]

Where can i find the liner vulcanized fiber stuff. What is it used for other than knive handels.

[baruta12]

excellent craftmanship! Like your knife very much. How many hours does it take you to make one knife?

[furyfreak]

nice vid but please get rid of that horrible music. It was very distracting and undermines your ability to convey your message.

[LeonRFpoa]

hey- what is the song on this vid?

[LeonRFpoa]

don't you get blow-back boogers like that?

[AXE2501]

looks like a desent boot knife.

[Trollskyy]

great movie mate, this knive must be a very sharp mofo :) Greetings from Poland.

p.s watch my profile for some knives i made :)

[Kyocera234]

nice video.

[rrgodgagge]

Making a knife myself, thanks for the video.

Really nice job!

[palmer3977]

damn, that is one hell of a knife mate, pure quality

[FireSteels]

I very much like your camp-style knife. This would make an excellent bushcraft blade

[senomooo]

ive never made a knife and i am trying to get into it, do u have any suggestions for starting off?

[TheAspiringOne]

you seem to be very handy at using power tools and precision tools to create very dependable knives. Could you perhaps make a video of a way the average person could make a knife without using power tools?

[SubsonicRAgE]

hey, dude.... u and i should talk about blade making.... i use tool steel, and make knives that are 100% razor sharp... they make scalpel blades look dull... seriously

[nofgood4live]

nice job men!,.

5outa5

[msully993]

i think that if your going to camp with it that it should be way sharper and maybe part serated or have a saw on one edge, but thats just my opinion 5/5 though great vid!!!

[MrEhud77]

do u do any scandi edges?

[windyhillpatriot]

Thanks for sharing he process for making one of your knives. It was cool to watch!

I was wondering you can do a video on how you wrap your knives with para-cord. Thx!

~ WHP

[IamKyleTheGuitarist]

I would like to make my own damaskus knife sometime

[capnnewb]

when you say 59-60 rockwell, which scale are you using? A, B or C? I would hope C. That would put it in the annealed range for carbon steel in the A and B scale. LOL

gotta love dykum, eh?

[bushisbest1999]

how hard is it to use wood for a handle i use this bullet proof plastic stuff?

[1stazlawdog]

Good vid, thank you...but...no eye protection?

[weaponmaster624]

wow ummm i make knifes but i dont have all the fancey meshering stuf

[Jtninja62]

How do I buy one

[Shankb777]

that liner material ended up looking really sharp against that wood color!

Cool vid

[ninja8722]

needs a longer handle make a survival  knife

[Michaellxxx]

give me that knife....

[SinisterLegion]

I get my knives 1000 times sharper dude. I can rest my knife on a piece of reciept paper and it would go through it like it isn't even there. also for everyone who thinks cutting reciept paper is not impressive I challenge you to cut some reciept paper with your knife. Generally the thicker the paper the easier a knife will cut it, the thinner the paper the more all of it's imperfections will stop a clean cut. A slight burr on it would get the paper caught and essentially will tear it.

[mirkosrndovic]

I loved your video, but have some questions.

Did you glued thin aluminum plate to the inner side of the handle, and what else can be put there. (I would like to have a red line in my knife's handle)

Thanks in advance.

[calumtw]

You never wear gloves or goggles? Your crazy dude, your crazy but I like you.

[bushcraftourway]

ok... how much are these and where can i buy them? :)

please reply :D

[meheffe]

awesome! thanks!

[TheCooper807]

could u make me a thorwing knife. if so how much do you want?

oh and nice video

[manibabac]

AC/DC rules !!!

Btw, great knife.

[shadyaj168676]

what compound did you put on the leather belt at the end?

[gaiamantic]

@shadyaj168676 polishing compound? jewler's rouge? thats my guess because thats what i use.

[ADMKnives]

Paul Bos - I send my knives to him to heat treat. The price ranges depending on how many I send in. Haven't send any in awhile, but last time it was like $120 for up to 20 blades.... If send one by one it's much more (about $15 a knife + s/h both ways). But, nobody compares....

[ADMKnives]

Paul Bos - I send my knives to him to heat treat. The price ranges depending on how many I send in. Haven't send any in awhile, but last time it was like $120 for up to 20 blades.... If send one by one it's much more (about $15 a knife + s/h both ways). But, nobody compares....

[dereks5499]

Did you use a jig saw to cut the shape of the knife

Love the vids, man. How did you put your engravment in??

[ADMKnives]

Thanks! I don't have a saw. I profile the shape of the blade with my grinder (starts with a bar stock sheet of steel that's about 9"-10" and I grind away everything that doesn't look like a knife... The logo is electro-etched in. I have stencils that were made up and I use an etching machine to put it on.

[TheFutureNinja]

no more sorrow in the background XD

[MrGeocacher]

Cool knife!

What's the purpose of the liner you glued on the the handles?

[ADMKnives]

Thanks. The liner helps connect the scales to the knife (and, looks better). Creates a nice buffer between the two.

[HomoGnosticus]

cool grinder

[BOBAbladeMAR]

dude, that is not nice knife.

[Warstudios666]

Very nice man, I will be making my first knife soon, I am going for a slimmer design but around the same thickness...I think I will be either using a file* or leaf spring.

[PiPphiltitley]

scandi edge is the best edge for bushcraft / camping knife as there is more material behind the edge so you dont get chips ect in the blade! google scandi edge or on here.

stay safe pip

[ADMKnives]

Thanks buddy :)

[freindif]

@ADMKnives  where can i find good steel at

[ThatSage]

@freindif You could use an old file, a car leaf spring (just go down to your local rubbish tip you might find one there). Or you could buy a piece of high carbon steel.

[bstjames1611]

i just looked at your website and that mini kukri is awesome. well they're all awesome. ide wana see one of those little neck knives with a drop point on it but thats me. keep it up dude

[ADMKnives]

Thanks bro :)

[ADMKnives]

Yawwnnnnnn

[ADMKnives]

According to who?

[ADMKnives]

I'd love to see some of your work, e-mail me some pictures... lol

[keeperofblades]

Thanks for this awesome vid, probably the best vidio- tuto (?) on the web! ;-)

Very nice knife, perfectly made; good steel, good heattreat, good flat grind,...

perfect cutter! I wish I had the money for it.

I immediately visited your site.

greetingz from Belgium!

[shiptarus]

fascinating

[MrCollinsliam]

hey if u ever wanna sell a knife im ur man..send me a message if ur interested..

[SthealthRaider]

how did u made the pins

[keeperofblades]

@SthealthRaider

they make them out of a hollow tube and put other tubes and stuff in it

you can buy them on various places on the internet. I don't know if he made them

[ADMKnives]

I buy my pin material from Pops Knife Supplies (I like using the mosaic pins or hollow pin material)

[jmellady]

That's a beautiful knife.

[ADMKnives]

Thanks :)

[enjoiorange]

Would you be will to take on a apprectice

[keembro]

what process are you using to put your logo on and how durable is it?

[gswiaczny]

Kind of acis and electricity, don't know how it works at all :P

[gswiaczny]

acid*

[keeperofblades]

@keembro

etching

very durable method, IMHO better than a stamp because a stam creates tension in the blade

[ritter89]

Do you heat treat your own knives? Also, when you say that you get your blades pre-cut, are they cut to the shape of whatever design/knife you're making? Finally, when you worked with files, which ones did you find most essential? Mill, Flat, bastards, seconds, smooths, rounds, double or single cut? I'd like to start with files for now, just to learn the geometry of blades without risk of destroying them with power. Any answers will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the video.

[ADMKnives]

I send my blanks out to Paul Bos for professional heat treating... The pre-cut question -> i meant that i start with a piece of steel and grind/profile it to the shape I want (I may profile several at once, then send out to be heat treated). When they return, I start the knife (like in the video)... Re: files -> I don't remember which ones I used, whatever was around (very hard work - get a grinder..lol).

[QuietBearr]

It is likely going to be easier for you to spend $15 to get a length of 1095 from Admiral steel that is already annealed (get the CRA not the HR), than to try to work on a hardened file. Unless you can anneal the file yourself, I would really suggest buying some annealed steel.

[nickbownz]

Actually, I am in the process of making a knife from an old file, annealing was very simple, I did the simple build a massive fire with the file at the bott and let it burn out overnight way, it's crude, but worked, I am almost done the knife!

[QuietBearr]

Or you could have bought annealed steel lol, for about the same price as a file new, you can get annealed 1095, and then you actually know what steel you are working, so when you heat treat it you do it right and dont mess it up totally, by treating it incorrectly. (i.e. treating a water or air hardening steel in oil, or the oposite way around. For instance W-2 is a very common steel for files in the US, which is a water hardening, but it could also be just 1095, or any number of other steels)

[ritter89]

Then, instead of being able to read relevant and meaningful info about the topics in the video, I am stuck reading half assed responses and absurd questions from the idiots who left negative comments. I learn nothing of value that way. If you've nothing positive to say about a video, then please keep your comments to yourself or try to make a video you think is better (likely never happen). This is a great knife making tutorial.

[ritter89]

I'm new to knife making and need to absorb as much material as possible. This video is one of the best on youtube and the knife he produces in it is very nice and extremely functional.

The moment that you knobs start leaving negative comments on great videos like this one, the makers/authors stops responding to questions, which results in less info to new knife makers.

So, please, stop w/the negative comments, unless the video you're watching is truly horrible or is made in poor taste.

[TheHellBound666]

how much is a grinder? the one you used for most of the work on the blade and handle, looks like you could pretty much make a knife with just that and some files/a metal saw o.o

[lilham10809]

cheep, i live in canada so the prices are diffrient but more over here but a dewalt angle grinder i saw for about 30 dollars and a bench grinder i saw for about 30 as well, hope this helps

[TheHellBound666]

thanks for the info

[lilham10809]

kk glad this helps

[ADMKnives]

I use a "Bader III" grinder. Total for package was close to $2500 for everything. Belts are the real cost. Each belt is around $4 and I can go through several on one knife.

[TheHellBound666]

whew...yikes thats a bite out of your wallet eh lol. I guess you need good quality belts though. I think my first knife is gonna end up being little more then a fancy shank XD lol.

[somecreativename14]

Great job! Keep up the good work.

[opiumhorse]

Incredible! I love the knife sharpening tutorial at the end!

[eldestsucubus]

that was amazing, you really skilled at making knifes. did you also make a sheath?

[HELLZONE7745]

wait its no more sorrow

thats it

[HELLZONE7745]

thats linkin park in the back ground.

cant remember song name aaag

[m0urningcr0ws]

dude thats legit!

[harristonhavoc]

dude thats pro

[RGPNIK]

that is porfational job . tnx

[grime909]

cane i have one liker that i buy =?

[RDPproject]

Nice big knife....you must do some seeeerious camping.

[RDPproject]

Vaseline to prevent the epoxy from sticking....nice trick.

Gotta remember that.

Thanks for posting.

[metalANDskating]

wow that wasan amazing video. ill definitely be using these techniques to make my own knives. thx

[lucasmorter]

so you dont do any forging? you just cut a shape from really good steel? im looking to make a few knives as gifts and this looks like an easier route than forging

[KunaiKnight]

damn nice knife, do you ship to canada? i wanna buy one from you! maybe even 2!

[MRBEAUTIFULCUTEBOY]

make a video about making a knife out of tree and wood

[wolpack1116]

Awsome blade shape. Full flat with a clip point is great for all around work. A 6 or 7 inch blade is my preference, but the tip outline would be the same.

[guildwars85]

what ac/dc song

[wishbone1138]

awesome video man, I'd really love to see more!

[deathofkindness]

I really like the knife bro

You might wanna look at slackbelt sharpening

MUCH easier and puts a slamming edge on a blade

[guildwars85]

what's the song

[dait1986]

i think its acdc dude

[iamnetminder]

Where do you get your steel from?

[rotation5]

nice knife but u should have sharpened it more it was pretty dull

[ADMKnives]

actually, for hand sharpening, it is very sharp. with the addition of new equipment in the shop (since the making of this video) all of my knives much sharper. they are ground nice and thin and have a razor edge. send me a e-mail, i'll send you one to try out and judge for yourself.

[rotation5]

nah its ok i dont need to see one i believe you... . i looked at your site and i really like all your knives good work

[happymark1805]

It's a very ugly knife especialy compared to the nice slim hunter knife

[ADMKnives]

The camp knife is an early model (one of my first that I designed). The slim hunter came afterwards. Now, the mini-kukri (featured on my website) makes both of them look out of date. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a "veryugly knife", just an early model. I also built that more to show what goes into making a knife. Thanks for the comment though.

[happymark1805]

beauty is in the eye of the beholder ;)

as a howto video it's a very good video, would love to see more videos especialy how you finish the handle.

[doritoboy1001]

hey man nice job on the knife were can i get them? or can you only order them?

[snakedoctor87]

Nice work. I use a coldsteel bushman its to big though.

[2012solarboom]

Great looking Knife ! What is your favourite steel to work with ?

[ADMKnives]

I do a lot with CPM D2 and CPM S30V, so right now they are my favorite :)

[hamured]

how do u cut the steel thats were i have trubole. lol

[ADMKnives]

either a cut off wheel or I order it pre-cut (a 3' bar gets cut into four piece of 9" sections). Sometimes it costs me a buck or two a cut, but it's worth it to me not to have to deal with it.

[hamured]

thank's

[jjmaster14]

if you could make me a custom folding knife that would be great ill email you the details

[magicaholic1]

can you make me a custom knife??? i will pay we u charge

[ADMKnives]

Sure! Just send me an e-mail and I'll get specifics from you (on what you're looking for, etc...). My contact info is on my site. Thanks bro!

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[neospeardude]

love the knife.

any tips for an aspiring knifemaker?

[ADMKnives]

Yeah - practice! Read every tutorial and book you can on knifemaking and keep practicing. I started with hand files and a hacksaw. Save up some money and buy a good grinder - it will make all the difference in the world (but, then it will also cost money with new belts, etc..). Shoot me an e-mail anytime with any questions you might have. Join an online knifemakers forum and talk with as many knifemakers as you can. Buy knives and see how others do their work.

[neospeardude]

ok thanks alot!

[HELLZZARMY]

THAT WAS AWESOME!!! Just the fact that you can make your own knives. I visited your site and it was impressive to read how you became a Custom Knifemaker.

Check out my videos if you're inclined to...OSU!!!(KARATE EXPRESSION)

Thanks! Never get enough B