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  • watch your eyes buddy.

    

  • Thirdeye4103 is a dummy his first comment shows hisnlack of education and he is making fun out of people who need to work hard because people give them a name name redneck and people think it is bad and aim proud to be a redneck even though I am black

  • i liked the pits

  • You should use bluing gel on the first knife with the pits it looks uber epic when it's blued and pitted. It's called gun bluing gel this guys named weaponcollector has a video of him bluing his tactical clever.

  • Not bad and I have no idea why all the drama. Only comment is wear some eye protection and a mask when cutting. No need for flash burned eyes.

  • @licquidice Yes you only loose an eye Twice, or two at once then you are blind. I used to work with a bloke with one eye who could make anything brilliantly, he told me he lost his eye at home using a table saw cutting a few blocks of wood! He never took off his safety glasses at work.

  • hey what did you do with the knife that had the cool hand guard if you aint gonna use it give me a message holler we can negotiate a price or trade

  • That's just like me I'll be working on something, then end up doing something totally different lol

  • @ThirdEye4103 do u have problem O.o

  • how did you come by that RR track?

  • have you treid to fold it in half ad then drift the metal out?

  • whi didnt you just make a big ass sword?

  • I cut mine out of stainless steel on a plasma cam machine. your knife is sick btw

  • Very neat! nice one pal!

  • i own several arge knives including both the bowie and a gurka. ive also been to nepal and thats where i recieved my gurka. it was a gift from a local blacksmith i stayed with on a pilgrimage. (im buddhist) i also happen to be a former soldier, 11b10, a purple heart recipiant, and an avid outdoorsman who teaches boy scouts survival. althow i do like the gurka it is in my opinion a clumsy weapon compared to the bowie. but in the right hands both can be efective.

  • Nice looking knife there. I just finished a big texas hand forged 5160 bowie knife.

    I used no power tools for the exception of my moon walk blower as a bowel.

    Check out the abuse test. It's the knife standard for any knife to go through as proof it can hold a razors edge.

    Nice work mate. Keep it up!

    However I dont see your knife handling edge test if your heat treating souly with a torch. De-carburizing the blade = no good blade.

  • likes it keep them coming. I like the ideal use what you got and make useful items out of it.

  • to all you trolls, I will be sure to add a video of how to actually make a knife, out of materials that are actually reliable. And I will do it without cutting corners. Thanks for the inspiration bitches. ,,!,,

  • yeah just leave the torch going.... while your off getting gloves..... thats safe right?

  • i like your first knife the few i made wernt the best but if thay can cut the most basic like ropes some wood or meat then am happy abut it looks arnt everything i wasted $ on a good lookin knife that was alwasy dulling and fell a part the cost to make and shape a knife for me is under 5$ for cuting blades :) i have leather for sheths dyes to color the leather hole punch para corde and so on

  • @ThirdEye1043 dude leafspring is supposed to be 1of the best materials make a knife from so as ive been told any way

  • @TayLewis100 yeah thats what they say, but its some fairly impure steel.. I mean heck yeah it shapes well and all, but they crack, or dont hod an edge for crap. Please any of you punks who think this is so great tell me what steel it is, with proof? I bet you cant. If you dont know what metal it is then how do you know how to heat treat it properly? All you trolls talking shit why dont you join BritishBlades, or BladeForums or KnifeDogs and actually research how to make a knife for real.

  • you realy shouldnt heat it up on the track,youll ruin the fardness and could break or chip it.nice work though.keep on forging.

  • thirdeye must not know much about knives...excellent work!

  • @ThirdEye4103 I love you. It's not a welder, it's an Oxy-Acetylene torch. This part 1 of 2.

  • @strantor and im sorry for being rude man, I was most definitely drunk

  • @ThirdEye4103 Are you retarded? Because thats not a welder its a torch ya douche cake

  • @ThirdEye4103 Funny, when I checked, I noticed you don't have even one vid posted ...... seems you are an arm chair quarterback with nothing to show for yourself.

    In other words: I like the way he does it better than the way you don't.

  • @59Gretsch, @MrRealrancher cool. im not redneck. so if i did make a knife, first it wouldn't be a leaf spring, i would pay the WHOLE 13 dollars to get a nice piece of high carbon steel and anneal, and temper it in a forge. There is no reason to cut corners if you want quality. That's the problem with rednecks, They always cut out quality cuz lack of resources. If your making a knife theres a reason, you want something better than whats offered, so why make it shitty? just buy a Chinese steel one

  • @ThirdEye4103... dude kukris are made from truck springs... arguably one the best knives in the world

  • @m579064 Oh im so sure, I bet they go and buy truck springs to make kukris... Those knives aren't good for anything other than carving wood. Why the hell would a company waste all that money on leaf springs to manufacture A knife from each. Thats the stupidest thing ive ever heard. Why wouldn't they buy a huge sheet of D2 or some 1095? If any of you even know what that it.. no i wasn't recommending Chinese steel, I was saying if your gonna make crap just buy it.

  • @ThirdEye4103 you really are thick as fuck pal... thats why the fuckoing police use them, thats why the fucking army uses them, even the kid are taught to use them at a young age. they are the best knives in the world to be out in the jungle with. i dont know where your information comes from but you are one dumb fuck that is certain

  • @m579064 and your a little bitch. Your going to argue with me, about how Leaf Springs are so great!? Well Get off your cheap lazy ass work an hour at minimum wage and buy some steel from a Manufacturer who is guaranteed dip shit.. They are not all 5160 always, nor are they always 1075-1095. BTW when did I even say they were made of a specific type of steel? Quote me jackass. And go ahead make some knifes out of leaf springs wait until it breaks, I am saying to use Steel you KNOW not guess fuck!

  • @ThirdEye4103 you make no sense u little power mincing gayboy

  • @m579064 Nice one man, thats right just shut the fuck up, you have to attack me with homoerotic comments? If you dont understand what I said, stay in school, and learn the english language.

  • @m579064 The army and police use them... for what? what they're made for? a fucking leaf spring!Its not like GI's go and get a leaf spring and make a knife out of it. Nor does ka-bar use it to make the military issued knifes. You know what they do?They buy 1095 Hi carbon and use it because its not a fucking guessing game. Sure it can make a knife, I could make a knife out of a pan cut down for fucks sake, Im saying go and buy some known steel!! You are fuckin thick skulld if you think otherwise!

  • @ThirdEye4103 it is a combat survival knife, they use them for cutting little gayboys heads off like yours. the kukri is the main knife in nepal, the gurkhas use them they are made from truck leaf springs get your fucking facts right. give me ur name and address as ur so tough an il fuck you up with one

  • @m579064 Well that just proves how poor nepal is... Fine bring it, meet ya in Detroit, ford field. Tonight. Lol you wouldnt come cuz ur a little bitch! Go ahead threaten me with a virtual knife, mr. Hardcore Basement man. Go put on your mommies bras some more, and keep calling me some homoerotic names. Who talks shit online? Little kids do.. So see ya. Ive already covered the first 50 comments, im out of here, lets quit hijacking this guys video, PM me if you want to be tough and start shit.

  • @ThirdEye4103 every guy youve spoken to on here says the same thing.. your gay as fuck and u like it uop the bum

  • @m579064 Okay, if it makes you happy.

  • @m579064 wasnt even worth starting an argument with him hes obviously just a pindick douchebag who dosent know anything about life so he spends his time getting peopke worked up on the internet....

  • @m579064 Where does your information come from dumbass? please link it, I would like to see where GI's use there leaf spring knives in the jungle? BTW when was the last time we were in jungle? Vietnam? 60's? Oh back when M9 was standard issue. Im sure M9 made their bayonets out of leaf springs...

  • @ThirdEye4103 your so fucking thick you cant find it yourself heres one source > wikipedia /wiki/Kukri

  • typical thick yank fuck i dont mean g fucking i's i mean real soldiers like the Gurkha u fucking moron

  • @m579064 HAHA how many wars have they been in? try to compare them pussies to G.I.'s Lol!!!! HAHA dumbass. If they make there knifes out of leaf springs, i dont think anyone will take them seriously. And yeah Wikipedia is so reliable, Like I cant just go type anything I want on it.. Lol Something other than Wiki please? fuck ur Gurkha, w.e the fuck that is, If the U.S. invaded Gurkin or w.e the whole country would be a wasteland in about 5 days. Whats your standard gun? AK47? lol

  • @m579064 Btw at least us YANK Americans dont have to rely on the whole British army to support us. Lol If you guys are part of the British army, then America basically owns your ass. We are the Puppet masters and your our litttle bitches that do as we say. Thats the way the world seems to work..

  • @ThirdEye4103 btw springs are usually 1075- 1095 get your facts right

  • to quote= 'Modern spring steel (5160 is the standard) is the perfect material

    for swordmaking, combining toughness with edge-holding. It's as good

    as anything used in antiquity, if not considerably better.'

  • @ThirdEye4103 was that 'chinese' comment a joke??? chinese steel is a pile of wank and thats being fucking polite

  • @ThirdEye4103 i can tell from this comment.. this guy has never done any kind of shop work in his life..

  • @ThirdEye4103 god damn your retarded

  • @deckflip  not as retarded as you DickFlip.

  • @ThirdEye4103 Always good when someone has a lame comeback....

  • @ThirdEye4103 penises

  • @ThirdEye4103 Welders do weld, but acetylene can cut...

  • @ThirdEye4103 YOUR A DOWNY A WELDER, ROFL HAHAHAHA YEA WELDER HAVE A BIG ASS FLAME THAT BLOWS THE METAL OUT YOUR SHARP MATE

  • @L1feGoesOn my sharp mate? a downy? CAPSLOCK? HAHAHHAHAHAHA DIP SHIT.

  • @ThirdEye4103 you have really no idia of what you'r talking about..

  • @ThirdEye4103 i would like to say your an idiot, 1 its an oxy-acetylene torch. 2 you do not wear welding gloves to light the torch they are to protect your hands from slag and sparks. 3 how the fuck do you steal a railroad track.

  • @ohnevergoingtoquit I would like to say you are an Idiot for replying to a year old comment. 1. How about you go sodomize yourself with an Oxy-Aceteylne torch. 2. I do not give a fuck about when and when not to where gloves... Seriously what the fuck would make you think I give a shit? Does it make you feel good about yourself when you educate someone with your poorly educated brain? and 3. Do I really need to tell you how? old ones are laying everywhere near railroads. 2 ppl pick it up........

  • @ThirdEye4103 jeez so defensive when your proven a dumbass.. you talked shit about him not doing things right so im telling you how stupid you are for getting it all wrong

  • @ohnevergoingtoquit I was wrong that because I called a Oxy Acetelyne torch a welder. cry, kick, scream, freak out and fuss about it for a year. The only people who waste their time talking to me are redneck bitches. I really dont give a fuck what you biggot hillbillies think. Plus this is besides the point, my main focus was on how stupid, uncareful, and redneck jerry rigged this is. I am suprised this mother fucker has his fingers, and bet his knife is broken by now. ur a bunch of White Trash.

  • @ThirdEye4103 your redneck whitetrash looking up ways to make knifes in the first place.(only a redneck would make a knife, no offense to other people) and you probably suck at life and dont know crap. this dude isnt gonna spend a crapload of money to have a forge where he can make a freakin car. its just a simple homemade job that is actually really good for the money. so go cry to your mommy.

  • @ThirdEye4103 you must be a nigger lover, faggett!

  • @wutitdo98 That shows your biggotry. But yeah I dont mind black people. If they act all whiney like everyone owes them the world then no I hate them. And so what if i am a faggot? You're a gay basher too? Hillbilly, go fuck your sister some more. And what a great way to contradict yourself. You dont like black people yet you have a username from a word that was created in ebonics or jive. Redneck. More like White trash.

  • @ThirdEye4103 i diddnt make this account,i just get on it to watch vids, see unlike you i dont sit on the fuckin computer all day,i bust my ass workin,i dont have the luxury to have my momma wait on me 24/7 while watchin kiddie porn like you, ya fuckin cho-mo (child molester), so keep flexin those "cyber mucsles" pussy!

  • @wutitdo98 First off, my mom is dead. Secondly who the fuck are you to say I look at kiddie porn? you must have it on your mind from looking at it recently yourself douche bag. Keep showing your white trashiness. You sound like the biggest dumb ass on the planet.. Did you even graduate high school? By the way, I wouldnt consider fucking your sister all day "Busting your ass working". Yeah I do sit on the computer a lot because I own 3 internet businesses, and can guarantee I make more than you!

  • @ThirdEye4103 Do you get off on talkin shit to everyone on here? Not one comment on here is positive from you. Damn i feel sorry for you,FOR REAL!!! sittin on your ass all day playing on computers, thats no way to live life,maybe you do make more cash than me, but atleast i get paid to do what i love workin in the mountains fighting fires,i basicly get paid to camp,wile you get paid to play your warcraftworld games, have you ever even been laid before?and internet realationships dont count HAHA

  • @wutitdo98 Um no i never even started the shit talking between me and you dip shit. U called me a faggot and a nigger lover if your mind goes that far back you would remember. And no if you seen any of my other comments on any other video but this one I am actually quite a happy guy, and quite positive. :) Ur the neo nazi white trash loser who hates everyone. Of coarse I dont get along with hicks, they are a bunch of biggots. Like I said at least i have an education dumb ass.

  • @ThirdEye4103 Yeah my mind dont go that far back cause i dont spend my whole life talkin on a computer.Actually its NLR (Nazi LowRyder),not neo nazi,so if your gonna talk shit then get it right and if you ran your mouth like that to me in the pennitentry your ass would end up havin a accident of boilin bleach dumped on you from the top tier.I kno its hard for you not to talk shit but why dont you quit writin me.I gotta get to work now but im sure ill have more comments from you when i get home.

  • @wutitdo98 lol you know all about the penetentiary dont you hillbilly bitch. like I said come to detroit and see how long your bitch country ass lasts. HAHA fucking stupid imbred fuck. Going to work? you mean third grade? And im not the one who keeps commenting back, you just get all defensive when I make you look like a fucking idiot then call me a faggot. its faggOt not Fagg"e"t. your too dumb to spell your fucking name probably. Go make yourself look like a dumbass some more hillbilly

  • @ThirdEye4103 Why are you explainin yourself to me about being a "happy guy"?hahahahhahaha i could give a fuck less how happy you are. Yeah im sure you are a happy guy, especially when you stalk elementry schools watchin little5yr old boys you sick fuck! Are you obsessed with me or something? QUIT FUCKIN WRITING ME,i dont swing that way you faggett!

  • @ThirdEye4103 Is this all you do is write back to people all day on the computer, thats so fuckin pathetic!!!!!!

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH SOOOOOO FUCKIN LAME!!!!!!!!

    UNlike you and your videogame bussiness i actually do have to get to work, i aint even gonna waste my time readin your queer shit when i get home in 2 days, the only thing that turns you on more than little children is writing me so since it makes you feel so important to write me so much just keep doing it but i wont be redin them.

  • @wutitdo98 providing Security and anonymity, and servers to businesses and for personal use is something I love doing. So I dont know where warcraft comes into any of this? Lol your the douche with Call of Duty videos saved in your channel. cool that u fight fires how often is that once a year? that isnt even a job. Lol I guess thats what you gotta do since you didnt even graduate.

  • @ThirdEye4103 HAHAHAHAHAHHA damn you dont give up do you? Actually i did quit school in the 11th grade,cause i had to start working cause i diddnt have mommy and daddy takin care of me and babying me like you,. You really are fuckin obsessed with me,and now i know forsure that you are a fuckin stalker cause you keep writin me even tho i told you to quit writing me, leave me alone cause i dont swing your way,go back to hiding in the bushes by the elementry school watchin little boys with momma!

  • @wutitdo98 and no my daddy didnt baby me either bitch. I went to school so I didnt have to end up an unitelligent douchebag like you and so I can actually make cash, and have a real job. I own a business u sit on a mountain and get brokeback. and I told you my mom is dead douchebag.

  • @wutitdo98 bitch u just said u live in the mountains, yeah I get laid, do u? fucking ur sis doesnt cut it im not the one who gets all brokeback mountain in steers and queerville. and you said laid, so what does an internet relationship have to do with that? You are the dumbest fucking creature on this earth. Again go fuck yourself. and Kill yourself. you will never be anything in this world but a sad sack neo nazi bitch who fucks his sister and naver graduated, and will NEVER get into college.

  • @wutitdo98 really wanna continue this and make yourself look more like a bigot, neo nazi, redneck piece of shit who didnt even graduate? Funny how you never defended that, cuz you know you're a fucking idiot. Whats your IQ? 10? you probably think thats high? your pathetic. Just shut your fucking lip and get on your mule and get the fuck on.You ask if I get off on talking shit. No I get off on making people who start the argument look like a fool like I have been doing to you this whole time.

  • @wutitdo98 Says the douchebag who represents "SS" Nazi special forces in his channel. even though he has a jive jiggabo african american created username. Lol your too fucking stupid you dont even realize when you contradict yourself. EAT SHIT BITCH!!!! or how about you come to detroit and well show you how redneck neo nazis are treated here in the north, you southern hillbilly bitch. its 2011 not 1943 you fucking idiot. too much imbreading in your family really fucked ur brain up.

  • @wutitdo98 You fucking wannabe Nazi redneck. You're a pathetic waste of space, air, and resources, so why don't you do the world a favor and end your pathetic life right now. Go back to your ghetto ass job, making minimum wage, without a high school diploma or any college whatsoever. You will never be anything. White trash hillbilly bitch.

  • @ThirdEye4103 HAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHA­HHAHA ive never seen somebody get so butthurt over the internet before,wow your really fuckin lame! Whats the matter?,momma diddnt make your breakfast right today? Yeah my job sucks, im a Wildland Firefighter, try minimum wage plus $22.83 an hour (after taxes). I am WHITE TRASH and im fuckin proud of it! Just go back down to mommas basement and play your warcraftworld games and beat off to kiddie porn with your 40+yr old balding fat ass, YOU FATFUCK!

  • @ThirdEye4103 Oh and my address is on my page, if you live close to nevada then why dont you come say all this pussy shit to me face2face,i know your just gonna make a fuckin lame excuse like "oh i live 30000 miles away" or "ill hurt you too bad" or some homo shit like that. You dont have any balls whatsoever! All you have is "cyber mucles". FUCKIN PUSSY!

  • @wutitdo98 Might I ask what the pigmentation and jaw line of a person has to do with their worth?

  • @ohnevergoingtoquit Yeah your right, that "thirdeye41faggett" guy is a lame ass motherfucker! He thinks he knows everything and puts his bussiness where it dont fuckin belong,hes just a fattass bald old pedafile who lives in his mommas basement watchin kiddie porn all day.

  • @ThirdEye4103 That fact that he made a beautiful knife with crappy tools means that he is a better knife maker than you will ever be.

  • @ThirdEye4103 are you being serious? OF FRIKIN COURSE YOU USE A FORGE!

  • @ThirdEye4103 9 months later and that comment still fails

  • bored rednecks...

  • What kind of metal is the leaf springs and how is the edge holding on the knife, does the knife rust is it high maintenance?

  • Isn't the acetylene going to introduce too much oxygen into the metal??

  • THE BOWIE IS AWESOME!!!!!!

  • i come from a family of welders and if you pulled that stuff around them they would beat the hell outta you... you NEVER!!! under any circumstances EVER! set a lite torch down and walk away... thats a major no no... if the torch happened to fall on its gas line, youd be in one hell of a mess... dude you never lay a torch down, especially not balanced tettering on something, thats a big mistake... other than that kool vid! just be safe yo, practice and wear PPE = Personal Protection Equipment

  • i love the ending

  • eye protection and earplugs man, hah.

  • i love the rugged details to your bowie i prefer a tool to be as savage and not so pritty to show that it was hand crafted i found soem leafe springs am gona make blades aouta :D

  • @darenun thanks man, ok good luck with yours.

  • Thats a pretty damn good knife for being a first try with what tools you had at the time, dont let anybody tell you differant.

  • @spamerman thanks. thats not a comment I would expect from someone named spamerman. it actually fits the video haha.

  • @strantor Yeah its a realy old username, I have been thinking about starting a new account just cuase my user name is retarded. Ive had it sence highschool.

  • make a soward

  • @vommf123 im going to some day, but i'm pretty sure it would be fail if i did that right now.

  • nice anvil, a railroad track?? hey, whatever works!

  • @junglebook182 yeah, actually it works great (at least i think so, having never used a real anvil). thanks

  • 2:45 VERY SMART YOU RETARD

  • @firestar9999 guilty as charged. you can't fix stupid, but at least now i'm informed.

  • I had a homemade knife that a 'special forces' mate gave me that had that 'pitting' you mentioned. Rather than detract from the look, it enhanced it. Personal tastes not withstanding.

  • Do you have a real anvil now? I realize this is an old video but still..........

  • @RE4GameFan no i still have my RR track. dont see the point in spending a few hundred bucks on a real one when this works just fine and is free.

  • @strantor Where can you find < 2' RR Track? For freeeeeee? lol

  • @strantor i bought my anvil for 15 bucks and its 15 ibs. its small but it works well

  • @strantor where do you get the rr track cut up at

  • @strantor i agree, ive had to help ot neigboior move there anvil, and that thing is a bitch to move, and the only reall differance is an anvil has the point at the end to curve metal and a space for addons.

  • @yiffy4ever

    That gave me a funny image:

    A guy and a furry carrying an anvil through the front yard and your friend's 60 year old neighbor looks over the fence and sees this and has a "wut?" look on her face.

  • I like your enthusiasm and that you are interesting in cutlery. You make due with what you have got atleast. :) lol keep at it and always look for new techniques. If you are going for an ornamental swrd/knife the torch is fine but if you want quality you cant use a torch. It "burns" the steel and cant be tempered. good luck to ya :)

  • @bestill44 ok, didn't know that. thanks for the tip.

  • dont do this in your shop class kids

  • wow thats your first time welding??wtf are you doing making knives you should be a welder jesus fuck thats clean, but yeah it was a fugly knife .

  • Way to go!

    Like to think people like yourself were the great fabricators of the past.

    Hate to go there, but, just shine on the naysayers. It would be a waste of time addressing fun suckers.

  • it looked like you used a lighter to lite your torch? thats a good way to get hurt. get a striker they are cheap

  • you are heating up the knife unevenly and it gonna take away wat temper was there!!! you need to fully and evenly heat the knife and then rapidly cool it... dunk the heated knife in old moter oil, water, but you need to make sure that from every point of the knife there is three (3) to four (4) inches of waty ever althe way around...

  • Not every speck of flying rust that pops will cause permanent vision impairment. Sometimes they can grind the rust out of your cornea with a little drill and you're fine in a couple of days.

  • how much do junk yards charge for leaf springs

  • @fireball1821 Prices can vary it's best to call around or do a Google search. Another thing to consider is that some yards remove the part for you and others expect you to turn your own wrenches. Leaf springs can be tough to remove and you need fairly big tools so unless you know what your getting into I think it's best to find a yard that pulls the parts for you. Shops that do 4x4 customizing are also worth asking, they sometimes have old OEM springs.

  • great try there.

  • Great video, i watched your others they are also great very informative. i am new to forging metal but thanks to your videos i have a better understanding of how metal behaves under heat and pressure. once again great vidoes.

  • Interesting vid. Keep up the good work.

  • Lol, you know if you only read the words that you spelled correctly, your comment says: "are a retard use a fucking the gas in the blade plus it is like get your working and try." That sounds like some of the computer generated spam emails that I get.

  • 1. Learn to spell.

    2. Learn a little bit about forge work and metallurgy before you shoot your mouth off. Most modern hand forged blades are heated in GAS forges fueled by either propane, MAPP (which is now defunct), or in rare cases acetylene. Is it wasteful, definitely. Is it dangerous, that all depends on how he goes about it. It does, however, get him forging in the here and now, which I'd wager is a fair bit more than you're doing.

  • ofl bowiekife out of cod waw

  • can i get that knife that u hate?

  • Waffle house employee?

  • he's got the new safety contact lens from harbor freight

  • you can find a decent anvil, slightly small but good enough at harbor freight, just google it

  • Why don't you wear safety glasses?

  • wow dude i took a class on oxy acetylene torch and the first thing they said is safty glasses and gloves are always worn and to NEVER lite it with a butain lighter or there is a chance there could be a fireback and the cylinders could blow. i mean its not that hard just get a spark lighter there proboly $10 max

  • It wouldn't fire back into the cylinders, simply because the pressure would be pushing the fire outwards. Neither would blow because the fuels aren't mixed. Acetylene, and really anything, wont burn without oxygen. So the worst you'd really get is an uncontrolled fireball till the canister was heated enough to have a catastrophic structure failure.

    Oxygen by itself doesn't burn at all. It's reaction with oxygen that causes fire.

  • u shouldnt use a cigarette lighter to light an oxy torch. wear gloves and some glasses of some sort to, u only get one chance with ur eyes, and im sure you want all ur fingers. its just simple PPE.

  • could somebody tell me what steel is better for a knife? leaf spring steel or grinding file steel? thx. pls explain why :)

  • Spring steel...what is grinding file steel?

  • google "file steel" and click the first link, or watch the first picture :P

  • ahh:) i see... well... File steel is really hard and if hit hard enough it tends to break but Spring steel is more softer and is Really hard to break... so for smal knives i guess file steel is the way to go but for large knives and swords i would say Spring steel

  • not actually...I can make the file steel soft as lead if I want to :D well, almost...iron soft. it's all about heat treatment ;)

  • that thing would be to heavy wouldnt it? uve put a shitload of steel on the handle.

  • if only i could afford an anvil, then i would be able to expand my range to things other than spark plug gap blades.... actually theyre quite cool if anyone wants to c

  • hey if you need something bigger if thats your limitation go to a scrap or salvage yard and find a nice thick piece of steel thats relatively flat then grinng and polish it and you'll end up with a nice anvil or you could use an old section of rail road track. just stay away from cast iron

  • sounds like a good idea.... but where do i get a section of railway track?

  • thats a bit hard but you may find one around a salvage yard or some place like that they can be hard to find. Just don't go pull one off some tracks thats bad you could derail a train. i'm not saying you would it's common sense. or if you have a relative thats one off those people that has a buch of old cars and miscillanions other stuff piled around their house you may could find one there just watch out for snakes.

  • on second thought i was just at a scrap yard and foun plenty of pieces of flat inch in a half to two inch thick pieces of steel. they were about four inches wide. they were about eight feet long. but this would work and they were charging 15 cents a pound. i got about sixty somethin pounds of steel and it cost $7.08. look into it just make sure you get steel and not cast iron. wrought iron would also work but you probably won't find any so just look fo a nice thick piece of steel.

  • i have the same brand of anvil.

  • Thanks for the inspiration to make a higher quality knife.

  • bro I gave u the 5pts but I'm an Ironworker by trade. you can't imaging the eye injuries I've had. please put some glasses on. you know what you are doing, but some idiot is going to watch this and get a bad idea.

  • youre better off grinding the shape of the blade on a belt grinder

    using the torch tempers the edge before its ready and makes the steel all brittle

  • ha ha ha

  • you never learn do you, dont use that blow torch!

  • just so you know a fire and a fan work better than a blow torch because a fire has more surface area plus a small heat sorce in one area at a time will make the different metal molicoules mix un evenly causing stress cracks

  • As I'm telling everybody else, sorry for the delay in my reply, I've been putting in alot of hours at work. You are absolutely right about that. This video is an older one of mine, back before I had a clue what i was doing. I use a coal forge now. I still use the torch occasionally for edge quenching and cutting out rough shapes, But I make sure to normalize all my blades before putting any kind of work into them. Thanks for the comment!

  • Been doing this for years... but ok. In any case, use a hair dryer and take the heating element out. You fire will burn hotter... Just trying to help...

  • Sorry. I really wasn't trying to be an ass or anything. Just saying. I've worked with both off and on for a while now myself. I'm right there with you with the forging the knife to shape though. No better way. Again, sorry for any offense that I may have communicated, because there was none intended.

  • You may want to consider in hammering the knife into shape. As for your forge, look on my subscriptions, it has some great ideas into making a brake drum forge... and just a hint, don't use gas... lol. I am sure its effective but it could blow right back on you! Dont want you to get burned. use charcoal (NOT KINGSTON BBQ CAHARCOAL!!!). Use charcoal made from burned down wood or coal. You will heat the blade better. And I think that vacuum has too much power. Use a hairdryer instead on cold...

  • Use gas. Your lungs will last longer, it's easier to get, and it won't blow back on you unless you are a doofus.

  • Exactly, gas with a venturi style burner is the way to go. Even using a ppre-made torch from Harbor Freight is better than messing around with charcoal or coal (coal puts sulfur into your steel and can make it brittle) and gives an even heat. Just need insulating firebricks and a couple refractory fire brick splits for the bottom of the forge, or use Kaowool with a couple splits in your metal containment, and add a port for your torch/burner. Once mine is done, video to come soon of it!

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