Forging a blade to fit a folding knife.

[daveasharps]

if you don't mind me asking is this how you make a living?

[sickology187]

how much would that cost me

[sickology187]

how much would that cost me

[sickology187]

how would that cost me

[dany1441]

Thank you for posting. Awesome to see a craftsman at work.

[bacsac4]

the hotter the work is heated the larger the grain,

by working at a lower temperature the grain

will end up finer

[captjeff78]

wow awesome knife! its an interesting idea, replacing a folding knife blade.... looking forwad to seeing the final knife!

[gswiaczny]

I remember when you were just starting in forging knives. Your questions, some problems... Now you look like a pro and your knowledge is also bigger. It's pleasure to watch your videos. Best regards from Poland, Greg

[Makermook]

@gswiaczny Thanks, Greg :) I hope this continues to be a lifelong learning process. I still have much to learn, but that's the fun of doing this. Well, that and sharing the experience.

[billynightmare]

off topic, but your hands are starting to look very dry i bet from all the fordging your doing, a hand cream like E45 will work a treat. anyway nice to see you trying other knife making skillz

[wolf5391]

hey mook btw the blades thickness should be exactly 3/32inch thick. i used 440c with my version and found that 3/32 steel makes the tolerances so tight. no blade play what so ever. the pivot is 3/16inch hole and if you polish the bronze bushings with 2000 grit wet dry or higher grit, it reduces friction in the pivot. hope this helps in your process.

[Makermook]

@wolf5391 It does help, thanks.  I guess 3/32 is about right...I had just estimated 1/10 based on how it looked next to the 1/8" stock I had. I forgot to think in standard English fractions.

[jtphantom]

constructive criticism, it would be faster, simpler and more accurate to simply buy carbon steel stock, say 1095, or 01, whichever you want of the size just a shade wider than the original blade then trace it and stock grind it out, that way its already the right shape to fit in the handle and would require only heat treatment and tempering rather than forging, normalizing, annealing, HT and temper.

[Makermook]

@jtphantom Yeah, I plan to make a blade by stock removal too, but I wanted to see if I could forge a blade. Stock removal is definitely easier, but this is a lot of fun.

[wolf5391]

hey mook you should check out my video that i already have of pretty much the same project. wonder where his design came from.lol great minds think alike. nice vid.

[bushcraftbartons]

That was amazing Mook....very enjoyable to watch....want to see the finished product

[Makermook]

@bushcraftbartons Thanks, Mike! I'll make a "showoff" video soon. I still haven't made a sheath for the Marine's knife :(

[ironlionkalo]

man that rr track really turned out nice. how much did it cost you to get it milled flat?

[Waldhandwerk]

Super great, first to see You on screen again ; ) second the great Idea for a hand forge folding knife in a regulary ...handhold, cool, never saw this before, like much from you great stuff : ) Happy Day and I looking forward to the result! Sepp with Fam.

[MrWer1138]

Wow,I never even thought about this,I cant wait till Im able to do this kind of stuff!!!!! I bet I change every pocket knife I own hahahaha

[traderjoes]

Nice video! Ive always had that notion in my head that this could be done and Im glad you are doing it!

[RDPproject]

Great work Mark.

Every time I see you forging....I wanna fly over and join in.

Rob.

[TechnicusJoe]

Good video, I'm looking forward to the next part.

[justice0165]

Awesome video as always!!! I did notice some equipment changes though. Did you further modify your original track anvil or are you now working on a new more modified track anvil? Either way, it was very cool looking and it is nice that you're making videos again, they were missed. If possible could you add info. about your new(&/or improved) anvil in the next vid. Thanks

[Makermook]

@justice0165 Thanks! I did post a vid a couple days ago on the anvil mods. Basically, I had it chopped in half, one half milled flat, and the other half I mounted upright in concrete. It works great now.

[ARCustomKnives]

Looking forward to the follow up vid.... Keep up the good work!

[beast12101]

cool project

[ArtistBlade1972]

This is wild. I have that exact same benchmade knife that I made an O-1 blade for!

[bladesNstuff]

It's been awhile man nice to see you

[Makermook]

@bladesNstuff Thanks. I hope to make more videos soon.

[nickwoo2]

I'm planing to make a folder after i buy some materials and steel. I have only made fixed blades in the past so it should be fun.

[nickbownz]

yikes, that sounds like a daunting task...

[Makermook]

@nickbownz I took this on as a "let's see if I can do it" kind of task :) So far, it seems to be working out. As to making an entire folding knife from scratch...I'm not sure I'm up to that just yet.

[nickbownz]

@Makermook Well so far, I'm not sure what to think of what's been accomplished, I wouldn't even think about trying to forge a blade to fit BM tolerances unless I had a mill and the skills to use it... I would focus more on the material removal blade if I were you...

[Makermook]

@nickbownz Like I said, I'm just trying to see if I can do it. You never know unless you try.