Making a Home Made Bush Knife #1

[pacificcloud]

Great vid, was there some trickery special effects in there? My hacksaw won't cut no tempered file.

[Ghostkamo]

@pacificcloud The file needs to be softened in a fire first. Do this by placing the file in the coals and under the wood of a well developed fire (like a camp fire or wood stove) and let the fire burn out. The metal will be softened. After forming the knife you will need to harden the knife again and then temper it.

[jccrick123]

i would make the blade longer so you dont have to cut the end off

[7Rico77]

Wow

[bigyoda12]

everybody cuts the tang off when u can heat it up and burn it into a wood handle would save u work

[kmango2]

Can you point me in the direction of where I can find more info on doing the same? More so the why, what, how etc. Any help is appreciated. Awesome bids man!!!

[suncheets1]

nice gerber i have the same one

[QuicKsh00t]

never put that grinder on the disc !!!

[rc8rsracer]

forge that shit it will be way stronger hanjust hardening and anealing it

[Ghostkamo]

@rc8rsracer I'll be doing that also. This shows what can be done when you don't have the forge option.

[RobbTZombie]

these videos are very helpful im going to start my own knife project very soon using the same (or close to it) process

[RightWingCon81]

Ever see the movie "The Hunted" is this a similar process of making a knife?

[skeebert]

I beielve General Knife-shape headed my platoon.

[Ghostkamo]

@REAPERIEX I place the file in a well developed fire that had a bed of hot coals. I then covered the file with wood and let the fire burn out on its own. The process took a few hours but, I beleive that less time is sufficient. As long as the file is placed in a hot bed of coals that is sustained for about forty minutes before slowly cooling down.

[vidcrew7]

thats not a knife thats a shiv

[SyCoeSis]

@vidcrew7 but isnt a shiv by nature a type of knife

[attackoftherandom]

@SyCoeSis a shiv is anything that can stab

[samstterhamstteer]

wait you threw it in the fire before you started cutting? do you throw it back in the fire afterwards also?

[Ghostkamo]

@samstterhamstteer Yes, the fire softens the steel before you work it. After it is formed you must harden it in the fire. Two different methods.

[EddieCubillo]

What kind of saw is that, Whats it made from?

[Ghostkamo]

@EddieCubillo I used a regular Hacksaw with a blade for cutting steel.

[666Jackdevil666]

What if I don't have a grinder??? What should I do?

[Ghostkamo]

@666Jackdevil666 Good question, The grinder is a recent addition to my tool kit. You can make this knife using only a hacksaw, files and a drill. I have it posted on my Kamoyaker site but, perhaps I can do a re-post to this site soon.

[666Jackdevil666]

@Ghostkamo

Oh thank you! I don't have any power tools at home at the moment. I am only making this knife because it is cheap :P, if I have to buy a grinder, i might as well buy a good knife lol. I will check out your website, hope I will finish my knife soon. I still have to grind the surface of my old file with another file lol.

It is gonna take long! :D

[THbushcraft]

@Ghostkamo so the files are made from high carbon steel? are all files made of it?

[Ghostkamo]

@THbushcraft Any quality file will be a high carbon steel so that it is hard enough to cut steel.

[THbushcraft]

@Ghostkamo how much are they? where could i buy them?

[Ghostkamo]

@THbushcraft Sorry, I have not made any for selling. I do one each year for personal use and also to test out different ways to improvise the process. It's just a hobby.

[wolpack1116]

@THbushcraft Not all, just the better ones.

[wizzla111]

Great video Kamo

[MrRittman13]

We make them alot different with the files. We also make them out of different saw blades.

[Ghostkamo]

@MrRittman13 You'll have to post a vid of your work, I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in other ways to do this.

[HomoGnosticus]

ok, thanks for responding

[HomoGnosticus]

What´s with the heat from the grinder, doesn´t it weaken the steel?

[Ghostkamo]

No, the grinder will remove steel quickly enough that it does not heat the rest of the blade to a softening point. Also, I do pause enough to let the blade cool.

[tommyboy4090]

good video and i agree with you i wish experts would post how to also i have a few tricks if you would like to know just send me a message maybe we could help one another

[RedJellyable]

very good cant wait to see the end product.

[bassfuryvi]

Lurve these type of vids,files do make decent knives if the temper is forgiving but as long as it ain't used as a pry bar it'll last forever..A real shame my good lady has had an op last week as I had planned to do my spring steel commissions on vid but that'll be a few more weeks yet,,one improvement I want in my blades is to use liners inside the handle scales as they make the bond stronger between the metal and wood,as well as looking sweet..really look forward to PART II...

[Ghostkamo]

Cool, I'll be lookin' for your vids.

[TheRedHawk123]

Excellent demonstration my friend, Can't wait for Part 2.

5/5

[QuietBearr]

Right in the middle of making my own knife right now. Tomorrow I add the full flat grind on it and drill the holes for the handle.

I opted to buy the steel though so that I knew exactly what steel it was.

Files here in the US are usually W-2 or 1095, both are great steels. Some can be O-1, but that is rare.

Problem is, without sending it off for testing, or being able to do it yourself, you will never know what it is.

Hope for W-2!!!

[Ghostkamo]

Cool, I hope you can post the details of the project.

[Tacticalgearhead]

Superb demonstration!

[medicjimr]

will be glued to youtube for this series 5/5

[aokspage]

looking forward to see the rest of this series. good job so far. Its fun to do these kinds of projects and exersice the brain a little.

[Ghostkamo]

Yea, I never know how these are going to turn out. I always do things a little different than last time.

[standupgun]

Nice one, I am also looking forward to seeing the finished product. This brings back memories of me getting kicked out of metal shop in High school for making knives on the grinder. :)

[Ghostkamo]

I'm still undecided on how refined I will go with this one. I'm not sure if I want a shiny piece of steel or something that's a little more like me.

[PetraMichael]

look great kamo!!! i´am waiting for next vid good job bro! i´am a great fan of homemade knifes

[Ghostkamo]

Thanks, I hope this one goes well for me.

[capreolus4]

awesome im all tuned in.

[davidnightingale]

5 stars. Brilliant. Cheers

[zoolanderfred]

This is gonna be a great series, cuz I wanna try this! Nice Kamo!

[cava002]

Excellent Kamo! I have been looking for homemade knives videos and I've seen that it is good if the file is heated especcially in carbon or coals

[iSurvivalSkills]

Interesting Kamo...would like to see the vids all the way to completion 5/5