@Jcc8t7 Yeah - hence why you need to soften/anneal it at first to start working with it. See the NaturalBushcraft website for a full article on how I made this knife.
Hello! Why did you cool that piece of iron in oil? I have used only water, does it make the metal shinier or something like that? Btw, I like your british accent. :)
@Zeejeesus It cools the metal slower, so it's not so brittel. It also cools the metal more evenly, and it also deposits a very thin layer of carbon into the metal (used motor oil) making a very a hard layer. It will leave the surface blackend
i like making knives im gonna do a few vids soon. i saw you harden the steel but did you temper it? heating it back up to 500f to soften the hardened brittle metal? nice to see blacksmithing isnt extinct
You're doing it wrong! without proper annealment, the metal will be very brittle and snap right in half under pressure, you should try using clay to slow heating/cooling process of the metal backing & tang of the blade, wait a few moments before cooling it in oil, You want the metal to be glowing a dull orange before it goes into the oil.
@LohTek uh what?? annealing steel is to soften it and is not a heat treatment that you would apply to a blade, unless you have to rework it....
perhaps you mean temper? but as he used oil for the quench and not water, it should have enough tensile strength for its purpose.. personally i think he did a grand job....
what are the advantages of using oil (does it make the steel stronger?), can i use water? how do you make the finished blade into a desired shape- can i just file it afterwards, or before? and one more question: what is inside of the pan (not on the wok), do you put coals inside the pan and on top of the wok aswel?
sorry that i have so many questions. i hope you can answer. i have subscribed :)
hi there i just wanted to no how the best way to make sore thet im doing the right angle when im using the angle grinder becoz this is my first knife many thanks eli look fowered to hearing from you sorry about the spelling
Part 2 - Oil, (mineral nothing else) is used when extreme hardness is NOT required.
Then the blade should be cleaned, so you can see the colour change, when tempering, which should be SLOWLY heated to straw colour and quenched again, (by slow immersion not plunging in and DONT swish it around) then left to fully air cool. As I didn't see any annealing or tempering taking place I would expect the blade will break under pressure or impact. Or luck's been on your side!
@chas4551 Thanks for your input. The blade was annealed before, there was a lot of this process that I obviously didn't show in this video like shaping and handling. The full process I undertook is documented on my website, the blade is still in one piece, a working functional knife - that's good enough for me.
Seems to be some confusion regarding oil and water for hardening so let an engineer tell you. The knife was made from an old file, (made from high carbon steel originally) which would have already been hardened, but not tempered, (which is why the break!). It should have first been normalised, (in order provide future hardening) and then annealed, (to remove stress and soften for shaping). Once shaped, ground, sharpened etc it should be hardened by quenching in soft distilled water.
@handiest1 Glad you've got the idea ;D I tell you what bud, it's making use of what you've got. Don't follow my video for your safety but I can honestly say: I never got hurt and I made a beautiful knife out of materials and tools for free. What have you achieved?... other that trying to belittle people?
@Shiiransama Yeah that's right an ordinary shop bought one, if your worried about harmful fumes coming off it, simply build a big fire and through the wok in, it'll burn off any crap.
@MrTylerIrvine I've found the problem! GreenPete moved his videos, I've updated the page thanks to your comment. All the videos now work. All the best,
When you make a bush knife from an old metal file, will it hold up in the winter when you use a baton?
Here is why i ask, i was out in the woods last night and i used a baton to cut down a small tree(3" diameter) for a walking stick and my knife snapped in half. So, what kind of steel would i need for some heavy winter bush craft?
@smknsmpt88 did you only heat treat the knife? because it would have been very britle if thats all you did, after your heat up the knife and put it in oil clean it off and put it in a kitchen oven at 400 degrees celcius for 1 or 1 and a half hours.
@smknsmpt88 Was it a home made knife? if so did you temper properly? You left quite a bit of info out. How thick was the spine? it must have been a small knife to be using a baton on 3" tree, sometimes it pays to get a larger knife for the job. If your doing a home blade maybe you should think of getting a truck leaf spring. Or just pay the money and get some O1, D2, A2, tool steel flat bar. I personally use A2 and O1.
Sure, don't document it with videos and make the whole process easy to follow! Tell everyone it's on your website with zero instructions on how to find it when you get there!
@Turtawz I'm sorry, your obviously incapable of using the search box on the right hand side of my website oh and the menu that has everything on at the top.
It's under: 'Bushcraft' > 'Kit' > "Making a Bushcraft Knife with a Homemade Forge"
Cryptic isn't it?
Funnily enough if you Google the same words as are in the title of this video the top result is my webpage where I document the entire process. Do us all a favour & learn how to use the Internet.
i have no idea why you hardened a file, they are already rediculously hard, thats why they are files in the first place, altho i guess it is possible you annealed it alot by not keeping it cool while grinding out its shape
and some people say they use vegtable oil, i know this has less carbon than say charcoal or non-syn oil, but does it work really??? i really want to know
@broadie96 Google "Homemade Bushcraft Knife" and click on the NaturalBushcraft article, you will find a complete article where I take you through the process of how I built my first knife, complete with photos at the end.
@Mightygold3 i used vegetable oil and it turned out pretty good.....water cools it down way to quick and it can crack and break cause its so brittle....th oil from used motor oil or vegetable oil cools it down slowly
I used an outstanding Oberg mill file to form a 250mm hacker on the benchgrinder. It takes too long on the grinder, and damages the grinder , using an entire abrasive wheel to get the job done. It is good steel.
you two are funny! Nice work, good ideas on the fore, that's ingenuity!! Did you guys use a wooden template to help in shaping, or visualy helping that it is...good job guys!
@cj112674 Yes I did use a wooden template, if you google "Making a Bushcraft Knife with a Homemade Forge" you will find an article on our website documenting the whole process.
@NaturalBushcraft im very very interested in forging my own knife, and i was wonder if you would private message me some information about how i can get the steel for the blade and tang.
@yoohoosk8r Go to my website bud, I made a whole article following my progress through this project; go to the NaturalBushcraft website and choose the following from the menu:
> Bushcraft > Kit / Reviews > Making a Bushcraft Knife with a Homemade Forge
nice forge i made mine by digging a hole and placing one of those big old square drain covers on it and surrounding it with bricks then sending a clay pipe down into the ground and then taking a blow dryer to send air down the pipe
@cottenmouthsnake Feet can burn, or get hurt a bit. But they still work. Eyes, on the other hand are a bit different. You see they are significantly more vulnerable to becoming useless when damaged, and they're very important to see things. They're fragile, feet are far more durable. Hence, the importance for safety glasses and the disregard for shoes.
you are quenching WAY too hot in this. it should just barley bed red in sunlight. by quenching so hot the grain is going to grow and mess with your final product by reducing its toughness. i have to say though, damned good knife for a begginer.
@capnnewb Thanks for the advice. Just the other day I was re-profiling the bevel on this knife, making it into more of a convex edge now. This summer I plan to build a new forge (a bigger one) and I have a nice treadle thing with a grinding-stone on one side, polishing wheel on the other AND in the middle it turns a fan I presume to possibly power a forge!.. We'll see how it goes, not doubt there will be videos :D Cheers,
That video was on my older personal account, but YouTube broke the video!.. they started re-rendering their videos and it made the video extremely choppy & unwatchable, so I had to re-upload it. Shame as the old video had something silly like 50,000 views and hundreds of comments and it lost all that.
Yes he did. He said so in the video, and the photos at the end show the same. If you're interested in trying, get GreenPete's free DVD on making a knife from an old file; it's excellent.
wow that was really quite good.. thumbs up for both the forge and knife. something i wouldnt mind trying but i fear i never will. i will defo need too check out more of ur vids... keep them comin
Thank you. Great information in the video, and excellent production. Curious as to which program you used to edit and add effects. I will share this with our instructors as we are just getting in to forges.
thank you for posting this, I am very interested in forging metal (particularly knives and swors) and i was somewhat sceptical of me acrually being able to pull it off. that is, until I saw this!!!
Good to hear, I definitely recommend checking out the full article about my knife-making process on the NaturalBushcraft website. Also there's an article on there that helps you download GreenPete's Free knife making DVD. =)
@NaturalBushcraft Very nice little forge....BTW, what type of material are you using in the forge? I've quite a bit of experience making knives but have always sent out my blades for heat treatment. Recently, I've been thinking of having a go at heat treating but am still trying to figure out the basics. If it's not too much trouble, would you mind sending me a list of all the materials you used to make the forge (exact size for pipes, type of wood/coal, etc)? I'd really appreciate it....
Indeed you can use water instead of oil, but when you use water, you heva a bigger risk thats the steel cracks, because water cool down the steel faster then oil.
Great looking mini forge :) But on another youtube video, they said that water works just as well to quench but doesn't flame up at you like the oil. Just a thought :)
The decision of what to quench with should be based on the type of steel being used. That's kind of an issue I have with using files. You don't always know what steel you are working with. Worn out files are free, but bar stock is super cheap and you know what you are dealing with. Not a big deal, just my opinion.
aren't the files hardened to begin with?
Jcc8t7 1 day ago
@Jcc8t7 Yeah - hence why you need to soften/anneal it at first to start working with it. See the NaturalBushcraft website for a full article on how I made this knife.
NaturalBushcraft 1 day ago
Looks quality people-can i buy 1 from you lol
mumblejunkie 1 week ago
good work made !
jmkm88 1 week ago
very good work guys cheers
DJTUCANMAN 3 weeks ago
Is it possible for you to put the process on video? or perhaps more of it?
radioactiveroach 1 month ago
@atomrocketcar man, tempering is the opposite of hardening, only not so advanced, for the knife must not soften back...
ManiacallySmithing 2 months ago
Oh man, I just love drop point knives...
ManiacallySmithing 2 months ago
one 10000 note never wanna loose that 1st set
SharkDolphin01 4 months ago
possibly gram for gram afterwards
SharkDolphin01 4 months ago
ten 1000 notes for business with others set of 1 gram
SharkDolphin01 4 months ago
1unit and 100 units to be more clear
SharkDolphin01 4 months ago
100unit per gram with all 11 can make 1000 unit note
SharkDolphin01 4 months ago
make banknote off every gram of these besides gold pure and refined
SharkDolphin01 4 months ago
other 9 im sure are in right spot
SharkDolphin01 4 months ago
zinc and chrome maybe switched im not sure no field work
SharkDolphin01 4 months ago
1 silver 2 aluminum 3 titanium
4 zinc 5 platinum 6 cobalt 7 nickel 8 copper 9 uranium 10 chromium
11 gold ^ metal scale of toughness/density dual scale tbh
SharkDolphin01 4 months ago
@ zerjesus they did it to harden the steel
countyboy123Z 4 months ago
Brilliant and inspiring !
Thanks for sharing !
Peekingduck 4 months ago
This is brilliant. Thank you guys.
TheHobbyMonkey 5 months ago
Hello! Why did you cool that piece of iron in oil? I have used only water, does it make the metal shinier or something like that? Btw, I like your british accent. :)
Zeejeesus 5 months ago
@Zeejeesus It cools the metal slower, so it's not so brittel. It also cools the metal more evenly, and it also deposits a very thin layer of carbon into the metal (used motor oil) making a very a hard layer. It will leave the surface blackend
andrewCNC905 4 months ago
@andrewCNC905 Alrighty then, thank you for answer!
Zeejeesus 4 months ago
i like making knives im gonna do a few vids soon. i saw you harden the steel but did you temper it? heating it back up to 500f to soften the hardened brittle metal? nice to see blacksmithing isnt extinct
UnjustProphecy 5 months ago
awesome.
shtfprepared 5 months ago
You're doing it wrong! without proper annealment, the metal will be very brittle and snap right in half under pressure, you should try using clay to slow heating/cooling process of the metal backing & tang of the blade, wait a few moments before cooling it in oil, You want the metal to be glowing a dull orange before it goes into the oil.
LohTek 5 months ago
@LohTek I did anneal the blade and obviously did a lot of other work off camera (in terms of shaping it) this was only a small part of the process.
NaturalBushcraft 5 months ago
@NaturalBushcraft What is annealment
dogbone222 3 weeks ago
@dogbone222 Google is your friend, ask him
KingJimCards 2 weeks ago
@KingJimCards He told me some bull about an unknown game...
dogbone222 2 weeks ago
@LohTek uh what?? annealing steel is to soften it and is not a heat treatment that you would apply to a blade, unless you have to rework it....
perhaps you mean temper? but as he used oil for the quench and not water, it should have enough tensile strength for its purpose.. personally i think he did a grand job....
frackcha 3 months ago
HAHA Nice Improvising (Stand And Clap)
bobcrawman34 6 months ago
what did you use for fuel??
Zacistan 6 months ago
@Zacistan Lumpwood Charcoal.
NaturalBushcraft 6 months ago
i have that plug :P
jayholley123 6 months ago
I suppose a plough will work too. Very innovative Gentlemen. Your finished product looks good. Well done.
Avatar230594 6 months ago
ok so do u know where to find a slab of 1095 high carbon steel this .25in thick and 20 inches overall.
megalizardfreak 6 months ago
what are the advantages of using oil (does it make the steel stronger?), can i use water? how do you make the finished blade into a desired shape- can i just file it afterwards, or before? and one more question: what is inside of the pan (not on the wok), do you put coals inside the pan and on top of the wok aswel?
sorry that i have so many questions. i hope you can answer. i have subscribed :)
sohy3010 6 months ago
Do you use just regular engine oil to temper?
ILoveToKickShit 7 months ago
@ILoveToKickShit Yes I did.
NaturalBushcraft 7 months ago
@NaturalBushcraft Thanks a bunch.
ILoveToKickShit 7 months ago
@NaturalBushcraft what does it mean use oil to temper? make it hotter??
atomrocketcar 2 months ago
i wanted to know if i could combine two metals to make one
shellbulitdragon80 7 months ago
hi there i just wanted to no how the best way to make sore thet im doing the right angle when im using the angle grinder becoz this is my first knife many thanks eli look fowered to hearing from you sorry about the spelling
kingkong01903 7 months ago
That said it wasn't a bad home made "forge"
chas4551 8 months ago
Part 2 - Oil, (mineral nothing else) is used when extreme hardness is NOT required.
Then the blade should be cleaned, so you can see the colour change, when tempering, which should be SLOWLY heated to straw colour and quenched again, (by slow immersion not plunging in and DONT swish it around) then left to fully air cool. As I didn't see any annealing or tempering taking place I would expect the blade will break under pressure or impact. Or luck's been on your side!
chas4551 8 months ago
@chas4551 Thanks for your input. The blade was annealed before, there was a lot of this process that I obviously didn't show in this video like shaping and handling. The full process I undertook is documented on my website, the blade is still in one piece, a working functional knife - that's good enough for me.
NaturalBushcraft 8 months ago
Seems to be some confusion regarding oil and water for hardening so let an engineer tell you. The knife was made from an old file, (made from high carbon steel originally) which would have already been hardened, but not tempered, (which is why the break!). It should have first been normalised, (in order provide future hardening) and then annealed, (to remove stress and soften for shaping). Once shaped, ground, sharpened etc it should be hardened by quenching in soft distilled water.
chas4551 8 months ago
Nice knife love it !
BushcraftNL 8 months ago
BAD ASS!
smoke360ful 8 months ago
Wear safety glasses, use the shortest pliers you have, and make sure you have bare feet!
handiest1 8 months ago
@handiest1 Glad you've got the idea ;D I tell you what bud, it's making use of what you've got. Don't follow my video for your safety but I can honestly say: I never got hurt and I made a beautiful knife out of materials and tools for free. What have you achieved?... other that trying to belittle people?
NaturalBushcraft 8 months ago 12
@NaturalBushcraft well done great idea
marlin4570500 5 months ago
@handiest1 Thats Exaclty What I Did Today!!! jk
xXZombifierXx 7 months ago
What kind of metal is the wok and saucepan made of? Would a regular store bought one work? I don't want to end up breathing any harmful fumes.
Shiiransama 8 months ago
@Shiiransama Yeah that's right an ordinary shop bought one, if your worried about harmful fumes coming off it, simply build a big fire and through the wok in, it'll burn off any crap.
NaturalBushcraft 8 months ago
@Shiiransama .. oh and obviously standing away from the fire when it's in :)
NaturalBushcraft 8 months ago
i LOVE British accents
flyingterd1 9 months ago
when i go to your website and click on making a bushcraft knife with a homemade forge all the videos say they have been removed?
MrTylerIrvine 9 months ago
@MrTylerIrvine I will look into this, thanks for letting me know.
NaturalBushcraft 9 months ago
@MrTylerIrvine I've found the problem! GreenPete moved his videos, I've updated the page thanks to your comment. All the videos now work. All the best,
Ashley Cawley.
NaturalBushcraft 9 months ago
@NaturalBushcraft thanks! those are very helpful videos.
MrTylerIrvine 9 months ago
Good way to BBQ
junhua123 10 months ago
@junhua123 Funny you should say that - I've actually used this small forge for quiet a few small BBQ's :)
NaturalBushcraft 10 months ago
love your british accent!
cloudcally 10 months ago
Why quench in oil and not water? Can you use any kind of oil........say olive oil?
janken919 10 months ago
That is awesome. and that is a nice looking knife as well.
BRIKbushcraft 10 months ago
I built a similar one in my apartment and my landlord called the police. Fukign biotch. Now I need to find a quieter way of hammering steel.
Microglia1 11 months ago
pretty cool i need to make a forge i made mine from a putty knife
usafa97 11 months ago
funny how eye protection is used but he's not wearing shoes.....LOL
baanjoguy 1 year ago
@baanjoguy Feet repair so easily they're considered disposable where'as eyes are far more important! ;D
ashcaw 1 year ago
@kavdeman yea you can use vegetable oil ive used it on some of mine
95rthomas 1 year ago
When you make a bush knife from an old metal file, will it hold up in the winter when you use a baton?
Here is why i ask, i was out in the woods last night and i used a baton to cut down a small tree(3" diameter) for a walking stick and my knife snapped in half. So, what kind of steel would i need for some heavy winter bush craft?
smknsmpt88 1 year ago
@smknsmpt88 What sort of knife exactly was you using to baton with?
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
@smknsmpt88 did you only heat treat the knife? because it would have been very britle if thats all you did, after your heat up the knife and put it in oil clean it off and put it in a kitchen oven at 400 degrees celcius for 1 or 1 and a half hours.
treeboy113 1 year ago
@smknsmpt88 it depends on the heat treatment, if dont wrong it can be insanly britle and will shater.
fishtankbank 10 months ago
@smknsmpt88 Was it a home made knife? if so did you temper properly? You left quite a bit of info out. How thick was the spine? it must have been a small knife to be using a baton on 3" tree, sometimes it pays to get a larger knife for the job. If your doing a home blade maybe you should think of getting a truck leaf spring. Or just pay the money and get some O1, D2, A2, tool steel flat bar. I personally use A2 and O1.
tonymengela 10 months ago
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you are real men
billykey123 1 year ago
cool im going to try that
nathanmasters5 1 year ago
Sure, don't document it with videos and make the whole process easy to follow! Tell everyone it's on your website with zero instructions on how to find it when you get there!
Turtawz 1 year ago
@Turtawz I'm sorry, your obviously incapable of using the search box on the right hand side of my website oh and the menu that has everything on at the top.
It's under: 'Bushcraft' > 'Kit' > "Making a Bushcraft Knife with a Homemade Forge"
Cryptic isn't it?
Funnily enough if you Google the same words as are in the title of this video the top result is my webpage where I document the entire process. Do us all a favour & learn how to use the Internet.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago 25
i have no idea why you hardened a file, they are already rediculously hard, thats why they are files in the first place, altho i guess it is possible you annealed it alot by not keeping it cool while grinding out its shape
and some people say they use vegtable oil, i know this has less carbon than say charcoal or non-syn oil, but does it work really??? i really want to know
kavdeman 1 year ago
@kavdeman I did anneal the file first, using a Firebasket & letting it cool slowly.
- Ashley.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
@NaturalBushcraft nice one, and can you use vegtable oil as a hardening compound???
iv seen it done by "blademasters" but wasnt really sure, what do you rekon???
kavdeman 1 year ago
@NaturalBushcraft cheers pal :D what type of oil are you using?? 10W40?? fully syn??
kavdeman 10 months ago
@kavdeman he softened the steel so he could shape the metal, grind it and then reheated it so it was strong again. then you can fine sharpen it.
evinsteven13 10 months ago
@evinsteven13 you wouldnt happen to know about my oil question would you??? i tried veg oil. it really didnt work, lol
kavdeman 10 months ago
@kavdeman I heard that motor oil was great to use.
TheTrappybeaver 10 months ago
@TheTrappybeaver oh excellent, iv got tons of that, hahaha. thanks alot pal :D
kavdeman 10 months ago
AHahahha Well. I'm on it, Old fire style that is.
relic934 1 year ago
How did your knife turn out?
broadie96 1 year ago
@broadie96 Google "Homemade Bushcraft Knife" and click on the NaturalBushcraft article, you will find a complete article where I take you through the process of how I built my first knife, complete with photos at the end.
- Ashley.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
can i use water instead of oil?
Mightygold3 1 year ago
@Mightygold3 You can but it has a different effect on the steel, research it on google.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
@Mightygold3 i used vegetable oil and it turned out pretty good.....water cools it down way to quick and it can crack and break cause its so brittle....th oil from used motor oil or vegetable oil cools it down slowly
SwoopdySwoop 1 year ago
so i just heat up a bar of steel or iron and pound it into the shape i want?
DonSchvester 1 year ago
nwice knwife.
feces100 1 year ago
@NaturalBushcraft what kind of oil? can i use regular cooking oil
gaidzampt 1 year ago
@NaturalBushcraft realy thanks first i think it special coal but it is so easy
sorry for bad englisch realy thanks
RockingOrange11 1 year ago
@RockingOrange11 No problem mate.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
are that coals to BBQ??
RockingOrange11 1 year ago
@RockingOrange11 Yes, they are normal coals that I would use to BBQ - Lumpwood Charcoal. Cheers,
- Ashley Cawley.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
Cool forge guys!
AngryGinger79 1 year ago
I used an outstanding Oberg mill file to form a 250mm hacker on the benchgrinder. It takes too long on the grinder, and damages the grinder , using an entire abrasive wheel to get the job done. It is good steel.
marvintheboon 1 year ago
nice video man good tips---and very nice result
buggymak 1 year ago
wait to do this do u NEED the oil of can u just use water
dmikrut 1 year ago
pretty nice
insanezy 1 year ago
Was it a chestnut pan?
iacomastro 1 year ago
this was a fun thing to do took me about 20 minutes of video all tools were trash
I tempered mine after I hardened it
Great fun
jefferyrowe1960 1 year ago
I love the way you say bottom also what type of fuel did you use. Coal, Charcoal. or that coke stuff
HemiVA64 1 year ago
@HemiVA64 Lumpwood charcoal.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
I love the way you say bottom
HemiVA64 1 year ago
dude that was awesome
caj1n 1 year ago
Great video! I'm watchin from the U.S.
MrBillypoe 1 year ago
cool i want to try this
scouser96100 1 year ago
Now this is my kind of video, Subbed.
dellfell4 1 year ago
you two are funny! Nice work, good ideas on the fore, that's ingenuity!! Did you guys use a wooden template to help in shaping, or visualy helping that it is...good job guys!
cj112674 1 year ago
@cj112674 Yes I did use a wooden template, if you google "Making a Bushcraft Knife with a Homemade Forge" you will find an article on our website documenting the whole process.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
didn't show much in the vid of forge welding the blade.
Thetruthishere11 1 year ago
@NaturalBushcraft im very very interested in forging my own knife, and i was wonder if you would private message me some information about how i can get the steel for the blade and tang.
yoohoosk8r 1 year ago
@yoohoosk8r Go to my website bud, I made a whole article following my progress through this project; go to the NaturalBushcraft website and choose the following from the menu:
> Bushcraft > Kit / Reviews > Making a Bushcraft Knife with a Homemade Forge
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
how did you get the red hot file to look so much like that knife?
Kedolomer 1 year ago
does that forge heat the metal evenly?
nightwalker2830 1 year ago
@nightwalker2830 Yeah it does, it's got more than enough room for your standard bushcraft knife (roughly woodlore length specs)
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
nice forge i made mine by digging a hole and placing one of those big old square drain covers on it and surrounding it with bricks then sending a clay pipe down into the ground and then taking a blow dryer to send air down the pipe
PTE989 1 year ago 4
@PTE989 Great to hear some variations :)
- Ash.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
do u sell them knives?
nightwalker2830 1 year ago
@nightwalker2830 No, I don't sell them. Maybe one day I might try my hand at a bit more knife making, with more research & appropriate tools! :)
- Ash.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
"hes actually going to put safety goggles on before he does this",
person is not wearing shoes....whats going on?
cottenmouthsnake 1 year ago
@cottenmouthsnake he's actually wearing invisible steel-toe caps.
Stay safe, use safety gear.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
@NaturalBushcraft hahahaa nice comment invisible steal toe capped boots i have some of them !
stupidfookinshite 1 year ago
@cottenmouthsnake Feet can burn, or get hurt a bit. But they still work. Eyes, on the other hand are a bit different. You see they are significantly more vulnerable to becoming useless when damaged, and they're very important to see things. They're fragile, feet are far more durable. Hence, the importance for safety glasses and the disregard for shoes.
MajesticChicken 1 year ago
Where would i go about finding some metal and what metals could something like this heat to a shape-able metal
theflyingpen 1 year ago
Good job on that forge!!!
scarz1951 1 year ago
a way you can tell when to quench the blade is when its not magnetic anymore, or when its JUST gotten back a TINY bit of its magnetisim
TheSaldamorWorkshop 1 year ago
you are quenching WAY too hot in this. it should just barley bed red in sunlight. by quenching so hot the grain is going to grow and mess with your final product by reducing its toughness. i have to say though, damned good knife for a begginer.
capnnewb 1 year ago
@capnnewb Thanks for the advice. Just the other day I was re-profiling the bevel on this knife, making it into more of a convex edge now. This summer I plan to build a new forge (a bigger one) and I have a nice treadle thing with a grinding-stone on one side, polishing wheel on the other AND in the middle it turns a fan I presume to possibly power a forge!.. We'll see how it goes, not doubt there will be videos :D Cheers,
Ashley.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
Good job!
SaldamorWorkshop 1 year ago
nicely done! very nice..
condorlegion89 1 year ago
Hey NBC, Sorry to hear it. It was & is a good video...just seemed like the old music "went'' with it...anyway, thanks for the post & the reply. bcb
bigcreekb 1 year ago
Good vid...what happened to the original with Way of the Warrior background music?
bigcreekb 1 year ago
That video was on my older personal account, but YouTube broke the video!.. they started re-rendering their videos and it made the video extremely choppy & unwatchable, so I had to re-upload it. Shame as the old video had something silly like 50,000 views and hundreds of comments and it lost all that.
NaturalBushcraft 1 year ago
was this made out of a file
dizzaeble 1 year ago
What happened to the original with Way of the Warrior background music?
bigcreekb 1 year ago
I'm trying this out for a school project and had a few quesitons. What coal did you use? How long did you keep the blade in the coals for?
jcehong7 1 year ago
WOW
gregorsuro 2 years ago
did you belt sand the edge on to your knife
THExDARKxREAPER 2 years ago
Nope, didn't have a belt-sander at the time!
NaturalBushcraft 2 years ago
did u use an old rasp to make the knife?
applepiano 2 years ago
Yes he did. He said so in the video, and the photos at the end show the same. If you're interested in trying, get GreenPete's free DVD on making a knife from an old file; it's excellent.
BernhardHofmann 2 years ago
wow that was really quite good.. thumbs up for both the forge and knife. something i wouldnt mind trying but i fear i never will. i will defo need too check out more of ur vids... keep them comin
skeentv 2 years ago
interesting design.
recurveninja 2 years ago
Thank you. Great information in the video, and excellent production. Curious as to which program you used to edit and add effects. I will share this with our instructors as we are just getting in to forges.
primitiveskills 2 years ago
@primitiveskills Thanks for your comment. I'll send you a private message with some details.
NaturalBushcraft 2 years ago
thank you for posting this, I am very interested in forging metal (particularly knives and swors) and i was somewhat sceptical of me acrually being able to pull it off. that is, until I saw this!!!
mbcNOOFS 2 years ago
Good to hear, I definitely recommend checking out the full article about my knife-making process on the NaturalBushcraft website. Also there's an article on there that helps you download GreenPete's Free knife making DVD. =)
NaturalBushcraft 2 years ago
thanks!
mbcNOOFS 2 years ago
hey Ashley, where do you go camping? if i ever take a tour of the uk i want to do some camping.
Dmajorproductions 2 years ago
Great idea on low budget forge, hope you don't mind if I use it!
bart10man 2 years ago
Not at all!.. Thats why I shared it :) There's a whole article on the entire process at the NaturalBushcraft website, check it out.
NaturalBushcraft 2 years ago
@NaturalBushcraft Very nice little forge....BTW, what type of material are you using in the forge? I've quite a bit of experience making knives but have always sent out my blades for heat treatment. Recently, I've been thinking of having a go at heat treating but am still trying to figure out the basics. If it's not too much trouble, would you mind sending me a list of all the materials you used to make the forge (exact size for pipes, type of wood/coal, etc)? I'd really appreciate it....
ritter89 2 years ago
no need for exact amounts, you just need a place for the coals and knife, and a air inle with a powerfull airsource
homerdrivesfast 2 years ago
i really like your forge, great improvisation!!
fireeye1973 2 years ago
Indeed you can use water instead of oil, but when you use water, you heva a bigger risk thats the steel cracks, because water cool down the steel faster then oil.
1234hijs 2 years ago
Great looking mini forge :) But on another youtube video, they said that water works just as well to quench but doesn't flame up at you like the oil. Just a thought :)
sassylindalou 2 years ago
The decision of what to quench with should be based on the type of steel being used. That's kind of an issue I have with using files. You don't always know what steel you are working with. Worn out files are free, but bar stock is super cheap and you know what you are dealing with. Not a big deal, just my opinion.
KickRocks5000 2 years ago
What is the matrial you use to melt the steel
SteelAngel11 2 years ago
very nice! :D
captaincoolness55 2 years ago
I think i have seen this video like year ago..
EnergyDog23 2 years ago
Thats a really nice job! great idea.Good craftsmanship.
zoolanderfred 2 years ago
Thanks :)
NaturalBushcraft 2 years ago
how did you get a uniform edge for the blade ?
cityboygonewild22 2 years ago
Amazing!!
5/5
BombMastre 2 years ago
Wow so you beat on it and shaped it the way you wanted? pretty cool
Jshelley89 2 years ago
No, I ground it using a hand angle grinder I picked up for free and a file. I made the forge to bring the steel up to temp for heat-treating etc.
NaturalBushcraft 2 years ago
Brilliant video, thanks for posting!
007vauxhall 2 years ago
Great how to video. 5Stars
USFREEDOMFIGHTER1 2 years ago
Great vid,I like the new title and pictures!
5/5
UnlimitedBushcraft 2 years ago
Thank you for sending me that super video. i have an old file at home so i will use it for try to make my own knive
Mofafreund 2 years ago
Nice i am going to make one thank you for the vid. have a good one mate. sean
boonedogger 2 years ago
Great job! Like seeing how to type vids showing people how to do things on the cheap. Anyone can do this without a lot of expense. 5/5
OKBushcraft 2 years ago