Forge welding a knife from a timing chain - Part Two

Part Two shows the completion of the knife. Based on a car timing chain that I cut it into pieces, tack welded into a billet, then heated and pressed with my home built 24 ton hydraulic press.

Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" covered by the late great Johnny Cash.

deepknives.com coming soon.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• forge
• welding
• knife
• blade
• hydraulic
• press
• damascus

[wolfcookieo9]

wow amazing looking knife where did you get the handle material? im new to forging looking for some tips

[omalleynz]

@wolfcookieo9 A hunter friend gave me this, so I was lucky in that regard. Have a look around your local area - someone may be selling the small piece of antler...you only need a length of around 110mm. Great to see your into forging...it's a very satisfying game!

[robakyo2]

Beautiful looking knife. Unfortunately, I see two obvious flaws with the construction of the tang. He notched it square when it should have remained curved, like it was when he initially forged it. Also, he would have been better off Silver Brazing the bolt to the tang instead of arc welding it. Not to be confused with Silver Soldering. Great to look at but structurally weak. It would probably hold up to mild use.

[omalleynz]

@robakyo2 Thanks for your comments. Silver brazing could have worked but I wasn't convinced I had enough of a face to join the bolt and tang...in the end I mig welded them. The square tang you noted could introduce a stress riser...my next hidden tang knive will have a curve. Nevertheless, the entire handle has been epoxyed and tightened, so will be strong enough for most uses. Thanks for looking.

[vincentorio]

Really nice mate! i'm planning to use some wrought iron for layering the outside of an axe-head, try to etch it and see if there's any pattern coming out? well video's coming up.. Do you use any mix of Ferric Chloride to etch your blades with?

Thanks for the upload!

[omalleynz]

@vincentorio Brilliant, I'd love to see the results...the wrought could look great. Yes, ferric chloride is what I etch with. I bought the etch in solid form from Dick Smith electronics store. Thanks for your comment.

[froyus81]

Excellent job on the blade. I admit I was a bit skeptical when I saw your blanks at the beginning of this video. I am now suitably impressed. Keep up the beautiful work.

[ANCESTERSMEMORIES]

absolutely awesome craftsman ship

5 stars

[squat224]

@robakyo2 knives can generally get away with a square tang, because there isnt as much stress on the blade. unless he plans on using it for a crobar he should be fine.

[theecocraftsman]

Neat-but you know we don't need distracting music-rather have you wear a mic. and male some comments. col though. neat press-cost much to build?

[dbenny1000]

Very cool!!..

[oooMTBMTBooo]

@ANCESTERSMEMORIES i remember when you rated videos with stars... now we have this like/dislike shit

[RancidSka1]

@wolfcookieo9 Depending on where you live ask local farmers (fine out land owners) with large forest or zoo's that keep deer. i got some from a local Games keeper about £10 for a pair.

[GotScout]

Fair dinkum cutter mate!!! Good on ya!!

[juanalias]

Beautiful knife. And a wildly impressive homemade hydraulic press. Forge welding in your own garage - fantastic. Get that website going and show me what I'll have to compete with when I get back to NZ and set up shop. Great work.

[Lvduggo69]

Sweet Work !

From America !

[MikeyMikeM21]

Very nice work.