Making a Handforged 5160 Stag Handled Knife

Buckskin John shows heat treating and clean up of a handforged 5160 stag handled knife. Walk through of my basic forging area and forging tools. Talk about my hand forged knives and RR spike knives. Tempering.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• heat
• treating
• handforged
• 5160
• knife
• stag
• handled
• forging
• area
• tools
• hand
• froged
• forged
• tempering
• rr
• spike

[ritter89]

I don't understand why anyone would leave negative comments or reviews for a video like this. It's basically free information and instruction. And for a new forger like myself, it's very helpful. If he's a bit off on a few details, who cares? I've watched supposedly professionally made DVDs that are not as informative as this one. The makers assume that you own the same expensive and hard-to- find equipment as they own which makes the vids pretty much useless for beginners on a budget.

[popsicklestick1]

you can use a magnet to see when it is the right temp. when the magnet will not stick to the metal it is ready to qeunch

[stridstrom]

Nice effort and a thumb up for the work done - thumb down because the whole video is bad performed and is of such (pretty usual on youtube) quality that regularely pisses med off. Nice knife tough...!

[Lutherblue2004]

Thx buckskin...=). I appreciate the info and like to watch your vids.Hopefully you do more.

[Conan568]

You see, you don't need a bunch of expensive tools to do this

[csgtfaught]

how did you fit the stag on to the handle?

[DrThunder88]

Nice looking knife, but it would have been nice to see some of the actual work being done.

[SMbladesmith]

south shall rise again!

[perunatic]

I love the blade. I think it deserves a better handle. The front end of the handle looks like it's been pared away and filled with grey cement. Lovely forged blade though!

[cockedlocked]

I love that knife, it reminds me of the old hudson bay trade knife my great granddad used to carry in the mountains of pennsylvania, he has been dead for 45 years, but i can still see the smile that knife used to bring to his face.