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still have my leather carving tool from 50 years past

i use diamond dust on my strop

Love your videos you do a good job.1 thing your makers mark.Now if someone seen one of your knifes and didn't know who that mark was from you lost a sale.A master Blade smith told me always put your name on your work.That way there is no questions and you won't lose a sale.

Travel safe! The Georgia Custom Knife Guild is letting me sell at their table this year- stop by and say hi! Table 8A

I like it shiny. But that's just me .

Be sure to say HI...I'm a Blade Show Virgin...and SO FREAKING EXCITED. I'm flying in Thursday. Perfect way to celebrate my 50th Birthday.

Right on dude! I hope to see you there! 🤙

Hope to see you at the show, I’ll be at table 3CC and doing a few demos at Brodbeck’s booth again this year.

Have a good time Erik.

See you there dude. Stop by and say hi. Table14v

Yeah I doubt I'll ever go to the US knife shows, but it is cool to see what people do on the other side of the world.

Amen!!! if I could go, I so would I’m glad you’re going and we can live the experience through you in your content!!!! Thx brother!!!

does any epoxy work?

Great advice to newcomers like me

Hey man, you're an influencer. You influence how I'm bladesmithing.

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Hi Eric just one question how do you keep the high carbon knives from rusting

Thanks for the video. Did you need to make any modifications for scotchbrite belts to fit without touching the frame?

Being a long time veiwer and fan of your channel I've noticed you use 5160 more than anything. You've made incredible knives with that Willy's jeep leaf spring stuff!

Wow! Amazing. I want to make it! 😲

Is this the copper Mai sir?

The question every knifemaker struggles with: which part of my arm do I shave next 🤣🤣

wow! This is awesome, I am currently getting up out of my chair to run to the hardware store. I love this shit man LOL

What is that machine called? The one for making the scale grooves…I’ve never seen one before.

Excellent

Hey Eric! Forget about heat treat ovens. Get yourself a thermal coupler thermometer. I’m heat treating out of a devil forge with that thermometer to gauge temperature and I’m at +- 2-3 degrees. That’s more accurate than a professionally heat treat oven. And I’d like to add they’re those who don’t use ovens because they’re actually unreliable and prone to error. I’m turning the regulator on and off and playing with the air intakes on my burners to get it at +- 2-3 degrees and soak times would not be an issue for those weird steels. Although I’m strictly high carbon myself. My choice. So something to think about Eric. A thermal coupler will be a game changer for you.

Great advice. I have been using 1084 for the last several months. Just started smithing a year ago. I have been tempted to switch but going to keep hammering on what I have with the occasional piece of random scrap. Appreciate your videos. Cheers

Great video! I'm still trying to find that steel that just speaks to me, but I've gotten good results out of 80crv2, 26c3, cruforge v and w2. Cruforge v is probably my favorite but its limited supply, once Alpha runs out of it IDK where to get anymore. I grabbed 2 big bars of 8670 and 80crv2 to play with because those seen to crowd favorites.

I haven't had the opportunity to use 5160 yet, but I'll be on the lookout for it. Whenever I try to buy it, it's sold out. But Maritime has it in stock now! I also have a lead on leaf springs for a 50's era Chevy so fingers crossed.

What about 1083? Have you tried that one

I like use c70,k720 bohler but in america have another name,15n20 and i never try 5160 greetings from italy,i follow 🎉

Great video Eric. I like to use 80CrV2.

If you're quenching 50 knives, Parks 50 isn't that much more cost per knife, and I was advised to help produce noticeable improvements .From a very experienced Blacksmith/Blacksmith . I'm testing his coaching ŕeheattreating process. I built a couple 1095 one boneing knife skin 3 deer and process all without resharpen. My friend did the process, and I offered to resharpen before his coming hunting day. Beg me not to touch 6 looked amazed. He seemed so delighted I gifted it to him. Certainly, I did not take them 20 minutes soaking as you suggested and quenching in olive oil because lower flare-up temperature was desired . I'm gaining a few improvements ( are improving). Did repourpous bands saw blades and seemed disappointed as some were not equal to others but all better than the $30.00 knives in our kitchen. It's really nice to have great knives and tools Thanks, like the old Shop Talk Tuesday program. I've forged enough believe stock removal best for new steel of same thickness just profile and heat treatment gets it done. Forging, don't improve steel, and can release carbon emissions is my understanding. Control heat seems important Thanks for helping out

Beautiful. Love our son.

Steel types. Great advise. Keep up the great work and vids.

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95% of knife makers aren’t knife makers, they’re BLACKSMITHS!!! Haha 😂 we just make knives too 🤷‍♂️👍

dude spike knives and cast daggers are fast and cheap to make.

I respect that you forged to 85-90% finished. I would have loved to see you go a little farther primitive and use files and hand stones to finish it, but hey can't all do things how I do. I keep it all by hand only using a grinder if I absolutely have to (like material can't handle or is to hard for hand methods). I don't use power hammers or presses. yes I do mosaics, pattern welded, and canister using a hammer and anvil. yes it is way more difficult, but our ancestors did it that way and I do this in there honor. I wish someone would honor them on youtube, I don't have the equipment to video and edit to be able to put it on youtube or I would. again I respect you did forge 85-90%, and thank you for showing proper method for doing so. wonderful blade.

I think the hammer is great ...... the design seems to be similar to a beefed up sheet metal forming style hammer. However IMHO I feel it has a few inherent design limitations which could be overcome if one took design inspiration from an ABNO Power hammer.......like..... * fixed terminal spring bushes at ends of the pivoting leaf springs tend to limit the potential of the leaf spring whip inertia and also by fixing the ends to the the reciprocating masses it will be fighting it self transferring vibration and harmonics through both the drive and the hammer.....it is better to let them slide, this is akin to sliding your hand down the axe handle when chopping and will release a lot of harmonics and binding generated by the mechanism. * the hammer would benefit from a more substantial centrifugal flywheel counter weight ..... this will help smooth out the drive crank (make it less pumpy/jerky), I would also reduce the crank throw and adopt the ABNO Power hammer adjustable spring drive system * the throat (the horizontal distance between the hammer/anvil to the main vertical frame) is quite excessive, this space is unnecessary and increases loads on the hammer and may eventually cause weld fatigue, hammer/anvil miss alignment and excessive vibration. Just some constructive reflection on a great hammer build, please don’t take this as negative criticism, appreciate the channel and your work, cheers

Lovely knife mate. I learnt a lot. I particularly like the start showing how to get the texturing. It turned out great. I will be trying to make something similar as I have some 1084 at home.

So beautiful

I think a lot of people glamorize full time knife making too much. Slogging out $300 knives for a living is HARD work. I respect the production guys who have optimized it and can do the batch work. I'm not cut out for that and its a really tough gig. I agree with everything you said.. you need to have alternate streams beyond knives or have your custom knife commissions be the real driver. I'm lucky to have "retired" so my bills are low. This is still a "hobby" of sorts for me. See you at Blade and we'll talk more!

What are you going to be doing for Pepsi ?

You are close to your 600th video, congratulations! Maybe do a then and now video to celebrate your growth and accomplishments?

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Good stuff Erick! Hope to see you at Blade again.

Man, I wish you well in whatever you do. Owe what little I know about this stuff all to you. LOL Just please don't ever stop making videos!