Forging A Knife With Drill Shaving Spirals
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2017
- Two different techniques are attempted using spiral drill shavings combined with 1084 powdered steel to forge knives. The guard seen is nickel silver, the pin is copper, handle material is Bois d'Arc (Osage Orange) and the spacers end up being mild steel. I may revisit this project in the future because it was, well, just super.
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- It's supposed to look like a drill chuck. I think.
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I know knives are your thing, but a hammer made of nails seems right up your alley.
"...a hammer made of nails" wins today's prize for irony
@@raymondo162 literal IRONy, because they are both iron
@@fakerfake1 you just nailed it 😁
What about an anvil...made of hammers?!
But then we'd need nails made of pine, lumber that's just compressed dirt...
This was one of the best looking knives you've made. Pattern is ornate without being obnoxious. The handle is simply yet flashy.
definitely worth a round 2 with 15n20 shavings
I love the pattern. It's subtle and encourages you to really look and "see" the blade. Definitely worth a round 2
The camera that didn't like yellow etc actually made it easier to see the steelstructure and what was happening
true :) for some reason i love watching that glow shift around
sirspikey
Love this pattern it's subtle but pretty intricate when you look closely. Another amazing job. I'm really enjoying these videos where you just test things out and see if they work.
Sharp Works ee
Ry
As always, great video my friend! Thanks👍
I've always preferred a tight grained Damascus to the large swirly patterns. I find it both impressive and refreshing to see forge welding and blade shaping done by hand hammering instead of a large machine hammer. You've made a beautiful and practical work of functional art that any blade lover such as myself would be glad and proud to own. You've earned yourself a new subscriber sir!
I wanted so hard that someone who often drills the same kind of steel tried this, and you did!
Came out great, even if the guard doesnt match with the blade- without it it would look better. My opinion.
I would love to see a second try!
Yeah I've been wanting to see someone do this as well, glad to see it done
Did you consider flattening the shavings before laying them out in the container? It might help with getting a good density and still retain some of the spiral shapes of the shavings. Awesome knife though!
Seems like that could work. I wonder how it would look... It seems the best way to do these projects always reveals itself after they're done!
Green Beetle Using a press to solid the mass might work better. Removes a lot of air pockets and creates a more uniform billet. Most likely would still show the spiral pattern if done right. Whats the right way? Beats me but might be a nice test project at some point.
As long as you flatten the spirals with time and care, I think this will definitely let you fit more shavings in. I don't think it will look like a perfect spiral though. At best, it will look like a flattened zig-zag, which would probably look just as good.
Alternatively, what if you used shavings of both metal types? Would it forge weld as well?
I think a part 2 on this idea is not totally out of order :)
Henri Helle that is actually a decent idea, except the chips can be very fragile as they are in the untreated state, as such under the press may crush them a little to much.....not 100% on that, just going on my experience with metal chips from my drill press and milling machine. I suppose it's just trial and error.
Not sure how it would need to be done but how about heating them in the pre-sealed canister? Would need flux in the canister etc. but could work.. Maybe. A total disaster dilemma xD Maybe trial and error shows best way to go with it..
I love the steel on black spacers and the wood handle shape. I think the filing on the guard makes it look like a bottle cap though.
The idea to make a knife with drill shavings is fantastic. Very imaginative.
Sir, I don't comment on many videos, but your metalworking skills are excellent and your cinematography skills are superb! Well done on both educational end entertainment approaches. Very much enjoyed watching your video.
so cool! I've always wanted to see this and/or grinder shavings forged into a billet.
i like the file work on the gaurd. something simple makes it look awesome. the pattern is cool. nice tight grain pattern. love it. love the videos. keep them coming when you can brother.
I found it to be a nice, subtle pattern. The fact that your whole project came together VERY nicely adds to it.
It looks - cosy, kind of. Like wool. Gives it a very ancient look. I like it!
Beautiful knife. I think round 2 would be great. I don't understand why you don't have a ton more subscribers, I love this channel.
Kameron Stahl probably because he has good content but it's not terribly exciting
use a hydraulic press to force the metal shavings into the casing by compressing it and use the metal powder very sparingly as to have almost a solid squished metal spirals with just enough powder to fill the remaining minute gaps but not in excess! Fill casing and compress vertically from the open end of the casing not lengthwise horizontally with big side opening (difficult to compress this way)
FINALLY a youtube "how to" video where the maker actually talks......You just earned yourself a sub and a thumbs up sir.
I love the look of the crack running along the edge. It makes it almost look like an obsidian arrowhead. I think that's worth doing more of.
That first piece would have been perfect for an axe head. A thin leaf of a doubled edged axe flattened out then folded back on itself onto a carbon steel bit would make a flawless medieval axe head.
The really thin pattern looks great, I almost prefer it to more traditionnal damas steel!
Azureus Rising damascus*
*traditional
English*
Damas -- I'll have to remember this short version. 👍
Johnny Crochet it’s something you see when you hang around bladesmiths and blacksmiths a lot. Mainly on paper notes
It has a fine pattern to the blade with what looks like a well balanced shape and certainly pleasing to the eye. Well done !
Great looking handle, guard and spacers, etc. Thanks for showing us your creativity.
I like the concept and think your success with this method probably lies in taking more time and care with the stock preparation, maybe by cutting the spirals into shorter lengths and laying them across the box. As said by others, flattening the spirals may help too. The blade is quite attractive, the nickel silver guard looks a little clumsy, only my opinion though. Liked and subbed
i wohld certainly like to see more experiments with the drill shavings.
Muin Downie wouhld or would
i wouhld too
Skyrim shout lol
Well I think this experiment was a rousing success! Definitely worth doing again.
Love the finish. It gives the blade a very rustic look. The guard and handle are also very nice.
I personally love that pattern, even if it isn't distinct what it is.
The sped up sounds of tools on metal sound weirdly pleasant!
Greippi10 yeah lol
This is worth some more exploration. The surface texture has a very sophisticated look, more understated than most box Damascus. The thing about drill shavings is that in your case they are largely from more respectable steels in other knives and I think that quality shows.
I love this knife!
Your creativity and willingness to try new things is the reason why I own three beautiful works of art from you!
Beautiful knife, always thought that steel shavings were useful.
I definitely think another go would be beneficial. This knife already looks pretty good. I don't know about the guard, it looks a little too much like a beer bottle cap.
I think the problem with the beer bottle cap is that he didn't intend it, and so it looks like a cap but not quite. A knife with a beer bottle cap themed guard would be pretty nice looking in theory.
Yes Bois d'Arc! Aka Bodark is a super strong and dense wood. The trees are downright evil, glad to see some good come from one.
That is a really amazing knife, thank you for the time and sweat you've put into it.
Very great video! It's cool, but i'm not sure if it's worth another go since it looks like you tried it both ways and still didn't get a cool spiral design, But you did still get something interesting! I wonder thought if it's possible to try it with Staples, Steel Wool, or maybe even Wire mesh? Just some ideas for you to try out. Cheers!
i like when you use crazy/weird shit to make billets .. pretty cool build too. Thumbs up for me.
CaptainTruth it depends on the edge. Looks like he did put a sharp edge on it.
You can put an insane edge on a butter knife if you wanted to.
I really like the understated look of the knife and especially the handle with the one pin. Like!
This all looks like so much fun to do. I've been addicted to watching forging techniques for the past month now and I've learned quite a bit. I think I'm about ready to give it a go here soon. I just need to build a simple forge first, I already have most of what I need to do it.
beautiful, wish i could buy one of your knives
What about filling a canister with steel powder and a few gold shavings?
If you can keep the gold away from where the edge of the knife needs to be, it might make for an interesting knife?
My guess there would be that you would run into issues with the much much much lower melting temperature of steel. It would be tough to get a weld with them.
*of gold, not steel
Tim Roberts the gold would melt
Nathaniel Heidemann Plus, if you had enough gold, of pieces that were large enough to actually notice them, it would be super expensive.
Gold and iron properly alloyed make blue gold, it's very pretty, done properly.
Good Job! I like the fact that you experiment with different types of steel and layering patterns! In real time! Also, the fact that you do your forging manually shows your viewer you don't need a ton of fancy equipment to get satisfying results!
I'm not usually a fan of pattern welded steel but the very subtle design turned out quite nice. I would definitely carry one of these. Also thank you for specifying that the blade was in fact no cracked because that was the first thing I noticed in your beauty shots.
Great work and great video! Tank you !
I like it but does it even cut? 🤔
That knife looks like historical Damascus steel. Congratulations!
Great looking knife, and I would definitely love to see a round 2 with this technique!
Make a kukuri/machete out of assorted nails and screws?
Nafel Khan nice idea
Nafel Khan nails aren't high carbon
But he can make them high carbon!
most nails are iron although green beetle has made iron into steel before
To bad you cant get some shavings from a lathe or something like that! Either way looks awesome!
You don't tend to get shavings when turning steel in a lathe. You aim for small chips. If you do get swarf, it tends to be thin and stringy like coarse wire wool.
Really impressed by your use of backgrounds on your display shots. I like the distressed not new look to the blade.
Knocking it out of the park again! You're like the crazy scientist of knife making
I bet you could make an amazing Tyler the creator impression
MetikMan i bet u could too
I was wondering who/ when anyone would do something like this! Awesome work, thanks, you answered the question that yes, it **IS** possible to make a forgeable blade out of scrap. Definitely on board for you to do a Round 2, maybe even a canister of all your grinder dust. **THAT** is something I'd love to see!
Great work and I really like the pattern. It's a very usable style and the aesthetics are spot-on.
Beautiful knife. You did a great job. Thanks for sharing
i really liked the handle and blade shape. Definitely worth another look at.
I might try 'pre-flattening' the drill shavings before they go in the box.
Terrific video!
The handle came out gorgeous. Love the filing on the guard.
I actually really like the pattern you've managed here. It's a lot closer to the appearance of genuine wootz than most pattern welded billets.
Often awesome job on Fortune and I I made a few and it's okay they may not be as pretty as yours but they work and they served their purpose good job thank you very much
More vidz please! This 9 to 5 isn't getting any less boring. Thanks in advance!
That handle with the two spacers came out beautifully. Keep experimenting, it's a blast to watch!
Love the knife! Love the fact that you use a hammer and anvil and no power hammer or hydraulic press to make your works of art.
this video is incredibly satisfying and i know exactly nothing about this stuff! Frankly i don't know why YT suggested it to me.... but here i am... incredibly satisfied!
Fantastic video, great to see your thinking and working out. Brill techniques and a beautiful result. thanks P
Excellent work 👍
That pattern turned out very nice
Love it mr Green Beetle! Design and pattern are very subtle and stylish. Like how you can make a knife out of almost anything!
Simple yet elegant, the knife is a true beauty
Very cool, the handle complements the blade, and I actually like the subtle patter.
I do the canister from the end i weld an end on then liquid paper the inside then i use scraps and powder steel that i pack using my hydraulic arbor press i pack the canister solid then weld on my end cap and a rebar length and get busy .Works like a charm every time .Your blade looks great .
Really nice little knife. Blade pattern looks great. Thanks for sharing
Nice work, that extra hand-filed detail really sets it off. As always, keep experimenting!
Such a beautiful knife. The handguard and spacer looks so well together.
I like the pattern. I do like bold Damascus patterns, but this is understated and very cool. It gives the blade a great hand- forged look. Really nice!
GB,
Definitely worth a round 2. I think it looks very close to the iconic Wootz water pattern... I say go again and go bigger!
BTW: I appreciate you taking the time to edit in the commentary. It makes for a much clearer explanation of your processes and explanations.
Love the pattern, and nice work on the Osage handle as well beetle.
a thing of beauty thank you for showing your work
A nice knife. A subtle but intriguing pattern on the blade.
NICE JOB, I LIKE THE OSAGE ORANGE, GUARD, HANDLE AND THE SUBTLE DAMASCUS PATTERN!
Beautiful and unique, while still being a fully functional knife design. Love the hearty spine and full solid tang.....The Osage Orange handle really sets it off with the subtle water of the steel. If it ever gets dull, between the Osage handle,and the heft of the blade? You could pound nails with it.
Osage is my personal favorite hardwood, it's challenging to work with, but is but is able to take almost mirror polish with no finishes...you can dig old fence post of it out of the ground after eighty years buried and it shows no rot...I've made several pipes and spoons with it...scales for penknives...a ring for a lady out of a nicely ringed branch that I offset to show the ring profile...I love the stuff. Love to try a bow one day with it...as the name you use for the wood is an old french reference to it's great value to native Americans for making bows. Bois d'arc. Strangely, the tree is a close relative to the mulberry...which has similar rot resistance, bur little of the hardness or density.
Ramble ramble...loved the knife man. Great work.
First of all, it's gorgeous. All that fiddly work with the filing on the guard was worth it. The pattern on the blade looks really good. If I were inclined to purchase a knife and saw this one is store I would definitely be tempted to pick it up.
Love watching your videos you give a beginner knife smith many great ideas
I enjoyed the patterning on this. I'd definitely take another try.
Very genius idea to try. I might do length wise shavings, weld-sealed under compression as your initial billet. Then force the metal powder on one end and weld shut!
Love the guard some people saying they don't like it interesting idea well done and videos always promising!
that part of the handle that meets the guard is beautiful!
The craziest material i have ever seen
Such an incredible thing
Just started the video, I already know this is going to be a beautiful knife.
This is a great idea Steve, another idea of yours I will "borrow" in the future.
that's a perfect Christmas gift for me. The pattern is so beautiful I can pull my sight away.
Such a beautiful knife so simple and elegant this is probably the nicest knife I’ve ever seen
First one of your videos I've seen and it was really, really decent. I love the idea of forging swarf and it looks gorgeous.
Awesome video and knife. The area that I live in, here in Central Texas has a lot of horse apple trees, the were a favorite material for the native Americans for bows. Beautiful, strong wood.
I suppose if you want a very fine pattern instead a bold loud one that jumps out at you it's great. I love your choice of handle material, tough as nails and always looks great.
Love this pattern and this style of knife!
Looks good, nice job man. Been wanting to see a drill spiral Damascus for quite awhile now.
Hope you do a round two
Glad to see your videos again, I don't have any more to say than that really. Keep up the quality videos.
I think it's fuggin' beautiful mate. I think it's a gorgeous knife.
Cool pattern, very subtle. I think that it is worth a round 2 with the 15n20 shavings. Btw, the file work on the guard is pretty cool as well.
Not that I know a great deal about the process (but I'm learning thanks to videos like this one) What I can state is that is a very unique and attractive knife of which you should be proud. Good skills, a pleasure to watch you work.