Thank you so much for watching. Please subscribe to my channel‼︎ Answers to questions ★What is the name of the tool you are Checkering with? →I used DEM-BART checkering tool 18LPI. Made in USA. ★What are you doing in the first half? →OPINEL has to be fixed for checkering. Checkering is difficult if it is not fixed. jig for that. It is made with things that are easily available at Japanese DIY stores.
@BØRGE ODK For example, the tool is very expensive if you only checkering it once. But if you check it repeatedly, it's like buying a frying pan to fry eggs every morning. That being said, it's still expensive.😫
@@nmtdiy I'm an artist/inventor/designer aso, and a tool freak, and love to try to do "anything once". But I'm pretty sure, that I'll never find any of these tools used, so I'll let this one go. That said, it wouldn't be that difficult to make one, if needed.
@BØRGE ODK You have a lot of skills and that's great! I also like tools that I don't know what I'm going to use them for. There was also a person making a checkering tool on CZcams.
My father used to be an old world gunsmith. One day he sent me a full set of these type tools he got from Brownells. He said that he bought them thinking how much fun it would be to checker a rifle stock.......... Until he tried it! He sent them to me because he didn't have the patience to this type work. I worked with them a bit and finally finished my first rifle. I custom build a national match M-14 and wrap-around checkered the grip and fore-grip. It was a beautiful rifle. I sold the rifle a few years later and have regretted it ever since. Seeing this video, I tracked down those files and a small Opinel knife and I believe I see a checkered knife in my future.
The story of you and your father is very nice. As a Japanese person, I can't shop at Brownells, nor can I finish an M14 rifle with my son. I'm a little envious because it's something I can't experience in Japan. I'm sad that you sold your M14 rifle, but I hope the OPINEL knife you find became great.
As long as you have your tools you can always do it again! :) And i'm faily sure it would be more beautiful than the first one because now you have more experience! :)
@@nmtdiy As a danish guy, I can't even own an Opinel without a license - bcz the blade can be locked, and it can be opened with one hand. Not even if it was with a 3 cm blade. "We" are beond crazy, when it comes to "safety" in Denmark...
@BØRGE ODK In Japan, we are arrested for possessing Opinel without good reason. I didn't know much about Danish law, but the law is as strict as in Japan. Thank you for sharing your valuable story with us.
@@nmtdiy The "funny" thing is, that I can fx carry a few glass bottles anywhere, and if in danger - or if I all of a suddon got an urge to be mean - I could smash them against each other, and have two very dangerous tools to use.. Or just watch "Pen scene" from Casino - safety is an illusion..
Classic youtube right here. Small channel smashing the algorithm with pure skill. Really clever jig you made. That's really where the skill of a craftsman is shown, the complex jigs that make the job easier. You've got skills! Just subbed to your channel. Gonna go through your page now to see what else you've got. Thanks for filming this and sharing.
Thank you for your comments and subscribing. You are really good at making me happy. My channel is still small, but I will continue to make videos. I hope you enjoy the next video as well !
I thought that the checkering would be done on some kind of machine. The fact that it was all done free hand is incredible and shows a steady hand and great skill.
It's doable, but you are making a mockery out of the word "simple". Making that jig alone is quite the effort when we are talking about just putting a textured grip on one of the worlds most simple knife designs. I appreciate the can do attitude, but that is quite a process for folks at home.
nicely done. 👍 Do you do other knives or patterns, such as the canoe, sunfish, stockman/cattle knife, or one and two blade folding hunters/clasp knives with flat(tish) handle slabs/covers?
Thank you! I'm not familiar with knives. I didn't know those knife makers, but they look cool. Right now I'm doing checkering on the axe handle. I will publish the video soon.
There is always something to bring you down but if you take pride in what you do, focus on what matters the most, and never let anyone’s negativity get to you then you will always rise above it all. You are awesome.
@@Toadonthehill. I clicked on this video thinking there's some clever trick that makes it easy and maybe I can do it, only to see that it's actually pure skill.
Wow your gouge registers in the previous groove to keep the same distance at all times ? How must time did it take to checker the two sides ? The end result is gorgeous !
@@nmtdiy Is that a being japanese, being high IQ, or some childhood thing, do you think? I bet that you've been pretty good at anything, you've ever wanted to become good at.
You are doing EXCELLENT work. And in case you’re wondering, you’re using music that was also played in Interview with a Vampire. The original movie. Hence the quote. ❤❤❤
@@cuchulain1647 Thank you. I'm glad ! I like movies, but Interview with the Vampire is the first I've heard of. A movie when I was in elementary school. The cast is gorgeous and I want to see it. thank you for teaching me!
Not sure but I think maybe there's a couple of reasons. I think the blade clamps act like a depth stop so the depth of cut is consistent. The other thing I thought is that sometimes if you cut with the grain using a chisel, the wood can tear out along the grain. Not certain about any of that but I have seen other people do this kind of thing with a toothed blade instead of a chisel. Especially on gun stocks.
I think that's probably right. There are several types of tips. Tip angles of 60°, 75°, and 90° are available. Process as in steps 1-3. It is difficult to buy in Japan, so it is processed with a 90° tip, but step1-3 is actually desirable. There is also a tool that allows you to engrave two lines at once. This tool has a constant depth and allows you to carefully carve straight lines.
Everything up to that point demonstrates that to make the holder and acquire the esoteric tool needed to do the checkering, you might as well spend the money on a first class, return ticket to send the handle away to be checkered by someone -- experienced in the obvious art -- elsewhere. ;)
@@michaelthibault7930 Yes, but on the other hand, how much would you charge if you were the experienced guy who does it for others? A lot. Whichever way you get it done, it’s a lot of drama for just one knife. You’d want to use the tools for a bunch of things.
@@user-vk8uf2vb2u You can purchase it at shops like this URL. However, the shop I know is an American shop, so they need have to import it. URL ramelson.com/product-category/checkering-gunsmith-tools/page/2/
Very nice work but personally as a Frenchman of Savoyard origin, I don't find it necessarily useful but more restrictive for cleaning, this knife already having a good grip. This knife is a classic model (all-purpose), without being the "adventurer" model (for outdoors) or another model for mushrooms, ... I have always used this knife for picnics, walks, meals du midi on site,... It is a fairly good quality knife for a low price. I greatly appreciate the quality of work of the Japanese concerning the various crafts, but for this type of knife and given my use, I prefer marquetry type modifications.
It's an honor to be seen by a French person. thank you. I also think this knife is good quality for a low price. There's a reason this knife hasn't changed over the years. Because it is completed with this shape. Checkering is costly and expensive. This process is unnecessary depending on how you use it. But I wanted to do checkering. sorry. Someday I'll try the marquetry as well. Thank you for your good idea.
Checkering is useful for improved grip for wet/greasy hands, as well as those of us with beat up hands from calluses/cuts and cannot hold properly due to smoothed out scarred skin, and adding more tactile feel helps with areas of fingers with uneven nerve damage. Marquetry is just for looks.
Thank you for writing the usefulness of checkering that I couldn't express. That's right. Checkering has a non-slip effect. I expected it and checkering it. However, I learned that there are people in the world who do not need non-slip on OPINEL knives. It seems to be over-spec for its intended use. It is also interesting to checkering the marquetry. There are only good things.
Small patches of anti-slip tape, punched out of a role using a hole punch, and placed judiciously on the handle? Such tape is typically used on stair steps, near the edge, to minimize bum-bounces. Seems to be a thin, double-sided tape onto one side of which has been placed a layer of carborundum (or a near equivalent). Removable and re-configurable. _Much_ less expensive than checkering.
Thank you so much for watching.
Please subscribe to my channel‼︎
Answers to questions
★What is the name of the tool you are Checkering with?
→I used DEM-BART checkering tool 18LPI. Made in USA.
★What are you doing in the first half?
→OPINEL has to be fixed for checkering. Checkering is difficult if it is not fixed. jig for that.
It is made with things that are easily available at Japanese DIY stores.
I'm pretty shocked by the prices of these things. But men do have a tendency to use absurd amounts of money on their hobbies..
@BØRGE ODK For example, the tool is very expensive if you only checkering it once. But if you check it repeatedly, it's like buying a frying pan to fry eggs every morning.
That being said, it's still expensive.😫
@@nmtdiy I'm an artist/inventor/designer aso, and a tool freak, and love to try to do "anything once". But I'm pretty sure, that I'll never find any of these tools used, so I'll let this one go. That said, it wouldn't be that difficult to make one, if needed.
@BØRGE ODK You have a lot of skills and that's great! I also like tools that I don't know what I'm going to use them for. There was also a person making a checkering tool on CZcams.
@@nmtdiy Men and tools - women and shoes.. ;)
My father used to be an old world gunsmith. One day he sent me a full set of these type tools he got from Brownells. He said that he bought them thinking how much fun it would be to checker a rifle stock.......... Until he tried it! He sent them to me because he didn't have the patience to this type work. I worked with them a bit and finally finished my first rifle. I custom build a national match M-14 and wrap-around checkered the grip and fore-grip. It was a beautiful rifle. I sold the rifle a few years later and have regretted it ever since.
Seeing this video, I tracked down those files and a small Opinel knife and I believe I see a checkered knife in my future.
The story of you and your father is very nice.
As a Japanese person, I can't shop at Brownells, nor can I finish an M14 rifle with my son. I'm a little envious because it's something I can't experience in Japan.
I'm sad that you sold your M14 rifle, but I hope the OPINEL knife you find became great.
As long as you have your tools you can always do it again! :) And i'm faily sure it would be more beautiful than the first one because now you have more experience! :)
@@nmtdiy As a danish guy, I can't even own an Opinel without a license - bcz the blade can be locked, and it can be opened with one hand. Not even if it was with a 3 cm blade. "We" are beond crazy, when it comes to "safety" in Denmark...
@BØRGE ODK In Japan, we are arrested for possessing Opinel without good reason.
I didn't know much about Danish law, but the law is as strict as in Japan. Thank you for sharing your valuable story with us.
@@nmtdiy The "funny" thing is, that I can fx carry a few glass bottles anywhere, and if in danger - or if I all of a suddon got an urge to be mean - I could smash them against each other, and have two very dangerous tools to use.. Or just watch "Pen scene" from Casino - safety is an illusion..
Classic youtube right here. Small channel smashing the algorithm with pure skill. Really clever jig you made. That's really where the skill of a craftsman is shown, the complex jigs that make the job easier. You've got skills! Just subbed to your channel. Gonna go through your page now to see what else you've got. Thanks for filming this and sharing.
Thank you for your comments and subscribing.
You are really good at making me happy.
My channel is still small, but I will continue to make videos.
I hope you enjoy the next video as well !
I thought that the checkering would be done on some kind of machine. The fact that it was all done free hand is incredible and shows a steady hand and great skill.
Most mass-produced products are processed by machines. But I've seen handmade revolver grips and gun stocks.
I practiced many times. thank you!
Part skill, part artist. Very nice work! Well done.
Thank you for watching the video! I am very happy!
That's really nice, thanks!
I've been using Opinels for decades, I'm sure going to make a checkered one!
thank you! Please, try it!
Wow, did not think that it would be such a simple process, thanks for showing !
Thanks for watching!
It's easy when you're ready.
It's doable, but you are making a mockery out of the word "simple". Making that jig alone is quite the effort when we are talking about just putting a textured grip on one of the worlds most simple knife designs. I appreciate the can do attitude, but that is quite a process for folks at home.
nicely done. 👍
Do you do other knives or patterns, such as the canoe, sunfish, stockman/cattle knife, or one and two blade folding hunters/clasp knives with flat(tish) handle slabs/covers?
Thank you!
I'm not familiar with knives. I didn't know those knife makers, but they look cool. Right now I'm doing checkering on the axe handle. I will publish the video soon.
Excellent work nicely done
You have done a fabulous job of the handle. It must take a lot of skill to do that I am impressed.
Thank you for watching the video!
Your skills come with practice. I practiced a lot too.
Yeah this is true. And it does make a big difference in what you do. I liked the way you freehand drew the pen lines. Nice
@@dougidoug Thank you for your compliment.
I have low self-esteem, so I'm not used to being praised, and I'm a little embarrassed.☺
There is always something to bring you down but if you take pride in what you do, focus on what matters the most, and never let anyone’s negativity get to you then you will always rise above it all. You are awesome.
@@dougidoug Thank you. I am in tears at your words.
I will keep your words in my heart and continue posting videos.
I will keep trying.
Fabulous job, shows your attention to detail and craftsmanship. Well done!
thank you.
I'm glad I made the effort.🥹🤝
It’s satisfying how parallel the lines are.
me too🥹🤝
You make it look easy but I am sure it is not. You have great skill my friend 👍.
Thank you friend! I practiced a few times on a scrapboard. It was difficult.
lol it doesn't look easy at all 😂
@@mrkiky I think it’s a cross between video editing and Great Skill.
@@Toadonthehill. I clicked on this video thinking there's some clever trick that makes it easy and maybe I can do it, only to see that it's actually pure skill.
@@mrkiky haha, yep! me too 😅
Tout simplement magnifique vous l’avez transformé en Opinel d’exception, merci pour le partage 👏👍🇫🇷👏👍🇫🇷
I am very honored to have French person think that the processing is beautiful.
Thank you for watching the video.🥹🤝
Expertly done ! Very professional.
Wow your gouge registers in the previous groove to keep the same distance at all times ? How must time did it take to checker the two sides ?
The end result is gorgeous !
The tip of this tool is a file. There are tools for carving single grooves and tools with guides.
It took 4-5 hours to do two side checkers.
I’m going to give you, the choice, … that I never had!!
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Excellent job.
Thank you.
❤
thank you! I have low self-esteem. Hearing you say that gives me confidence.
@@nmtdiy Is that a being japanese, being high IQ, or some childhood thing, do you think? I bet that you've been pretty good at anything, you've ever wanted to become good at.
You are doing EXCELLENT work.
And in case you’re wondering, you’re using music that was also played in Interview with a Vampire.
The original movie.
Hence the quote. ❤❤❤
@@cuchulain1647 Thank you. I'm glad !
I like movies, but Interview with the Vampire is the first I've heard of. A movie when I was in elementary school. The cast is gorgeous and I want to see it. thank you for teaching me!
Checkering is easy! Here's how I do it:
1) I pay someone else
2) done!
Its not easy to find someone who can do it. Even if you are willing to spend good money.
Loved this. Thank you . I will for sure have to combine this technique with my Sami style Kolrosing.
I didn't know Sami style Kolrosing.
it's very great!
@@nmtdiyalso look up Sami duodji. "Duodji" means handycrafts. Also Sami Puukko knife carving.
@@tombrown879 wow...that was so excellent !!
Thanks for tell me that !
Браво майсторе много добре,успехи,живот и здраве,поздрав от България.
Thank you! I think I have to learn to work more accurately. See you in the next video!
DUDE! BUY A CNC! 😎
Just kidding. Nice to see a real craftsman at work. 👍🙂
HAHAHA! I want to buy CNC!
but engraving was fun! Thank you!
très beau travail sur cet Opinel, très précis
very nice work, on this Opinel smart
thank you!
I'm glad you said so 🥹🤝
a gouge with one projection to ride in the previous groove and another cutting tooth at the appropriate offset distance.....
That's right!
Great tool, but hard to get in Japan.
What is the proper name for the tool?
@Griffiths Handmade-Knives I used DEM-BART checkering tool 18LPI. Made in USA.
@@nmtdiy thank you! 🍻🍻
Next level. Subscribed, liked, and commented. 👍🏼
thank you!
I am preparing the next video. I hope to live up to your expectations.🥹🤝
Incredible work!
thank you! I'm glad you watched the video!
Отличная работа!!
thank you! 🥹🤝
Great work mate!! Giving ideas
Also what is the song you are playing?
Thank you. I'm very happy!
The song is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
К сожалению, абсолютное большинство людей, взяв в руки такое изделие подумает что это сделано автоматически за 1 секунду.
In fact, there is also processing by CNC.
But I loved engraving more.
Creative holding solution.
Trabalho de mestre parabéns!!
Thank you !!!!!🥹
soy tallador en madera y la verdad es que no conozco esa gubia con la que haces las lineas
I carve lines using a file called a checkering tools.
It seems to be used for gun stock.
Thanks
this is so awesome
Thank you!
why is the tool used more like a small saw and not a v groove chisel?
Not sure but I think maybe there's a couple of reasons. I think the blade clamps act like a depth stop so the depth of cut is consistent. The other thing I thought is that sometimes if you cut with the grain using a chisel, the wood can tear out along the grain. Not certain about any of that but I have seen other people do this kind of thing with a toothed blade instead of a chisel. Especially on gun stocks.
I think that's probably right.
There are several types of tips.
Tip angles of 60°, 75°, and 90° are available.
Process as in steps 1-3.
It is difficult to buy in Japan, so it is processed with a 90° tip, but step1-3 is actually desirable.
There is also a tool that allows you to engrave two lines at once.
This tool has a constant depth and allows you to carefully carve straight lines.
Starts at 4:30
Everything up to that point demonstrates that to make the holder and acquire the esoteric tool needed to do the checkering, you might as well spend the money on a first class, return ticket to send the handle away to be checkered by someone -- experienced in the obvious art -- elsewhere. ;)
@@michaelthibault7930 Yes, but on the other hand, how much would you charge if you were the experienced guy who does it for others? A lot. Whichever way you get it done, it’s a lot of drama for just one knife. You’d want to use the tools for a bunch of things.
Good job! 🙂
Thank you! I'm glad you watched the video!
Awesome nice job
Thank you! I'm happy.
Great work, it's really impressive🙂
I'm glad you think so🥹
Checkering is fun !
Здравствуйте .Подскажите какой инструмент вы делали? Спасибо❤
Hello. I used Dem-bart Checkering Tools.
Добрый день. Где можно купить такие инструменты вы продаёте? Или подскажите где купить? Спасибо ❤
@@user-vk8uf2vb2u You can purchase it at shops like this URL. However, the shop I know is an American shop, so they need have to import it.
URL ramelson.com/product-category/checkering-gunsmith-tools/page/2/
Nice work👍👌
Thanks 🥹🤝
impressive work
I'm glad you think so. Thank you for watching!
Excellent, more please.
I will try more!
Sugoi. Jozu desu!
arigatou! ureshi~~:D
Very nice!
Thanks a lot !!
銃床のローレット加工と同じですね
日本の方からのコメント嬉しいです！
銃床にローレット加工を施すことがあるんですね？
チェッカリングも同じく、滑り止めが必要なところに施すと効果的です！
I have opinel knife)
there's gotta be an easier way
nice artwork 👍
Thank you!
I'm glad you watched video :D
非常に素晴らしい作品ですが、個人的にはサヴォア出身のフランス人として、必ずしも役立つとは思いませんが、クリーニングにはより制限があり、このナイフはすでに十分なグリップを持っています.
このナイフは古典的なモデル (万能) であり、「冒険者」モデル (屋外用) やキノコ用の別のモデルではありません... 私はいつもこのナイフをピクニック、散歩、現場での食事に使用しています。 .. 低価格にしてはかなりの品質の包丁です。
さまざまな工芸品に関する日本人の仕事の質に大いに感謝していますが、このタイプのナイフと私の用途を考えると、寄木細工のタイプの修正を好みます.
フランスの方(しかもOPINELの産地であるサヴォア出身の方)に見てもらえて光栄です。ありがとうございます。
私もこのナイフは低価格なのによい品質だと思います。
このナイフが長年姿を変えていないのには理由があると思います。
それは、この形状で完成されていているからです。
チェッカリングはコストがかかり、価格が高くなります。
使い方によっては必要ない加工です。
しかし私がチェッカリングをしたくてしました。ごめんなさい。
いつか寄木細工にもチャレンジしてみます。よいアイデアをありがとうございました。
(翻訳向けに少し変な日本語になっていますがご了承ください)
awesome
Thank you !!
So nice. What is this tool, name. Thanks
Thank you!
I used DEM-BART checkering tool 18LPI. Good luck :D
❤️great job 👍
what is the name of this little tool?
Thank you!
I used DEM-BART checkering tool 18LPI. Made in USA.
It Looks difficult but satisfying.
I am happy that you are satisfied. Thank you!
👍👍👍
🥹🤝🤝🤝
Great work 👍
Thank you. I'm glad you watched the video!
What tool is used to cut the pattern?
I used DEM-BART checkering tool 18LPI.
I made my own checkering gauge. but hard to find in Japan.
As I write this, $85US. If you can find one used for sale, probably one-tenth that price -- but shopping does cost.
Excelente!!!.
Thank you !!!!!🥹
😊 WOW!
👕 VERY!!
👖 NICE!!!
Thank you! I'm so happy!
Or You could use a lathe.
I want to buy it 🥹
A Lathe would be totally useless for this work, you need an angled cradle, as used here for the perfect control of the job being chequered.
Yes, That's right!
I want to make a knife handle if I have a lathe.
@@nmtdiy A Lathe would be no good for this work, it is for turning material round.
Very nice work but personally as a Frenchman of Savoyard origin, I don't find it necessarily useful but more restrictive for cleaning, this knife already having a good grip.
This knife is a classic model (all-purpose), without being the "adventurer" model (for outdoors) or another model for mushrooms, ... I have always used this knife for picnics, walks, meals du midi on site,... It is a fairly good quality knife for a low price.
I greatly appreciate the quality of work of the Japanese concerning the various crafts, but for this type of knife and given my use, I prefer marquetry type modifications.
It's an honor to be seen by a French person. thank you.
I also think this knife is good quality for a low price.
There's a reason this knife hasn't changed over the years.
Because it is completed with this shape.
Checkering is costly and expensive.
This process is unnecessary depending on how you use it.
But I wanted to do checkering. sorry.
Someday I'll try the marquetry as well. Thank you for your good idea.
Checkering is useful for improved grip for wet/greasy hands, as well as those of us with beat up hands from calluses/cuts and cannot hold properly due to smoothed out scarred skin, and adding more tactile feel helps with areas of fingers with uneven nerve damage. Marquetry is just for looks.
Thank you for writing the usefulness of checkering that I couldn't express.
That's right. Checkering has a non-slip effect. I expected it and checkering it.
However, I learned that there are people in the world who do not need non-slip on OPINEL knives.
It seems to be over-spec for its intended use.
It is also interesting to checkering the marquetry. There are only good things.
Small patches of anti-slip tape, punched out of a role using a hole punch, and placed judiciously on the handle? Such tape is typically used on stair steps, near the edge, to minimize bum-bounces. Seems to be a thin, double-sided tape onto one side of which has been placed a layer of carborundum (or a near equivalent). Removable and re-configurable. _Much_ less expensive than checkering.
👀👍👍.RU. Opinel 8 / 9.
Thank you for watching !
I think it's just the right size.
👍🏼
🥹🤝
Verry good you
Thank you! I'm glad to hear that :D
@@nmtdiy ❤❤❤❤
Gut
😁👍
🥹🤝
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
🥹🥹🥹🥹🤝🤝🤝
Oh nooo, this is Opinel's blasphemy ! ;( I'm sad watching this
I was trying to respect France, but I'm sorry I made you feel uncomfortable.
Bravo!