I Made An Ice Axe And Climbed A Mountain With It
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Good to see youve also discovered the tax ride off of doing holidays in videos.
@Ididathing shhhhh! 🤫
Mrs Steele: Take me to France.
Alec: Say no more.
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You mean a tax write-off right? I mean, I can't blame him, what an opportunity.
Dude you are way more amazing than Alec. I like to watch your content many times more than what Alec comes up with nowadays.
Am i here before people say, "why didnt you just get ten ice axes and make one slightly larger ice axe?"
😂😂😂
Savage 😂
Still time
😂😂😂
Lmao I about spit out my burger but of course I’m too fat to do that
When your videographer is your "ride or die". Props to Jamie!
When you have a sentence or word in quotes the punctuation goes before the quotation mark. “For example.”
I very much enjoy seeing you make something and then use it. Next up a Damascus steel frying pan and then cook a meal.
Hi Mrs Steele 😂
Making a dive knife and going diving would be SICK! I love this series where you make expeditionary tools!
Nah, next up should be a copy of a Petzl Progress. The progress requires a bit more complex machining. Or go for a grigri which has some moving parts, could be a bit of an educational experience. Or go all the way and go for something like an ID or ASAP, which aren't really products made for sports climbing but are used in rope access around the world every day. Especially the ASAP would be next level as it has multiple springs, gears and what not built in.
So dive knives totally ok where i live. But did you know they actually have alot of weird regulation
@@NickyHendriksThings like grigris and other personal safety products would be really cool but have major safety concerns. If a grigris fails you will probably die, if an ice-axe fails in a controlled environment like this, you will not. But still fun ideas and a really fun video.
@@hajocave2389 I know about the safety concern but that could be mitigated using something like a back-up line and for example an ASAP. I never really understood why in sports climbing a single point of attachment is fine and personally I don't really like it. In professional climbing hanging just in my Grillon or ID would be not allowed as they are for positioning only, a backup in the form of an ASAP, Söll or Latchways safety line, fall arrest or whatever is always mandatory.
Such a gentleman, taking his glove off before shaking the man's hand, even on a frozen mountain.
I was curious if anyone else noticed this.
That was fun to be part of guys! Jamie great edit. Alec, your enthusiasm and energy got me through feeling like I was about to die (I was recovering from a lung infection) thanks again!
Nothing says 'recovery' like getting right back into something you love doing. I always like to see CZcamsrs helping out other CZcamsrs. Hopefully Alec sees this and pins it
The traditional forged mountain axe would be a fantastic build to see!
This was so good. It's great that you are back spending time with Jamie.
That's actually one of the best videos you've done, well done you two!!! looked amazing.
Yay, thank you!
Way to go Jamie! Gotta love a guy who doubles down for his bro.
Alec, the axe looks absolutely brilliant! (The axe is what I commented that I wanted to see after the Damascus carabiner video.)
You know what this means - Damascus crampons next👍! Keep doing what you do 👍‼
Ice climbing as absolutely one of the most physical winter activities I've done. I do it every year up here in Alaska and I'll never forget the first time I barfed halfway up a waterfall from exhaustion. I was hooked! Exhilarating!!
I'd personally really be interested in seeing you make something insane out of all the spare hacked off ends and bits from other projects. Like not a weapon per-se, but maybe like a structural build like monkey bars or an art piece that can also function as a tool. Idk, I'm here for pretty much any video but seeing you revamp material from the last project got me wondering how crazy far you could run that idea
I’ve thought about maybe he sweeps the grinding room floor and then uses it for canister Damascus
I would like to be able to buy a hacked-off-end piece.
Jamie - your music choices were outstanding! 👌
Very nice job Mr. Steele. Hope you and Jami have a safe and wonderful time. A little blood never hurt anybody. Stay safe.
Arguably no blood is really bad for you aswell
Thanks for taking us on the climb with you. It's been years since I've been climbing, but watching you, my ankles started hurting, having flashbacks to trying to stand up on a vertical wall of ice with nothing more than a couple of spikes from my crampons stuck in, and a couple of axes daring gravity to do its thing. Man, I do miss that.
A CZcams creater and his cameraman that get on so well they even holiday together, is a beautiful thing
Alec, the ‘Traditional’ axe you are referencing is still in use today. Used for glacier travel and steep snow fall arresting.
The axe you are building is indeed an ice climbing axe, commonly referred to as a technical ice axe.
Super cool!
Rab makes fantastic gear! Bought my first Rab jacket at a local consignment shop and it's my absolute favorite! 👍
My wife used to work for Petzl and I love these videos (biner and pick)! Such a great company to model your gear after
Oh I am keen as hell, I’ve NEVER seen someone forge an ice axe! What a great idea!
You still haven't. He forged a Damascus billet, then cut an ice axe head out of it. He did not forge an ice axe head.
@@seanandrews5375 You're on an Alec Steele video, of course he just cut and ground demascus
I love when he does proper smithing, but until the demascus craze goes to the hell it belongs in, he's gonna grind instead of forge because it makes better patterns
@@skilletborne i love Damascus, and I love forging; I don't love forging a Damascus billet and cutting it, then calling the finished product "forged" because it isn't
@@seanandrews5375 You can love damascus, but you can't expect traditional or technical forging and it to appear in the same context because they're not compatible.
I legitimately love learning and doing smithing, and I liked damascus when it was used sparingly and deliberately.
After 10 to 15 years of seeing it take over, it's tired. It's used to the detriment of pieces in visuals, process and function, and made it harder to find both information and materials.
It's driven up steel cost, buried domestic suppliers, and redirected smithing channels and blogs to repetitive content with bad habits.
When I started watching your channel ages ago I thought there was a nice affect about you as you learned on each project, using what you knew to expand. You produced beautiful work as the Artisan. Your heart and spirit are strong!
Crazy awesome adventure project Alex and Jamie! I climbed the table mountain, but this on ice is even further out, well done! Glad you made it!
This was honestly a frkn blast guys!!! Well done!
Hey Alex! 👋 Just wanted to say thank you for making a new video I always look forward to your content and it never fails to brighten my day. Keep up the amazing work and keep those awesome videos coming! 🎉🎥🌟
I love the cutting/ grinding/ forging - montages at the beginning of your projects 🫶
I LOVE THE ADVENTURE. Maybe more episodes with more content building anticipation of a great adventure.
Thank you! 🙏🏻 Glad you enjoyed it it was so much fun to make and have the adventure!
I noticed you were using your own carabiner too..
Must be a special kind of satisfaction in knowing you make everything u did this with
I love when you make literally any tool out of Damascus. One of my favorite being the razor blade for a utility knife. But imagine making a car key or house key out off Damascus.
It's so funny the recreationnal activities that used to be fully for survival/exploration lol.
Now we just have fun risking our lives!
Looks good. Really hope you make the more traditional one. Much more of a handy tool for more all-round needs in winter.
Congratulations to both of you. Way to put skill to the test.
Love it when you get back to forging.
Absolutely love the videos where you create and use on an adventure!
I love Jaime's editing. Also, that looks ridiculously fun!
I love seeing the adventures on your channel. It's cool to see you use the things you make.
Love the climbing related content, use a lot of this stuff quite often and it's fun to see your renditions.
That's certainly a pimped pair of Nomics!
Alec Steele's goal for the future "make EVERYTHING I'm ever going to use..... preferably in Damascus steel!" This is so cool seeing you naking these amazing pieces of kit. I really wouldn't mind if you could add some more video of the making process as it's starting to feel a bit rushed at times. Thanks for the video, guys 👍👍👍👍👍👍
This was great! Love the mountains
Truly fantastic ice axe and awesome climbing.
Amazing, and looked so fun!
Good to see you making a gorgeous bladeish thing again
The production on this video was beautiful!!
I love these videos, keep making beautiful equipment and show us the adventours og using them👍
There aren't many components of a parachute or rig made of metal, but there is a very crucial component called the three ring circus. You could absolutely make a Damascus set of those and do a skydive. (They are not crucial to the reserve parachute FYI should yours accidentally break!)
Anyway, loved this vid. Keep up the great work!
An amazing adventure guys!!!
It awesome to see you use the gears you made
100% Need to see an old school ice axe build!
Two of the coolest dudes on CZcams
Free Rab clothing is an elite partnership. They're gear is great!
The axe is also cool 😉
This makes me want an uncensored Alec Steele vlog channel
man it must be satisfying as hell for someone to compliment your ice pick and you can go "thanks, I forged it myself." Wonderful craftsmanship and amazing content, keep up the great work!
everything about this video is so high quality
Cool song during the restacking portion in the beginning.
WOW you can do a one part video!!!
no I Forged An Ice Axe part 12??
Wow what an amazing awesome show of the ice axe it had your life in your hands.
the music was so cool this episode! thanks for the video :)
Awesome video and adventure!
Next up: cams and trad climbing?
Loved it. Let's see you make your own ice screw next!
The ice axe looks so good. What an adventure
alec's giggle at 09:39 cracked me up! i love this B side of the channel, taking us into your adventures and shenanigans!
That looked like fun!
You should make a 2 piece threaded pool cue with splices or whatever! i’d love to see it!!
Just got back from London a few weeks ago. Of course went to the Tower of London. Damascus crown is definitely needed!
This looked AWESOME!!!! I had completely forgotten about the axe until the end Haha
Love a practical build
Been waiting for this for years!!
To not only build something, but then decide to test it out... I am impressed.
Though I am still waiting for the day, where Alec is making a saxophone out of damascus...
Nothing makes it more real than a little blood! Cool adventure!
That's a serious pitch for a beginner, well done!
Oh Yeah!!! Thanks Alec!!!
I would love to see a Damascus collab between Alec Steele and Kyle Royer at some point!
Crazy. That had to be exhausting
That was awesome 👍 great work
Awesome content, I’m proud of you for taking the risk to do something usual content adjacent but relevant. It worked out amazing in my opinion 🎉
Well done!
That was really cool.
damascus mountain bike frame when?!
I did it the other way around and built the handle while buying the head for mine :) Very nice Video!
Next thing DIY a ice screw. Awsome stuff love it
awesome build as usual now you have to make a Damascus handle for it too
Very cool. Big "Yes" to the ice axe, "hell no" to that ice climbing though. Lol
Insane stuff, love it!
Trusting your life to a tool you made yourself. Hats off to you, sir!
Where did he do that?
Yo i just want the soundtrack to this video! Jamie killing it with these beats. Oh and Alec was good too.. lol. Best CZcams duo!!
I'd be really interested in seeing you do stuff with steel tubes. Like you probably can't make tubes, but can you work with them? Forge and bend them into some useful shape?
looks great! Love it! hopefully it doesn't rust I think most of them are made out of stainless steel
I'd seen your Instagram pics before watching this and had to immediately come and watch it.👍
i hope jamie gets paid well. i wouldn't have been able to do that. well done lads!
amazing stuff
I lived long enough to hear Alec say the F word!
My life is complete!!! 🤣
DAVE SEARLE AND ALEC STEELE what a combo!
Have you ever made wootz steel I would love to see how you would approach it and see the pattern if you used the off cuts from your previous Damascus projects
We’ll try some of those out any day
If your concern is structural integrity, maybe a San Mai of some spring steel or some super tough alloy in the middle, clad with thin Damascus
Camera visual on point
Aw man I would love to fly out to Montana, make an ice axe and do some ice climbing or mountaineering that would be ideal right now.
you can hear that Alec really loved this :)
I was expecting the entire body being made too. Cheater!!! Haha! Short videos like this are helpful for quick projects.
Looking forward to another long build like the Viking sword. Something that requires creativity, originality, trial and error, new techniques, inspiration… copying things that already exist feels like all the Disney remakes.
Go do the Spear of Longinus (Spear of Destiny - requiring a hollow spear, nails, silver smithing, gold smithing, and engraving), or a German Wall Clock, or make some blacksmith puzzles, a sword and shield, or something else.
As always, I’m forever appreciative of the great videography, editing, and music.