Making a Knife from an Old File
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Handmade knife from old file, with black G10 handle scales. There I try to show all steps involved in this video.
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what is liquid in 10:20 ? thanks
it's ferric chloride
Looks like grape syrup "pekmez" 😋
Ha, it may look like grape syrup on the video, but you definitely don't want to drink it!
Ferric chloride is a strong acid. FYI.
the function??
This is the video that started it all...my obsession with knife making. You made a beautiful piece there. My first file knife was very rough, but it’s a file from my wife’s grandfather’s tool box and it’s definitely a keeper! I made a grinding jig like yours and copied many other techniques from your video to make our keepsake. Now I have an anvil and a new grinder and my knife making shop is progressing... I have you to thank for this new way to be a maker at 70 years old!
Salute to you sir..I am 49 and finally getting my first 2x72 ....Cannot Wait!!!!......Never to Old...Cheers!!
I gotta start posting video's based on the comments people present for well intentioned, but mediocre work like this, I could be making a fortune. Now get yourself a forging press, and a power hammer so you can speed up your work and make damascus (pattern welded is the real name), etc... then you will be real happy.....Plus get a second 2x72, one for hard profiling, and hollow grinds, etc...the other for your saber and flat grinds, and small wheel work....Saves a lot of time from changing belts, and tooling arms, and some grinders have options others do not. When you start buying steel instead of using old files, you will want a decent band saw, much better than cutting it all slowly with an angle grinder, good drill press of course you likely have that, and you need a post/leg vice and some good heavy duty and small duty vices and clamps all over the damn place cuz you will use them.....but the blacksmith post vice is a must, as you can hit it like an anvil pretty much, and much better for doing certain bends or twists if making damascus, or even art work
i'm 26 and these types of videos got me started at 24 making knives and swords
@@aldenunion no te entendí ni vergas
@@sauladaigutierreztinoco4727 Hablando de la primera lijadora de banda REAL.......
I have no idea what I’m doing but self-quarantine brought me here and I enjoyed all 12 minutes of this.
I am also here becouse of quarantine😂
Covid-19 bringing random CZcams videos and unexpected awesome together
Same here! This is interesting stuff. The person has talent. Indeed work of art.
Yep, me as well
🤣🤣
Kinda funny watching you file a file. Amazing job seriously beautiful.
Is it too possible I can learn this power?
I used the files to file the files
this power.... its.... inhuman.
I used The File to file the file
it’s called ironic
I love this design. Keeping some of the file's soul adds a lot of character to it.
Where
Also has utility
Guys, he uploaded this file of himself using a file to file a file.
I'd like to file a case against this pun
*I used the file, to file a file*
Nice
Well, it seems CZcams filed this uploaded file of a guy filing his file with another file under the archive files. CZcams sure does love filing uploaded files.
@@ParanointDE they called me a madman
Hi sweetie, what you watching?
Me: a man filing a file.
Frimmbits Are you assuming my gender? Lol
@@orange9807 😂😂😂😂😂. Sorry human.
@@munenex well, now you just assumed this entity's species. Lol 😂
@@knites9698 well you just assumed he was actually an entity 👌
@@xYottabyte oh shoot.
Being stabbed, I imagine, is already unpleasant. Imagine being filed at the same time....OUCH
I was looking for this comment thank you
The police will definitely file anyone who uses this to stab and file a person
yikes that friction would burn your skin offfff
@@eddyhoopin no it wouldn’t, I doubt it would do anything more then provide a mild friction burn equivalent to carpet burn.
I doubt it would do much tbh, the friction will stop the blade from going as deep as it otherwise would be able to
For more than a year I've been looking for a process like yours. It got really beautiful, just the inspiration I needed to try one here as well. Thank you and congratulations for your work!
“I used the file to file a file
They called me a madman”
Was looking for this one
Your mind have been defiled
@@kaibaman7767 same
Was looking for this wanted to write the same thing lmao
There's something VERY clean and sleek about this blade. What a finished product!!
I know it's beautiful I have issues getting clean lines with my 1x30
Knife looks beautiful & and it looks like we can use it as knife & file; nice idea! Thank you !
Looks great but using it will leave is not preferable. Just imagine meat and veggies sticks if used in the kitchen.
@@ismailtopa3671 but that would not be a kitchen knife. Or be in the kitchen.
Doesn’t look like u can use in a fight with that grip looks like u cut your hand
I was thinking to use it in kitchen purpose, bcos we sharpen the knife often in kitchen !
Also very Polished
So far, this is still the best knife i've seen. So classy and manly.
manly 🤣
“manly” jeez you’re fragile
@@alwyngalvez4704 what do you mean fragile
@@alwyngalvez4704 beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I wouldn't exactly call it manly, but it does look pretty cool
The whole video " i used files to akke a knife out of a file
Leaving part of it with the file still there is brilliant. Perfect knife. I would rock that thing all day.
BRITAIN WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION
While I like how much work the man has put in to that file, I disagree with leaving half the blade as course as it was. I imagine using that knife to actually cut things would result in many things getting stuck on the ridges of the old file.
@@keksitzee1094 It's a combat weapon. Of course you want those things to happen. It would cause way more damage. And, I'm a knife collector, unless you're cutting something like cheese or other food, nothing would get stuck in there. If you're using it for camping reasons, then it's just as good because you'll have a file and a knife. And, what would you cut that would get stuck in there? If you're cutting things with a knife like that, that would have pieces getting stuck in it, then you're probably not using it right.
Console MonsterX As a knife collector, you should know better. This couldn’t be a combat knife as it has no quillon to stop the hand sliding onto the blade when used for stabbing.
@@PapaKiloProductions Well you don't seem to know much about knives. There are literally thousands of knives and swords that are built for combat that have no type of hand guard what so ever. Look at almost all real switch blades. Most of them have nothing. They are straight handles with a switch. The blade comes out of the top and that's it. That's the knife. And they are meant to be used for combat. They aren't hunting or camping blades. Of course not all of them are like that. Look at some Japanese swords that have no guard so that they are flush with the sheath. Look at the kukri. Just because it's not a perfect design doesn't mean it's not a combat knife. Look at most folding knives. Same thing. I have a bunch of knives that don't have any hand protection. Shit, look at the balisong. Sorry bud. You're wrong.
I've wanted to make knives for years but have never got started this video sparked that interest again, you have got some serious skill👍
Well, I guess it's time to forge ahead...hah!
Files like this benefit from having their teeth ground off and then some forging before grinding.
Sandpaper has to be one of most important inventions ever made
Ikr its so convenient and makes life so much better and easier
And belt sanders makes things even way more easier
I like how you turned this file into a knife, but it still can be used as a file...wise!
When he files the file does the file file the file or does the file file the file?
WTF
Soo the file file the file knife, so basically the file on the other file is useless cause its already grinded, so the file file the file without the file filing the file
Edit: at this point file doesnt feel like a word anymore
@@fabian_azf haha ikr
Omg r/im14andthisisdeep
😔
Fucking stolen
One the most elegantly simple designs I've ever seen. Keep up the amazing work.
Man that came out gorgeous. I love the choice of blade shape and length. I really enjoyed seeing your process at developing your scales. When you sketched on the triangular lanyard hole I was thinking "ok so how is he going to... Oh triangular file duh...." super cool
He sharpened a horse fille
Might I ask what horse fille is
Who else was disappointed that we never saw him test it out
Not until you mentioned it 😁
Same
Saaaaame
I was but cool video nonetheless👌
Files are very brittle. If it fell to the floor it would break, same with some force, especially on the thinner side
"You know what they always say. Fight file with file."
"Don't you mean fight fire with fire?"
"No."
Metallica!
@@hunterm.moreno4201 We all shall die
Im tripping out, when I tap on your comment it says the file joke, when I scroll past it normally, it say the anime boyfriend joke..... Dafuq?
While having to work 60 hours a week ,leaving little time for hobbies and free time to do stuff like this, I'm lucky enough to be able to watch others doing it on CZcams, on my lunch break. 😁😭
How much you get paid for working 60 hours?
This is godlike. I'm not talking about your crafting skills, I'm talking about your sense of aesthetics and perception of how such an object would make an out of this world knife.
You know what this means, right?
Files are now illegal in the UK
And Northern Ireland
And USA
@@fisherg.6204 Knifes are not illegal in the usa
Dam near anything that's more dangerous than a toddler's breath is band in the uk
In Australia we use spoons.
There’s something satisfying as a guy that works with his hands and has an appreciation for every tool. To see the time put into this and imagine the new life breathed into a potentially worn tool so that tool lives on to provide use well into the future is amazing. Very beautiful knife and one I would be proud to have in my workshop if I was capable of making one. Damascus has its beauty, this is a beauty of a whole different level.
1:32 The noise 4 year olds make when they can’t play with a dangerous object.
Ayyyy lmao
but mommy it’s my turn on the fileknife
Bruh same at 4:14
lol 😂
I thought it was just me 😂
I love at 0:30 how he used a file to file a file.
I used the file to file a file
So which file is being filed
@@adheemziarat2888 that file
@@adheemziarat2888 the file
“What’s that in your pocket? A knife?”
“No officer, it’s a file”
What file, your "homework" file?
Lol
This narc thinks theres a difference. Narc.
Sow? In Amerika every one carry a gun! Then a file or knives is a problem??
Wim Jansen r/woooosh
This video is so enjoyable, even more at 3 A.M.
I like how it is still usable as a file :)
Actually yes lol
Does that mean it can sharpen it's self? 😁
@@VNV67 umm... probably not :D
Clowns! It is to carry bacteria from either urine or putrefied meat. Your enemy will die from the slightest cut...
@@yannkitson116 clOWnZ!
My grandfather made a couple from 1940’s files. I use them as my hunting knives, crazy sharp!
Thanos: "I used the file to file the file"
Ok so i commented nearly the exact same thing before reading this comment
And then I uploaded the file
@@charlescothron8063 same. I said "i used a file to file a file into a file knife.
Filecepion
Stolen but good try ig
Now i know who to talk to when I want a full set of Tactical Commando Steak Knives.
*Sharping file with a file
A file: Am I A Joke To You?
First step was to heat treat the file to make it soft. And a knife is not hard but tempered. What is probably missing in the video is the final heat treatment.
@@skasey4080its a joke....
Don't forget to save this file video in your files.🤓
S Kasey r/wooosh
I mean its a much more effective tactic than when I watched a video of a man making a soldering iron at home. He used his soldering iron when making it.
I like how you kept the actual File Part by the Back of the Blade.
This adds some nice Contrast to it, actually even some kind of a Personality.
...This exactly why Smithing isn't just a Craft, but an Art, because you take something and transform into the Vision on your Mind instead of just producing a product.
“Making a tank from an old washing machine”
Making a tree from from paper
Making a pen from a can
Making a chair from a table
making a human from an sperm and egg.
it's possible but he can't upload it😂🤣
@@meh7367 first human to access 100% of our cranial maximum capacity, you should be recognized.
*uses file to file file*
Thanos : i used the stones to destroy the stones
"I understood that reference"
@@SaucyJack. And my axe!
@@MeAgain998 You should have went for the head
I was looking for this exact comment xD
it was said that if you take a stone from a different reality it throws off the balance and thanos destroyed all 6 in the current one so wtf how does that not mess with everything
Damn. That was a great design and slick work. Wow. Respect.
great vid on how to make a knife out of that old file!! very nice indeed!! standing by for some more vids.....
Incredible craftsmanship. You have made something both beautiful and functional.
Who else watched the whole thing because it was so satisfying 😂😂 😂
Хороший, красивый ,брутальный нож получился.))
Yes, the knife is an amazing finished piece and a piece I would be totally proud of! But what is refreshing to see, is all the positive comments on here!!! 👍🏻
I love that you kept the original file surface on the sides the blade above the bevel - that's a really cool design element that creatively shows off what the knife started out as. 👍👍👍
It might cause a problem with cutting anything thicker than the knife. I’d personally prefer a smooth finish, but it‘s not that much of an issue
That blade looks amazing well done I want one
best part is a file knife holds an edge better than just about any other knife I've ever owned you can literally chop down a tree and still slice paper
That would be 100©Jahcoin
That would be da R2 D2 tool steel
Absolutely no one:
Koss: *uses a file to file a file*
whos koss
@@rizone3241 that's a joke right?
On his computer he has a file of him filing a file with a file.
I love that you kept the file checkering. Beautifully done 🎉
I like the texture the file gives the blade, nice work.
Probably Not my name yea
Yeh only problem though is it will probably hold a lot of bacteria and not be the easiest to clean haha
LunaCiaroSage uh. You wouldn’t use this knife around food. This is probably a utility knife to just use around the house.
spazz ondabeat 100 iq
That is one fine blade. Leaving the file texture on the upper half is very clever.
Diabeetus
Very clever, looks damn cool but isn't it very difficult to clean? Some people don't like hammered flouts on knifes saying it's not cleanable, just hope they don't see this one 😂
Yeah it looks super cool
Prakhar Birla just pressure wash the knife or use your thumb on the end of the water hose lol
Ваши работы превосходны !!!! Смотрю на вашу работу и учусь, в будущем тоже хочу заняться этим делом !
I like the fact that he refines it even though he doesn't really have to. It not only shows his skill but adds a touch of class to the work.
Watching these "how-to" videos I find are so relaxing and satisfying.
John Do the is not a how to video, because it does not expect you to do it. He is just showing off his work
best part is you can still file with it
Dont think so its tempered after hardening so its not hard enough to file with it.
There are other materials than steel. But good point.
Genki G yeah true... for softer materials it will still work fine
Gotta polish them nails bruv
Guys, if you see a hot girl polishing her nails with one of these, please, for the love of god, run! Run fast and run far.
Softest hands + smartest ideas = hardest stuff ... Great work hats off...
Your lines and attention to detail is second to none . Clean and absolutely stunning . Art but with a razor sharp edge
No clue why I like this knife so much, I've seen so many different knives from flashy to big but this one just looks like the right one....
No.thks
That's not a knife... That's a masterpiece!
Really nice handle, blade; the style and lenght of the blade were perfect!
Amazing overall!
That's not a knife.
*pulls machete out of pants*
THIS IS A KNIFE!!
1kSubsWithNoVids? Lol I was thinking of the same thing
Using a file to file a file for a file
Не знаю сколько раз CZcams рекомендовал это видео, но всегда смотрю, очень красивый нож получился)
Excellent job, different, but still a beautiful piece.
I dont know why I had to watch this at 2 in the morning but I'm glad I did
That Sir, is a thing of beauty. I cannot understand 9.6 k dislikes? What's not to like?
Respect and new subscriber.
yea i dont get why ppl dislike this either
Try to imagine that you need to cut some raw meat with that knife. Small pieces of flesh and blood will stuck on the blade and you will spend tone of time and effort to clean the blade.
@@sc1petrolr_4x63 exactly, having all that texture on the blade. Why
Also imagine not having 10 dollars to buy a hunting knife. , hopefully this guy made money on the video, cuz he spent way more in supplies and more.importantly time, than a knife costs
Epic I love the fact that you kept part of the old file showing it looks so cool. I've seen another maker do but at the end you couldn't even tell it used to be a file pointless. I'm glad you did yours looks sweet.
ik it's annoying when youtubers make a knife or something like that out of something else, but they just melt it down, there's literally no point
That's the nicest file knife I've ever seen, and I've seen a few. That's actually beautiful. Love the choice of materials and finish.
To be able to make use of a tool who has served its purpose and to make it useable in another form is beautiful in it's right sense. Nice job!
My heart dropped when he opened the furnace and just grabbed the blade out bare handed😭
fucken same dude lmao i was like NO NO NO NO
I thought I was the only one 🥲
Bruh...I was like huh?? But then I realised it's not red
The end of the metal is easier to grab, im a welder I work with glowing red metal every day, sometimes I get burnt being cocky but its usually nothing a little ointment and weed doesn't fix.
@@selfactualizer2099 im a welder in training and my instructors told us to never do that shit reguardless
You earned my respect with that detachable handle.
Your craftmanship is top notch I can't believe how amazing that turned out. good job. 👍
I love the sounds of knifework in high speed, your bandsaw is a gateway to oblivion lol. I will watch every one of your vids!
A lot of black knife in this channel, i love it
I actually bought this knife from him. The finish is absolutely lovely.
For such a simplistic design it came out really well.
Nice, I got the file. Now I just need to have a grinder, the furnace, a jigsaw, a drill press, free time, a belt sander a plastic tub with the dye you used, another file to file the file (borrowed this), kevlar? the jig you used to safely sand the work piece, and any measurable craftsmanship skills and ill be good to go.
For what it's worth you could probably do all of that with about 50 bucks if you have it. The furnace part is easiest. Dig a hole in the ground, find a good bit of wood, a steel pipe and a bicycle pump for a bellows. He annealed the file first to take the temper and hardness out of it, then went to work.
You can find a cheap angle grinder on Craigslist and a vice too. Files are cheap at Harbor Freight or Northern tool and equipment or wal mart or a hardware store. Or ask around, someone might have all that stuff and give it to you. Never hurts to ask. Yard and garage sales. A hand drill will work fine for most of what he used a Dremel tool for and it will drill the holes for your pins. Handle material can be almost anything. A cheap 1" dowel from lowes or home depot will be fine. Or an old kitchen chair or something like that and take the wood from it. He threaded the handle for Allen screws but you wouldn't have to. A coat hanger and some epoxy makes some pretty strong pins.
To heat treat the knife, use your hole in the ground again and heat it till a magnet won't stick. Then quench in used motor oil or cooking oil. Be careful because you'll usually get a flame from those.
Then to temper it, put it in your oven at 400° for about 2 hours. It can be done without a lot of cost.
@@samcoon6699 holy crap. You really know everything
@@raulsascau2440
I was just trying to help him.
@@samcoon6699 awesome, I have half the stuff already, and you just saved me tonnes of time trying to figure out the rest. You didn't only help the man out, you HELPED me out, while also teaching the best way to comment on non-productive sarcastic comments (albeit, a rather funny one).
I tip my hat at you good sir!
@@dijonmaize
Thanks buddy. I've been doing blacksmithing and whatnot for about 15 years and everything I described in my message to the OP was what I did myself.
I'm glad to hear it helped you as well. 🙂
This is the story of the file who dreamed of becoming a knife until one day his life changed forever❤
Lmao
I, Fileono Filevanna, have a dream!
@@vincentdreemurr ok
CZcams: Wanna watch a dude make a knife from an old file?
20 million people: *Interesting*
Sen Kensu original
@@btheking8733 very
20 million people: F̨̗̦̯͛ͫ҉̢I̧̠͉̕̕L̡͍̖̪͙̈́͜͞Ę͚ͥ͋̈ͧ̀͢͠
Now 22m done
24M now
New brilliant idea for you - knife from saw!!! Sharpen one side, and voila: one side - a saw, other side - a knife! Wow!!! (Best idea - a knife from a knife!)
This should be called “Using a file to file a file”
FartDog 22
Thanks! I’ll file that in my file file.
While slowly turning the file that’s being filed into a knife sharp enough to stab a man.. or woman
Using a file to file a file the sticking it in a pedo (file)
using a file to file a file to make a knife xD
Most of these videos are weird to me. Half assed knives or axes etc. This knife looked ominous! Seriously really liked it!!
👍👍👍
Utterly beautiful, that's a knife I would LOVE to own
- Haha... I really like how you used an old door hinge to make a protractor gage to construct the blade edge angle... A very creative and innovated idea.
You turn knifesmithing into an art. The lanyard hole took it over the top. Thanks for sharing,
Cheers
I really like the texture and look of the spine of the blade. Like an accented carbon fiber look.
Boys In Blue Men In Camo so do I
I would put it in my car.
Tbh
Same
Beautiful craftsmanship, and he still left a bit of a file edge so it can be doubled up as a file as well as a knife if that case ever arises
Jup
That other file is like “so this will be my fate huh?”
that kind of fate doesn't look too bad to me, i mean there are worse fates out there i think
Yep like being shoved up some random dudes A&$
Why would anyone down thumb this Video....This is pure Art
Because it's a very antique nicoleson file
Because he didn't temper it.
@@parallaxgames files are all ready hardened super hard.
Thanos: "I used the stones to destroy the stones"
This guy: "that's cute"
?
😹 😹 😹 😹
Vinícius Gunsch he used a file to file to creat a knife from a file.
I adore this knife . I'd very much like to buy one .
I after watching this file come to life as something else much more beautiful .
I went and purchased some files a grinder and set to work . My enthusiasm masked my lack of patience and eye for detail .
I've shelved the project as it started to look like a blind man had been working on it with his feet .
Stradavarius made violins , you make knives and I make myself weary . Touche sir
Whatever you need, by Ysmir, if it’s simple and strong, I can forge it.
superquatro123 Ayy lol
The only kind of comment I want to see
Ohh, its was good. Skyrim in our souls forever
Gods be praised!
4:14
No one:
Drill: "NYA NYA NYA NYA NYA NYA MMMMMMM"
Красиво вышло, думал что ручка будет из дерева, хотя так тоже неплохо.
Она из дерева
@@user-rm3qt5mn3b
Текстолит
@Никита Киселёв напильник на рынке у дедушек
@@alexgre753 а готовый вариант)
@Никита Киселёв лучше сделать. Я такой же сделал, без гриндера, таким же напильником. 4 года и нормуль пока что и не крошиться.
The jewelry from the scrap metal. Only the best man know how to 'dig' it.
7:07
When there’s that one speck that won’t come off when your trying to clean plates
It would be best to also apply adhesive to the backs of the scales at final assembly. It would adhere the scales more firmly to the tang, and it would also fill the gaps between the file teeth where this carbon-steel blade will be otherwise subject to rust.
Sharpening a sharpener
That does make sense.
Hi mom
I found several very old rusty files at a deserted farm out bush in qld Australia.
I've had them for years, now I'll cinvert them.
Thanks, great vid !
Well deserving to be 'filed away' to save them from being forgotten.
A great recycling!
A knife that can be used to sharpen knives...
Wow
Good people protect good, bad protect bad, all cops
Mans is filing a file with a file
*humanity has evolved alot over the years*
Super effective against knights in armour. You can file them first. Looks amazing
Using a file to file down a file while filing.....👍 Came out really nice....👍
Thanks! You helped my dad in prison so much
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