Making a bushcraft Knife from a farriers rasp file with no forge
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- Today I thought I'd have another go at making a knife from a rasp but rather than use the forge I just cold worked it so it would keep its temper.
Knife is still needing a final sharpen and I'm going to have a go at making a leather sheath for it.
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Thanks mate I really appreciate that, it’s good to hear.
If anyone was not at all really paying attention, this was really a master attempt at free handing an interesting knife pattern out of what looked like a ferriers' rasp. Not at all an easy job. The only thing for me, in what I take as an absolute in knife construction is that ALL knives MUST HAVE is a BOLSTER for proper control, indexing and most importantly SAFETY to it's user, the slight narrowing at the forend of the knife gave me pause because the lack of presence of the bolster for safety when working w/your tool your hand holding the knife has a tendency to slide dangerously close to the forward blade edge because of the scales design being used. Great content.
Really nice result and overall nice design. Thanks for taking the time to video your project and sharing it with us. Cheers!
And thank you so much for watching. Ive lots more knife builds and my newer stuff is definitely better
Finally somebody tapes up the blade when drilling and shaping. So many videos on here of people doing unsafe crap, then beginners following it.
Check out my other videos mate plenty of knife ones
I know nothing about making knives and although not a word was said, I feel completely "educated" on the subject. I know that's not the case but this video will be the foundation for my new hobby. Awesome video!
Hey man that's awesome to hear and I'm so glad I could help. I do try to help out but without the boring tutorial. Check out some of my other videos 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Gorgeous! I'd always been hesitant to make a knife without a forge but you've inspired me to give it a go, i've got the perfect old file waiting for it!
+Jake Martin thank you and yeh you should do it they come out nice. I'll be making more videos so subscribe if you wanna see more
Best part of the video so far: the way the hole in the glove matches the cut on the finger.
Hahahaha this has happened so many times. I need some Kevlar gloves to keep my hands safe I think. Thanks for watching hope you've subscribed 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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I worked in body shop 40yrs ago as a body man we used the file the Lead to fill dents on to high end car 12 clys Licolon and old Willys both customers wanted the work done as they did a originally the nice thing about lead sweep floor save the shaved shavings just use torch and reuse it and don't have the dust of modern plastic body fillers. I am a aircraft mechanic work 30yrs used the file the necks on the aluminum propellers too
Really handy bits of kit for sure, dont make stuff like they used to anymore
Thank you so much for your reply. It's really apreciated when people like your self take the time to do so.☺
No problems at all I do try to reply to everyone as its all of you that keep me making and doing videos I love the feedback I get from everyone.
Feel free to share any of my videos it helps me get seen by more 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 And thanks again for watching.
Like your knife , looks like a nice project ...I have built a number of knives and given them away to family and friends ..It is also nice to watch another knife maker I always learn something new ..That I can use when making another knife ..
it's still so cool to me how i can learn so much from someone on another continent like this. thanks! i am inspired.
+tim sway thank you but it works both ways I have learned stuff from your amazing videos. Funny how I didn't learn much at school when a teacher was right in front of me yet like you say we learn from people on other continents.
so am I
That is a very nice knife, I can do that after watching your video, thanks for the instruction and inspiration bro.
Thanks for watching. I have newer knife builds as well and good luck.
that thickness is always my fav for knife making ....great job ...
I was given a farriers rasp the other week....excellent bit of inspiration
Great vid as always 👌
Nice one mate. They turn out pretty cool I think i need to do another one soon.
Loving the freehand. Owning that steel like a Boss. Great work and video. Thank you for the wisdom
Thanks buddy I always freehand all my work never comes out perfect but one day I'm sure I can get the hang of it 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Nice result with the rasp file, wouldn't expect anything else from a fellow Yorkshireman, also nice to see a partial tempering done with a torch.
Thanks dude, been a long time since i did this one
that was. great! that's the perfect size knife for belt carry every day. I could clean anything from a rabbit to a deer with it.
It's a nice little knife for sure thanks for watching 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Amazing how you were able to drill through that material. It looked hard as all hell. Nice end result. Good job
I annealed the handle so thats how I drilled it. Tempered the knife off camera
@@DiesInEveryFilm have you ever tried using carbide drill bits?
Yes mate ive actually used some today on my Instagram story i showed using them, especially for harder steel
@@DiesInEveryFilm nice. Yes they do have great performance. Although a bit more brittle than typical HSS bits. Happy to hear you’re using them. You don’t need to anneal so much. Personally I think they drill cleaner holes
Once again another nice handy little blade. Shows what can be done with whatever you have laying about and a deadly set of skills. I like the open pins in the handle as opposed to solid ones gives it a different look and appeal like it has more than one use.
Cheers mate. This was my 1st Knife and im really happy with it even now,
Bud i wouldnt even want to show anyone my first knife and you put it on CZcams and killed it
I want to share my journey with everyone even the bad times.
That was very cool. I like it a lot. Thanks for sharing. By the way, I like no music, and the length was perfect. Too many people leave out the parts they think everybody already knows. I appreciated the belt change, and belt grit info! I'm going to check out some of your other videos now
+Carolina Chris Outdoors thank you tbh I do like to just have the sounds of the tools but that's my personal preference. I do appreciate all feedback from people who like the video or not. Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the sub I appreciate it. I've got an exciting build this weekend if all goes to plan so video will be up Sunday or next Monday if I get it finished.
beautiful work, you should consider doing it as a side business. That is one beautiful bushcraft knife!
Thanks very much it's so kind of you to say and as it happens I've had a few knife build requests since this knife so it sort of is a side businesses now haha.
Great vid I'm a slaughter man by trade and the best sharpening tool ever is a round rat tail file smoothed down and magnetized, shits all over $200 store bought steel
It’s brilliant steel mate and will last a lifetime. Thanks for watching
Happy to see you, working so hard...
Fantastic job...
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Please somebody start selling all these products on Amazon...
Thanks for watching mate
My pleasure to see you guys...
Hats off from India
Awesome work of art and craft.
Love from Pakistan.
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Great man thanks
hi, I did the same for my first "knife from a file"... saved sooo much time by detempering it with the next one, then doing the heat treat again!:)
the sanding part must have taken ages, and used tons of abrasives! :)
Your's look a lot better than my first attempt, though, great job!
To be honest the belts stood up well. I only had 2 one of which got ripped up by the grinder cause it wasn't lined up but they did me well still have one although it's only good for little bits of work now. I do anneal them now befor I work on them as I have a forge to harden them. Thanks for watching hope you've subscribed to see more
Hello mate! Great videos by the way!
Zirconia gets blunt very quickly on those harder metals so unfortunately you may feel like you’re grinding but you need either ceramic or the 3M Cubitron II family (depending again on which metal you’re working on). Keep up the videos and the good work!
Hey man thanks for watching, yeh this was earlier days when i had no clue what i was doing haha, I only use cubitron 2 nowadays its an amazing belt for sure
Cubitron IIs are amazing yes (I know that, I was the person who introduced the product to knife makers many years ago hahahaha!) one little tip I must say though is don’t use it on anything soft or non-ferrous (wood, brass, copper) as the technology of Cub2 only works if you “break” it. It will clog it otherwise. Hope that helps!
Hey Buddy, you have the wrong belts ;-) the VSM ZX series are made for soft materials, i use them only for wood and plastic. try the VSM XK855Y they are Killer, belive me i use them my self and they cut away like crazy. they are with ceramics and made for hard steels and metals. also the XK870Y but they are more for unhardned steels and stainlless like V2A (AISI304)
This is an old video and they were the only belts i had. The ones i had work perfectly for hard metals tho they just aren’t as good as ceramics. Thanks for watching
Wow I want that knife. Such a beautiful piece! You sir are extremely talented!
Thank you very much buddy. This knife is still available 😉 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Dude.. that drill bit technique is fucking stupid genius. Lol love it
Works so well mate, glad you can use it.
I will most definitely be using that technique.
Great work.
Thanks very much dude
If you try this, I suggest annealing it in the oven so you don't ruin so many sanding belts, files or grinding disks. Then heat treat in the bbq grill with charcoal and a hair dryer.
Nice knife though!
I did anneal it slightly with a temper off camera but didn't have the means to harden it that's why I kept it that way and it's not much of a difference at all with ruining sand belts of discs
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Making a knife blade on my own is strange to me but you do seem to know this way very well! Good work and nice knife!
+thetopicala thank you for watching and for the feedback. It's all stuff I learned watching CZcams videos but it did feel quite easy to do. Got another one to build for a customer soon and I can't wait. Thanks for watching
I`ve made several file knives but for me the hardest part is getting the edge bevel..I have the bare essentials for a shop...
Great work...wtg...
Awesome man I need to give it another try hope you enjoy doing it. Thanks and thanks for watching 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
That knife is absolutely beautiful
Thanks very much mate it's very old
@@DiesInEveryFilm I guess the metal is very hard. I think imma make one too when I have the right equipment
Sweet, I like the blade design. Seams like it will cut just fine.
+Gearaholic thank you. Check out my other videos and subscribe to see a lot more cool builds.
This is my favorite of your blades.
My 1st proper build 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Nice job I had a hard time finding a drill bit that would cut
Thanks, you have to temper down the tang
Highly professional work 👏👏👍
Thanks very much check out my newer videos
Your rasp file knife is amazing!
Thanks mate
found this from a comment on another file knife video. . yours is a beauty
Thank you so much my friend I hope you have subscribed and checked out some of my other work 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
you are creative👍
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I made an 18in roman gladius out of an equine dental file.
Instead of grinding out the file marks.I filled them using fluxed braising rod,and then ground it down smooth.
It had a full hidden tang,inside an Alaskan mountain goats horn.
It was not only a work of art.
It would take and keep a hair popping edge,and chop hardwood like a hatchet.
Unfortunately it ended up missing in my move back to the lower 48.
Obviously a busy guy aren't you
@@DiesInEveryFilm To busy driving a big rig otr to play with any toys like you are.
Poor little you. but at least you still have time to brag about how amazing you are
That is pretty awesome. Skills and ideas... Nice work.
+Simon's Discoveries thank you and thanks for watching.
started to follow your work, this is another beautiful knife and easy to follow instructions, many thanks to you
Thanks so much glad you like it and thanks for taking time to watch my videos 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
This is a point that I wish more where clear about ! You can look all over CZcams and they never say if it worked out please tell me did it hold a good sharp edge if so I have to rethink my practice . Thank you fine job my man .
I will be doing a video about how this knife held up once it hits a year since making it. Thanks for watching. I did answer your question in your other comment but yes it holds a good sharp edge. More detailed answer was given to previous comment of yours. Hope they help and feel free to ask if I've not given answers fully 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Very nice work mate
Thanks very much check out some of my newer videos
I going to give this a go im fascinated by thes vids
Definitely give it a go mate hope it goes well
Great Job
Thank you
Great video, Great knife! Keep up the good work!!
Thank you very much. I've got another video coming very soon.
Your original temper is a file temper, which is a bit brittle for a sheath knife. I wonder if you should have tempered the blade by putting it into an oven at 400 degrees (or metric equivalent, sorry) for about an hour. Beautiful knife, by the way - Bob
+Laura C yeh it needs tempering at 400degrees to bring the hardness down and make it less brittle but as this was m 1st blade I forgot to do it. It's not going to be sold anyway and will remain on my shelf as a ornamental item. Thanks for watching 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Love the knife brother! Went back into the archives for this one!
Hahahaha cheers bro this was my 1st real knife 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Great skills . That make tools multifunctional! !
+PREPFORIT thank you and thanks for watching feel free to share my videos. Yeh it is multifunctional that's for sure 👍🏼👍🏼
Yah, me too. Within reason, selective for the most part. Nice work you do.
Thanks a lot buddy good to have you watching and hear from you 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Really good videos. I on the other hand like all the parts! Keeping all the parts helps (atleast me) to know how to make a knife prom point a to b.
Thank you and I really do appreciate your kind words and that's exactly why I made the video how it is.
Really cool video, now I have to try my hand at it!
Thanks for watching. Give it a try I'm sure you will enjoy it and it will be worth while.
Ok, gotta ask. I see various videos of people making camp knives out of everything but grandpa's old loafers. I would really appreciate if one of you more experienced folk identify optimal scap for producing a serviceable camp knife. I just know that there must be some scrap that yields particularly fine outcomes. Thoughts?BTW, gotta love that handle!
Id go with leaf spring steel it is 5160 really tough and durable plus holds a brilliant edge.
Ive made a few on my channel if you want to look
@@DiesInEveryFilm Thanks... will do.....
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Great video bud, love the idea do using the same width drill bit to fingers the centre line, love the simple ways.
Thanks man I can't say it was all my idea cause a lot of knifemakers use it but I thought I'd share 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Diesineveryfilm Customs Haha I just looked at all my aurocorrect errors and I'm mortified. Still a great video.
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Thanks so much franz 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Good job!!
Nicely done!
Great job ! Really like the file pattern on the final product.
Thank you. Yeh I like the pattern also but if I could go back I wouldn't flatten it all befor I made the knife as I think it would look better with a nice deep file pattern on it. Thanks for watching
Great project/video. Maybe you could have kept some of the rasp sharp to use to make kindling.
Want to give this a go, so I’ll see if that works.
Good work. The knife is really nice...
Thanks a lot buddy I hope you subscribed and liked the videos plus go check out my other work I think you will like it if you like this build 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Sure buddy .. :)
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Parabéns pelo trabalho! 👏👏👏👏👏👏✌👍
Damn man great job
Thanks
@@DiesInEveryFilm yes sir
Well done, i have made a couple knives the same way, with only a angle grinder. lol . Thanks for sharing and i subbed as well.
+Kullcraven Bushcraft awesome stuff. Haha I did use the grinder to take a lot of the stock down. Next time I'm gunna anneale it so it isn't as hard to shape.
i like all the knife the u make
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That was F*cking awesome!!!! I don't know why but all I could picture this film was a raider out of "The Last of Us" making this knife
+M.V.P hahaha I like how you saw it makes it cool thanks for watching and thanks for saying such nice things about my work I appreciate it 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Diesineveryfilm Customs cheers mate, yeah I subscribed for sure, keep posting awesome step by step films like this, make one on how to turn a piece of metal into a sword or something, F*ck yeah!!!!
M.V.P I'm hoping to make a sword soon. I'm currently away but as soon as I'm back the videos will start up again. Thanks for watching and for ideas.
Diesineveryfilm Customs Cheers mate and yeah that would be cool, have a good one
M.V.P keep an eye out buddy. Also please feel free to share my videos it helps me out a bunch
Thats anice knife
I liked it. Welldone
Thanks very much buddy have you watched some of my other videos got lots of knives and I have improved over time 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Very nice knife
Thank you very much buddy 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Nice job buddy, those old-work tool steels can be very temperamental. Fantastic workshop too! I'd highly recommend annealing the files before you work them. Even though you're not hitting furnace temps while grinding, you're still introducing enough heat to alter the temper, and will likely get uneven hardness, which could result in breaks.
Also curious: why grind off the teeth before profiling? Seems you'd get less belt wear if you profile first, going your primary bevels, then work the sides.
I've always loved the look of bastard (file) knives. Well done.
+Matt Bufford hi Matt thanks for the info on annealing 1st I will be doing this on a future project.
I ground the teeth off 1st so I could draw my design easily but I think in future I will use a grinder or grinding disc as that will be a lot quicker and easier but I opted for my sander to try get the side even to draw on my basic shape. Probably not the best way to do things but then again this video was not planned I just went into the workshop and did it all off the cuff. Thanks for watching and commenting feel free to check out my other videos or subscribe for future builds.
Very cool knife Great Job bud.
Thanks a lot man really appreciate you watching and commenting. Please like share and subscribe if you havnt already 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thats a great looking knife mate, what kind of edge did you get when sharpened? I'm pretty keen to have a go at a file knife, I beleive the steel is possibly 1095..
Thank you, it was a good edge but this is an old video so i can barely remember making it tbh haha
Beautiful work.
Thanks man I appreciate that
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Great skill man keep it up
Thanks very much mate new videos up every other week
Nice work 👍😎
Thanks buddy
Very nice work bro. Turned out great.
Thanks a lot brother yeh it came out nicely
Ficou bom seu trabalho,mas quando for trabalhar com metal já com tratamento o melhor é fazer o "recozimento" assim vc gasta menos lixa...obrigado pelo vídeo.
It was tempered to bring hardness down but even today i grind most knives when hardened and many people do this, neither way is wrong
36 sanding belts later!
+Ian Ryan hahaha I know what you mean but luckily the belts I've got are good ones and I've managed to do quite a lot on that one belt. It has just recently died tho but I'll use it for the odd thing. Got plenty of belt stock anyway
cool!
Check out some of my other videos dude
+Diesineveryfilm Customs file blades make great knives. the steel is usually 1% 1.05% carbon. The problem, as you have discovered, is grinding steel that is at it's maximum hardness. probably 65c or higher. if you put the file in your kitchen oven at about 400° f, for about 2 hours. which you should do anyway because it relieves internal stress' in the steel and it will bring the blade down to a working hardness that can be sharpened easily. You will bring the hardness down to a 56c-58c which is where most knives fall in hardness. The blade will be easier to grind. (nowhere near annealed steel, but easier than full hardness). You will use less abrasive. I know those blue ceramic belts cost me $6-$7 a pop. + you'll save a ton of time. I can grind a similar sized blade of Hatefull 3/16" Thick D2 steel in 20-30 minutes.
God of Thunder yes this is now how I start my knifes out but thanks for a more in detail perspective of it. Thanks for watching
VERY GOOD JOB
Thank you
It looks really nice!
+Zam0s thanks dude. Have you looked at my other knife builds?
+Diesineveryfilm Customs Well i didnt really have the time i was just scrolling around, and saw this video. I will surely watch all of them!
Ahh cool stuff. Feel free to hit the subscribe button as I've got a few cool knife builds coming up.
+Diesineveryfilm Customs Did just that. Looking forward to it!
Awesome stuff.
nice job👍 gave me ideas
+w delakas thanks for watching feel free to subscribe and share if you haven't already
I was trimming horse hooves and the horse tried to kick me so I hit him with the rasp and broke it. Now I know what to do with the pieces!
Yeh they are brittle just need tempering and will be perfect knife material
Very cool video, thank you for the share....✌🏻✌🏻
Thanks for watching mate
Bitchin' looking blade/knife. Thanks for showing it and process.
Thanks for watching, I have lots more up
Hi, i don’t understand How you didn’t ruin the temper of the rasp with that angle grinder. With slow cuts ? I’ve been advised to cool the piece with water regulary. Cheers
I kept it cool. Its actually hard to ruin the hardness of steel if you are careful
Superb, thanks a lot for your response !
Hence the blowtorch for drilling holes in the handle ! Good to Know for sure
awesome job you have done
Thanks a lot and please share my videos on social media. Hope you've subscribed to see more future knife builds
Strong suggestion, that I assume you learned in this make (and I've learned too!):
--- Shape the front of the handle scales BEFORE epoxying them on to the blade. ---
It's a real P.I.T.A. to try to get that bevel AFTER glue-up, without gouging the blade (even with some taping). And it's even MORE difficult if you're doing a more complex shaping of the handle there, like an arc.
Shape it, test-fit-it (often! and that's good general advice for ALL knifemaking steps!), and don't glue it up until that end is damn-near perfectly what you want. (The rest is find to shape after glue-up.)
Yeh this is a very old video and I've learned so much since then. Check out my other videos 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
sweet looking blade.
+wildernesscamp 85 thanks bro and thanks for watching.
Nice build
Thanks so much buddy 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Still liking this old video!!!!
My 1st proper knife and the thing what took my channel from 26subs to the 2500 I have now. How times change. Thanks for watching AGAIN hahaha
DiesInEveryFilm Customs haha! This is a good thing!
What prevents the blade from snapping since it's made from a very brittle hard material?
muy bueno el cuchillo hecho sin forga y de una lima gruesa muy bien. Una pregunta :el lápiz demarcador que nombre o que marca tiene? Gracias.
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BTW ditch the gloves & roll up long sleeves while working with sander or bench grinder/ rotating equipment as such can pull u in I've seen it happen not pretty when it does
THIS. Great safety tip!
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Please help me. My sincere regards to you.
Beautiful work. What type of epoxy are you using? I just had to do a set of scales twice because my epoxy set up in about four minutes in the Arizona heat and I wasn't done yet.
I was using cheap stuff and never had a problem with it but now I'm onto the expensive stuff not noticed a difference yet but all the top guys use it like diresta and other knife makers 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Good job bro 👍👍👍👍
Thank you mate
Looks good brother.
+mister smith thanks dude. Check out my newest knife build and sub if you haven't already.
Awsome, thank you.
Thanks for watching mate