Bayonet to Bird & Trout Knife COMMENTARY version.
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- čas přidán 16. 11. 2023
- This previously released civil war bayonet video had a commentary version on Patreon. And here it is! I'm releasing it to the rest of CZcams. This project really pulled me in. The horrors of the civil war as told through many insightful and poetic first hand accounts are moving.
Music is Brooke Miller "Two Soldiers" which I stumbled across while looking for the traditional Civil War ballad "Two soldiers" which has been sung by Bob Dylan, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Garcia, Cowboy Junkies and others.
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This video is copyrighted and may not be used, distributed or published without my permission. - Sport
As a knifemaker with 15 years in the craft, this has got to be one of the coolest projects I have ever seen. I am a sucker for both repurposed historical steel and smaller nimble utility blades. My heart sank when it failed to reach acceptable hardness in the first quench test. I was absolutely stoked when you made the choice to carborize the steel rather than use it as san mai cladding or something. Keeping the U.S. stamp was the absolute cherry on top. Any history buff can clearly see what it once was and that you definitely did the original article justice. It is so fitting that such an icon of suffering, struggle, pain, and death should start a brand new life as a tool used in the creation of wonderful memories through hunting and fishing in the country it helped produce. Thanks Green Beetle!
🙏 ty sir!
The knife, the history, the message, the spirituality... Just beautiful!
That wrought iron guard is gorgeous! And the look of the knife is very unified, I love to see knives like this.
ty!
Commentary is my favorite type of video, I click and Like.
I have a 1903 bayonet I made into a short sword more than 20 years ago. Might be time to revisit it and finish it out. Great project. As a military veteran I can relate to your internal conversation with yourself.
ty for watching, means alot!
Wasn't expecting this video to be this deep, but it was great!
I love this! The commentary and philosophy was great and the knife is incredible. Another fantastic project and video
Ty man
You've done some amazing work before, but this one just hits differently. This is by far my favorite.
Stunning knife, Steve! Truly amazing work!!! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Bocote wood is great! It's affordable, hard, every piece looks different, it shines up nice. I have used it quite a bit in knife making. Love it!
Amazing knife with a moving story, great job!
Thoroughly enjoyed that , one of the best projects I've ever watched.
This one is absolutely stunning!
Beautiful knife with some serious history.
That's a beautiful tribute to those lost in war.
Steve, excellent end product with heartfelt narration. Easily see the possible similarity to a veteran making a knife like this 50-75 years ago. With their thoughts pondering upon similar themes.
Very nice. Thanks for taking us along 👍.
Damn man, that is beautiful, and the story and the journey is so much cooler. Well done.
Ty
Love it! Your commentary makes this channel...keep it coming.
Beautiful knife. Beautiful commentary. Beautiful quote.
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Great Work Sir! Love the wrought iron guard!
Apart from the beautiful result, your reflections on human nature and the troubled history as it manifests itself makes this the most compelling knife making video i’ve ever witnessed. You turned a weapon into a beautiful instrument to be used or regarded as an art piece❤
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Such a great knife. Great work as always👏👏
Love these videos. I put them on while I'm doing chores, and I end up day dreaming about getting back in my garage.
I also like how you don't gloss over or cut out your mistakes. I struggle with being unable to achieve perfection, so it's encouraging to see how good your results are, even with hiccups along the way
Nicely done. Glad you didn't use a trowel bayonet, my favorite from that era.
Beautiful knife and beautiful video and sentiment
Love the bit of philosophy showing through at the end there Steve.
I recommend everyone probe themselves at least once. Maybe in college or something - just to see if you like it.
Thank you
Really cool to hear your thoughts throughout. Volunteer at a non profit that support vets through knifemkaing as a form of therapy. Good one you!!! Another reason why it is so useful!!!!
Awesome project and a super gorgeous knife!
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It's a great looking knife Steve. I like the idea of turning a weapon into a useful tool with a significant history.
Hey, James! Ty !
It turned out beautifully as always great work
That knife turned out lovely. I have a set of Shapton stones, I've ben to scared to try them out though.
I'm an Australian, yet I still find the American Civil war to be endlessly fascinating. If I ever went to the US, there'd be quite a few Civil War battlegrounds on my itinerary.
That bayonet charge you mentioned was Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine up on Little Round Top. Quite an epic encounter that one. Very much helped to save the Unions left flank.
I also have to say, getting hit by a minie ball is high up on the list of things I wouldn't want to happen to me.
Lovely work as always, Steve. Very well done
That thing is beautiful! Great job as usual
That’s some really stunning work!!
Absolutely love this one. Another awesome work of art
Beautiful work!
Beautiful work and words.
Beautiful. Simple but beautiful
The musket/rifle with a long bayonet was the foot soldiers last defence against cavalrymen on horseback with long sabers.
Little Round Top is the hill I think you’re referring to at Gettysburg. Even still today it is a haunting, somewhat ethereal, “heavy” place to visit.
Turned out beautifully! Great work
Simply magnificent!
EVERY GB video should have commentary. We come here for the GB commentary and shenanigans, not the knives.
This one is a very poignant build and your commentary very heartfelt and in a lot of ways very personal, I feel.
Gorgeous knife, beautifully put together and treated as always with top notch Green Beetle respect
I am looking at the stack of wrought iron I have and I do mean stack and wondering things.
Thankyou for sharing
Ty m. Wrought is gorgeous stuff!
having a knife made out of a bayonet is a hundred times cooler than the bayonet itself especially with the US stamp still on it
that is amazing
Excellent
Beautiful knife. 👏👏
Well done, and well spoken 👏
Nicely done 👍
New life. Beautiful man.
Awesome
I would prefer forging in 14 degrees over 100 degrees, but yeah that doesn't sound fun. I think making knives out of old stuff is pretty cool, especially since its not something rare. I have had expensive wood crack too and it sucks, I pretty much just stabilize all my wood now. That knife came out fantastic, I like that it still has that rustic feel to it and that hamon gives it a lot of character.
hi, nice work as always! becouse you mentioned teh danish oil, after longer search and testing im using an hardoil now, its usually used for kitchen woksurfaces so its durable against most stuff that is important for knives (like foodacids, oils,sweat, salvia etc etc) and the best part is its usable for child toys.. so you dont need to worry kids get poisend while playing with teh knive! greatings from germany
Nice I’ll look into it. 👌
Amazing knife, love it. Hate the handle, but I’m biased against bocote wood. I love ironwood though, that’s beautiful
i didnt think there was all that much metal to make something out of that bayonet. I think that was more sculpting than forging. Nice piece
Thanks, it was very interesting. Good to hear you're probing yourself deep. LOL
Hey Dan!
I wasn’t even issued a bayonet in the 20 years I was in, carried my own knife or four lol.
Mig welding without a shroud. Not seen that one before!
I wear a hood but no shroud I’m confident you’ve seen this before.
@@GreenBeetle I meant the metal shroud on the Mig tip that encloses the inert gas onto the the work piece.
I say visit Gettysburg. It's totally worth it
Pickett's charge and battle of little round top I believe
Some people just don't know the difference between an actual salvageable antique and something that is just plain old...
Great knife, the harmone, the stamp, and transition into the wrought iron is so cool. I really enjoyed the history commentary too. I notice bladesmiths will always make a bird and trout knife but never a true fishing fillet knife. Is this considered a lesser blade to craft? Its a knife you want to bend so mass producing the blades from stamped 1/16" stainless steel is probably the easiest route at the commercial level. Even still, id love to see one properly smithed.
A fillet is harder to make by far. Thinner blades are harder heat treat without warping and grind without burning the temper. No extra meat to work out a slip on the grinder. Making sure the temper accommodates bending but also allows a hard edge.
@GreenBeetle Ah, yes, the kind of issues you can go back and fix only to have them occur on the second attempt anyway. Thanks for the reply!
Damn you teased me with that snake wood 😂
Yeah it was gonna look great
@@GreenBeetle still came out amazing nice work!!
Most of my Bowies end up as bird and trout knives. Mostly due to gross incompetence on my part. Canada's 2 little civil rebellions pale in comparison to the US Civil War. I doubt most Canadians would know what a bayonet really is.
The Bowie to bird and trout build-off I love it.
😀I'd watch it: I enjoy pain.@@GreenBeetle
Do you have a website where you sell your blades?
I used to but I think the annual subscription ran out this month. I wasn’t doing a great job keeping it updated. My IG is a better place to look.
Argali Carbon Knife
I guy i went to high school with was nicknamed bird trout
Wow what was his real name?
@@GreenBeetle his name was Nathan, he's now a member of the Canadian infantry
Woah I’m early
The disease and conditions were your biggest enemy in the civil war. Many people didnt even know there was a war. More of a bloods vs crips type of war i think.
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STEVE!
STEEEEEEEVE!
Rad
He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore.
Isaiah 2:4.
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