Forging A Huge Integral Bowie Knife From A Giant Truck Spring, Blacksmithing, Knifemaking
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2023
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I was given a massive truck spring, and I want to forge a cool blade from it!
Though I don't know for sure, I think this spring is 5160 steel. I did some hardness testing on it and it came out to 58 HRC following hardening and tempering.
Dimensions of this Bowie knife:
Overall Length: 17"
Blade Length: 11"
Spine: .250" at bolster, distal taper to point.
#Bowie #Blacksmith #Knife
The Jolly Green Giant is anxiously awaiting his knife 🤣
That would be brutal to do that all by hand without a press and a power hammer. Holy cow.
Man, that is one beautiful piece of art! Rough, rustic, rugged, butcso beautiful! The ironwood is gorgeous!
Now that's a knife!
Glad to see some recognition for our Brazilian smiths
The same thing here in Iraq
Crocodile Dundee would be proud. Now that’s a knife!
I’ve been watching A. Bigunas videos for a long time. He is a superb knife maker. I learned a ton from watching him
Now thats a knife
Very happy and proud that you Know and like @alex bigunas 😊
Hell yeah I’m glad u took my advice and checked out Bigunas, he’s a wizard! So many nice little tips and tricks can be learned from that guy 👍
Bigunas is a national treasure for Brazilian bladesmiths, unfortunately he doesn't get the recognition he deserves
We call it "bolo" here in the Philippines and yes it was a huge knife for small wood (soft wood) projects and survival knife as well as cooking knife, it serves a lot of purpose here it is considered our 2nd amendment in the provinces for self defense 🎉❤🎉❤
Sick chopper! Glad you found the Bigunas channel. He’s a fantastic smith
😳Now that's a "David Wowie" knife! It turned out great.🤜🤛
Is this a Jocke ???
Crocodile Dundee would approve. 😳😂😂
Crikey now that’s a knife
I like the music, sick knife.
Good looking, beafy knife. 👍
Nicely done once again
Excellent sword :) Just kidding, beautiful work, great process video.
Dundee would be proud.. nice blade
This is cool, man 💪⚒️🔥
(Best Australian accent) now that's a knife
Haha yes sir, I thought about attempting it but I know one of my Aussie viewers would correct me!
That usually works out that way lol
Its pronounced “Bee-Goo-Nass" but close enough 😂 Master Bigunas is a wizard. 👍🏻
Desert ironwood was a great choice.
Thank you
Now that is a knife! It turned out awesome as usual! Thanks again Elijah!
Thanks for watching!
Shurap is a great knife maker, base in Ukraine, very good knife BTW awesome job bud
Damn son that's one hell of a Knife! Even Crocodile Dundee would be proud to carry it. 🤣
5160 is my favorite metal for large knives and hatchets. I have made dozens of knives with it and several tomahawks as well as two swords. One thing I have found out with it is that it doesn't forge weld as easily as most other steels.
Awesome Chopper!!! You're gonna get a ton of projects out of those springs thats for sure!
That desert iron wood has great grain. It sets off the entire knife.
Awesome as always.
I know a guy that owns 20+ gravel trains. Michigan doubles. Just started blacksmithing, he has many, many broken leaf springs.
You will be able to make a lot of knives out of that spring. Huge.
That's a monster of a knife. Amazing work, as always.
She's a beaut
I love integral bowies beautiful polish
I love the design, I'm a Bowie nut and own several.
Might even be 5160. Cool man.
That’s a knife Mick Taylor cud love 👍👍
Respect for that forging! I used a piece of truck spring (maybe 5160?) for a kitchen cleaver. I'm still working on it trying to hand sand it to a nice finish. The quench warped the blade pretty bad and grinding it straight took it thinner than I would have liked. When it is done it will cut meat and vegetables to whatever thickness (or thinness) I want, but it will be absolutely useless for chopping through bones. It's more of a Frankenstein chef knife than the cleaver I wanted to make. Next one I will take a few lessons from this vid and try them. Thanks.
I got a lot of truck springs that i use to make my own knives. Anneal it it makes it crack and warp less .
Thank you
Thanks for your humble attitude. We can learn from your trials. My first spring steel knife was made into a machete. That certainly was not the goal. I wanted something much smaller. Leaf springs offer MASS.
Definitely got some talent there on display!
That look is awesome. It’s rough and rugged but flawless and elegant.
Step back crocodile dundee 😅😅. Awesome job job bud .keep up the great work.
Very cool. classic Bowie knife.
Using recycled materials always a plus 👍 I have a big old truck leaf spring that I salvaged I would love to have the means to turn it into some useful items.
Good choice of wood for the handle I have a supply of ironwood I've collected out in the desert when I visit quartzsite really beautiful wood.
Nice.
It would be cool to have a swedge on it...
Turned out real nice
Good job
You using the side of your hammer to make that step was oddly satisfying, I might be a psychopath 😭
Nicely done Elijah. Big blade.
That is a beautiful knife. I am partial to the bigger blades.
Hey 👋 man how you doing bro ohh yeah!..that is amazing bowie knife 🔪 buddy ready to go camping 🏕 blessings 🙌 🙏
Thank you for all the work you do
Excellent work man! I remember as a young man in Hawaii, the Filipinos there were always making knives out of leaf springs. Particularly, Volkswagen leaf springs. I don’t know why, but they said it was the best steel. This was back in the 80’s so maybe it’s different now but back then, it was all about Volkswagen leaf springs. German steel back then? Probably.
This is the first time since then that I’ve seen anyone using a leaf spring to make a knife and that old memory just popped to mind.
Cool blade, thanks for sharing!
Now that's a knife!! Beautiful work as always!
Received my Nessmuk today. This knife is amazing and feels great in the hand. Thank you so much sir.
Thank you I appreciate it!
Wow! Huge.
Hmmm, what a nice piece 😺
Cool, ideal for the Croc's we get in Queensland, Australia!
Nice
Excellent job!
Wow, Paul Bunyan edc. Very nice knife, and commentary!
what a monster
Great content! Thanks
Cool knife - good job. Stay safe.
I used a thick small size of leaf spring to forged the blade,it makes the huge blade
Nicely done
Well done, sir. As always, very much enjoyed the video.
Always enjoy Watching you work, awesome👍
crocodile dundee approves
Forklift tines are made out of similar steel, so if you insist on something even larger. The big forklifts have tines a foot wide. Samson's sword?
Cool!
Awesome
I love the raw look of the Blade :)
Nice work, dude - just the title of the clip is a little confusing… that’s not a knife… it’s a full grown sword😁
Whackin' *HUGE* blade!
I LOVE the rustic look, especially the handle - it might not have been what you initially intended, but it looks AWESOME. Honestly, the only change I'd have made would be to have ground a false edge to the clip point.
Nice Monster Bowie; some thoughts that occured to me as you were working through shelling the integral bolster.
1. Getting a nice balance point (matchete like for chopping or more camp knife oriented).
2. Would a thru tang and pommel or integral guard/bolster add or detract from the design, as something to use some of the extras metal?
3. A sweet little Bird & Trout 4 inch blade, in the same steel would make fun companion set, IMO.
Love you openly talking thru areas that went well and those that were challenging.
61. Rock well, it’s still extremely hard in my opinion.
It's already sold
Extremely nice work, nice shop, great video! Thank you.
Fun build!
outstanding ❗🔥🚙🇺🇲
Thanks!!
Beautiful blade
Great looking blade.
Very nice!
Beautiful blade.
Great job! Integrals aren't easy 👏
Amazing work! I'd love to add that to my collection of blades!
Well done!!
Not sure if it was my suggestion you saw, but I did recommended his channel at a comment on your video. And you nailed his last name... ("Begoonas") But the "x" in his name is pronounced as in "sh". So It's more like "Aleshandre" it's "dre", as in Andre.
Very nice!!
Those are quite common here in europe. They have a distal taper built in what safes a lot of work when forging the pre form for a sword. Also its thickness is good to forge integral guards
Nice work as always!
Looks awesome!
Elijha that came out amazing maybe you can make some butcher dies for the integrils? a friend offed me a leaf spring from a peterbuilt if older should be good for knives or at least practice thanks Mark 😃👍👍
cleaver with a point.
Excellent,,, get you a case of beer for that (NOT Bud Lite)
Az igen!
Awesome build as always. I made my self a Bowie out of a dually truck spring. It's tough as a rattlesnake, while forging and after lol.
Very nice!! ❤
That's more of a chopper than a Bowie. Still a good knife.