Forging a knife from a wire rope (Cable Damascus)
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2024
- In this video I forge a knife from a piece of wire rope. I get as far as the heat treatment and will continue in the next video. I've forged wire rope twice in the past with varying results but I still went into this with confidence as I felt I knew where things went wrong last time. The strategy going in was lots of flux, make sure to lightly tap on the first few heats to allow the flux and impurities to squeeze out. Then lots of heat for the forge welding. Very hot. In fact I didn't know my forge could get steel this hot. So far things are going well.
This knife features my first integral bolster. I forged an integral a while back but never finished the knife so that one doesn't count.
This is also the first knife project using my new 4 lb. rounding hammer by Ethan Harty. This hammer has been a pleasure to use. The handle is great, longer than the handle on the mini sledge I was using before. And the weight is also just right. This allowed me to give nice hard swings for the forge welding. And the handle has flat sides which made it really easy to hold the hammer and get no deflected hits from the hammer turning in my hand when I strike. The red hammer that you see me strike the guillotine with is the hammer I previously used for 90% of my forging. It still has its uses.
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You are doing very nice and clean work. I like the fact that you aren't rushing through it. Keep at it, and more of us will find you.
I appreciate it 🤝
I thought I had seen ever knife maker on you tube. Infact I have searched and watched cable Damascus many times. Why is it only now that I found your video? So under viewed. I have subbed.
Hey Dan! I appreciate that a lot. Thank you! I've had a really busy summer and not a lot of time to make knives but the good news is I will be starting a new project in the next week or 2!
@@DaveMakesKnives Well I am enjoying your content, definitely not run of the mill. As a maker myself I look forward to your next instalment.
@@danwerkmanThank you brother 🙏
Good work. Couple of tips. I find the pretwist very important. I have the cable at welding Temps and twist the shit out of it. I have a stepped vice that holds the cable on one end of the cable and a pipe wrench with a rod welded on for leverage for the other end. Make extra weld on the side I am putting the wrench on to get a good grip.
Lately I have been feeling the itch to make more cable damascus. I will definitely try your advice!
Love from florida great work
Thank you James 👊
Really nice!
Thank you! I'll be back to work on it this weekend!
you are very talented!!! good job!
Thank you ❤
Nice work mate.
But I think you'll do better with a smaller hammer. Looks like it's a bit difficulty to control at times. Also, the face is too big, and you are trying to push too much metal with each hit. Get one with a smaller face. Less hits, but each one does more work...
Cheers!
PS - don't use a glove on your hammer hand. You have to grip too hard, and when you get to my age you'll have tennis elbow... 😢
Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it. I have been working on my hammering technique a lot since making this video. I'll have a new video up within a couple weeks hopefully. Maybe you can critique the hammering some more and let me know what you think. I have been thinking about getting a new cross-pein so maybe I will get one a little lighter than my rounding hammer