How to make a letter opener knife
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- čas přidán 27. 09. 2016
- in this video I attempt to make my first knife in the form of a sharp steel blade letter opener. with no forge. I was inspired by Diesineveryfilm Customs. He makes some badass awesome and highly custom sharp and pointy things.
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Man what an awesome tutorial. My wife has a whole pile of prison shanks, I'm sure I could use one without her noticing it was gone.
And why, i ask does she have those
@@definition.of.insanity warden
i went to my local prison but they don't sell shanks
did you visit the gift shop?
Should have used commissary items... Ciggs and postage stamps at the very least lol.
I was like, that isn't sharp, then youcut yourself and I WOW SHIT BADASS thumbs up
sharp and pointy
I have never had to sharpen my little diamond blade shears.
ps. shanks are available in the prision gift shop
Ichiban Moto did you just cut that steel with a pair of Swiss knife scissors??
diamond blade shears
Ichiban Moto mister Ichiban you are the funnest youtuber out there. Your video makes my day evey time i see a new one. keep up the good work
As a knife maker, I found your tutorial very . . . enlightening. I will rethink my approach to knife making and maybe I'll send a pic when I get back from the prison gift shop and get another knife complete.
This is one of the best videos you have made. One can see most of your trusted bad ass techniques: metric measurements with calibrated ruler, intensive use of diamond-blade shears, and oh so many other pearls of technique and wisdom. Thank you for sharing and making my day a better day!
why thank you :D
Always nice to see the little green packet hanging out nearby. It's a good visual to know I'm on the genius channel.
This video was perfection.
Is that sharpening stone from nickeltown customs? It's pretty bad-ass!
Another great tutorial! After watching this video I am 100% confident in my possible knife making abilities to invest all of my savings and open up a shop. Thanks Ichiban!
Love how everything you makes comes out just perfect!
That is badass and I certainly give it 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 out of 5 thumbs up
thank you forge master... I would never have attempted making a pointy thing before discovering your badass awesome channel. ps. I am humbled by your generous thumbsups.
Ichiban Moto you are welcome young padiwan I hope to see more pointy things possibly a cafe race knife. Plenty more thumbs up for you for discovering my channel and coming on the journey with me aswell as joining in 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I don't understand why your channel doesn't have a kabillion fans with all that awesomeness you make over there !
Ichiban Moto maybe one day it will. Some days I get 100s of new subs and some I only get 2. In June I hit 1000 subs and now I'm at 6000 I suppose it's just getting to people who like it and I don't think I'm very good at tagging my videos or helping spread my work. I really appreciate what your saying tho. I'm sure one day I will have a good amount of subs but I'm happy anyway I just enjoy sharing and all my loyal subscribers 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I keep coming back to this channel for actual advice and every time I get this!
not every video is sharp pointy things
keep the videos coming-u have me in stitches man ...brilliant mate..
I always love seeing you use that hand drill! Awesome blade and handle work!
I'm constantly in awe how you're able to smooth, contour and flatten so well with simply diamond paper.
some kids whittled to pass time... I papered
Awesome letter opening shank. Anyone would be proud to keister such a work of art!
it's now on my wife's office desk. she thought it was a metric steak knife at first
That's good stuff. Thank you for making awesome videos. Keep up the good work!
i'm going to try another one. but sharper and pointier
Genius, your sanding kung fu is second to none....
it's in my culture.. passed down from elders
Badass, ichi! All these DIY knife videos out there but none for the average Joe
Joe also wants a sword video
Killer episode! Instant classic.
they history of that shank shall not be discussed
so badass!!!! inspiring!!!!!
i always enjoyed watching your vidoes. badass and a bit funny. love your tools too
tools are serious business
I would love to make one of these. But difficult for those of us who are not blessed with all those expensive expert tools, such as the professional grindstone.
Damn that thing was sharp, powerful sharp.
i'm going for forge a custom spork
Best DIY ever!
it actually turned out nice
Great as always. Thanks for the well thought out laughs.
thanks for watching and sharing .. love your channel !
remember folks that's a right handed letter opener to get a left handed you have to reverse the process
I'm making an Australian style knife next
Ichiban Moto
tag me in when you've done it, can't wait to see it.
cheers from Downunder.
The diamond paper was well done, badass!
it's the good stuff
Love the disc brake knife !
it's badass awesome ! check out his channel : +Diesineveryfilm Customs
Great wood grip and amazing tungsthene stone !
this whole project has be rethinking how I make screwdrivers too
powerful and sharp little scissors!
diamond blade shears
Man those tiny scissors are boss if they can cut into steel
You are truly the master of the video edit.
well.. it would be a very long video in real time
I guess that's an imperial letter opener. It wouldn't work in Europe........
No, it was measured in CM!
By Jupiter, you're right !
most of our envelope sizes are still imperial... might need to rethink this
yeah it only opens wood pulp paper envelopes, not those parchment and wax sealed ones you got over there.
Cool man!
Roberta was so beautiful in the rectangles of light
great work, I'm putting this on my projects list for sure!
I'm going to give this another go
you must have made the same mistake as I did, my letter opener tool is for metric envelopes, and most of the ones we have here in the states are imperial..... I'll also have to give it another go. thanks ichie!
so many specialty tools !
I loooooooove that knife
Badass! You're a true master with the diamond paper, sir. As a furniture maker, I have had experience with glues failing though, so maybe on your next handle try something more permanent like green zipties.
well.. this was my first attempt... I will try again tho
What happens if you need a prison shank?
... oh, fook !
The shank reminds me; I found I could also use my sock-with-a-bar-of-soap combo for cleaning and polishing my bike, personal hygiene and protecting one foot from dog eggs.
tops tips :D
That sand paper is "bad ass".
that paper cutting got me lol
This is bad ass!
I wish I also had access to the diamond paper ...
Nickletown
Badass!
That handle is BAD ASS
i actually surprised myself...
Nice that is at least 10 out of 10 stickers man!
i believe that would be a new record
Wow that IS sharp! Please watch your arms when utilising that envelope diswrapping tool... Badass!!!!
Xx
Sorry brother no like if you don't use meteorite and ceramic damascus supersteel... Love your videos :D
. it was my first try :D
hehhee.....aahhhhh ! I really liked how sharp the letter opener is. When you opened the letter at the end I fell off my chair...hahahha...Thanks for the laugh. Matt.
the next one will be sharper
Hahaha love that sand paper, god damn it
diamond paper
Ichiban Moto I mean the video editing, the speed from start to finishin stuff
Have you tried coating wooden knife handles with cyanoacrylate? I've heard it can give a nice shiny coating.
at least you can hold it in the hand that's missing the thumb
Is Nickltown Customs a Franchise? I can't seem to find any of that good stuff in the crappy stores we have.
thanks for the tutorial ichiban. one question. can i use leftover motorcycle tyres as fuel for my forge? i supply air to it by attaching a fan to my handdrill
if you did you wouldn't need to supply air as you could use a pre-inflated tyre inner tube and burn that!
that +Hippo247 is brilliant
what type of scissors do you reccomend for cutting te steel?
I just use my little diamond blade shears
What do u think is wrong with my 2002 Yamaha ttr90 dirtbike? When I give it gas it bogs down,I've cleaned the carb multiple times and it has a hard time starting this just happened out of the blue about a month ago, I changed the oil I don't know what to do HELP!!!
only one good cleaning will do it. are you certain all micropassages and jets are properly clean? also double check the timing, spark advance etc. is there a fuel filter?
Do prison shanks from metric countries work? Is there is a conversion kit at nickel town custom s?
there is alot of testing to be done. this was my first attempt
hello, What do you use that kind knife? saludos desde Ecuador
poke and cut things
Apparently there is nothing a little elbowgrease and diamondpaper couldn't handle. Superb tutorial, 5/5
handcrafted artisan diamond paper
bad ass dude I would sharp it enough to be a pocket knife
you really know how to work that diamond paper sir.
takes years of trial and error
I really miss you posting your videos. I wish you'd come back. Take care.
will be back soon! thanks for watching and sharing
I do hope you'll be back. You are the coolest! Thanks for letting me know. #TRUEFAN @@IchibanMoto
Add a little oil to your sharpening stone to give it a badass edge.
oh, good tip ! so like 20w50?
Ichiban Moto they make a special oil check Amazon maybe watch some sharpening tutorials? 👍
That's a really nice letter opener. 👍 Will you be making a new shank?
i might make a gun next... and then a shank
Hmm... what about a gun that fires shanks?
That looked like a nasty cut there icheban. So glad you removed all the blood and rust from the prison shank, otherwise you could have contracted hepertitus B or even Aids.
I think I'll just sharpen this ow!!
We all need to find out where we can get a pair of those multi purpose scissors. They are awesome and of course "bad ass".
those are diamond blade shears grandpa brought back from the war
Really totally badass!! But can it still be used as a shank?
check your local weapons ordinances
They only only allow disposable plastic ones.
Thanks for this video I really liked it and I am sending it to all my knife making friends. What happened to you for the last 3 months?
oh I'm fine. I'm excuse prone so far too much too go into in the comments section. maybe I should do a channel update video?
bad assss
ahhhhhhhhhhhh hahahahaha man I love this :)
You bleed motor oil. That's badass!
Can you use a prison shank if there's blood on it? Nevermind here comes the warden... I was never here, are we clear on that?!
shhhhh.....
that knife was badass. what's the amount of letters it can open, do you think?
bad ass!
Lost for words but just amazing !. Turned out a cracking industrial letter opener though, and very sharp and if you ever run out of razors and need a shave ? well..... there you go !.And better put to use rather than a prison shank .Hope you didn't throw away the bandana man !
i used the bandana to clean up the blood
I knew it would be BAD ASS sharp! the way it just tore through your finger! WOW, that was better than the surgeon's scalpel.
I'm amazed to see the effectiveness of that diamond metal cutting paper, you are using to shape the tip of the knife... I'm wondering if you can use it as super fast sanding paper as well? One stroke and all sanding is finished?
Lastly a final question; when using it for opening letters, do you use full chain saw safety gear?
I mean if that thing slips; it'll be the Stockholm Bloodbath all over again...
it comes in various grades.. from like 2 gram to 6000 or something
Ok, this is the first time I've seen one of his videos. Did he really shape the blade with sandpaper??
diamond paper*
I was looking for a tutorial on how to make a prison shank from a letter opener....I also have no friends.
5:18 you made me wake my dog up!
Could you speed up the contouring process using your manual power sanding disc hack from your gas tank refurbishment video?
yea, this manual process was slow.. however it was my first try
Lmmfao just need to clean the blood off
I robbed my shank off an escapee so I think 2nd hand shank is gonna be BAD ASS!
some are nasty, you should boil it first
What about heat treat? You know you can use a household iron for treating, if you wrap the letter opener in aluminium folio!
oo.. I will try that if I make another knife !
Got a question for anyone here:
Wondering what type of seat is on the 1940s Hydra Glide? It looks really comfortable.
looks like a tractor seat
Alright. Going to call John Deere tomorrow to see if they have any available.
Followed instructions very carefully, but forgot the finger cutting step. Now I have a letter opener with the handle on the sharp and pointy bit.
must be a use for such device
You've just made a Badass detail hammer...!
Badass! I was trying to use it as a torque wrench but your idea is much better.
I give that 6 out of 5
badass !
And by the way could you please offer some of that magic diamond paper for the rest of us?
i might package small quantities for retail sale
hard work ,but its great
fun work too !
+Ichiban Moto ...yea man ,send more videos ...
working speed level minecraft
Hilarious! That is a legit swiss army knife that cuts 5150 steel!!
it's the diamond blades
i need a sticker for my sidecar
im absolutely subscribe you ! ahahah
Long time no motorcycle video. Make one on making your own compression gauge for compression test? Go go Ichiban Moto
I have been busy winterizing everyones bikes. I already made a compression tester. Maybe I can recreate that for a new video ?
here you go : czcams.com/video/cjuPEk-urZs/video.html
Please do the video. We need some new inspiration!! =)
Is there an online retailer for prison shanks or do I need to go rob the liquor store instead?
You can purchase a well used shank from the kids by the corner. But be aware! Some shanks has been keistering out of prison, so they smell funny.
they are also on fleabay. hey, anyone else notice that there are two, possibly as many as three different guys doing videos for this itchy channel?
I'm a bad person, i must admit to laughing so hard i was coughing when you tested the sharpness. I'm sorry, I'll try to be a better person. I'll finish watching Ted Lasso as soon as possible...
I need those scissors
diamond blade shears
I know someone you could test that knife out on.
Whatever, that sand paper would take a year to sand the curve, and those Scissors probably barely cut paper lol!