Man this was the most interesting video in the whole series! Beautiful dagger and the attention to detail creating the steel was on a whole other level!
This is the pure blacksmithing! You've started from the foundation and you end up with beautiful blade Spencer! I can only watch and admire your skills and knowledge! Maybe someday I'll make my own wootz- I hope you will be my mentor
This is true bladesmithing. I don’t think most smiths realize how challenging making wootz is or even read a phase diagram. Most technical and difficult build out of all the others! Got my vote sir.
Damn! This has been a super interesting videos with all your insights. Thank you!! Packed of useful informations for wootz! And the dagger looks great, love the pattern. Congrats!!
There are some amazing blades in this challenge series. But without a doubt yours is the most practical and only one I’d actually use. You got my vote and a new subscriber
Your ability to share the knowledge that you have obviously learned is really fun to watch and listen to, you're very humble and I couldnt help but be inspired thanks for the great video.
I ended up voting for someone else in the challenge, but subscribed to you for your process. Closer to the old ways, with a simple, practical approach that covers the process with a practical, durable knife made with hard labor. I enjoyed the video and process greatly. If I had to pick one to use, it'd be yours.
This is so cool!! I spent a little time in Japan and saw the basic clay foundries they would build and actually make the ingots. This is the closest I’ve seen since then. The attention to chemistry and alchemy aren’t commonly practiced these days. Beautiful work man!
Thanks!! I tried to simplify it as best as I could and to not bore the general audience. I sure could have gone into far more detail on a lot of the processes! Thanks for watching!
I recognized you were making Crucible steel right away, and you are correct, nothing is nicer than a Damasc style steel than the one you simply don't have to physically work like the "Pattern Welded" damascus knives, which truly aren't Damascus steel at all. from what we know, Wootz is as close to real Damascus steel as we can get, without going to Iran to get the iron that it was made from. I love your dagger, it is a very practical dagger, one intended to be used and abused, whereas all of the others, well, at least all of the ones I have seen so far in this challenge are much more decorative and to put them into daily use would be to ruin their overall appearance. But yours will likely gain in character and not be ruined by daily use. but the pattern on your steel is truly beautiful, so I can see how it would be addictive in nature because you would want to make more and more and more! Great work, and a great blade for sure! Good luck on the challenge!!!
Wootz captivates me completely - awesome to see this historic near mythical metallurgy brought back to the modern age. And fantastic to see another Wootz creator - I really love watching "FZ- making knives" and it's nice to have another Wootz channel to follow. I also really appreciate all you detailed explanation (much goes over my head but I still appreciate it). Great looking dagger and fantastic video!
Right on!! Same here. I live making this stuff and don’t think I’ll ever stop! Stay tuned cause I plan on doing a series on Wootz experiments and making my own alloys. Thank you and thanks for watching!👍🏻
While the style of the dagger isn't what I prefer you got my vote. I'm impressed with the look of the wootz steel you made and the quality of the workmanship.
Thank you thank you thank you! I always wondered how wootz was made but most videos are rather cryptic about their process, so this was really interesting to watch. The dagger turned out very nice and I can see how one can get addicted to making wootz 😁
Thank you for this amazing video, I have been scouring youtube and internet for this information, you not only made it easy and all in one place but also included the science and explanation behind many aspects. Thank you for this video I shared it with friends.
I love your approach to science and physics. I feel like I just went to school. You are truly a talented smith! You crafted a beautiful knife! Good luck!
My hat goes off to you Spencer! Going from raw material to a finished, naturally beautiful and practical blade shows a complete understanding of the craft that I could only hope to achieve. This challenge has been the most difficult to vote on, but I think you may have just made it easier. Good luck ;)
Your experience with the metallurgy is very cool. I’ve always been fascinated by crystal structure formation in metals and non metals. There is so much one can learn about metallurgy. I almost took a job at a new steel mill that would have had a handful of metallurgists in its employ, and just for recycled steel!
Great explanation of the metallurgical processes involved here. It's easy to just say "get some metal hot and hammer till it's pointy" but there are so many incredible variables at work every time you forge. True bladesmiths are practical chemists in my humble eyes. That blade looks great and I love the handle material. I'd love to see one with a nice deep fuller 3/4 up the length of the blade, and a nice dark wood like ironwood with some deep checkering and bright brass hardware. Beautiful work and I'm anxious to see what else you make. Keep it up, man!
33k views... that's fantastic! very cool to see your channel progress like this. i think this Wootz journey is going to be a lot of fun for us as well as you
Thank you, sir, for your generosity in sharing your processes. Your result clearly justifies your effort, and I cannot imagine why I haven't subscribed before this, but I rectified that today.
You just blew my mind, I’ve watched and read a lot on making crucible steel. I was mesmerised as you spoke about the process. Truly some wizardry, alchemy, and a sprinkle of some strong magic 😂 Science and art fused together to make some beautiful crucible steel. Thank you 🙏 Subscribed!!!!!
Gotta say, the craftmanship on this dagger is top notch, thanks for sharing! Loved your explanations according to making your own crucible steel and pointing out how to properly heattreat and etch it. Bonus points for hammering out such a clean basic profile, thats some serious gunpower and precision. And it turned out be a beautiful piece of art. What would sort of concern me from a kali guy's pov would be the functionality. It seems pretty heavy and with such a wide blade and short tip, you gotta deliver some force to drive it through things, which seems risky considering the narrow guard. Thats probably why it didnt do so well on stabbing the water canister. Still, amazing job, looking forward to whitness future content ;-)
I've watched this video a few times now. Still mind blowing how the metal stacks up and layers on its own. Big Brain stuff but also mind blowing amazing.
Good really good stuff man! I’ve been watchin’ you for a while. Your knives are better every time. I was a Heavy Duty Repairman/ Welder for 20 years before it got too hard then I just Welded/Fabricated for another 25 before I retired and started learning how to build cool stuff!
This type of video is what I love to watch. It makes me miss metal shop when I was in High School. My teacher let me try and make my own steel once. Definitely wasn't the best but it was an awesome learning experience. You sir got my vote :) I look forward to more content from your channel :)
did you quench in water or oil? Given the noise i suspect oil, and if that's the case then having a hamon is indeed inevitable. At least in europe, people just quenched in fresh water, and thats it (and the blade had to be thin). Very rough, you'll need to fix the warp, but that gives extreme hardness even on those old steels that really need to be shocked hard to harden Anyways, fantastic work, thanks for the video !
That was a brilliant build Spencer, a very well made blade. Still getting my own forge started up here in Australia and you've already made me very interested in wootz steel and how to make it. Maybe I will find myself following you in this craft as well one day, currently I have a lot of leaf springs to work with, once I've managed to buy a decent anvil and a workbench and those other bits and pieces that make a forge a forge! Again, great work. Keep it up! ⚒😃👍👍🍻
Great information involving metallurgy and awesome work on the blade. Pouring their own blade material? So many different approaches to this challenge, so many talented craftsmen.
Great video. Liked the explanations as well, the explanation is what really brings the process of making something like that together. Plus watching an amazing dagger be made is rewarding of itself.
Well I have watched everything that. I considered to be a dagger (some were just fantasy blades) even the blades I felt were too long to be a dagger. One or two people I felt were not serious about the challenge but many devoted a lot of time and effort and I truly appreciated there endeavor buuuut I had to vote for your brother. In my mind it is everything a dagger is supposed to be, beautiful and deadly too. Something you can get into a fight with and win it, or at least the weapon will not fail a person and that is very important. Too long and it is unwieldily, too short and it's not a dagger. Daggers were meant to punch thru armor and I have no doubt whatsoever that your blade would not only punch thru armor but reach the parts it needs to reach to be deadly. Congratulations Spencer on a very very beautiful weapon and if I was a warrior I would definitely want it in my arsenal by my side.
Good morning bud! I love the video. As a person who did a dissertation on this topic, having read over two hundred references, literature spanning from dark ages to something published months ago... I find your approach to non peer audience the simplest so far. Many experts have tried to give reasonable explanations, but I find yours the most fitting to what I deem simple. After all, crucible steel and its variations (geographical and methodical) are just another type of steel... In modern times, no better than the next piece of steel you get. Yes, it has a pretty pattern, but majority artifacts I've studied haven't got it. I guess the quality started being associated only with the pattern sometime in the 19th century, as well as mysticism revolving around lost secrets and magical properties. Common tools were made from it, and they were not etched. But, surprisingly enough, most microstructures of these artifacts I've been looking at, haven't been hardened. There was no martensitic transformation at all. Why? Because they weren't hardness freaks back in the day like we are, using hardness as an absolute criterion of quality 🤦🏻♂️ If the blade didn't snap during the battle and held its edge without chipping, it would be considered a desirable weapon. Although, with the higher C percentage, it could happen regardless the fine patterns and appear. This was reported like a thousand years ago! Anyway nice video and keep them coming!
Thank you for the feedback! And thanks for watching! I have a question maybe you can help with. Can you recommend a metallurgical microscope? Something for a hobbyist. I’d like to get close up shots of ingot solidification structures and pattering? I was looking at the inverted style scopes.
@@HeavyForge sure thing. Let me dig it up. The one I used was inverted and could use polarized light. However it was intended for metallography, meaning that samples to be analyzed had to be polished to sick levels and etched appropriately each time. That took additional time, cost and a lapping machine.
@@HeavyForge good morning, bud! I finally remembered to reach out to you; my apologies. Carl-Zeiss Jena EPITYP-2 Metallographic Microscope, illuminated in polarized light is what I've used form my dissertation.
Very interesting and beautiful build! I love the Wootz you made! Your knive is a bit less elegant compared to others regarding the lines, but I guess yours is made to be used and not to be a collector item.
Hi I just wanted to know is that flexible like the real wootz ????? And the real wootz doesn't need to be quenched . Would you please test it for flexibility?
Man this was the most interesting video in the whole series! Beautiful dagger and the attention to detail creating the steel was on a whole other level!
Thanks Airin! means a lot coming from you! Appreciate you watching!
This is the pure blacksmithing! You've started from the foundation and you end up with beautiful blade Spencer! I can only watch and admire your skills and knowledge! Maybe someday I'll make my own wootz- I hope you will be my mentor
Thank you for the kind words my friend! I appreciate you watching!
This is true bladesmithing. I don’t think most smiths realize how challenging making wootz is or even read a phase diagram. Most technical and difficult build out of all the others! Got my vote sir.
Amazing build, Spencer! Gotta get some of your precious Wootz! 😍
Thanks Denis! You will! Some of my own personal alloys.
Thank you for taking the time to explain the chemistry as well! Your dagger is awesome!
Thank you!
Damn! This has been a super interesting videos with all your insights. Thank you!! Packed of useful informations for wootz! And the dagger looks great, love the pattern. Congrats!!
Thanks man!!!🔥👍🏻
There are some amazing blades in this challenge series. But without a doubt yours is the most practical and only one I’d actually use. You got my vote and a new subscriber
Thank you!! I have a hard time making things that hang on a wall and don’t get used! I appreciate it!
Your ability to share the knowledge that you have obviously learned is really fun to watch and listen to, you're very humble and I couldnt help but be inspired thanks for the great video.
Bud. If this doesn't win then folk didn't watch your video. You have my vote for sure. You are an alchemist and I love it!
Thank you!!! And thanks for watching!!!!👍🏻🔥
A definite "user"...that knife would never be off my belt.
To produce beauty AND practicality in one little lump of steel...awesome!
Well done sir...
Thank you!! And thanks for watching!!👌🏻
Very nice. Thank you for taking the time to explain the chemistry as well!
Fantastic build, beautiful dagger and very appreciative of you explaining your process!!!
Top notch Spencer! Thank you for showing and explaining the science behind all of your processes!!!!!
Thanks Peter! Hope all is well with you!
Great build. Loved you getting into the science behind such a beautifully practical blade.
I ended up voting for someone else in the challenge, but subscribed to you for your process. Closer to the old ways, with a simple, practical approach that covers the process with a practical, durable knife made with hard labor. I enjoyed the video and process greatly. If I had to pick one to use, it'd be yours.
There were some awesome daggers from some very talented makers in this challenge! I do appreciate the kind words! and thanks for watching!!👍🏻
Absolutely beautiful knife as well as the craftsmanship. Absolutely fantastic.
This has to be one of the most fascinating videos on making wootz steel. Top notch dagger. The pattern is awesome.
So many thoughts and ideas in recreating wootz steel...it all comes down to the smith it self...salute from Melaka ,Malaysia...well done sir...
Thank you!! And thanks for watching!!👍🏻
This is so cool!! I spent a little time in Japan and saw the basic clay foundries they would build and actually make the ingots. This is the closest I’ve seen since then. The attention to chemistry and alchemy aren’t commonly practiced these days. Beautiful work man!
Great work Spencer. You make it look easy and make me want to have a go 👍
Thank you, sir, for the masterful ingot production and precise treatment of your "baby."
That's a beautiful blade. Thank you for being so detailed and precise in your methods
thanks for sharing your process! so exciting! i'm sure you learned much through trial and error. your pain is our gain! thank you!
Hands down the best explanation of wootz I've heard to date
Thanks!! I tried to simplify it as best as I could and to not bore the general audience. I sure could have gone into far more detail on a lot of the processes! Thanks for watching!
I feel dumb all of sudden your knowledge is up there
Great video learn lots..
I recognized you were making Crucible steel right away, and you are correct, nothing is nicer than a Damasc style steel than the one you simply don't have to physically work like the "Pattern Welded" damascus knives, which truly aren't Damascus steel at all. from what we know, Wootz is as close to real Damascus steel as we can get, without going to Iran to get the iron that it was made from. I love your dagger, it is a very practical dagger, one intended to be used and abused, whereas all of the others, well, at least all of the ones I have seen so far in this challenge are much more decorative and to put them into daily use would be to ruin their overall appearance. But yours will likely gain in character and not be ruined by daily use. but the pattern on your steel is truly beautiful, so I can see how it would be addictive in nature because you would want to make more and more and more! Great work, and a great blade for sure! Good luck on the challenge!!!
Thank you!! And thanks for watching!!🔥👍🏻🗡
The added metallurgy info is super interesting! Enjoyed getting a few more shreds of knowledge!
Combination of all the processes. Extremely useful way to put it
i am on my 3rd or 4th watching in amazes me Heavy.
you are so talented. your work will stand the test of time, great work in all of your videos.
You are a true artist and craftsman. We enjoy what you do. Making our Clan and ancestors proud !! Cheers
Thank you for the kind words!! That comment means a lot! 🔥🗡
Awesome build. I learned a lot about wootz. Thanks for the info. Some day ill make my own...some day.
Very informative! Times, temperatures, no fluff just pertinent information. Good camera work as well. 👍
Thank you! And thanks for watching!!👍🏻
Wow very nice blade Spencer and thank you very much for the education. Your knowledge and craftsmanship never ceases to maize me.
Thanks for watching Eric! And also a big F U for taking truck 006! 😂😂😂
Wootz captivates me completely - awesome to see this historic near mythical metallurgy brought back to the modern age. And fantastic to see another Wootz creator - I really love watching "FZ- making knives" and it's nice to have another Wootz channel to follow. I also really appreciate all you detailed explanation (much goes over my head but I still appreciate it). Great looking dagger and fantastic video!
Right on!! Same here. I live making this stuff and don’t think I’ll ever stop! Stay tuned cause I plan on doing a series on Wootz experiments and making my own alloys. Thank you and thanks for watching!👍🏻
While the style of the dagger isn't what I prefer you got my vote. I'm impressed with the look of the wootz steel you made and the quality of the workmanship.
Thank you!!! and thanks for watching!!👍🏻
You got my vote man, love that you used wootz in this project and made a beautiful blade. I'll be following your work/channel forsure!
Thank you!! Much appreciated!! I plan on doing a in depth Wootz series and making my own alloys so stay tuned!👍🏻
Thank you thank you thank you! I always wondered how wootz was made but most videos are rather cryptic about their process, so this was really interesting to watch. The dagger turned out very nice and I can see how one can get addicted to making wootz 😁
Thanks man!!! and thanks for watching!!👍🏻
Thank you for this amazing video, I have been scouring youtube and internet for this information, you not only made it easy and all in one place but also included the science and explanation behind many aspects.
Thank you for this video I shared it with friends.
Thank you! And thanks for watching.👍🏻
I believe the effort involved on this dagger and the lessons provided are really impressive. Thank you sir.
Thank you! And thanks for watching!!👌🏻
I love your approach to science and physics. I feel like I just went to school. You are truly a talented smith! You crafted a beautiful knife! Good luck!
Thanks you!! And thanks for watching!!
Nice work mate, a fairly thorough look at your process too, much appreciated
Thanks for watching man!
My hat goes off to you Spencer! Going from raw material to a finished, naturally beautiful and practical blade shows a complete understanding of the craft that I could only hope to achieve. This challenge has been the most difficult to vote on, but I think you may have just made it easier. Good luck ;)
Right on! Thanks you!! And thanks for watching!!👍🏻🔥
You got knowledge, it's nice to listen to you. Greetings from Polish knifemaker 🙂
Greetings!! Thank you! And thanks for watching!👍🏻
Beautiful design, and really cool to see the whole process from raw iron to finished blade!
Thank you!!
Your experience with the metallurgy is very cool. I’ve always been fascinated by crystal structure formation in metals and non metals. There is so much one can learn about metallurgy. I almost took a job at a new steel mill that would have had a handful of metallurgists in its employ, and just for recycled steel!
Great explanation of the metallurgical processes involved here. It's easy to just say "get some metal hot and hammer till it's pointy" but there are so many incredible variables at work every time you forge. True bladesmiths are practical chemists in my humble eyes.
That blade looks great and I love the handle material. I'd love to see one with a nice deep fuller 3/4 up the length of the blade, and a nice dark wood like ironwood with some deep checkering and bright brass hardware. Beautiful work and I'm anxious to see what else you make. Keep it up, man!
Really enjoyed this build. You do a great job of the explanation of the method of the steel and forging. Love this Dagger.
Thank you!!! And thanks for watching!!👍🏻
33k views... that's fantastic! very cool to see your channel progress like this. i think this Wootz journey is going to be a lot of fun for us as well as you
Thank you, sir, for your generosity in sharing your processes. Your result clearly justifies your effort, and I cannot imagine why I haven't subscribed before this, but I rectified that today.
Thank you! And thanks for watching!!👌🏻
one of the best wootz videos i've come across. learned some new information, which is always appreciated
Thank you! And thanks for watching!!
i am thoroughly impressed!
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love,
david
fascinating video. I love that you went into the science of it. and I love the dagger. thank you.
Dude! That is AWESOME!. I now have a new goal in life. It was to make mosaic Damascus knives. Now it is to make WOOTZ Damascus. Awesome job!
Thanks man!! It’s a lot of fun and highly addictive!!😂 if you have questions don’t hesitate to ask! Thanks for watching!!
I really like the simple clean aesthetic, very nice knife
Dude you killed it! I'm impressed
That was such an easy to understand explanation of Wootz while still being super scientific. And the end result was phenomenal.
Thank you!! And Thanks for watching!!👍🏻
You just blew my mind, I’ve watched and read a lot on making crucible steel. I was mesmerised as you spoke about the process. Truly some wizardry, alchemy, and a sprinkle of some strong magic 😂
Science and art fused together to make some beautiful crucible steel. Thank you 🙏
Subscribed!!!!!
Thank you!! and thanks for watching!!👍🏻
Gotta say, the craftmanship on this dagger is top notch, thanks for sharing! Loved your explanations according to making your own crucible steel and pointing out how to properly heattreat and etch it. Bonus points for hammering out such a clean basic profile, thats some serious gunpower and precision. And it turned out be a beautiful piece of art. What would sort of concern me from a kali guy's pov would be the functionality. It seems pretty heavy and with such a wide blade and short tip, you gotta deliver some force to drive it through things, which seems risky considering the narrow guard. Thats probably why it didnt do so well on stabbing the water canister. Still, amazing job, looking forward to whitness future content ;-)
Thank you! and thanks for watching!👍🏻
I've watched this video a few times now. Still mind blowing how the metal stacks up and layers on its own. Big Brain stuff but also mind blowing amazing.
Wow, really fascinating process! the dagger is a piece of art!
Thank you!!! and thanks for watching!!!!👍🏻
Dude thank you for this video! Really really interesting and awesome result.
Fantastic, beautiful dagger, interesting process.
Good really good stuff man! I’ve been watchin’ you for a while. Your knives are better every time.
I was a Heavy Duty Repairman/ Welder for 20 years before it got too hard then I just Welded/Fabricated for another 25 before I retired and started learning how to build cool stuff!
Brilliant, brother. Thank you.
As you just describe it: Awesoem and challeging. You are absolutly right. I am impressed. Very interesting and enjoyable
Thank you!! And thanks for watching!!👍🏻🔥
@@HeavyForge hi. Interested in selling the dagger?????? I would be delighted should you sell it. Would love to have such a nice piece
This is probably the best knife making video I've ever seen. Great job dude
Thank you!!! And thanks for watching!!👍🏻🔥
This type of video is what I love to watch. It makes me miss metal shop when I was in High School. My teacher let me try and make my own steel once. Definitely wasn't the best but it was an awesome learning experience. You sir got my vote :) I look forward to more content from your channel :)
Thank you!! I plan making a series of videos experimenting with Wootz and crucible steels. Thanks for watching!👍🏻
did you quench in water or oil? Given the noise i suspect oil, and if that's the case then having a hamon is indeed inevitable. At least in europe, people just quenched in fresh water, and thats it (and the blade had to be thin). Very rough, you'll need to fix the warp, but that gives extreme hardness even on those old steels that really need to be shocked hard to harden
Anyways, fantastic work, thanks for the video !
Nice video! Very informative, wootz is something I want to try down the road in my blacksmithing journey. Aloha! 🤙🏼
Right on!! Thank you! And thanks for watching!!👍🏻🤙🏻
Glad I found this channel and thank you for a great explanation of the wootz process
Thank you!! And thanks for watching!!👍🏻
Very good job, from the very beginning till the finished knife.
Great knowledges!
Gosh damn... I learned something here for sure. Knife looks freaking awesome
Awesome!!! Thanks for watching man!
That was a brilliant build Spencer, a very well made blade. Still getting my own forge started up here in Australia and you've already made me very interested in wootz steel and how to make it. Maybe I will find myself following you in this craft as well one day, currently I have a lot of leaf springs to work with, once I've managed to buy a decent anvil and a workbench and those other bits and pieces that make a forge a forge!
Again, great work. Keep it up!
⚒😃👍👍🍻
Thank you! and thanks for watching!!
@@HeavyForge no worries Spencer, I'll post some photos of my work on my RUclips page once I get started mate, keep hammering brother ⚒️👍👍
Dude that's brilliant work! Definitely liked and subbed.
Thank you!!! And thanks for watching!!👍🏻
Great information involving metallurgy and awesome work on the blade.
Pouring their own blade material?
So many different approaches to this challenge, so many talented craftsmen.
Very interesting commentary and a gorgeous result. Thx for the journey! 🤝
Thank you!
That’s amazing!! Thanks for sharing!
Great video. Liked the explanations as well, the explanation is what really brings the process of making something like that together. Plus watching an amazing dagger be made is rewarding of itself.
Thank you!! And thanks for watching!👌🏻
Looks like "watered steel"/wootz/True Damascus to me! Great job!
Awesome dagger. Thanks for sharing some of your knowledge. Just discovered your channel. New sub. Best of luck in the challenge!
Thank you!!👍🏻
Well I have watched everything that. I considered to be a dagger (some were just fantasy blades) even the blades I felt were too long to be a dagger. One or two people I felt were not serious about the challenge but many devoted a lot of time and effort and I truly appreciated there endeavor buuuut I had to vote for your brother. In my mind it is everything a dagger is supposed to be, beautiful and deadly too. Something you can get into a fight with and win it, or at least the weapon will not fail a person and that is very important. Too long and it is unwieldily, too short and it's not a dagger. Daggers were meant to punch thru armor and I have no doubt whatsoever that your blade would not only punch thru armor but reach the parts it needs to reach to be deadly. Congratulations Spencer on a very very beautiful weapon and if I was a warrior I would definitely want it in my arsenal by my side.
Thank you for the kind words! And thanks for watching!!🔥👍🏻
you really know what you do, masterpiece
Nice work. That is a great looking blade.
Adam
Good morning bud!
I love the video. As a person who did a dissertation on this topic, having read over two hundred references, literature spanning from dark ages to something published months ago... I find your approach to non peer audience the simplest so far. Many experts have tried to give reasonable explanations, but I find yours the most fitting to what I deem simple.
After all, crucible steel and its variations (geographical and methodical) are just another type of steel... In modern times, no better than the next piece of steel you get. Yes, it has a pretty pattern, but majority artifacts I've studied haven't got it. I guess the quality started being associated only with the pattern sometime in the 19th century, as well as mysticism revolving around lost secrets and magical properties. Common tools were made from it, and they were not etched.
But, surprisingly enough, most microstructures of these artifacts I've been looking at, haven't been hardened. There was no martensitic transformation at all. Why? Because they weren't hardness freaks back in the day like we are, using hardness as an absolute criterion of quality 🤦🏻♂️
If the blade didn't snap during the battle and held its edge without chipping, it would be considered a desirable weapon. Although, with the higher C percentage, it could happen regardless the fine patterns and appear. This was reported like a thousand years ago!
Anyway nice video and keep them coming!
Thank you for the feedback! And thanks for watching! I have a question maybe you can help with. Can you recommend a metallurgical microscope? Something for a hobbyist. I’d like to get close up shots of ingot solidification structures and pattering? I was looking at the inverted style scopes.
@@HeavyForge sure thing. Let me dig it up. The one I used was inverted and could use polarized light. However it was intended for metallography, meaning that samples to be analyzed had to be polished to sick levels and etched appropriately each time. That took additional time, cost and a lapping machine.
@@HeavyForge good morning, bud!
I finally remembered to reach out to you; my apologies.
Carl-Zeiss Jena EPITYP-2 Metallographic Microscope, illuminated in polarized light is what I've used form my dissertation.
some great information. a simple dagger,but a work of art. a real contender in this challenge.
Thank you!! and thanks for watching!👍🏻
That’s awesome!! you clearly know your stuff !
Very interesting and beautiful build! I love the Wootz you made! Your knive is a bit less elegant compared to others regarding the lines, but I guess yours is made to be used and not to be a collector item.
I have a hard time making things that hang on a wall. Thanks for watching!
Hi I just wanted to know is that flexible like the real wootz ????? And the real wootz doesn't need to be quenched . Would you please test it for flexibility?
Very good work. Definitely the winner of the challenge
Thank you! and thanks for watching!
Dissolving carbides keeps me up at night, man.
That’s what I like to hear!!😂😂 thanks for watching!
sweet work. was not expecting that pattern at all.
Beautiful.Knives are addictive.
Thank you!
Amazing process! Thanks for sharing and beautiful dagger!!
This thing looks perfect 🔥
Really love the amazing explanation of the process. Thank you for sharing. Amazing work
Thank you!! And thanks for watching!!👍🏻
Dwarven dude forging a dwarven dagger. I love it!
😂 thanks man! And thanks for watching!!👍🏻
@@HeavyForge yea I voted for this one cause I would carry it
Damn dude, every time you out do yourself!
So interesting I love watching people make wootz.
It’s challenging and a rewarding process! Thanks for watching!!👍🏻
This was a great video! Very detailed, I subbed and will learn more. I am in road construction as well.
Right on!! Thanks man! it’s been fun!🔥👍🏻
Great job, congratulations my friend