How To Make An ULTRALIGHT SUPER KNIFE With Voiceover
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2019
- How To Make An ULTRALIGHT SUPER KNIFE With Voiceover. How to make a knife! This is the voiceover version of the last video with some bonus footage.
Ok I realize I should have done this video first but got lazy. 🤷♂️
This knife is made from cpm-3v super steel, g10 scales, and carbon fiber pins.
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Hi, Im Alex, im a knife maker and RUclipsr, based out of southern Pennsylvania and my youtube channel is Outdoors55. This channel started as an outdoor backpacking channel, but quickly grew into a knife/ knife making channel. Everything I do on my channel is family friendly. I primarily focus on knife / knife making videos but occasionally throw in something different. Thank you for watching!😀
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life of slav, that would be badass. Good idea!
Bro u need more hype the vid quality is insane
I think you’d like the fallkniven dc4. A sword guy turned me onto them - they’re really small but the sharpening they put out is absurd. I’ve actually sharpened a sword with one and it came out great.
2.8 ounces is a super light weight for an all around camp knife. Great job on hitting that number. Looking forward to your tests. We'll done man!
I love voice overs so so much more than just playing the vid 😁😁😁
I need to make a knife. When pop died he was just getting in to knife making. I have all his equipment & tools. Shop too!
I'm retired with nothing to do so I'm going for it!
Good luck with your knife making! Sorry to hear about that! Hope all is well🙂
We really do Appreciate the commentary 😄
Cap
Looks like a bad ass knife! Well done. I watched all your videos leading up to this. I really enjoyed them.
Sounds like you need to do more knives at once to make use of the fact that the heat treat takes so long.
He should have prepared some knives for the current Corona shutdown.
Lovin your video's, the voice over is very good. Oh and like your sense of humour. Thanks for sharing. John
I completely watched both videos. The voiceover is great, but there is still some merit to just the sounds of a man and his tools.
Keep up the great content!
All his videos are that way. Just a pure pleasure to watch as well as full of great info.
hi Alex, I just want to say thank you, you inspired me to make knives and to open my own business in this trade and I just want to say thanks keep doing the good work, keep inspiring others. God bless
Hows your business? Can afford living of that? Asking because id like make money of making knives too. Its great making money on something that you love
M C what’s your business name mate where can we get a look at what your making cheers Yogi Australia 👌🤙
Thank you for doing the voice over! I definitely prefer this style of video over just watching you work with music in the background.
Love the video, thanks for the re-up with the voice over. Your progression as a blade maker is inspiring and the way you explain everything is super accessible!
A lot of work for a little knife. Beautiful knife.
Great tip with the counter sink bit! Gosh darn that steel sounds like a pain to work with. G-Flex Epoxy for the win... Beat BSI in my testing for sure. I really like your handle texturing... Never tried that before.
You aught to be thrilled with that weight. That's exactly what you were wanting in weight. Wow. 😎🎉
Dude that’s a sweet blade. Nice work bro.
I was watching with amazement and joy! How much work!
You should sell it for no less than 1000 bucks!
Gotta love super steels if you want a camping beater that's lighter than a mora basic. If I'm going out into a relatively dry area, and I don't really want to carry alot of steel, I go for the basic. The basic just never leaves my kit. I add on a robust or a stainless mora, depending on the moisture I'm expecting. I like cheap knives. If I have to chuck 3 moras in a 20 year period, that's still less than a real knife would cost. Reason I don't call it a real knife is because of the handle. It's ergonomic, I just can't replace it as you said. Anyway, great video.
So while i like the non voice over, I do like it with captions kind of like Andy Rawls does his videos. But with that said... doing the follow up with voice and answering questions is brilliant. Im just some guy so its only my opinion.
Also, I do like the way you aren't afraid of using your own opinion of why you do things the way you do without feeling like you need to justify why you do it.
Good luck. Love the videos.
Thank you!! Great build and voice over presentation!!
Thanks for making these videos and sharing your enthusiasm. Learning something each time I watch them
I have been watching your channel for a few years now and you have come along way very good job great work
Beautiful job, a lot of attention to detail.
Nice work bro. Looks like a great little blade. I'm pretty jealous of your shop and skills.... Thanks for sharing!!
I like the voice over format, I like that you humbly show mistakes, I like your style overall! Thank you for sharing!
Man you got me hooked on a leather strop! I love them!
That is very impressive. The knife turned out to look very good as well.
Wow what beautiful job.
I like your thin strong blade idea! My fav cutters are med thin full flat grinds with a moderate bevel to get an easy to touch up blade! I am a newbee, but love to mod. My son is a machinist who makes his own tools. We have kiln, forge projects upcoming! So much fun!
SWEET! Very nice outcome even if it was a PITA to do!
Thanks for the awesome video!
Stunning
Great job, Sir!!!
Good job! Nicely done! Cheers from Greece
That’s awesome you used my question in the video about the contact wheel. 👍🏻
Great video and talk. The knife looks amazing.
Watched both videos,, very very impressive knife, so glad you made it a more useful blade length, I always thought Mora's were a bit too short,
(obviously a personal thing),,
This is now your "trademark ' knife, lol,,
You will have a waiting list a mile long, when you start selling these,, !!!
Put my name down anyways,, ha ha,,
All the best,, ,,
Very nice, looks great!...my knife weighs the same as my hammock. 😂😂
I want that knife so bad great job
I just started watching this channel, like the content and the presentation and production style. I bought a the basic Morakniv for my wife because she wanted something light and versatile. I even chose an unpopular colour so that I could save £1. It’s been a real guilty pleasure using it though😂🤣.
I like the way you modified the surface of the scales.
U do some realy good stuff keep up the awesome vids
I actually really like doing the "rock pattern" with a course belt for the deep scratches, followed by sanding the high spots up to 800 grit and polishing. The deep scratches provide a lot of grip, while the handle still looks shiny and pretty.
Great job on the handle
I’m new to the channel and to preparing metal for anything other than welding. I would really enjoy a video like this but explaining decarbonization and tool wrap. Trying to learn to maybe one day forge a knife or get the steel like you did and make one. Thanks for the videos I’m enjoying them
Nice job. That's a good looking knife. Congratulations for achieving your goal weight as well.
Came back in 2024 and this is still my favorite video.
Love your videos and how much afford you put to make your point. Science behind knife makeing and all useful numbers.
I Would be happy to own and work with such a knife! Brilliant project thank you for tack the time to share.
Both videos are great, i would have put music over the other one or something but glad to see the voice over one. 80g for a knife is just ridiculous. My computer mouse weighs 10g more then that haha. Would love to see how this thing holds up edge retention wise and if it's actually comfortable for camping tasks. As usual amazing work. Glad to see the place quenching working out.
Much more interesting this way!
light weight?
check.
great steel?
check.
best efforts heat treated?
check.
not small knife?
check.
sharp knife?
check.
tough knife?
guess so.
ergonomic knife?
soso.
nice looking knife?
you wished.
Hotel? Trivago
Great Video 👍. Making a knife is a lot more work than sharpening.... Thanks for the video. 😎👍
Awesome to have a voice over version of the video.
The amount of use on that surface plate made me shiver.
Ok. Nice to hear your voice again after a long time.
Thanks for the "rest of the world" units :-) I actually had already openned my unit converter app, because most content creators seems to think only US residents have acces to the internet :-D Much appreciated.
Far superior with the voice over. Now, can I buy one?
i want to see another video with this knife its such a nice idea
That is a nice looking knife
Awesome
Dude this is so damn cool. We use cheap ass low carbon bearing steel at work and heat treat batches for around 30-60 min in gigantic truck sized ovens. We clamp temper some stuff too and we oil quench and salt quench. I work in a metallurgical lab and check for hardness initially. We do break tests and check shepherd grain. We cut up small pieces and mount them and look at them under high pressure digital microscopes to check for no decarb, and good grain structure and proper case depth measurement on specific parts. Im no metallurgist but steel and heat treat fascinates me. It was cool to see how much harder it is to heat treat 3v vs just a standard shit low alloy. Very cool man! Sorry for ramblin..
really like what you did with this one. simple lines. beautiful looking blade shape and grind. not 100% sure about the handle (from a comfort pov) but it certainly fits with the overall look. fabulous work. what kind of sheath did you pick for it?
I'll tell ya, personally, the only reason to finish under the handle isn't for weight, it's for piece of mind, even if ya know no one will ever see it, we know it's there... I use to try different things in the packet, from Argon to paper & there really isn't any difference... Still love the countersink idea... I got a woodworkers vise to hold the aluminium plates, which leaves your hands free for the air... Carbon Fiber is awesome, but make sure you are covered head to toe, because it will eat you up, and i use to build houses & had no problem with fiber insulation.... Hope all is well, take it easy...
Look up the weight difference and strength difference between carbon fiber and S glass.
It's not applicable to what you're doing with the handle scales, but it's interesting information...😁
BTW, love the knife!
That was fun :)
Please never stop. Never change your way. You will shape the bright future of knives. And please take some fashion and design classes, for their indirect effect mostly. 🔪✨
Nice job hitting your goal. I have knives that I love that aren’t carried due to weight.
You could also ad fullers to cut down on the weight, if you don't mind losing flexural rigidity around the vertical axis.
Just watch both videos. May I suggest trying a hidden tang.
Very nice
well done
Excellent video. Would love to see a sheath for this. Kydex maybe
Use a cheap diamond pad to knock down the seam on any belt(other than trizact) 220 & over & you won't get that skip or marks... Also, I save my bandsaw blades & use them to cut G10, that way you aren't ruining new blades....
You forgot to say "take it easy" :P
@@ahmedshakir6967 Hahaha, you didn't read my other comment...
Ohhh, silly me! :D
you should also texure the blade as well, maybe add some "hammer marks" like some Japanese kitchen knife, or add an thin fuller
Hi Alex.
I really like this Knife. You did very well! Congrats!
I sent a message on Instagram however.
One one of your older videos when you did an edge retention ( I think) you mentioned you sharpened the Spyderco with a Lansky set. What angle do you prefer for the knife edge from a lansky?
Keep the great videos coming!!
Quite the journey to create this, awesome work! Where did you buy the steel?
Out of curiosity have you used this blade on a trip yet?
If you want to reduce the vibration from the 4x36 put a quarter inch thick rubber mat underneath, it should absorb a lot of the vibration
You should do a video comparing this steel to 1080 like the one u did in the past with the spider Co u made, and an actual one.
The Encoder in your $20 Caliper is the Same one in the $300 Starrett and Mitutoyo Calipers
Wow! I want such knife!
What would You say about using D2 steel and micarta handles?
I think, instead of paper in that wrapping, some charcoal powder or carbon steel filings would deal with the oxygen better.
And not using paper eliminates the risk of introducing hydrogen to the hot metal, which makes it brittle.
Nice
Love this. Looks like a great knife, and the only thing I personally would make differently it to make a tad more protection between the handle and the edge. I think you are hard on yourself and your skills. I would be thoroughly happy with the finish of this knife.
That said: Did you ever make another knife for this goal?
I'd buy one.
When cleaning up the sculpted handle after texturing, have you ever tried using a wire wheel for smoothing the edges?
Hey Alex, I've been a loyal subscriber for years now and I'm enjoying your videos a lot. Thanks for all those awesome videos. I've got a question tho, I've seen you often use a bandsaw to do the ruff profiling of your blade, like in this video. Can you tell me what bandsaw you're using? Greetings from Germany Marius
To save more weight you could remove some of the inside of the handle to closer match the tang
I want to thank you for making me think I would be able to make a knife. I am now on to number 3...
incredible work! please design and make more interesting knives!
Balsa scales covered with carbon weave and vaccum bagged should be light and strong.
Yeah, I like the commentary also
I'm a little late to the game here, enjoy watching your vids! I was wondering if it would be possible to cut out the middle of the scales to match the tang? Or is the handle structural? Would it save noticeable weight?
80g the thing weighs less than a butter knife, the handle that he put on this is really growing on me.
Did you consider skeletonizing the scales to match the tang?
Very inspiring video. Thanks. How much do you think this hobby adds to your electricity bill a month to heat treat, temper etc? Could you break it down per knife?
I liked this one better of the two versions.
I just stumbled across this mini-series - great work!
With 4 years of use, do you have any long-term comments or “things I’d do differently“?
I would love to own that knife. I’ld use it
OUNCES MAKE KILOS, BRAH!