Please keep making videos. I like how you make small useable blades that look like they could live in the 18 and 19th century. Too many smiths use modern tools and make ridiculous choppers that are not practical. For content: does not matter! Forge junk metal scrap into something, do a skinner, do a shop knife, use your old files, show quench and tempering. I like to use pewter and every time someone see my pewter work they can’t understand how it works. I have a thing for patch knifes and I would watch endless patch knife videos. Thanks!
The best choice for a Great Movie. Enjoying learning new techniques for use at home. Still smelting Aluminum but working up to casting/metallurgy. Thanks for the content!
Just found your site a few weeks ago and was really impressed by your craftsmanship. I too worked in an old blacksmith shop in Alabama for 20 years. There was a lot of history there. Could you possibly do a video on the history of your little shop? I think it would be quite interesting! God bless!
Great video I’m going to try this on my next patch knife. But if you can do a video on clean up after heat treat . Thank you I learn a lot from your videos.
Hey: Can you do a video on how you heat treat using that pipe you mentioned? Good to see your daughter getting involved. I wish my boys cared about my hobby? I have no one to leave my knowledge to. God bless: Dave
Scale is actually harder than steel, itll dull your files. Easy way to get it all off is to soak the blade overnight in a bucket of white vinegar. It will dissolve all the scale, even the stuff that gets hammered down into the surface.
Its funny when making a knife in this style you really need to know when to stop your finish work. Not enough it looks unfinished to much looks like you dont know fit and finish. But done right like you do it really comes together nice. Thanks for taking us along 👍.
..Great filing demonstration, i learned a lot. Mz. Molly did a good job supervising. Do you sharpen your files in vinegar? l'll be waitin for the next installment...
Dumb it down, show the exact materials needed, go from start to finish with MANY cuts, and then show the final product. RUclips is plagued with viewers with little understanding and vast expectations. GO PRIMITIVE BUT CONCISE.
Please keep making videos. I like how you make small useable blades that look like they could live in the 18 and 19th century. Too many smiths use modern tools and make ridiculous choppers that are not practical. For content: does not matter! Forge junk metal scrap into something, do a skinner, do a shop knife, use your old files, show quench and tempering. I like to use pewter and every time someone see my pewter work they can’t understand how it works. I have a thing for patch knifes and I would watch endless patch knife videos. Thanks!
Hope you’re able to put some more content out. Nice to see more basic approach to knife making for utilitarian needs.
The best choice for a Great Movie. Enjoying learning new techniques for use at home. Still smelting Aluminum but working up to casting/metallurgy. Thanks for the content!
Thank you for watching!
Thank you for the demo and the new video
Thanks Chad. Enjoy your videos a lot.
And thank you for watching the channel!
Love watching you making stuff the old way .
Thank you so much
Much!
You have been gone awhile & your fans miss your you-tubes; wishing you well & hope to see more of your videos soon...........
Great video on hand filing. Thanks Chad.
I hope it helped you Beau
Another great video. Thanks Chad very informative.
I appreciate it. Thank you for watching!!
Good to see you back mate
That’s going to turn out to be a nice little knife. Keep the content coming. I recommend your channel to my knife making friends.
Thank you for watching! And thank you for recommending the channel!
like your style, can't wait for more shows.
Just found your site a few weeks ago and was really impressed by your craftsmanship. I too worked in an old blacksmith shop in Alabama for 20 years. There was a lot of history there. Could you possibly do a video on the history of your little shop? I think it would be quite interesting! God bless!
Nice to see your kids taking Interest in forging.
Yes sir. I enjoy seeing them doing something that doesn’t require a computer lol
Thank you, great little video
I hope it helped some. I sure appreciate you watching
Great work brother. I will definitely be trying this on a blade soon. Thanks for the tip.
Thank you for this demo. This is a cool little blade.
Thanks for the help. Just what I'm looking to do.
Great video I’m going to try this on my next patch knife. But if you can do a video on clean up after heat treat . Thank you I learn a lot from your videos.
Great example of using a file and not a belt grinder. Gave me some ideas for my next knife,,
Thank you !
I’d really like to see you make a Pukko or some kind of woods craft knife. I also love edc fixed blades. I carry a fixed blade everyday.
That blade will make a good patch knife. A muzzleloading fellow would use that blade.
Hey:
Can you do a video on how you heat treat using that pipe you mentioned?
Good to see your daughter getting involved. I wish my boys cared about my hobby? I have no one to leave my knowledge to.
God bless:
Dave
Greetings from South Carolina
I like your videos just worndering how you put the finish edge on
Scale is actually harder than steel, itll dull your files. Easy way to get it all off is to soak the blade overnight in a bucket of white vinegar. It will dissolve all the scale, even the stuff that gets hammered down into the surface.
Muriatic Acid and water will do it faster but I don’t have the time to wait lol.
Its funny when making a knife in this style you really need to know when to stop your finish work. Not enough it looks unfinished to much looks like you dont know fit and finish. But done right like you do it really comes together nice. Thanks for taking us along 👍.
Thank you! It is definitely a balancing act
Love your videos man. Has inspired me to build a small coal forge. And in term of content quality over quantity 💪💪cheers
Thank you so much Matt!
if i forge my blades very thin in the bevils like you, i have so much scale that i cant file it out. I use a vellow charcoal forge
Are you sure that you are not forging too hot? And make sure you don’t have debris on your anvil as you hammer. The scale should be just a thin layer.
..Great filing demonstration, i learned a lot. Mz. Molly did a good job supervising. Do you sharpen your files in vinegar? l'll be waitin for the next installment...
I use water and muriatic acid
Better listen to Molly Mae, you'll get in trouble, 😉. Great video Chad, very well explained
Lol she is a pistol for sure! I sure appreciate you watching
Do you put anything on your blades to keep them from rusting
Nothing special. Just oil. Usually some
Kind of cooking oil.
@@oldsouthforge831 ok thanks
Just found you on CLA and you tube. Where do you sell your knives? Is this one for sale or any others
Dumb it down, show the exact materials needed, go from start to finish with MANY cuts, and then show the final product. RUclips is plagued with viewers with little understanding and vast expectations. GO PRIMITIVE BUT CONCISE.
Where do you get your coal from ?