Making a Knife From a Circular Saw Blade
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2019
- We’re back at it for another fun knife build in the shop. Today we throw back to my knife making roots right out of college. I wanted a backpacking knife, couldn’t afford one, so decided to figure out how to make one myself. A few google searches later, and low and behold, I discovered the process of making a knife from an old circular saw blade. Today I’ll show you how to make a knife that will serve you well. Although it’s not the best, it’s very serviceable, and depending on your intended purpose, it can be just as effective as a knife that would either take you much longer to make, with more tools, or one that’s much more expensive than most of us are comfortable with. We hope you enjoy, and get into your shop to make one for yourself. (Oh yeah, and I put a bottle opener on the spine, so cheers!)
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To the marginally negative comments by some regarding Harbor Freight Tools; a craftsman can use any tool. Tools don't impart talent, tools in the right hands (like this guy's) are simply an extension of the body. I can't see the knife looking or performing any better with the use of a shop full of overpriced tools...
Theres a saying i like to use for those people. "All the gear and no idear"
ABSOLUTELY!!
certain Harbor Freight tools are great like their hand tools and power tools if you use them for DIY projects. I wouldn't recommend them as a daily tool for contractors or folks in construction.
But it will make ypur work faster and easier after you reached a specific skill level.
Nonetheless one should start with juat a hacksaw and some files. It works fine!
fuck off the guy was amazing, fuck harbour freight
To be honest I watch way too many RUclips videos on anything from guns to knives home improvement DIY you name it This is one of the best most comprehensive DIY knife making videos I've ever watched Thank you for the content.
Thank you Joel. I appreciate the compliments. I try to make the videos I would like to watch and learn from.
At least someone knows how to use a file. Saw a video earlier a kid was filing pushing and pulling the file. No you should only push file away from you. Great Job you know how to use a file properly. I'm 60 years old and been sharpening since I was 14. Had to cause I loved whittling. So 45 years experience I think I know what I'm talking about. Just wanted to tell you Thank You for using a file correctly. Great Job
Thats the popular opinion but thats been proven false regarding filing. I used to think like you until I saw FireBall Tool's experiment regarding this. Check it out. Search your use For Fire Ball Tool File test and you'll see. It's a really elegant experiment.
Great Video!
I'm 67 and am getting into the knife making game, rather late. BUT, I became disabled in 2001 and am now back to where I can do a few things that will supplement the disability/Soc. Sec. payments.
I was Blacksmithing and getting into knife making before I became disabled so, now, I'm starting all over again and videos like this help, A LOT!
THANKS!
Awesome. Thanks for making this video Dustin.
True Craftsmanship. Attention to detail, lots of patience, old school layout tricks and great music for humming!
Truly not. The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result.
@@Drunken_Frog_40000 The creator already said himself that it's not good steel for knives, and he's just doing it for fun. You know, a hobby. It's also good practice before using quality steel.
I love the almost documentary style videography in this! Great work!
Best part of these videos is seeing the knife makers smiling after!
that was a great bit of all around craftsmanship. Thanks for showing ,
I was so grateful to see this film what an instructive thing to create.
Your videos are the best being new at all this the long videos cram in tons of info that I find extremely beneficial
Watching the transformation, then a finished product. Indeed you are a craftsman.
Awesome on every level?
Thank you for your complete detail.
My first thought was WAY overthinking the handle. But when you went to sand it I was like DUH! outstanding man really!
Wow! Thank you for sharing your talents!
Beautifully done. Thanx for this. Now I'm motivated for my first knife. Thanx
The world needs more guys like this .Thinking outside the box .
Oh wow, what a lovely knife. Pure art watching you. Thanks again from South Africa
Thank you for this video. It’s good to see someone else using the same tools I use! When I started this hobby I did plenty of research and a lot of it pointed to very expensive machines and I was discouraged but went with what I could afford. Looks like I’m on the right track!
By the number of views, I guess I am in accord with many others and have watched the entire video. A craftsman is an artist who uses both hands instead of one. You my friend are a craftsman. Thanks for sharing.
Great tips on getting the knife handles lined up.
As someone getting into all these restoration, making your own, etc... This was an exceptionally informative, confidence inspiring Video. Thank you for your precise information as to what ur doing and why. And it was wonderful to watch the process unfold. 1 of my favourite vids that I watch over and over again. Thank you for passing on your knowledge to all of us 'new' potential wannabe craftsmen. Or at least to some of us that want to be better informed and try our hand at trying something new.
My thoughts and sentiments, exactly!
I knew I saved all my old saw blades for something . My son is going to want to start doing this . Thanks for the video .
Fantastic job ..... everyone should recycle and repurpose their old saw blades like this. Work of art!
Very impressed ! An artist should always sign their work...
Absolute skill and craftsmanship. Loved the video. Very informative and fun to watch.
Talk about full tang! That is beautiful! Thank you for this video!
I started making knives about 8 years ago, but stopped due to spinal injuries and surgeries and hadn’t gotten back into it since. After watching this video I am very inspired to getting back to it again. Thanks for sharing your work and THANK YOU for the inspiration to getting back to something I love to do!!!!!!
Love the simple methods involved. I don't quite have all the tools but I can make it work. I'll give this a try
I loved the video, you inspired me and my son to make a knife for my wife's birthday. We made ours from a lawnmower blade and oak hardwood floor samples from home depot. Ours isn't as polished as yours but it came out great for a first knife and it works for limes and beer.
Quality craftmanship, and gorgeous speciman!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the education, God bless!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really admire people with a workshop who can create all kinds of crafts and beautiful blades like this! Kudos you you!
A true cutler, I retire soon and you my friend have inspired me,
PLEASE SIR NO DISRESPECT BUT PLEASE FIND A REAL KNIFEMAKER IF YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE KNIVES
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Hey Dustin that turned out very nice it’s beautiful I’ll be watching thank you for the video.🕶
Thank You.
This is great a true craftsman and instructor, & teacher. Very well spoken and through. Please keep the videos coming and your expertise in your craft.
You should show us how to make that angle grinder jig! I need to make one.
Outstanding craftsmanship!
I have just started making knives and was wondering about using old saw blades, you have answered that question really well. Thanks for sharing.
I've had good luck using chain saw bars if you want something thicker
thats a cool blade and i enjoyed watching how the whole thing was done- a lot more time consuming than I thought but the end result is excellent
Nice knife bloke
One jockular shot at the bottle opener is most BLOKES would wip the life out of its sheath and flip the cap with the back of the blade even if they knife had a opener hahaha 😂
Still nice knife
The timber clamped on the blade to keep the line straight when filing is the piece I've I've missing!!! Thanks a lot 🤙🏻👌🏻
Great job and craft. Thanks for the videos.
Awesome knife and skills. I too am a metal/wood craftsman. I have built airplanes, custom cars and thousands of custom parts, so I appreciate skill. That knife and your execution of the design is a work of art. My hat is off to you on this project, now I am going to have to make a knife.
Great video. A fantastic looking knife and I love your easy "laid back" style.
You, Sir, are a Master Craftsman. An Artisan!
Wow!!!!! Beautiful work. Thanks
That is a really beautiful wood. It works great with the brass, gives it a nice warm touch. I can imagine that a frame handle with brass frame and wooden scales would look really nice.
Hey, that was cool. I really enjoyed watching this project.
I've watched your videos repeatedly and admire your workmanship approach to your craft. You've obviously made all your mistakes in the past and know where potential problems lie. I love your work and the finished products are both beautiful and functional. Well done.
it looks like absolute perfection!
Really helpful information contained within this video, you are helping a lot of people learn to make knives from your videos. Well done champ :)
The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
Beautiful knife and excellent craftsmanship.....this is my second time watching this video.....thanks for making it!
Dustin you are a man among men. Wonderful design and procedure!
Great informative video. I studied with a knife maker and this is one of the ways I learned to make a knife. We used big, old circular blades from sawmills. A plasma cutter sure made easy work of cutting a rough blank. Actually, these knives hold up pretty well in the field if you take a small steel out there to touch them up now and again. I'm still using the first one I made from 25 years ago.
Brilliant, you make a good vedio, great conternt well made, easy to listen to you, very clear, Thanks
I would suggest saving the original drawing in your sketch book by using a copy machine to make a copy, and then use the copied piece of paper to make your template pattern. You can buy a copy/fax/scanner machine for under $100. Beautiful design!
Right?! I immediately thought of that. Also he could get some transfer paper and trace that sucker.. Cutting them out of the sketchbook is... interesting.
A fine piece of craftsmanship...That's an heirloom item right there, gorgeous knife.
Beautifully finished piece, amazing what an old saw blade could be turned into. Thank you for your video.
The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
Amazing touch on the acoustic cover of Cortez the Killer!
Beautiful knife to a beautiful soundtrack
Cheers
I'm glad you commented. The song was on the tip of tongue but I couldn't spit it out. For like 2 hours I've been walking around the house trying to sing the lyrics and remember the name of the song.
Such a great video, tutorial! I want to try this. Lots of safety incorporated into video. Great job.
I did take notice of the lack of hearing protection, especially when using cut-off/grinding.
love watching your truly high level of craftsmanship
That is totally amazing. Beautiful workmanship. Great job sir.
Also it was good of you to leave you daughter and lab in the video. Good touch.
Great video and teaching, appreciate it very much. Beautiful knife and handle came out great✌🏻✌🏻
Retired guy. Any day of the week is fine by me. Completely enjoyed the knife build. Nice dog! Now I have to go shopping for an old saw blade and some cool handle wood.
Beautiful Knife. Well crafted.
One thing I would suggest is getting a scanner or photocopier, that way you can keep your original design in your sketch book.
or some carbon paper - low tech but it works!
Love the video, but also have a of suggestion: name the materials as you're using them - such as the spray you used when sanding the blade and the solution into which you dipped the handle; also, regarding the handle, what type of wood you used and - stating the obvious - how you turned the wood to get that nice chevron pattern. All the best.
How did you make jig for angle grinder please?
Beautiful work!
Excellent and informative. A perfectionist at his craft. THANK YOU SIR
I will never make a knife but it was a pleasure watching you do it. Great video!!!
Knife turned out gr8. True Craftsmanship. I noticed you said half of 7/8" is 3 1/2 8ths...this is true. A trick for you....any fraction under 1 inch use this method, half of 7/8 keep top number which is 7 ...and double bottom number which would be 16....7/16...my father taught me this trick 30 some years ago. He was a welding teacher for 30 + years. Half of 3/4 would be 3/8. You may have known that trick or not....just passing along knowledge. Great video shots.
I've never heard that before, awesome idea and it works. Thanks for the tip👍👍👍
I would not normally translate half of 7/8 to 3 1/2 8th, my brain don't work that way. So if you don't have 1/16" scale: 7/8 = 1/8 + 1/8 +1/8 +1/8 +1/8 +1/8 +1/8 . So half of that is 3 of the 1/8 plus half of an 1/8 left, which is 3 1/2 8th. Count three of the 1/8 on the 1/8th scale and eyeball an addition 1/2 of that. So half of 5/8 is 2 1/2, 9/8 is 4 1/2, and so on. So it's pretty easy now, just half of the odd numbered numerator plus 1/2. Would have been easier with an engineering scale or go metric.
Go metric.
Thanks
i learned that in third grade
Thanks for your time, skill, and effort in getting this out. I want to make one now, once I get back to the USA and get a shop put together.
You are a great teacher and your jigs and/or technical procedures broken down as you go is soo informative. Again thanks for sharing
I really enjoyed this video. The knife turned out beautifully.
Fantastic video. I learned a lot here. The quality of all your camera angles and shots are great. Everything can easily be seen. Thanks for putting out this video. I can't wait to check out some of your other content. You are a true craftsman.
Great video, thank you for making & posting!
Beautiful job... That is a piece of art.
You produce awesome videos and products. Keep up the good work!
Love this knife, going to give it a go and try a old saw blade knife making 🙏
The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
Good work on that...healthy knife with purpose...learned a lot from this...thank you!
Great video. Thanks for the instruction. I knew there was a reason I was saving all those saw blades.
This is awesome! Please make another! Glad your using harbor freight tools! Makes me think I could do something similar with my humble tool collection.
Don't use HF circular saw blades, too dangerous. Mine flexed and deformed under load and bend over rotating at thousands of RPMs. YMMV
I like my harbor freight angle grinder too. still using the model you have after about 12 years but have a few in reserve from the $5 tool sales! And the belt sander, and the drill press. I've made a lot of things with those tools that I was proud of but never anything as nice as yours.
Excellent video. Thank you for you ability to teach.
Meu sonho é ter uma oficina em casa parecida com a sua... Parabéns 🎊 👍👏👏👏👏
I've made a bunch of knives from saw blades when I first started out. They are thin but make good knives. Good video
Amish Outlaw thanks for the compliment. I keep my very first one in my shop for all cutting purposes. Still works like a knife. I also think they are just fun and easy to make. Thanks again
Great craftsmanship, I love that knife it is beautiful. Amazing job and a very relaxing video. ***** five stars from me.
Just wow!
Beautiful job!
enjoyed the slower paced video and good music, fantastic blade! makes me want to go and tidy my shed and make something.
Thanks for the compliment. Nothing like cleaning a shop and then getting down to business. My suggestion is offer some beer and pizza to some buddies and have them come and give you a hand. Thanks again.
This is where I started 11 years ago, saw blades. Your metal work is pretty much identical to the process I use, but out of all the knives I've done, you went way, way further than I ever have on the handle...fantastic job on the wood choice and work. I went all in on a antler handle for a grandson, and I used a piece of Mahogany on one other knife for my best friend. I have used PVC and almost every thing else that I thought may be durable. I go all out for rugged not looks, but it's good to see what can be done...
Thanks for the video.
The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
Your full of yourself bud
...beautiful work! Thank You for inspiring me!
You are the Bob Ross of cutlery. Thanks for the video!
Flying Dog beer?! You're a lucky man, we can't get that down here in Florida. Beautiful knife too. I'm inspired; except for the band saw, I've got enough tools to do this. And I've got a couple old 10" table saw blades to experiment with. Beautiful job, thanks for posting.
That is a Beautiful knife, And the handle turned out awesome. I would like to inform those that are thinking about trying this, that the saw blade is probably made out of low carbon steel something like 1008 1018 or so. At best you are going to get about 45 HR"C" from what ever the manufacture used, the tips on such a saw blade have carbide soldered on to the tips, in some cases the blade is from a high carbon steel, but the tips are flame hardened, leaving the core very soft. A good knife should have a hardness around 58-65 HR"C" depending on its end use and material type. But such a tool is a great way to get started in the buses of knife making. Just remember, if you can cut it with a file easily, it is not hard.
@Jim Marcum Hardness Rockwell C test
Old planer blades make great knives
Is there a way to harden the steel like heating it red hot and plunging it into water or oil?
@@lanetterichardson9322 this only works for high carbon steel. Heat to cherry red and quench in water makes high carbon steel hard but brittle. Cleaning it back to bright means you can then anneal it. Heating it will produce varying colours from light straw through to darker straw then to blues. This reflects a range of reduced brittleness and hardness. For low carbon steel you can case harden it by heating to cherry red and cooling it in a carbon rich compound to give a hard outer layer - repeating several times.
@@jonathanlodge4014 thanks for the info.
Nice video. Thanks for not wasting footage on prolonged filming of redundant processes like sanding and filing.
Amazing work. Really gave me an appreciation for the work that goes into my knives.
first time seeing your channel, won't be the last. sweet knife, I would be proud to make and own a knife like that
I’m new to your channel, only seen two episodes, and I am literally hooked!!! I love your videos so far!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
They are really awesome, I learned so much, avoided many pitfalls, and jumping straight in.
Now all that bush blade needs is a nice leather sheath to keep the edge sharp and on your hip. Beautiful work.
I will never make one. But really enjoyed watching a true craftsman. Thanks!