Very nice piece! I'm glad you showed the metal failure in your first blank, too. Lots of people would have been tempted to edit it out and move right to the new blank, and the viewers would have been clueless. By leaving that failure in, you've shown all aspiring craftspeople that unexpected setbacks will happen and that they don't need to be discouraging. Great job and great video!
That was a great video. I just went back to it as I'm trying a saw blade project myself. I appreciate tour way of showing how you do things. I believe I watched this the first time when it first came out. Like others, I appreciate how you show failure in this and the finishes axe is gorgeous. Having watched this again, I believe the wood used in the handle is beach. It often has a reddish hue. If it is, it's a great handle material, often used in Europe. Thank you for the video. Your videos have planted a lot of ideas in my head and now I'm making my first knife, so I'm grateful.
First time watching your channel, you are truly an artist in your craftsmanship. Thank you for sharing your passion with all of us. I’m a wounded veteran, 100% disabled, watching videos like yours gives me impression to get up, quit feeling sorry for myself and accomplish something. I look forward to getting notifications on your next videos.
I always enjoy the calm way you progress thru your projects, teaching along the way. Easy to understand. I have 3 belt grinders also, std 1x30, old craftsman 4x36 with cast body, and home built 2x72. And more gear I pick up at garage sales along the way. If my garage had any heat I would be out there. In the cold I can do 2 to 4 hrs, then out! Keep up the great videos ! Thanks!
Dude your videos are amazing I just started knife making and I have learned more from you then the “professionals” never hide mistakes it just shows the learning process, thank you!
When I was making my first knife I droped it on the floor between heat treat and temper. Broke into 3 pieces. Things don't always go perfect but you just learn and try again. Very nice hatchet. Thanks for sharing.
That is a beautiful axe! I was wondering how well a thin saw blade would work for an axe but that was great! Thanks for showing the cracked one as well! That was a teaching moment for everyone watching this video.
Great video. I love how you embrace ‘failure’ as an opportunity to learn and generate discussion. Happy to hear other opinions on this: I suggest that the solution to the cracking would be to first quench only the cutting edge briefly, then plunge more of the head into the oil, out to near where it becomes the handle. This should then create a more gradual transition between the very hard edge and the softer ‘poll’/ handle.
Awesome awesome awesome, so many things for this hatchet. I bought a throwing hatchet that was thin like this and next thing you know it was my go to hatchet. That turned out beautiful. Also everybody , this make fantastic decorative piece that can be used in a pinch. Love it.
The differential quenching caused the fracture. The metal cooled causing different eutectoid structures crystalization. As always, you build a beautiful product.
Beautiful "axe" that eill be great for shaping spindles etc. I had a blacksmith friend "deceased" that made an axe head using three (3) circular saw blades that he forge welded to add strength. The handle turned out similar to an Eastwing hammer. The triple thick forge welding made a truly excellent "small forest style axe." I tried to buy it from me but he said he made so his son would have a life time momento to remember his Dad.
You are a good teacher, with the honesty to show how mistakes are made and how you overcame them. Valuable lessons of their own. There should be a radius between the head and tang to eliminate a stress point. I like how your axes are displayed on the wall... very attractive with minimal space. Edit: Seeing this ax perform convinces me that this is the one perfect tool to take on Naked and Afraid. But, at 5 ft. 9 in., 280 lbs. and 64 years old, I haven't received a callback from the producers. If they do, will you make me a hatchet?
I have carried a little full tang hatchet same thickness since ce I was a kid for backpacking. A folding saw and this is all I have ever taken backpacking. You can even baton kindling with them I know that sounds weird but it is useful. Love the handle much nicer than mine it should last you a life time as well.
I taught myself how to build crossbows and I kept notes on the how to for reference purposes. Who knows, your kids my want to make their own some day. It's nice how to make some things that others may want in dire circumstances. Better to know something's then not.
It's hard to know exactly what happened but it always seems to help mitigate cracks if the normalizing cycles include the entire piece of steel. I always do a slow annealing process before starting work then I do 2 or 3 normalising cycles before quenching. The full annealing should always be the first step to forging it goes a long way to destress the steel esp if it was abused before. I realize that this was a demonstration of matter reduction rather than forging but abrasives only add stress to the work. Also differentially hardening steel is less stressful on the steel if there is a "softer" less defined line between the hard and soft parts. Some alloys handle this better than others and saw blades don't always have consistency in thier manufacturing.
Excellent. Thanks for the great idea and excellent video. I like the way this hatchet can be used like a machete and with good control. I think I will make one. Cheers
Very Nice! Love your videos! Dialogue is informative and we get to know you. The music is pleasant and appropriate. The editing shows us the detail we need without becoming ponderous. Excellent job, sir.
Wow, it does a great job! I didn’t think it would work that well with a thin axe head! Works great! Thanks, gee that was hard work with the first one cracking!
Works similar to a tobacco knife I used in the fields as a kid. A truly beautiful piece of work! I think I’m gonna try to make one of these when I get some time.
One of the details I love most about your channel is your use of actual music and not some electronic soul crushing nonsense. It's your brother right? Nice looking build too, well done for showing your mistake. It's good for us all to see.
Thank you Zoso! Yes, it's my brother and a friend playing. It's the style of music we like and the right price if we just make it ourselves haha thanks for the kind words!
~~~EXCELLENT~~~ Always a Pleasure to watch and learn from. Love the background music as well, and commentary of course is Pleasant, Informative and never sparse or droning.
My theory with the crack in the first blade is that when you quench hardened the blade it made the metal dissimilar enough that it caused it to stress crack. because the crystalline micro structure and carbon content was different it caused different rates of shrinkage along or close to the quench line or it could have had a pre existing microscopic crack from work hardening of the blade when it was in use on the saw.
Exactly what I thought; I noticed he tried to create a thin gradient when quenching by keeping the bulk of the face in the oil and slowly submerging more of the head, then withdrawing, and repeating. I suspect though the quench line still may not have had a gentle enough transition. I wonder what effect an aggressive tempering would have had if it had survived 🤔
I think you're bang on with the structure thing, but I'm not sure about a differential in carbon content. Usually decarb happens due to heat and loss from scale, so I don't think it would have been from different carbon content. You can get a different enough structure to cause a crack like that just with differential heat treatment, no alloy difference needed.
Tyler Rodriguez I was thinking more along the lines of carburization because it can have similar effect to decarburization and or under heating causing incomplete martensite/austenite transformation. Its hard to say without inspecting the material or knowing the base material hardness and carbon content. Something as simple as too much grinding or sanding or not enough normalization could play a factor In embrittlement.
Love your vids, you make some really neat things, this hatchet being one of my favorites. You should take a dremel with a chainsaw sharpening bit and grind a radius into the base of the bit, where the handle meets, those right angles are potential fracture points, by grinding a curve into them you reduce the amount of stress on any one single small point
@@TheArtofCraftsmanship did it? And what can you use it for? Doesn't it work well for those uses? Sure would cut some pack weight if it were useful in the backcountry.
Love the vids, great build! There was likely a micro stress crack in the saw blade before you started. Larger mill blades and band style blades take a lot less stress than smaller blades do.
Love that you showed the flaw on the first, made it real, as any craftsman knows, errors are all part of the process. Also let me know who is throwing out Cherry pallets...Ill come help them unload those babies...lol.
Thanks. That's real life. Half the battle is knowing how to push through your mistakes, and learning opportunities, and move on as a better maker. Yeah, that Cherry is awesome.
Very nice piece! I'm glad you showed the metal failure in your first blank, too. Lots of people would have been tempted to edit it out and move right to the new blank, and the viewers would have been clueless. By leaving that failure in, you've shown all aspiring craftspeople that unexpected setbacks will happen and that they don't need to be discouraging. Great job and great video!
That was a great video. I just went back to it as I'm trying a saw blade project myself. I appreciate tour way of showing how you do things. I believe I watched this the first time when it first came out. Like others, I appreciate how you show failure in this and the finishes axe is gorgeous.
Having watched this again, I believe the wood used in the handle is beach. It often has a reddish hue. If it is, it's a great handle material, often used in Europe. Thank you for the video. Your videos have planted a lot of ideas in my head and now I'm making my first knife, so I'm grateful.
Awesome project and captivating video!
Thank you Jane!
Im incredibly in love with the. Was just saying how we should have more full tang hand axes. Its beautiful!
Love that little axe👍👍👍
FUN watching!
Awesome build
I'm addicted to your channel now .trying to catch up on all your vids 👍👍👍👍👍
Good luck! There is alot haha thanks for watching.
I think that would make a perfect hunting/field dressing hatchet. Thin blade to carve and skin but can chop through bone. Very nice 👍🏼
COOL LITTLE TOOL
First time watching your channel, you are truly an artist in your craftsmanship. Thank you for sharing your passion with all of us. I’m a wounded veteran, 100% disabled, watching videos like yours gives me impression to get up, quit feeling sorry for myself and accomplish something. I look forward to getting notifications on your next videos.
What a great little Hatchet and out of a old Bench blade, Nice to see people like your self taking time not just rushing a project, Big Wave to you.
Bill Hollis so true and well said!!
I always enjoy the calm way you progress thru your projects, teaching along the way. Easy to understand. I have 3 belt grinders also, std 1x30, old craftsman 4x36 with cast body, and home built 2x72. And more gear I pick up at garage sales along the way. If my garage had any heat I would be out there. In the cold I can do 2 to 4 hrs, then out! Keep up the great videos ! Thanks!
That was great. The first fractured has now become the template. No loss.
Excellent production and great music. Thank you.
Absolutely awesome, so glad you came right with the second one, it’s beautiful. Thanks so much. Take care as always from South Africa
Great video! Very inspirational 👍👍
Dude your videos are amazing I just started knife making and I have learned more from you then the “professionals” never hide mistakes it just shows the learning process, thank you!
Thank you for the kind words Patrick. Good luck on your projects my friend.
Can see you love what you do. And very nice job!!
When I was making my first knife I droped it on the floor between heat treat and temper. Broke into 3 pieces. Things don't always go perfect but you just learn and try again. Very nice hatchet. Thanks for sharing.
The worst! Thank you for watching.
That is a beautiful axe! I was wondering how well a thin saw blade would work for an axe but that was great! Thanks for showing the cracked one as well! That was a teaching moment for everyone watching this video.
The lines are beautiful. You have a good eye for shape. Very nice little tool.
You could also consider welding some plates on either side of the hammer pole, so that it can actually function as one. Loved the video, thanks.
beautiful job!
I’ve been enjoying watching your detailed project every time, from material to be used and identifying the tools you’re using. Keep it up!!!❤❤❤
Awesome work as always Sir
Just watching the great video... didn't think I would learn anything...but then I did learn more Appreciate it very much!
Good craftsmanship pretty nice
Great video. I love how you embrace ‘failure’ as an opportunity to learn and generate discussion. Happy to hear other opinions on this: I suggest that the solution to the cracking would be to first quench only the cutting edge briefly, then plunge more of the head into the oil, out to near where it becomes the handle. This should then create a more gradual transition between the very hard edge and the softer ‘poll’/ handle.
If failure is a learning experience then I am a genius.
That "Coleman" Green just made it so freaking amazing. That is spectacular work! Thank you for sharing!
Awesome good job!!!
Well done man, you take a great pride in your work and it shows. Very nice.
Awesome awesome awesome, so many things for this hatchet. I bought a throwing hatchet that was thin like this and next thing you know it was my go to hatchet. That turned out beautiful. Also everybody , this make fantastic decorative piece that can be used in a pinch. Love it.
Exceptional ! Very nice 👍
Beautiful work, and calming video to watch!!
Thanks for taking us into your shop. Loved the look of that handle
This build was Amazing! I Can't believe the handle work on this, it's "BEAUTIFUL"!! Thanks so much for Sharing!
The differential quenching caused the fracture. The metal cooled causing different eutectoid structures crystalization. As always, you build a beautiful product.
Thanks Jeffrey!
Beautiful "axe" that eill be great for shaping spindles etc.
I had a blacksmith friend "deceased" that made an axe head using three (3) circular saw blades that he forge welded to add strength. The handle turned out similar to an Eastwing hammer. The triple thick forge welding made a truly excellent "small forest style axe." I tried to buy it from me but he said he made so his son would have a life time momento to remember his Dad.
You are a good teacher, with the honesty to show how mistakes are made and how you overcame them. Valuable lessons of their own. There should be a radius between the head and tang to eliminate a stress point. I like how your axes are displayed on the wall... very attractive with minimal space.
Edit: Seeing this ax perform convinces me that this is the one perfect tool to take on Naked and Afraid. But, at 5 ft. 9 in., 280 lbs. and 64 years old, I haven't received a callback from the producers. If they do, will you make me a hatchet?
Definitely! Thanks.
I have carried a little full tang hatchet same thickness since ce I was a kid for backpacking. A folding saw and this is all I have ever taken backpacking. You can even baton kindling with them I know that sounds weird but it is useful. Love the handle much nicer than mine it should last you a life time as well.
Barbarian Leather and Blades s
I taught myself how to build crossbows and I kept notes on the how to for reference purposes. Who knows, your kids my want to make their own some day. It's nice how to make some things that others may want in dire circumstances. Better to know something's then not.
It's hard to know exactly what happened but it always seems to help mitigate cracks if the normalizing cycles include the entire piece of steel. I always do a slow annealing process before starting work then I do 2 or 3 normalising cycles before quenching. The full annealing should always be the first step to forging it goes a long way to destress the steel esp if it was abused before. I realize that this was a demonstration of matter reduction rather than forging but abrasives only add stress to the work. Also differentially hardening steel is less stressful on the steel if there is a "softer" less defined line between the hard and soft parts. Some alloys handle this better than others and saw blades don't always have consistency in thier manufacturing.
Awesome craftmanship! Turned out beautifully!
Awesome job nicely done good job
Excellent. Thanks for the great idea and excellent video. I like the way this hatchet can be used like a machete and with good control. I think I will make one. Cheers
That's cool as hell! Good job and good idea!!
Sir! absolutely awesome axe! i love it!
Very Nice! Love your videos! Dialogue is informative and we get to know you. The music is pleasant and appropriate. The editing shows us the detail we need without becoming ponderous. Excellent job, sir.
love the brushed metal look its kinda like a Delorean.
Read this before I saw the end result and thought "that's a weird way to describe it", but now I see what you mean haha
Great job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very handy tool for the camp. Cal from Northwestern Canada. Keep it up
I love this I’m a camper salesman and this is amazing
Great build now you need a nice leather sheath for it great job
Very Cool Hatchet that was made out of a Old rusty Circular Saw Blade !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, it does a great job! I didn’t think it would work that well with a thin axe head! Works great! Thanks, gee that was hard work with the first one cracking!
Another great job! A real beauty!
Works similar to a tobacco knife I used in the fields as a kid. A truly beautiful piece of work! I think I’m gonna try to make one of these when I get some time.
One of the details I love most about your channel is your use of actual music and not some electronic soul crushing nonsense. It's your brother right?
Nice looking build too, well done for showing your mistake. It's good for us all to see.
Thank you Zoso! Yes, it's my brother and a friend playing. It's the style of music we like and the right price if we just make it ourselves haha thanks for the kind words!
Beautiful!
Very pretty hatchet, nice job !
Glad you are back making videos!!
~~~EXCELLENT~~~ Always a Pleasure to watch and learn from. Love the background music as well, and commentary of course is Pleasant, Informative and never sparse or droning.
Real nice brother.
My theory with the crack in the first blade is that when you quench hardened the blade it made the metal dissimilar enough that it caused it to stress crack. because the crystalline micro structure and carbon content was different it caused different rates of shrinkage along or close to the quench line or it could have had a pre existing microscopic crack from work hardening of the blade when it was in use on the saw.
cody you went really in depth for a crack😂😂
It’s been a while since I’ve taken metallurgy classes but I try to remember what I can
Exactly what I thought; I noticed he tried to create a thin gradient when quenching by keeping the bulk of the face in the oil and slowly submerging more of the head, then withdrawing, and repeating. I suspect though the quench line still may not have had a gentle enough transition. I wonder what effect an aggressive tempering would have had if it had survived 🤔
I think you're bang on with the structure thing, but I'm not sure about a differential in carbon content. Usually decarb happens due to heat and loss from scale, so I don't think it would have been from different carbon content. You can get a different enough structure to cause a crack like that just with differential heat treatment, no alloy difference needed.
Tyler Rodriguez I was thinking more along the lines of carburization because it can have similar effect to decarburization and or under heating causing incomplete martensite/austenite transformation. Its hard to say without inspecting the material or knowing the base material hardness and carbon content. Something as simple as too much grinding or sanding or not enough normalization could play a factor In embrittlement.
I love the idea. It looks amazing!
Thanks J!
Looks great , nice work sir
Well done man, great work. Awesome little piece, beautiful.
Great job :-) and I guess an upside to the crack is that now you have a metal pattern, love the fit n finish.
looks great. very nice work
Good job Dusty, congratulations!
As a builder of custom homes, I respect your talent 👍🇺🇸
Perfekt work !! best regards from Germany
Love your vids, you make some really neat things, this hatchet being one of my favorites. You should take a dremel with a chainsaw sharpening bit and grind a radius into the base of the bit, where the handle meets, those right angles are potential fracture points, by grinding a curve into them you reduce the amount of stress on any one single small point
You can do it that way, or you can drill holes at all of the places where your cuts will stop and get the same effect.
Sure wish I had one for Christmas, love it
Simply Beautiful!!! I Love the Green! Incredible job.
John Deer green!!!
Super nice
I was dubious about how thin the head was, But wow that thing is sharp. Well done.
I agree. Only time will really tell if it holds up.
@@TheArtofCraftsmanship did it? And what can you use it for? Doesn't it work well for those uses? Sure would cut some pack weight if it were useful in the backcountry.
Really Enjoyed this. Thank You Brother
Very good congratulations
Awesome little hatchet.
Great job
Nice project.
Really beautiful axe. Awesome video!
A real fine job,, I love the green in the handle, also...!!!
Nice little kindling splitting hatchet.
Super job.
Enjoyed the video nice axe
Whoever handles the camera does a great job. Music’s nice too
Love the vids, great build!
There was likely a micro stress crack in the saw blade before you started. Larger mill blades and band style blades take a lot less stress than smaller blades do.
Turned out great.
Nicely done!!
APPLAUSE APPLAUSE APPLAUSE APPLAUSE
Beautiful axe. I enjoyed the video. I’m subscribing to see more. Thanks for sharing.
That was interesting and good to watch. A nice and Sharp hatchet.
Thank you
Love that you showed the flaw on the first, made it real, as any craftsman knows, errors are all part of the process. Also let me know who is throwing out Cherry pallets...Ill come help them unload those babies...lol.
Thanks. That's real life. Half the battle is knowing how to push through your mistakes, and learning opportunities, and move on as a better maker.
Yeah, that Cherry is awesome.
Amazing. Thank you for your time.
Awesome video again dude! Please keep up the great work!
Beautiful sir.
EXCELLENT Video Sir!!
Very cool! Inspired!!