Forging - hammer technique - make an awesome knife by hand
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2021
- This is how to move metal where you want it to go! Hammer technique is a huge part of forging. I will explain how the metal moves, what type of hammer I use and why! Also, we make a really cool bird and trout knife!
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You're pure class. No cussing and swearing and jumping up and down, and no giving up. If not a lesson to us all, definitely a lesson to me. I love that you went ahead and made the knife that was in your mind, regardless of the path you took to get there, in fact, that knife is more personal for the story behind it. As always, thank you for your generosity in sharing.
NNNNnnnnnnnnOOoooooooooooo!!!!!!!! excellent second one. thanks for the video!!!
Had to show a finished knife!
I love that you show the mistakes and tragedies along the way it is completely true to the craft
🤜💥💥🤛 thanks man!
Bummer about dropping the Damascus one! I like the concept of showing the hammer techniques to achieve what you want! The final knife looks amazing!
I got the idea from you bro!
@@Aleeknives yea,,,from Tyrell,,we can learn a lot
I bet that’s one heck of a cutter! 😎😎
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Oh man! It is a slicer. Cut right through a pinic😂🤣
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Glad you’re still enjoying them.
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If it were me, I’d have got through the care package already!!
When plan "A" doesn't work out... just knock plan "B" out of the park! It turned out awesome Airin.
Thanks Erick! I had to pull one out of the hat to still have a video 😁
Aaron , I think the exercise was a success . I am grateful for that as I am in my baby steps in forging. You don`t need to apologize. It is relevant for a real workshop, such things happens.
I forgot to show pictures of what the finished pattern looks like so I will post it to my community tab
That knife is beautiful
Thanks Bill
Great lesson on moving steel. Thanks so much for sharing.
Tour welcome Dan! Glad you enjoyed it!
Like how you ground out that finger choil using the belt overhang.
Quick and dirty!
Epic build mate
Thanks Adrian! I appreciate that!
I really like this one thanks for the video
You are welcome Tony! I am glad you liked it! Cheers
Thank you for this was desperately needed
Thanks for the information...
Your welcome!
Oooh man! Yeah it happens. I had a San Mai ready to quinch, in the oil and PoP one whole side delamed like a roll in a rug. But like you I had to get up and make another. Great work man
It happens to us all! I had 3 fails in this project before I started over and had a win! Thanks for watching! Cheers
He seems like a handsome and gentleman. Very good work, congratulations Airin.👍👌🙂🙌
Thank you! Cheers to you and your family!
Love the way that the handle worked out!
you dropped it,,so what,,you make another one in 2 sec :) looks nice
Thanks man! I didn't want to put out another video as a total failure! Right after the previous failure ! I learned the grain structure looked really good😁😉
Shame about the drop. You should take the remainder and grind out a short razor from it.
Love the videos, man.
Good idea!
There is a saying that smiths dont make mistakes. They just make smaller knives. While technically that is true. There is no denying that some actually are mistakes.
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Beautiful! Definitely would have loved to see the Damascus variant but yep! Shit happens unfortunately 😕. Have a awesome day. 🤘
Thank you! It happens man, no use getting all tied up about it
@@Aleeknives no crying over spilt milk. 😂
Nice recovery, nice knife, nice open sharing of the oops moment!
Putting it all out there man
You are the man. Way to not give up!!! Your the Dustin Johnson of knife making. Cool calm and no one will ever no your upset!!! Did you use the tung oil for finish???
I cut the part where I kicked the garage door🤣😂🤣 yes I used tung oil, it is my go to oil finish most of the time
@@Aleeknives shhhhhhh don’t tell the Behind the scenes secrets!!!!!
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It turned out beautiful, it's too bad the damascus broke, but every maker ever has broke a blade.
Yes sir this is not my first unfortunately
I like the knife you made at the end, but why not go for a hidden tang knife from the original piece of steel? Admittedly, I am biased to hidden tang. I come from puukko-land, so it's the first option in my mind, and I find it aesthetically pleasing.
No particular reason I could have but I didn't
I freaking love your videos. You have inspired me to do better with my beginning journey of knife making and have just completed my best one to date and I am happy like a kid in a candy store today
Best compliment this week Nick! Thank you! I am glad your on your journey!
@@Aleeknives yep I messaged you about helping with my handle but I said NO I’ll just watch the video over and over again. Haha. I’ll email you the pics :)
Totally feel free to message me anytime
Would still like to see the pattern on the broken knife after all that odd angle hammering.
I will post some pictures on the community tab! Thanks for bringing this up!
Great explanation of how the process works of drawing it out. Tough luck on dropping it. I really like the design of this. I'm not usually a fan of harpoon style knives, but this one works for me. I was sitting here sketching out knives yesterday before making a couple neck knivesfor the first time, and I appreciate the inspiration.
That is fantastic Jeremy! If I was any inspiration at all I am satisfied
You should have saved that mammoth for a berry nice piece of super steel or feather Damascus the like
I have more to play with😉 thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed the build video! Cheers
Nice video as always ! But I'm curious, why didn't you forged it to shape, or at least closer ? You could have saved a mot of material and having a bigger knife in the end, and since the patter was already distorted I don't really understand why you chose to grind it to shape.
Too bad the first one didn't make it...
Honestly I didn't have a plan for the shape when I was forging it. So I forged a billet and then drew a knife inside of it
@@Aleeknives oh okay that makes sens !
Hard luck on the blade break. Little tip, if you can put a sheet of plywood or fire retardant matting under your forge and quanch tank it will stop the blade from breaking if you drop it.
That's a really good idea!
What oil did you put on the handle ?
This was a tung oil finish. I will continue to apply coats for the next week before it is totally finished
nice recovery from a problem there, come out really well, love that handle, has real visual impact and a really good choice and construction. The broken one can still become something, easily enough steel there to make a small kitchen knife and with the smaller bit a scraper or tool for wood carving, and you are far from alone with the snapped blade, just one of those things that happen from time to time, s5*t happens as we say here
Yes sir! I will probably break it into smaller peices and do some canister Damascus later on
@@Aleeknives sounds a good plan
Well, if it couldn't survive being dropped from 2-3ft onto concrete straight after hardening- it probably wasn't going to be very good knife anyway :)
Just with the thinner steels which I have a love-hate-frustration with on a daily basis, found that if I leave a little section about 1/4" high by maybe 1/2" long around the tip all through the grinding and heat treat stages and then once I'm ready to form the point I'll just grind-dip in water, repeat until the tips nice and sharp. That sort of tends to help it survive heat treat/oopsies and make for a lot less paring knives which are strangely wharncliffe points
This reached it's full potential of hardness. The grain structure looked like a factory heat treat. It didn't even break at a stress point. It literally hit just right when it landed. I went ahead and tempered the peices and did a vise bend test and they reacted just as they should. Just super brittle after the heat treat! Bummer but life goes on
@@Aleeknives Oh it most definitely super sucks when stuff breaks. There's so many things happening in blades from a chemistry-physics perspective that sometimes its just going to happen and it'll happen to the best of us. At least its replacement worked and the handle is a beauty
Thanks Kris! I appreciate that! Cheers
Some forged in fire contestants should watch this video…. Some of them have no idea how to work steel.
Some do, some don't but that's what makes a good show I suppose
You have a point. I forget sometimes that it is a Tv show.
Caption this video!
Mistakes to great makes
Oh S*%#
I like that a lot!
Shame it broke. been there done that. Did it bring a tear? You manipulated that steel perfectly to get what you were going for. Potential problem for any of us is whatever you do don't drop it just out of quench.
Very true! These can be extremely brittle before tempering back
Do you you use your Twitter account?? I need some help. I sent you a some pictures of a knife I am working on.
No I don't use Twitter I gave up on it a long time ago. You can try me on Facebook I'll be more than glad to help airin lee
Nice recovery but not looks really nice
Thank you!
As a relatively new knife maker I've just started my journey from using mono steel to pattern welded steel and I've struggled to move the metal where I want/need it to go, this is the first time I've seen it explained on how I need to achieve that. Thank you and greeting from here in the UK.