Forging A Fully Integral Knife! | Vevor Anvil Review Included
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- Опубликовано: 1 апр 2023
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You probably opened a lot of eyes with the holes positions. Thank you!
Love the knife , just make a spoon and fork as a set and you'd have a nice bushcraft utensil kit 😊
I'm waiting for my vevor 132 pound pound anvil to be delivered upgrading from the 66 pound vevor anvil that I've been using for 4 years, I thought 2 dads and their 3 boys how to forge a knife and a coat hook on the old 66 pound today and sold it and some home made hardy tools too them for $100 since I wont need it anymore
I have a 150lb Hay Budden anvil but I would love to have this anvil for the flat face and crisp edges, and more importantly the flat horn that lets you get into tight spots easier than a normal anvil, it’s more of a German style I believe
I've been using one of these anvils for a little over a year, and it was worth every penny. It does everything I need in the shop, and is still small enough to use when I travel for shows and demos. Highly recommend
Loved it! I thought you were about to go full tang integral with that knife! however, I still freaking love that knife too. Great review man!
Stay Sharp,
Logan
Thanks man! I kinda just ran with it lol. Now I'm gonna EDC it as a pocket knife.
I have a 22lb vevor anvil and it's an awesome little anvil I would totally buy it again and I do plan to get one of the bigger ones at some point in the future I think that I am going to give making a few of the little knives that you made in this video it turned out really kool thanks for the inspiration
Thanks for the content!
Thank you for watching!
I bought the 60lb one a bit over a year ago, it was 150 bucks delivered, which is frankly, way too good to pass up and as an anvil they're fine. I did have to take the edges back slightly and clean out the mold lines in the hardy hole. Apart from that bit of power-file grinding and cleaning the horn off with an angle grinder so it was nice and smooth- it works. Its hard, its flat and doesn't dent when some idiot whacks a hammer into it!
Don't do a lot of forging but it does enough for me and I just don't have the big money to throw at anything with a more 'distinguished heritage' as far as anvils go :)
You need one to start on for not a lot of money or just a standard workshop anvil that's actually flat and hasn't been chewed on by 4 generations of abuse, I do recommend these.
Love the knife
Thank you!
Great review Erick
Thank you Chip!
Already decided that Hardy hole on the Harbor Freight Chinese Red isn't 3/4" not 2 inch and I have 3/4" and happy with my Double Ugly Blue and it's now gray and beautiful.
That Chinese Red will be a mess working with 3/4" or I'd be buying my 20 Hardy tools or loofah welding to make fit.
Keeping my Blue
Thanks
I like that knife a lot :)
Thank you!
I have the same Vevor anvil, but the black version, which is supposed to be harder. I agree about the Prichel hole. I also agree about why it’s placed where it is. As far as the horn goes, I’ve seen, from the Anvils In America book and from other places, that this Vevor horn is more of an European style as opposed to the round horn which is more of an American thing. Oddly, the smaller Vevor models have the round horn. Some guys make a big deal about the color, which is silly. Also an American thing.
The HF anvil, which is 66 pounds, with a round horn seems to be suffering from a serious lack of QC. While the Vevor have minor defects on the bottom, and very minor ones on the sides (sometimes), the HF can have major defects on the face itself, and some on the horn. Some are so bad that they’re welded with filler. I’d love to examine one of those and do some tests, but unless they were filled with hardface before hardening, tempering and grinding, it can’t be good.
Perfect timing,just received this vice on Saturday afternoon ! Looking forward to getting going on making some stuff. Forge is next ! Check your email Erick I sent you one.
Yeah they need to re think that bolting solution on those anvils. it makes sense that they did it for that.. mounting but...yeah I agree. 😂😂
Just kinda goofy that they didn't think "maybe this is dumb"...
@@theriversexperience9383 there's plenty of meat on the actual 4 legs I don't see how it would be a problem to just tap those and remove the horn hole. Lol
That preacher hole if adding a hold down clamp would be able to swivel around and just might be alsome using.
I often use a hold down in my Hardy hole but it doesn't pivot saying might be handy with that oversized round hole and location does give lots of flat work area
Now that's a great point! The one on my Trenton anvil is the size that I like. This one is as big as the Hardy hole.
Gotta keep that toaster oven on that other circuit.😂
Yup! lol
Why are you holding your hammer high up the handle? you get more power when you need it if you hold it further down.
There's power, then there's power and control. That is the way I hold it and there are a ton of others that hold them the same way while forging. If I was hammering nails then I would hold it further down on the handle. When forging a lot of people grip it higher on the handle. Thanks for the great question.
No one reviews the black Vevor that's supposed to be harder and better?
I tried to get that one. They don't keep enough in stock to make it worth having people review them.
@@theriversexperience9383 Thanks, I enjoy the channel and learn a lot.
Quick question, what belts are you using on the 1x30 for sharpening?
They are from Pro Sharpening Supply. They actually make a kit that has the sharpening belts and the stropping belt. They are 600, 800, and 1000 grit belts.
@@theriversexperience9383 thank you, I bought a cheap set from amazon a while back that was just 600, 1000, and a strop but the strop never fit and the belts arent good quality at all.
Hi Erick,
hope you are doing well :) I have a question sort of unrelated to the anvil, but it's something that has been occupying my mind for some time. I saw in many of your videos, and also videos of some other makers, that you use the hardness testing files after the quench, before tempering. I can see the only reason to check if the quench came out well and so you see the 65 HRC file skates on it cause it is hard. But the final properties of the steel are acquired only after the temper and to me an interesting information as a potential owner of the knife would be the final hardness. Do you check your knives also after the tempering cycles to know where you ended up and what will be the expected edge retention? With those Japanese files you should be able to get into a 5 HRC range window.
All the best!
Jakub
For me, I need to know the hardness (Pre-Temper) so that I can make sure to temper it correctly. The recipes for achieving a certain HRC after tempering are in many books. The goal for me is to make sure it's at least 65 HRC and then temper it for the right amount of time at the right temperature to achieve the right HRC that I'm aiming for. I do check the edge hardness with the Files after I temper to make sure that I didnt drop the hardness down to much.
Love both this man's questions, and Eric answered .
Perhaps I need to invest in the harding test files .We do love quality and don't want to run junky products.
I've actually been kinda curious, do you have any suggestions for a brand and size of anvil for a novice knife maker?
This anvil is the perfect one for a novice knife maker. Go with this size as well.
Take a look at the new Doyle anvil at Harbor freight as well, check out the reviews for it first, NC tool makes a good knife anvil, though a little pricier.
This Blue is ugly, and my gray paint got that covered.
It's 3/4" hardy hole I can get hardy tools for that fit.
That China Red from Harbor Freight must have a metic Hardy hole that my 3/4" or 1 " either doesn't fit. Over 20 hardy tools are expensive to be replaced or loads of work or money to be replaced.
I'm keeping my Blue as my pick
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Knife's lookin' hella dope @theriversexperience9383!
Thank you!
@@theriversexperience9383 Absolutely!