Forging Knife From Ball Chain And 52100 Steel

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2023
  • Can I forge a knife from nickel plated ball chain and some 52100 high carbon steel?
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  • @justmeva
    @justmeva 6 месяцев назад +2

    I'm viewing a completely different person who would normally be on this channel!!! 😉😉😂😂👏👏

  • @paullmight42
    @paullmight42 6 месяцев назад +4

    holy beardless batman!

  • @youyoyouyo1407
    @youyoyouyo1407 5 месяцев назад +1

    You are truly a professional 👍👍

  • @_BLANK_BLANK
    @_BLANK_BLANK 6 месяцев назад +5

    I actually really like that lighter contrast quite a bit. Also the pattern for that matter looks really interesting.

  • @Clinthopanonymous
    @Clinthopanonymous 6 месяцев назад +3

    that shirt has more character now lol

  • @owais146
    @owais146 6 месяцев назад +1

    AMAZING MAESTRO LOVELY COMPARISON OF STEEL

  • @kzarnold3678
    @kzarnold3678 6 месяцев назад +1

    Good times nicely done 👍

  • @ryanblystone5153
    @ryanblystone5153 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you

  • @EmbraceTheSuck
    @EmbraceTheSuck 6 месяцев назад +3

    Don’t worry, you’re not the only one to to set yourself on fire that way.
    I only had a t shirt on when I did it

  • @scottlanghorst1483
    @scottlanghorst1483 6 месяцев назад +1

    Weld er up! Oh Honey, look what I made you for the kitchen!🤭 Happy Belated Thanksgiving, Elijah

  • @KimP0612
    @KimP0612 4 месяца назад

    Love the pattern and look at your baby face. Looks like your FiF days

  • @willardjames2685
    @willardjames2685 6 месяцев назад +2

    Please make another!

  • @tonyb1184
    @tonyb1184 6 месяцев назад +1

    I was cringing with the final test 😮 it was a beautiful piece then 2 beautiful pieces.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  6 месяцев назад +1

      Yes but too many defects to finish out. Thanks for watching!

  • @anthonystrunk5360
    @anthonystrunk5360 6 месяцев назад +2

    Looks like it already had a crack at the spine.good thing you tested it.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  6 месяцев назад +2

      I see the discoloration that you're probably referencing, it does look that way however just didn't get cleaned out of the etch well enough. That stress point I created at the edge just took the blade apart.

  • @stephenjohnson6841
    @stephenjohnson6841 6 месяцев назад +1

    Another great project/video Elijah! If you never break any of your projects your not pushing yourself or your craft! Thanks again!

  • @minnesotatomcat
    @minnesotatomcat 6 месяцев назад +2

    I’ve been there so many times, perfectly good shirt then it starts as one little burn hole, then the hole snags on everything and by the end of the day the shirt is in the garbage 🤣

  • @caseywood9781
    @caseywood9781 6 месяцев назад +1

    I've set myself on fire doing the exact same thing. Mine was a flannel. It was the 90's

  • @Redstagwsmnp
    @Redstagwsmnp 6 месяцев назад +2

    Well it was looking great

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  6 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, too many issues to finish it out!

  • @randylippert6416
    @randylippert6416 5 месяцев назад

    Was !!! A really nice shirt 😂

  • @daveprokop1917
    @daveprokop1917 6 месяцев назад +1

    Can’t tell you how many times I caught myself on fire😂

  • @toddvandyke1023
    @toddvandyke1023 6 месяцев назад +2

    Pretty neat pattern, to bad it broke though. Be safe and God bless

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  6 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks! Yeah it didn't meet the standard

  • @mulepowerforge
    @mulepowerforge 6 месяцев назад +3

    you should do barbed wire in a canister with powdered steel to get the contrast and maybe do an edge bar or do what you did with the O1 and bearings in the flat canister thing but with the barbed wire.

  • @billwoehl3051
    @billwoehl3051 6 месяцев назад +2

    Ball chain also used as the pull string for the single overhead lights in a house.

  • @shermantripp5246
    @shermantripp5246 6 месяцев назад +3

    It's been a while since u last post missed u man can't wait to see what u do in this one

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks! I have a few videos in the last month that were pretty fun if you haven't seen those.

    • @shermantripp5246
      @shermantripp5246 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@FireCreekForge no I thought you went off the radar

  • @brysonalden5414
    @brysonalden5414 6 месяцев назад +1

    We now have matching shirts, for the same reason! BTW I liked your process better than the "other guy on RUclips" and hadn't thought that those beads are hollow. I suppose mashing them in a press before putting them in a canister would work, but man, that's a lot of work. Thanks for sharing your experiment.

  • @jeremynedrow7003
    @jeremynedrow7003 6 месяцев назад +2

    I hated to see it break it was beautiful but i did learn something.

  • @patrickclark6261
    @patrickclark6261 6 месяцев назад +1

    cool experiment!

  • @bhutjolokia6990
    @bhutjolokia6990 6 месяцев назад +2

    That pattern is cool, it looks like the patterns in agatized dinosaur bones!! Awesome video!!😍👍😎👻🌶️

  • @DavidEricWilliams
    @DavidEricWilliams 5 месяцев назад +1

    Educational and entertaining. I was just telling someone the other day that is why your videos are among the best on RUclips

  • @TalRohan
    @TalRohan 6 месяцев назад +1

    the leopard skin pattern is very cool but yes the steel cutting is a problem.....
    I wonder if a much wider canoe cannister might help or maybe forging the chain into blocks before you put it in with the 52100
    either way thankyou for sharing, I like that you share stuff like this....definitely a thoughtful learning experience

  • @JohnJohnson-bg2oo
    @JohnJohnson-bg2oo 6 месяцев назад +2

    I thought the buck knife was hammered through a railroad spike, but my memory isn't what it used to be.

  • @billwoehl3051
    @billwoehl3051 6 месяцев назад +3

    An idea for a canister I got from your "contained non canister, canister" where you drilled and added roller bearings: take rods of different shades of steel, place them each specifically in its own spot, creating a dot matrix/pixel art type pattern. Can't be much more time consuming than welding, cutting, grinding, stacking, rewelding, cutting, regrinding, restacking over and over again for some of these mosaics they come up with. Could copy any photo, in black and white style to any project. For bigger parts of a picture, could use water jet cut shapes.
    Which gives me another idea: possibly use water jet, dot matrix comb I ned for the pattern of a touchmark billet, mild steel powder, etch end to depth desired for imprint.

  • @Pablo668
    @Pablo668 6 месяцев назад +1

    Nice work. Up until it snapped I thought the blade did well against that rod. What you did is basically machining in the end, well, once you make the blade a bit more robust and work out work holding.

  • @redwolfknives3174
    @redwolfknives3174 6 месяцев назад +1

    Very cool build! I hate the jacket didn’t turn out like you wanted. Very cool build

  • @thetinkerist
    @thetinkerist 6 месяцев назад +2

    Awesome to see such a hefty test. Few blades will survive it well. Next time, ball bearings again? :)

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks! I have a different idea planned!

  • @Marcus_Shaw
    @Marcus_Shaw 6 месяцев назад +2

    Check out your face 👍
    Very interesting Video, not often you see makers cut anything really heavy duty. That blade was a beast 👍

  • @muellermade
    @muellermade 6 месяцев назад +1

    That was cool, almost always sad to see something break though lol

  • @KhalilJavon
    @KhalilJavon 6 месяцев назад

    Got a challenge: What about a blade made from keys & bike rims???

  • @timhorton555
    @timhorton555 6 месяцев назад +2

    Good idea. I'm wondering if crushing the ball chain before putting it into the canoe would have had a different result.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  6 месяцев назад +2

      Yes I believe it would. I thought of that, after the fact.

    • @timhorton555
      @timhorton555 6 месяцев назад +1

      @FireCreekForge in light of Dr. Thomas' findings that nickel and 1095 had the best testing results for the Damascus steel, crush the chain, and then just add 1095 powder. Just an idea I just had.

  • @therory6888
    @therory6888 6 месяцев назад +2

    The Buck pocket knives hammered through steel was legit. I know they would hammer through nails. And there was no nicks in the pocket knife blades. Might have been bolts as well but not for sure. This was back when they were using 440 and 425M steels. Not the 420 steels that they use today.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  6 месяцев назад +2

      Yes the Buck knives used to be pretty hard. I found this out the hard way when I snapped the tip off of my Buck 110 Hunter.

  • @ClenioBuilder
    @ClenioBuilder 5 месяцев назад +1

    👏👏👏🤜🤛

  • @lowbudgetbob1155
    @lowbudgetbob1155 6 месяцев назад

    Who is that beradless dude?...lol I liked the pattern on the blade.

  • @xscaliersolid1194
    @xscaliersolid1194 3 месяца назад

    Maybe folding the metal would push out more of the impurities - might result in fewer cracks and voids.

  • @VelvetHippos
    @VelvetHippos 6 месяцев назад +2

    You shaved!

  • @caseywood9781
    @caseywood9781 6 месяцев назад +2

    Wait, you shaved your beard right before winter? You're gonna be cold

    • @eliasfarmer1219
      @eliasfarmer1219 6 месяцев назад +1

      He covered that in his q&a video a few days ago, said he was having trouble with his grinding mask

  • @tileguyable
    @tileguyable 5 месяцев назад

    How much for that “fire” creek forge shirt!!! 😂🔥

  • @colemorgan8567
    @colemorgan8567 6 месяцев назад

    Woahhhh you shaved

  • @cae2487
    @cae2487 4 месяца назад +1

    So when you end up destroying a blade like in this video whether its for destruction testing or a mistake of some sort what do you end up doing with the steel? Do you repurpose it an throw it into another damascus billet down the road or just toss it out with the garbage? Lastly ive been curious as to where you purchase your steel from because you have some sizes of stock ive been considering wanting to pick up. Thanks

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  4 месяца назад +1

      If a blade doesn't make the cut it just goes in the scrap bin. Most of my steel comes from New Jersey Steel Baron.

    • @cae2487
      @cae2487 4 месяца назад +1

      It'd be interesting if you have some extra time for you to do a scrap-mascus build with your scrap bin leftovers. Maybe do a raffle or giveaway item if you were inclined to do, I know some of those can be a lot of work and not always worth the squeeze it's just a thought. I mostly would just like to see something interesting/successful made from failed/destroyed items. Anyways thanks for sharing I always enjoy seeing what you are making. I live in northern idaho about an hour away from where you used to be.

  • @jodystevens1333
    @jodystevens1333 5 месяцев назад +1

    Is that one of Alex steells hammers from a couple of years ago

  • @Blawa-ti4xp
    @Blawa-ti4xp 6 месяцев назад +2

    Leather apron bro

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  6 месяцев назад +2

      Haha, yes I have one but the only work if you put them on

  • @orujeiniki
    @orujeiniki 6 месяцев назад +1

    Эй! А куда борода пропала?))

  • @swintondavid
    @swintondavid 6 месяцев назад +1

    I don't understand why you did that.

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  6 месяцев назад +3

      Most of the jacketing was ground off and I stilI couldn't get all the inclusions out of the blade. The blade was not something I was going to finish out into a knife. Rather than having a blade I wasn't satisfied with sitting around, I decided to turn it into a test blade.

  • @dustinbrosmer6164
    @dustinbrosmer6164 6 месяцев назад +1

    Whoooooo first again lol I'm getting good at this lol

  • @BrokeBrewKnow
    @BrokeBrewKnow 4 месяца назад +1

    Oh NOOOOOO!!!!! Not your favorite canadian tuxedooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @youyoyouyo1407
    @youyoyouyo1407 5 месяцев назад +1

    Why did you shave your long beard man???

    • @FireCreekForge
      @FireCreekForge  5 месяцев назад

      Trying to figure out a respirator issue.

  • @Obsidian369
    @Obsidian369 5 месяцев назад

    Yeah its easy to twist if you dont know how to center your hammer blows...and you set yourself on fire... Why would you do that knowing what a grinder does.? You do know, right?

  • @anouarghali1254
    @anouarghali1254 6 месяцев назад +1

    hi