I notice you making your own tools, and remarking about how much emery cloth you go through. Here is a tip, take a strip of emery cloth and, using your favorite wood glue, glue the strip of emery cloth to an equal size strip of leather, like a length of an old belt, use a high quality cloth backed emery cloth, to give some longevity to your new "Belt Sander" Pah-ha-ha-ah-ha, I crack me up. Really enjoyed you video, man you do a good job, and your narration is easy to understand, the simplicity is great, and all of the tools you have made, really cool dude, thanks.
notyou83, for some reason I cannot possibly reply to your comment (maybe a youtube glitch?) but I used O-1 tool steel, 3/16" thick and pay $1.56 per inch in CDN dollars. Cheers!
I was wondering how much it would cost for you to make a combat knife that can attach to our moly vests. I like promoting other people's knifes within my unit
Two big thumbs up, lately I've been very interested in learning how to make knives. This video was very helpful to me. Thank you. PS I'm really looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Really like this. I’ve made a couple knives totally using hand tools. I like your method of heat treating. Very simple and inexpensive. Wish I had a belt grinder for perfect blade angle. 👍🏼thumbs up!
Just recently came across your channel. I'm considering getting into knife making and really appreciate your videos. Thanks for putting these out there.
What a great video. I've watched so many on RUclips researching how to get into knife making and this one nails it. Many thanks and keep making the vids 👍.
Thanks for a really helpful video. I was wondering if I could get a little more detail on your heat treating method? What is your torch set-up? Thanks in advance!
Thanks. I am just using a small foxy-accetalyne torch with a heating tip (as opposed to a cutting or brazing tip). It's a fairly common torch setup, but not the cheapest. Does that help? Cheers!
Great job, on the specific video some questions I have. Grit sandpaper on the belt sander, bud type on the torch, how do decide when you have taken it enough times from glowing to into the oil. thank you nice job on the video.
this is beautiful.. im slowly working on my own with hand files.... so ill be done in 2017... i dont have a lot of free time.. lol but all this filling... is kind of zenning me out..
+JTD19881369 yeah, I hear you. I used to hand file my blades and it's a lot of work. I'm actually doing a little video series on hand filing a knife (I've had a lot of requests for it) and in a way I'm not really looking forward to filing blades by hand again... But, that's why I'm just making a small neck knife:) How big of a blade are you working on?
JTD19881369 right on. One of my first knifes I made was a garden knife of similar dimensions. I still use it all the time. I hope comes together for you quickly and that that finishing it up doesn't take forever (like it seems too). Cheers!
Cool knife it look nice. I like my knife straight on upper full tang side also. I think it's missing the upper non slip and grip cuts. Still say this knife is outstanding.
Seriously very good video. Lots of step by step, but I really appreciated the tips you picked up along the way based on your trial and error. Subscribed. Keep 'em coming.
It’s actually called a sharpening choil a finger choil is larger to accommodate your index finger. I think this is one the best videos on knife making I’ve seen thus far. Thanks for sharing it with us. I like your description of the many sharp tools you end up with while learning this skill. Even the ones I mess up I still put a handle on them for practice. Maybe I’ll call them knools. Knife/ sharp tools. Lol 😂
Very good video... crisp & informative ("just the facts" Mam!?!). The Lil Bush-crafter knife is just right: elegant simplicity... Really like your wise approach to bench-making! Thanks
+Simple Little Life Mate would you consider taking an order for a knife like that? I like the blade shape and I like the handle, my only extra requirement would be if you could leave a couple of extra mil protruding out the end of the handle so I can use that for hammering/cracking stuff?
Yeah for sure. I've actually been drawing a few designs with some of the tang sticking out to use as a window breaker. If you want you can email me at jeremy@homesteadknives.com and we can discuss further. Cheers!
Thanks for replying. You said about not grinding to a sharp edge but to leave a small amount of material for heat treating. Is the edge then sharpened on the grinder after treating it does it just sharpen when polishing with the sandpaper?
+Alan Gellman I leave just enough to get the final bevel on during sharpening. It would basically be treated like a very beat up knife. Pretty much just start out with a very course grit stone (or belt) and work you way up from there, just the same way that you would sharpen the blade.
At around 07:20 in your video you are filing in the choil to the blade. It helps with sharpening so you can get the full cutting edge of the blade on a whetstone. Fantastic video man, I subscribed, looking forward to more from ya!
NICE! Very nice job. The GT handle looks really good and I love your simple grinding jig. Much simpler than most of the jigs I've seen. The big work surface on your grinder is awesome too. Good job!
Thank you very much. I appreciate the command of the trade compliment. somedays it sure doesn't seem like it, but it's always enjoyable to continue to learn it. Cheers!
+ManHunt 4x4 no but I have tried to add holes after heat treating and it did not work. I am pretty sure the reason it didn't was because it was a very small knife I was trying it one and I'm pretty sure I hardened the handle as much as the blade, even though I wasn't necessarily trying to. I think doing as you describe would work just fine, as long as you're careful not to harden the handle part of the metal very much while hardening the blade. If the steel does get heat treated, it's pretty much impossible to drill through afterward. (without annealing it again with obviously negates the heat treat in the first place). Cheers!
Hello, very great video and useful tips. I begun to create my first knives and I love it. I have one question : with a wood handle, what you will recommend as a finished surface, 400 ? 600 ? 800 ? Other question : I saw your own products and could be possible to make an order one day. Great job, thanks!
would this be a good knife to make as a first knife? I was wondering because I am thinking about making knives, and I wanted something that is cool, but not too hard to make
What thickness of stock do you typically work with. I have heard you say 1/4" is a little thick, 3/16" 01tool steel is not readily available. So is 1/8" your preferred thickness?
Of all the knife making videos I've seen this has to be the best. The information, your voice, and the camera work was perfect.
Seriously beautiful knife.
Thank you!
Bloody oath, I just don't have the machinery for it.
Happy Camper you can do all of that with hand tools that's what I do except I have a power med drill but you can have a handheld one that'll work fine
I TJack Survival
knife making explained so gently and simply... I am now encouraged to make some.
This popped up on my feed! So cool to watch where you where at when you made this knife vs today👍
Hahaha, thank you! I just gave it a quick watch and it cracked me up😆 could I be anymore serious? 😆👍
This is my favorite style or design for a field knife, works for fish, wood, and anything else I might do! Terrific...
Thank you very much!
I notice you making your own tools, and remarking about how much emery cloth you go through. Here is a tip, take a strip of emery cloth and, using your favorite wood glue, glue the strip of emery cloth to an equal size strip of leather, like a length of an old belt, use a high quality cloth backed emery cloth, to give some longevity to your new "Belt Sander" Pah-ha-ha-ah-ha, I crack me up. Really enjoyed you video, man you do a good job, and your narration is easy to understand, the simplicity is great, and all of the tools you have made, really cool dude, thanks.
hahaha, that cracked me up a few days ago when I read it. Finally got a chance to respond and say thanks. Cheers!
Curtis Jackson That was a good one lmao. I had to send this your way bro. Humour is a very valuable thing. You have enriched me. Thank you brother.
I've never seen a complicated process made to look not only simple but fun! great job and that's a really nice knife.
+Rick Fisher thank you very much!
Wow. This was made on my birthday and it's the best bushcraft knife I've seen in a while
+Brandon Beddigs That cool. Thank you very much!
I don't know what more I can say, that knife is awesome and beautiful. Take care
+John King thank you very much. I really appreciate you sharing this. I'm humbled by the kind words. Thank you.
notyou83, for some reason I cannot possibly reply to your comment (maybe a youtube glitch?) but I used O-1 tool steel, 3/16" thick and pay $1.56 per inch in CDN dollars. Cheers!
I was wondering how much it would cost for you to make a combat knife that can attach to our moly vests. I like promoting other people's knifes within my unit
+lifeisbeautifulbysix that sounds like a really cool thing to do. If you want, you can email me at info@homesteadknives.com
Chees!
Simple Little Life
paranoy69 I'm just outside of Calgary. That's cool you're from Rouyn-Noranda, my dad did some work at the airport there a few years ago. Cheers!
Simple Little Life do you sell to the states?
The angle guide is nice
My neighbor is a Master Smith so he is making me learn how to do it freehand, I am not very good right now lol
Two big thumbs up, lately I've been very interested in learning how to make knives. This video was very helpful to me. Thank you. PS I'm really looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Thank you so much! I appreciate that. 🙏. Cheers👍
Really like this. I’ve made a couple knives totally using hand tools. I like your method of heat treating. Very simple and inexpensive. Wish I had a belt grinder for perfect blade angle. 👍🏼thumbs up!
Realistic and very clear video, thanks a lot. 😊
That roundy thing at the beginning of the cutting edge is a choil. In this case, a sharpening choil. Beautiful blade by the way!
I appreciate your instructions.
I want to start making skinning knives myself.
Thank you.
Beautiful knife! Thanks for the video-very informative and clear!
Thank you very much!
Mate...thank you for showing us your process.
That knife is very nice...superb work 👌
Simple and perfect knife, I will also try making them in the future
really enjoyed your video and knife making - BUT - your tools are top - congratulations
Just recently came across your channel. I'm considering getting into knife making and really appreciate your videos. Thanks for putting these out there.
That knife is gorgeous. Good job.
Incredible tutorial. Gorgeous knife.
Outstanding. The tools you made to sand and clamp are great. Please do a vid on them
Wow! That is one beautiful hand-made knife! Amazing skills. Thanks for sharing.
+Manuel Weber Thank you very much!
After heat treat do you clean the blade before tempering?
you are the intelligent Canadian knife maker also makes the excellent video
hahaha. Maybe I'm one of them? Thanks for the compliment!
I like the Drill bit idea I use a Carbide Scribe cause I have it but that it a great idea for people starting out.
Thanks for sharing
Awesome looking knife! Looks a lot like a Bradford Guardian 4.5, I love it!
What a great video. I've watched so many on RUclips researching how to get into knife making and this one nails it. Many thanks and keep making the vids 👍.
Love your knives. Thanks for sharing.
Jim
+James Gilliland I appreciate that Jim thanks! And you're welcome. Cheers!
Thanks for a really helpful video. I was wondering if I could get a little more detail on your heat treating method? What is your torch set-up? Thanks in advance!
Thanks. I am just using a small foxy-accetalyne torch with a heating tip (as opposed to a cutting or brazing tip). It's a fairly common torch setup, but not the cheapest. Does that help? Cheers!
Very nice looking blade. Some awesome tips to thanks for sharing atb John
+Turtle Bushcraft Hey John, thanks a lot! Much appreciated! All the best to you also!
very nice clean knife with clear instructions!
+Julia Mahaffey I'm glad you find it that way. That's what I was hoping for. Cheers!
Great job, on the specific video some questions I have. Grit sandpaper on the belt sander, bud type on the torch, how do decide when you have taken it enough times from glowing to into the oil. thank you nice job on the video.
This blades look great! Very similar to a Survive GSO 4.1. You do amazing work my friend! And the contour on the handle looks incredible! Keep it up!
+Eric Authement Thank you very much! I really appreciate that. I've never heard of the Survive GSO 4.1. I'll have to check it out. Cheers!
Nice build. Thanks for sharing it. I like your sanding block idea.
+Bill K. Thank you! It's amazing how much great feedback and even better ideas come back my way when I share stuff here on youtube. Cheers!
Mate. That is very well crafted knife. I'd be proud as hell if I did half as good a job. Nice work.
absolutely amazing tutorial, but don't you need to harden the handle aswell? Wouldn't it break otherwise?
You are a gifted craftsman.
+Dick Tracy Thank you for the compliment but I just fumble through things enough times that I start to figure it out:) Cheers!
this is beautiful.. im slowly working on my own with hand files.... so ill be done in 2017... i dont have a lot of free time.. lol but all this filling... is kind of zenning me out..
+JTD19881369 yeah, I hear you. I used to hand file my blades and it's a lot of work. I'm actually doing a little video series on hand filing a knife (I've had a lot of requests for it) and in a way I'm not really looking forward to filing blades by hand again... But, that's why I'm just making a small neck knife:)
How big of a blade are you working on?
+Simple Little Life its about 4 inches long and one inch wide i figure its just going to be some sort of utility knife..
JTD19881369 right on. One of my first knifes I made was a garden knife of similar dimensions. I still use it all the time. I hope comes together for you quickly and that that finishing it up doesn't take forever (like it seems too). Cheers!
Awsome. You made a beauty!
Thank you very much!
Excellent job! a pretty little knife from Simple Little Life. Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much!
This knife looks amazing great job.
beautiful knife 👌... looks soothing to the hand.
Thanks for taking the time to make a video, picked up many helpful tips!
Right on! I’m glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the kind words👍
Great craftsmanship. Very informative video, thanks!
Great job. Knife looks great.
+Don King Thank you very much.
Cool knife it look nice. I like my knife straight on upper full tang side also. I think it's missing the upper non slip and grip cuts. Still say this knife is outstanding.
Nice job , Good looking knife , I do enjoy making knives ..
Beautiful knife and a great video. Thanks.
Thanks and you're welcome!
Awesome knife. Reminds me of a bark river
Seriously very good video. Lots of step by step, but I really appreciated the tips you picked up along the way based on your trial and error. Subscribed. Keep 'em coming.
Absolutely loved this video. Lots of valuable info for future projects.
This was a great video. Really helpful for those of us without tons of tools
muy buen trabajo , saludos desde España.
I am very impressed with your work wow
Thanks!
Fantastic! I especially love the handle, looks amazing!
Gorgeous...I hope to start my knife making soon...thank for the great video....
Thank you for the wisdom. very much appreciated.
Very nice. the look reminds me of my Corby knife, which I miss very much.
Blue Dykem layout dye is extremely helpful when scribing the shape FYI.
Thanks!
Beautiful knife and great video to help out this newbie. How much edge material are you leaving on the edge before HT and sharpening?
Brilliant video! What sort of steel is that and what thickness?
It’s actually called a sharpening choil a finger choil is larger to accommodate your index finger. I think this is one the best videos on knife making I’ve seen thus far. Thanks for sharing it with us. I like your description of the many sharp tools you end up with while learning this skill. Even the ones I mess up I still put a handle on them for practice. Maybe I’ll call them knools. Knife/ sharp tools. Lol 😂
Very good video... crisp & informative ("just the facts" Mam!?!). The Lil Bush-crafter knife is just right: elegant simplicity... Really like your wise approach to bench-making! Thanks
Do you have any videos on what epoxys are best to use?
Mate....that is a nice shaped knife...and I really enjoyed the way you presented....thanks very much for sharing
You're welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!
+Simple Little Life Mate would you consider taking an order for a knife like that? I like the blade shape and I like the handle, my only extra requirement would be if you could leave a couple of extra mil protruding out the end of the handle so I can use that for hammering/cracking stuff?
Yeah for sure. I've actually been drawing a few designs with some of the tang sticking out to use as a window breaker. If you want you can email me at jeremy@homesteadknives.com and we can discuss further. Cheers!
+Simple Little Life cheers mate, will do!
Thanks for replying. You said about not grinding to a sharp edge but to leave a small amount of material for heat treating. Is the edge then sharpened on the grinder after treating it does it just sharpen when polishing with the sandpaper?
+Alan Gellman I leave just enough to get the final bevel on during sharpening. It would basically be treated like a very beat up knife. Pretty much just start out with a very course grit stone (or belt) and work you way up from there, just the same way that you would sharpen the blade.
do you heat treat the full tang or just blade?
while your sanding the blade do you wet the knife ?
At around 07:20 in your video you are filing in the choil to the blade. It helps with sharpening so you can get the full cutting edge of the blade on a whetstone. Fantastic video man, I subscribed, looking forward to more from ya!
+Reuben Wills Thanks for the info and thanks for the kind words! Cheers!
NICE! Very nice job. The GT handle looks really good and I love your simple grinding jig. Much simpler than most of the jigs I've seen. The big work surface on your grinder is awesome too. Good job!
awesome job....you have a great looking knife there. Great command of the trade. Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much. I appreciate the command of the trade compliment. somedays it sure doesn't seem like it, but it's always enjoyable to continue to learn it. Cheers!
Hello do you normalize before heattreat?
Was the canola oil pre heated
DAMN! You make it look so easy. You, Sir, have mad skills.
very nice looking knife, great job
Great work with the knives. Can you make a nice little folding knife? Would be interested to see that
That is a really beautiful knife. I wish I could build one just like that in 16 minutes :)
Really nice job! Also I really enjoyed the video and your detailed explanation.
Thank you!
Brilliant job sir!
what type of steel block did you buy and use?
Beautiful knife. I would love to have one made if that's possible.
Can you post a link for that specific handle material? looks amazing!
+Travis Johnson thanks! It's Layered G-10 and I get it from knifemaker.ca. Cheers!
Wow.. This is so beautiful... Do you sell any of your creations..? Especially these bush craft knifes.. They're beautiful..
just wondering, have you ever glued on the scales for the handle then drilled the hole instead of drilling before heat treating?
+ManHunt 4x4 no but I have tried to add holes after heat treating and it did not work. I am pretty sure the reason it didn't was because it was a very small knife I was trying it one and I'm pretty sure I hardened the handle as much as the blade, even though I wasn't necessarily trying to. I think doing as you describe would work just fine, as long as you're careful not to harden the handle part of the metal very much while hardening the blade. If the steel does get heat treated, it's pretty much impossible to drill through afterward. (without annealing it again with obviously negates the heat treat in the first place).
Cheers!
What kind of material do you use for the handle
Hello, very great video and useful tips. I begun to create my first knives and I love it. I have one question : with a wood handle, what you will recommend as a finished surface, 400 ? 600 ? 800 ?
Other question : I saw your own products and could be possible to make an order one day.
Great job, thanks!
Another excellent video. Thank you for the upload.
what is a good wood to use for a handle and how can u sharpen the knife if u don't have all those fancy tools
That's a nice knife 🔪.do you put any wax or sealer on the knife to keep it from rusting and shine it up?if so what would you suggest?
Some amazing tips!
Thank you!!!
Can I use a regular bench top belt sander instead of the belt grinder you have? If so what kind of belt?
Turned out beautiful mate
would this be a good knife to make as a first knife?
I was wondering because I am thinking about making knives, and I wanted something that is cool, but not too hard to make
Where did you get that sanding block and clamp at?
just awesome. very nice work and perfectly explained video. thx a lot. gonna try it by myself. 👍
+Tomislav Dezelic great! I hope it helps a bit and for sure, you should give it a try! Very rewarding.
What thickness of stock do you typically work with. I have heard you say 1/4" is a little thick, 3/16" 01tool steel is not readily available. So is 1/8" your preferred thickness?
Dude you rock! That looks like such a good knife!
Thank you very much. Really appreciate it!