Been loving your wootz creations for years now - thanks for sharing your work! I had to gasp at the reveal on the gorgeous handle - had no idea that was what the finished product would look like! Keep them coming!
a lot of your not smiths and not knife makers i think don’t realize or understand how hard 52-100 bearing steel is holy cow it’s definitely hard to hand forge. i love that you have figured out how to make woots damascus steel at least as close to real woots as i’ve seen since the old man in Florida back years ago before he passed great work
Another brilliant video and a beautiful knife the pattern on the blade is awesome, always good to see a new video from you good to know you're well and safe.
I've commented on previous videos about how hard your steel looks compared to other knife makers. It sounds different too when you are forging it, it just looks and sounds much harder. It was good to see the writing on the screen confirming my thoughts
This is the absolutely most beautiful knife that I've ever seen! I absolutely love the black and red carbon fiber! That's the cherry on top of this gorgeous blade! This is exactly the type of work that I would love to get into!
Absolutely gorgeous and beautiful and also very Stunning. Mister you do some very awesome and some of the best knife forging and making I have seen on RUclips 😮
L'année 2025 commence bien avec Ces billes d'cier avec lequel vous réalisez des magnifiques lames en eacier Wootz d'une grande qualité. Mes meilleurs voeux 2025 à vous et vos proches. et encore merci pour le partage. 💯🙏👍
Hi FZ !! Congratulations for all the knives you're producing. Always new compositions, new shapes and new approaches: it's a real pleasure to discover your new video. Could you please explain the first step of polishing your blades ? The one where you put an abrasive paste (which is it ?) and it seems you rub the paste with a metal ? plastic ? bar ... Thanks !
I purchased some vanadium metal crystals to try in a melt but haven't got around to setting my foundry back up yet...from my research it should make free form dendritic crystal patterning in the ingot but then you have to work it semi-cold
This video was so informative. More explanations and close ups. I love it. Thank you. Why did you use so little borax (if it was borax?). How do you prevent your alloy from turning to cast iron? You add carbon on all your melts. Does this not over saturate the steel?
I know you are using coal to make your steel, but could one use lumpwood charcoal to achieve similar results? Getting coal where I am currently is very expensive and as such I have had to go to propane. Trying to do something similar in my shop.
Hello FZ, I've learned a ton from your videos, but every single time I wonder what it is you use to polish your pieces. Diamond paste and what is your "sanding stick?"
Man I sure love these blades and steel! Question if you’d like to answer what do you use or what’s that paste you buy on to hand sand bevels? Anyways love it!
Nice as always 🔪 I have been looking at your channel for a long while and am curious as to what or is their something special about the curved bar you sand the blades with the compound also what’s the carbon handle material called it’s nice 👍🏻🇮🇪
Is this wootz steel is better than the bearing steel or it have almost the same characteristics and performance with the bearings and it's just about the cosmeitc changes? Surely the patern is much more beautiful than plain bearing steel which usually is 51100 steeel
@@russianbear2 Folding was original being used to get the Impurities out of the Steel by hammering and folding it (in Europe and in Asia). At that time they were not able to create real Steel because they could not reach the Temperatures to fully melt the Metal. If you take a good look at a High Quality Hand-Forged Katana´s that are made out of Tamahagane than you see the Pattern (even without eching...it is called Hada, the Skin of the Blade, in Japan). Of course when it was found out that different Steel-Types (regarding their impurities with other Metals like as an example Nickel) are darker or brighter after etching they used this to create Pattern Welded Steel to imitate the real Damascus pattern...or create totally new pattern as Artwork.
"Secret ingredient" - yeah, I also put MSG on everything XD Seriously though, I gotta ask - is damascus made this way actually makes good knives? I don't know what exact steel is in ball bearings, but I don't think it's good for blades...
UNIQUE PATTERN?!?!?!? It is like you have created a Japanese HAMON!!! And you weren't even trying!!! LMAO!!!! Maybe the harder steel somehow all migrated to the center of the "plug" when you melted it down.... and then while forging it stayed in the center and then you exposed while grinding and sanding. maybe you should test it to see which one is harder... So I just looked it up, and traditionally the cutting edge would be around a 53 and the upper steel would be around 40.... So if you were to do a Rockewell scratch test and get somewhere close to those numbers AND you were to melt down more of the bearings and the balls AND did roughly the same steps and came out with the SAME RESULTS (with those same hardness levels) then YOU will have INVENTED A NEW PROCESS to making Jacketed Steel Blades in a very VERY EASY WAY!!! Yes yes, I have NO IDEA what I'm talking about... but it would be AWESOME if I did!!! :D
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Been loving your wootz creations for years now - thanks for sharing your work! I had to gasp at the reveal on the gorgeous handle - had no idea that was what the finished product would look like! Keep them coming!
a lot of your not smiths and not knife makers i think don’t realize or understand how hard 52-100 bearing steel is holy cow it’s definitely hard to hand forge. i love that you have figured out how to make woots damascus steel at least as close to real woots as i’ve seen since the old man in Florida back years ago before he passed great work
English 101 please
Very awesome pattern like a Hamon 🤙
Thanks
"Секретный ингредиент" улыбнул. :)
Вітаю , чудова роботи , гарний ніж .
Дякую за цікаве відео 👍
It kinda looks like it has a hamon. Nice blade
Beautiful blade, beautiful knife 👊🏼💯
Amazing tanto blade 🤩 👍👍
Yet another stunning piece of work. 👌🏼
As allways. GREAT WORK. AWESOME. Thanks
What's up, buddy?!! I'm always supporting you. Everything you make, my friend , is outstanding and beautiful 😍 🤩 knives
That'$ the most beautiful letter opener I have ever seen!! 😉 Outstanding work!!!
Another brilliant video and a beautiful knife the pattern on the blade is awesome, always good to see a new video from you good to know you're well and safe.
Absolutely stunning. WOW!
It must be a heaven for a chefs knife with bolster like this
This knife is unique. I would really like to have one like this.🌹🌹
Гарне відео, дякую!
That is an awesome knife.
Love watching your videos!
Thanks 👍
Another georgus knife killing it as usual
Another amazing looking knife - and that one in particular came out really well. I love the pattern!
I've commented on previous videos about how hard your steel looks compared to other knife makers. It sounds different too when you are forging it, it just looks and sounds much harder. It was good to see the writing on the screen confirming my thoughts
how did it come out with what looks like a san mai pattern when it was smelted as wootz. Very nice though.
My question exactly... The hamon line is well pronounced.
Looks like a laminated blade.
@@AnselChin I think it is more like a differential heat treatment - lamination would, most likely, look more "contrast" - just imo
I personally am not crazy about the handle material choices, but damn, that's a gorgeous blade!
This is the absolutely most beautiful knife that I've ever seen! I absolutely love the black and red carbon fiber! That's the cherry on top of this gorgeous blade! This is exactly the type of work that I would love to get into!
Absolutely gorgeous and beautiful and also very Stunning. Mister you do some very awesome and some of the best knife forging and making I have seen on RUclips 😮
Nice work
L'année 2025 commence bien avec Ces billes d'cier avec lequel vous réalisez des magnifiques lames en eacier Wootz d'une grande qualité. Mes meilleurs voeux 2025 à vous et vos proches. et encore merci pour le partage. 💯🙏👍
Another masterpiece!
Absolutely amazing work you are an artist with steel
Wow! That is a Beautiful Knife! ❤
Гарна робота КРАСА як завжди.
👍🤝
That’s a stunning knife!
Gorgeous!!!
Love the pattern, excellent knife
کاش یکی هم برای من میساختی چقدرکارت قشنگه😍😍❤❤
Its good to see the elaborated videos...keep it up ❤
So good.
Really good result. I enjoy watching you work my man.
Just beautiful!!!!
Ви кращі!!🎉
Beautiful work 👏 👏
Hi FZ !! Congratulations for all the knives you're producing. Always new compositions, new shapes and new approaches: it's a real pleasure to discover your new video. Could you please explain the first step of polishing your blades ? The one where you put an abrasive paste (which is it ?) and it seems you rub the paste with a metal ? plastic ? bar ... Thanks !
beautiful 👌
Your my absolute here in this matter
De toute beauté 👏👏👏.
I'm not much of a tanto fan. But that's beautiful.
Szia boldog új évet kívánok neked nagyon jók a videóid ❤
very beautiful knife!
Great job 👏
I purchased some vanadium metal crystals to try in a melt but haven't got around to setting my foundry back up yet...from my research it should make free form dendritic crystal patterning in the ingot but then you have to work it semi-cold
Nice job👏
excellent
Great work as usual.
Happy new year from France.
Thanks 👍👏
Good job 👏👍
Thanks 👍
Selalu Mantab 👍
That pattern!
In the future, can you show the process to make the Kydex sheath too?
Well done happy new year
Thanks 👍
This video was so informative. More explanations and close ups. I love it. Thank you. Why did you use so little borax (if it was borax?). How do you prevent your alloy from turning to cast iron? You add carbon on all your melts. Does this not over saturate the steel?
I like it
Ламинат с булатом , только в ролике этого не видел . Нож красивый .
Супер! а как получилась линия хамон? клинок же не был обмазан
nice!
Знову чудова робота, з Новим роком Україно.
Excellent job! How did the blade come with the hamon though?
Pisau yang bagus
I know you are using coal to make your steel, but could one use lumpwood charcoal to achieve similar results? Getting coal where I am currently is very expensive and as such I have had to go to propane. Trying to do something similar in my shop.
Hello FZ, I've learned a ton from your videos, but every single time I wonder what it is you use to polish your pieces. Diamond paste and what is your "sanding stick?"
Hi, beautiful blade; hod did you get the Hamon? It is not clear in the video
Thans
Man I sure love these blades and steel! Question if you’d like to answer what do you use or what’s that paste you buy on to hand sand bevels? Anyways love it!
what if you then pattern weld the wootz steel?
is it possible to make a Cossack saber top and how much would it cost? I wonder
Ballin
how about a Wootz style cast-iron bronze short sword?
Nice as always 🔪 I have been looking at your channel for a long while and am curious as to what or is their something special about the curved bar you sand the blades with the compound also what’s the carbon handle material called it’s nice 👍🏻🇮🇪
The perfect knife for a fisherman .
Thanks
Is this wootz steel is better than the bearing steel or it have almost the same characteristics and performance with the bearings and it's just about the cosmeitc changes? Surely the patern is much more beautiful than plain bearing steel which usually is 51100 steeel
Прекрасная работа. Где купить такой карбон?
Make a Greek Makhaira sword!
Does the act of folding the steel several times as you're molding it into shape make a difference in the strength of the knife or sword?
He is making real wootz steal. No folding involved. Folding is inferior technique trying to achieve wootz steel characteristics by doing folding.
@@russianbear2 Folding was original being used to get the Impurities out of the Steel by hammering and folding it (in Europe and in Asia). At that time they were not able to create real Steel because they could not reach the Temperatures to fully melt the Metal.
If you take a good look at a High Quality Hand-Forged Katana´s that are made out of Tamahagane than you see the Pattern (even without eching...it is called Hada, the Skin of the Blade, in Japan).
Of course when it was found out that different Steel-Types (regarding their impurities with other Metals like as an example Nickel) are darker or brighter after etching they used this to create Pattern Welded Steel to imitate the real Damascus pattern...or create totally new pattern as Artwork.
Это же получается булат?
What's in the bottle that started your fire? The Heads from Moonshine?😅
👍👍
@11:23 I imagine you using an endmill to do this and the comment section losing their mind.
Did you change your secret ingredient? Looks different 🧐🧐
What is that... The secret ingredient powder?
"Secret ingredient" - yeah, I also put MSG on everything XD
Seriously though, I gotta ask - is damascus made this way actually makes good knives? I don't know what exact steel is in ball bearings, but I don't think it's good for blades...
👏👏👏👏👏🤜🤛
@alecsteele real Damascus, not the forge welding you do
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Сан-маи пахнет. Еще секрет?
you secret ingredient is borax....
UNIQUE PATTERN?!?!?!? It is like you have created a Japanese HAMON!!! And you weren't even trying!!! LMAO!!!!
Maybe the harder steel somehow all migrated to the center of the "plug" when you melted it down.... and then while forging it stayed in the center and then you exposed while grinding and sanding. maybe you should test it to see which one is harder... So I just looked it up, and traditionally the cutting edge would be around a 53 and the upper steel would be around 40....
So if you were to do a Rockewell scratch test and get somewhere close to those numbers AND you were to melt down more of the bearings and the balls AND did roughly the same steps and came out with the SAME RESULTS (with those same hardness levels) then YOU will have INVENTED A NEW PROCESS to making Jacketed Steel Blades in a very VERY EASY WAY!!!
Yes yes, I have NO IDEA what I'm talking about... but it would be AWESOME if I did!!! :D
Ахриненная работа👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Подари пожалуйста какойто нож Я из Украины
...і тривога в кінці...
Just stunning!
👍👍👍