Fixing My Failed Master Smith Dagger
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- Опубликовано: 8 янв 2025
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nice truck buster. its good to see different content of you pal
Buddy better help is steeped in controversy and hasn't actually fixed anything.
ETA:mental health is extremely important just not with people that's sell customer data that's litterally your health records.
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Scam company 😂
@@WillStelterbladesmith you do know that better help sell your personal confidential patient to doctor info to third party, making money from your illness. You sign away your right when signing on to their platform!
That is a gorgeous piece, Will. Congratulations to the collector who ended up with it!
"Yep, that did it."
That small sparkle of pride there. Well deserved.
I do believe Marty summed the whole saga perfectly. The knife looks so freaking good, great job Will!
Will, that is a beatiful dagger. I am in no way near a Master level bladesmith, but I have to question your gold wire insertion methods. I can't help but think that you would be much better served to use a toothpick-shaped "wedge" to drive into the holes with the gold wire on each end of the handle, tightening the wire the deeper you drive the wedge, then when it is as tight as a violin string, you could snip off the excess and then apply your glue. You technically shouldn't even need the glue, since the guard and the pommel should prevent the pegs, or wedges, or whatever you would call the pieces driven into the holes with the wire from being able to move. I think that when a person thinks of a quick, easy "fix" like SuperGlueing in the wire, then they forget the obvious fact that the old timers had to have done things differently, and the SuperGlue "solution" ends up causing you grief, especially over time, as the materials move . With the wedges, you can just drive them deeper if the wire gets loose and perhaps make a tiny spacer, if needed, over the end of the wedge to keep pressure on them with the guard and pommel. Just a thought from a geezer :) Edit: think of a ball ended guitar string and the pegs that hold the string in the bridge. Tie a knot in the gold wire to push against, and Bob's your uncle! Then saw off the top of the peg flush with the ivory. I know that the project is already done, but maybe that will help in the future.
that's a super slick idea!
This is the kind of content that got me to start following you years ago. I love the knife and all the problem solving that it took to make it. Great Job.
"It would have been a better plan to have just done it right the first time." Every craftsman's lament! Good on you, Will, for ironing everything out. Only the best is "good enough".
As a Master Procrastinator myself, I feel your pain. I admire your integrity in sharing the predicament.
It’s a beautiful dagger. Great work!
Integrity. That's it. Sadly not emphasized as much as it should.
It should be a mark to strive for.
That dagger should be called "Will's Bane"
It glows blue when Isiah comes near.
Gold is very electrically conductive, so that means it's low resistance. The heat from induction happens due to resistance, that's why nothing happened there.
My geek brain jumped in screaming “Join the Resistance!”
Electrically conductive doesn't mean de facto low resistance. Thin wire gauge is much more resistive than a thick wire gauge with the exact same material. Conductivity itself has little to do with how an induction coil works. The heat from induction comes from inducing a current with a magnetic field, not because of the resistivity of the material. Gold, and copper, are not magnetic, so a static magnetic field won't heat it up at all. Moving it back and forth would do _something_ because of edy currents, but those aren't very strong, and therefore not much heating.
Will, once again, a phenomenal job on your creation. I like that my sons watch your work, so they get a small idea to the level of time it takes to create perfection and hone the skills to attempt said perfection. And, perhaps more importantly, that they can see how valuable failure is both in the development of a project and you as a person, that they might learn and grow from it.
I think a jewelery polishing cloth would do the trick on future gold wire endeavors. Easily obtained at Walmart, jewelry stores and online. Thanks for all the content. Nice that you show your failures and triumphs.Always enjoy.
Great job Will! Keep loving the trade.
Love your sense of humor Will! 😂😂 Keep the videos coming!
Peace, Love and Happiness to you, Wil.
You should put the gold into the pickle straight from the kiln. The heat is part of that pickling process. A buddy of mine is a Master Goldsmith (William L Howard) and I have watched him do that countless times over the last 30 years. Beautiful final piece! Good luck on your repeat test for Master Smith.
14:08 the editing with the dial up sound... 😂
"Perfectly balanced, as all things should be."
Okay, Thanos.
Your attention to detail is incredible! Thank you for the video and your skills.
It impresses me how healthy an attitude he seems to endeavor for regarding his mistakes, and how to move forward afterwards.
The actual work is always fascinating as well.
Earliest I’ve been to a video. Love watching these while I try to make my own knifes using tips and tricks from yoir videos
One part of you becoming a master bladesmith was learning time management. I learned it the hard way too in my job as a dental technician with very tight dead lines.
Amazing work Will. Incredible.
one of the cheapest and easier solutions you can get for removing oxidation from gold is Sodium Bisulphate, quite often sold as Ph Increaser, a pool additive like chlorine. works extremely fast if you put it in glassware and heat it up. Alternatively you could use Boracic Acid, mix it with Methylated spirits and coat your gold with that before you anneal it, and it will stop it from oxidating.
Great content. Could feel your pain. Happy to see a resolution. Thanks for sharing
I think you've done a fantastic job it's a beautiful dagger 👍
Skip to 5:12 to skip better help add
Looks so much better! Those little 1% add up!
Beautiful work!
TY Marty
Thanks for sharing this with us. It's beautiful.
You care. Well done!
You should go ahead and start your set for next year! Lol
Solid effort mate.
Hey Will
Just an idea for next time you do a gold inlay... installing the twisted gold wire whilst it's warm/hot and expanded, then when the gold cools down it will tension your wire that extra bit that you are looking for?
Great work Will!❤
Glad you were able to fix the issues with this dagger even if you were a bit frustrated while fixing it. At least next time you do something similar you have some better knowledge on how to make it work maybe with a little less trial and error before it finished.
In the future for annealing gold you could try to get like a "bucket" style kiln and pump an inert argon gas into it during annealing to prevent oxidation
Great recovery on that!
Wow what a knife!
The handle isnt to my taste but to each his own, however, I am amazed by the layering and the shape of tje blade itself, oh qnd yes, threaded is definitely the way,
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Not enough flute for you? The judges felt the same way.
Hi Will. I have little interest in knives/daggers but beauty is beauty and that Dagger is stunning ❤
Looking Cute there Will with your stash.....😎
Beautiful work😊
Correct me if I'm wrong. Gold is diamagnetic so it should not heat up in an induction coil anyway. Or would it if it's not perfectly pure?
Well that’s how you learn from your mistakes, as not to make them again it may be unpleasant But it keeps one grounded in what they do.. it’s life
you are very talented young man
How awesome, such a great work 👏👏
I would check your audio levels. The voice goes from medium to quiet, JUMPSCARE transition sound effect!!!!
If you can listen to it on headphone without touching the volume knob you nailed it.
Will's hair is a tell tale sign of what kinda mood he is in...
I'm curious if undercutting those channels would be an easier way to secure the wire in the future. That's something Alec did when he was making the damascus rapier several years ago. Seemed to work pretty well.
It's a beaut all the hard work paid off
Being as temperature rises and falls, making gold expand and contract at a different rate than the ivory, may need a glue strip all the way down the grooves.
how often can you test for master smith? and do you have to do the whole thing again (as in: performance test AND the other set of blades)?
To Flute or Not to Flute that is the question.
Sadly the former, according to judges.
Fluting caused a snare in his orchestration of the composition.
What is the plan to address the these aren’t flutes problem?
Beautiful piece, but not fluted. Needs valleys between the wire grooves. Straight flutes are acceptable, think drills or reamers for fluting.
Ah I see just sell it and make something else for next time 😂
Nice work. Do you have to submit 6 different blades at next judgeing?
Nice to see you!)
I think the induction heater only works with ferrous metals!
Just glue the gold the whole way next time. Well done though Will! 😁👍🏼😁👍🏼
Was the test conducted by the ABS or is there another org for testing for master smithing?
Are you able to resubmit that one or do you have to start a whole new build?
Will says the word “dagger” so weird. Lol 😂
Like day-ger. lel
you dont say DAY-ger?
A bit of that Montana coming through. Some of my relatives up on the hi-line have it thicker
Could you embrace the ox and go with black gold twist?
What is the dremel style tool used in this video?
The South African knife makers are just on a different level...it doesn't surprise me that their steel wool is too haha
Their machete-making skills are to die for.
@@ronjones-6977 good one...do you need a nap now?
Hey Will, how long do you have to wait to try again for your master smith rating?
Og course you have mixed feelings about that dagger - but it is still a very nice build, that is worth the effort of cleaning it up.
You will get to be a Master Blade Smith next time. Start of with those builds in good time ....
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You can use acetone to dissolve the super glue.
What time was it when you were putting the gold in the first time? I don't think you mentioned it... 😂
Hello from the UK
Will if there is any way for you to get out of the contract with BetterHelp, please do so. I love your content but I hate seeing you work with a company like BetterHelp.
I I’m here for the gold, haha🤣!!
Interesting- I've always heard gold didn't oxidize. Good looking dagger- maybe duplicate it for your next master trial...
The induction loop wont work at all with nonferrous metals
Beautiful knife.
I can’t wait for whatever contract you have with better help ends.
I hope he renews it for even more money. Yall are exhausting. Just fast forward and ignore it like you would any other. Every RUclips/podcast advertiser is a scam.
Why does it hurt you? Just skip it and move on. Money is money. Dude’s gotta eat, you nor anyone else have to watch it. Just move along.
@@F0XD1Ebetterhelp sold mental health details of its customers to advertisers. It’s pretty horrible behavior. It’s tough for some of us to enjoy our favorite content creators when they are supporting a company like that. Will seems a like a really good dude people are just letting him know how they feel. Also if you don’t like seeing comments about it follow your own advice and don’t read them.
@@SilentChony If you actually researched most corporations, you'd find they've almost all done something just as bad, or worse. You all just love crying about betterhelp because it's fashionable.
That dagger looks amazing. It would be even better with a fluted handle... What? Too soon?
Calculating how much gold you need so that -30% will give you 24 is NOT done by adding +30% to 24, you need to add about +43% to 24 (you divide 24 by 0.7, basically)
Didn't know Mr. Stelter vaped. Coils are hardcore dude. What ohm? what Watt you running?
Seriously though, pretty knife. The repair came out killer.
Not sure if it’s the same but a convection stove top will only work with metal that has carbon in it
Learning by doing......Ta-Da! 👍👏❤😍🥰✨
Such a pity the gold moved, you will get it next year. 2x👍
Doesn't Induction only work on ferrous metals? You can also add borax paste to the gold so it doesn't oxidize that badly (at least when I use the torch). Furthermore, simple vinegar (20%) with salt can be used to remove the oxidization but it takes time and needs heat. The lack of heat was probably why your acid didn't work that well. There are also very fine 0.08mm brass brushes that can help with cleaning but might change the surface finish. Furthermore, you are probably better off soldering mounting points to the end of the gold wire to mount it instead of using glue. Soldering silver or gold is extremely easy. Just be careful to not let the solder flow into the twisted wire. Furthermore, annealing gold with a butane torch seems easier to me than using the kiln. You just have to get it cherry red and then it should be soft regardless of how fast it cools. But my master said to anneal really only when needed because the gold lasts longer if it is harder.
induction works on anything that is conductive
@@wolfyklassenit doesn’t, it only works on materials that contain Iron
@@wolfyklasseneven fingers and the like. It doesn’t work terribly well, but it does technically heat living tissue aswel.
I’ve seen people do it to aluminum, so I don’t think it has to be ferrous, but I do think it has to be magnetic. Guessing gold is not.
@@notlikethevegetable I did a little reasearch and it seems it works on anything that is conductive as the first commenter said. It was a genuine question I had because I also heard that it only works on ferrous metals. I think it should say it only works very well on ferrous metals
Dope, sick and tight!
Wasn't the fact that it failed was because your flutes weren't spiral instead of linear? The spiral flutes and gold is a classier look, I think! But it's great that you were able to fix it! 🤔😱👍
they didn't class them as flutes, you can do straight flutes but most do a spiral
Y not just dip the handle in resin?
I feel like your biggest hurdle is time and time management
Hey. This looks pretty hard.
Why can't you re-use this piece for your master bladesmith (other than the fact that you sold it)? Deepening the grooves and redoing the gold and you're good to go?
It probably must be a new piece.
I take it that you now have to make a whole new piece to re-take your master smith test?
We ALL want to know the price for which you sold it. Tell us!!
While I can appreciate the workmanship that went into it, there's nothing about this dagger that I like. Form follows function. Gold twisted wires and damascus steel just detract from the useability of the tool. If I wanted jewellery, I'm buying a Rolex, not a knife.
Well when you win you can’t say you didn’t earn it. 👍🏻😉
I've read the first dozen comments and no-one is dunking on BetterHelp - what gives guys!?
It's funny because master smiths from back in the day would laugh at this being a failed knife. Kings bought NEW swords that had visible SHIMS to keep the cross guard from rattling. If you took a master smith from 1,000 years ago, NONE of them would pass "master smith tests" from modern times, so what's really the purpose of someone else calling you a master smith? It's WAY too arbitrary in my opinion, and kind of like a fake gate-kept title. I'll become a master smith when I feel confident in my own smithing skills, not when someone else rates them. Also, the idea of making a blade in a set time goes against the entire purpose of good smithing kinda. It's like, who's better, a speed-runner who completes a game in 5 minutes, or an achievement hunter who 100%s a game in 5 days? It's a dumb question since both are different things. It's like saying to a woman, "You're not a master mother because it took you 9 months to give birth to a child, and not 8 months! REEEEEEE!".
I thought their reason was because it wasn't a spiral flute?
Dad had a poison he put it into a squeeze bottle. The skull and cross bones came out looking like a smiling face.
Gday mate
Please stop advertising for BetterHelp, the owner is a convict criminal and this is a scam
This leaves me wondering if the dagger is a million dollar blade?