Saw Blade Knife with Limited Tools
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2016
- GIVEAWAY- CLOSED!
This video is a collaboration video with Howie from the July with Fitz RUclips channel. In this video I use only hand tools to make the knife except for a handheld power drill. I don't have or know anyone that has a hand powered drill. But other than that I only used hand tools. Howie from July with Fitz made his knife using power tools. We both started off with the same blade design but the rest of the design aesthetic was left to us. This was a fun build that took a lot longer than I expected. Overall I am very happy with how the knife turned out.
As part of this collaboration we are having a giveaway of the knives we made. To enter the giveaway just leave a comment down below and in two weeks we will randomly draw the winners names. This is only open to Canada and the United States. Good luck!
I hope you enjoy the video and as always thanks for watching. And remember to subscribe and checkout Howie's build video
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I'm extreemly impressed by all the sawing and all the other hand work you did. I have always wanted to try to make a knife but now I am 74 years old and still have not tried it. I admire your sticking to it and the finished product isbeautiful. I was really impressed with every thing you did on this build. I wish you the best of luck in the future, and all I can say is: Your on the way!! Stan Parkin
Thank you for the encouraging words. To take a piece of steel and shape it and form it in to a tool that can potentially last a lifetime or longer is very satisfying and rewarding.
Never to old Stan, there are easier ways also, they just cost a little more if you don't have the tools already!! I'm 38 and this year is the year I do it!! You should make sure this is your year to. Peace ✌️ from Scotland 🏴.
I’m almost 84 and I’m making Ulus with limited tools.
Instablaster.
That took a lot of patience without power tools. I picked up a few nice tips watching this. Thanks
Cool, thanks for watching.
That turned out great and all of it done without power tools. Very impressive :)
Thanks I appreciate it!
My dad used to make knives from old files. Glad to see craftsmanship isn't dead. Whether it's perfect or not, it's something you did. To me, it warms my heart to see youngsters involved in something more productive than the other crap that kids your age get into. Kudos young.
Thanks for the comment I appreciate it.
Old files are actually great steel but this is not. The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
Your wording is pretty harsh. It is definitely true though that not all steel is good steel. And as you said, old files are good hard steel, but new ones are not. This is because new files, rather than being hard steel all the way through, are only case hardened: that it, hard on the outside, soft on the inside.
I'm blown away!! From start to finish this was such a beautiful build!! You can't put a price on this piece with all the incredible work that went into it. Wow, makes me want to make one!!!
Thanks man. I hope it goes to a good home. I would love to see your version. If you are anything like the rest of us you have a couple of old saw blades lying around. Thanks for the comment bro.
The heat treating bit is the one I have to try out and get squared away. But man, what a beauty!! I was sweating watching you hacksaw away. I dug the way you showed them off at the end too...
+ESCAGEDO WOODWORKING I recommend getting some fire bricks or try using just a torch. For me the whole heat treating in the fire just felt dangerous. Too bad you aren't local man I'd hook you with some bricks.
I have some friends that live in Austin. It would be cool we'd be making some cool projects and hanging out...
For sure, in the meantime I have to settle for Howie;)
You guys killed it! I admire the effort of the hand work.
Thanks man it was a lot of work but I'm pleased with the end result.
Good job on using what you have and making a good lookin knife
Thank you!
With woodworking and other projects you always see people complaing about their lack of tools so I have all the power tools for this and I am thankful for it after watching your knife build.
I have my knife cut out and ground all the edges smooth.. I gotta get some flap discs but an angle grinder, grinding wheel and belt sander have made it a lot easier thus far. I am no knife maker but have built some rough 2x material patio furniture so I figure if I only make 1 knife in my lifetime I can always hand it down to my son and hell at least I am taking a whack at it.. A lot of people can't say they made a knife from scratch so there is that.. Depending how mine comes out it maybe just a decorative piece who knows.. Cant wait to start beveling an edge, hardenin the blade and puttin the handle on.
I have enough of the saw blade I may rough out and grind another one so it'll take less time to work on 2 as an assembly line than 1 full build and starting another
Good luck with your project.
The knives are really great looking. The maple handles are my favorite. Keep up the great work, the more knives you make the better they get.
Thanks man.
I think I have the same "heat treating" wall mounted oven as you. And I've cutout my blanks and I'm about ready to make a blade. Great video
Awesome! Good luck!!
I'm very impressed with a truly hand made knife. Patience is a virtue that obviously pays off.
Awesome video. I can't wait to try doing one myself. Cool looking kives.
Awesome build! Directions are very well done and easy to follow! "Tip of the Hat" to you Young Man!
Thank you! Glad you like it.
Definitely an A for effort & not bailing out.Nice job.
Thanks!
Very nice job. Doing everything with hand tools takes a long time, but the result is more pride in the finished product. Thank you for taking the time to put your work on line. Your video helped me gain the courage to give it a try.
Great video , true craftsmanship I'm going to try this thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks, good luck!
Very nice. Great work. You have much more patience than me. Both of you guy's knives turned out great. Great collaboration too.
Thanks Ryan it was a lot of work but also fun comparing notes with Howie. You might want to add Howie to your interview list if he's not already on there. I'll give you a teaser about Howie. His mother is an honest to goodness clown! That's not me being rude she's actually a clown, if that doesn't wet your appetite I don't know what will.
Dan The Maker Man Noted. I'll have to add him to the list of people to contact. Thanks.
Waylight Creations good job without complex tools
Nice job. Shows anybody can make a quality knife👍👍
Great work Dan! Your recent knife builds (& the mini forge) have really given me the bug to try for myself, although I think after watching this video I may stick with power tools for my first couple of attempts, haha!
LOL! For sure I'll stick to power tools too. Thanks for watching.
Really appreciate the slow build, I'm have been wanting to make a knife for some time now.
Thanks for sharing!
Glad I could help thanks for the comment.
What a great job making a beautiful useful knife. Power tools would make the job much easier but I’m glad you showed how to do it the hard way. Thanks!!!
It was definitely a challenge but also very rewarding.
Nice work! great to see these projects can still be done without expensive power tools! good looking knife too!
Thanks!!
Can't believe you made two more, that's insane.
The other two I didn't make by hand I used my tools to make those. I don't think I will ever make another one by hand LOL.
Muita garra! Fez tudo a frio!! Parabéns!!!
Thanks.
Awesome knives.... I would like to have one too give my son a gift. Thank you for the video.
Thanks!
I know I'm late to the party, but still wanted to say what a great job!!! Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Thanks I appreciate it.
Nice work, congratulations on your patience and application.
Gareth Martin thanks man I appreciate it.
Wow, really nice work Dan!
I know your video is a few years old but this was awesome to watch the craftsmanship and the time that you made somebody really happy that received the knife cheers
Wow! Thanks for the kind words.
The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
All three knives looks great. Very good work.
Thank you!
Great discipline to stick with the hand tools, great video
It sucked at the time but I appreciated it a lot more when I was finished. Thanks for watching.
That’s a mighty clean file you got there
Thanks!
You did one hell of a job on that knife, great respect for your hand tool work.
Thanks Lyle I appreciate the compliment and thanks for watching.
Sorry, he didn't. The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
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Nice work, Dan! The knives are beautiful!
Thank you glad you liked them and thanks for watching. Make sure you check out July with Fitz knife build.
Collaborations FTW! Great build! Thanks for the mention and the link to my video!
Thank you for the idea;)
Materials and equipment, cheap. Effort and ingenuity, PRICELESS!
Yup!!!
The 3 Knife ARE AWESOME bro very nicely done and a very good job my brother :)
Thanks TJ glad you liked them and thanks for watching.
I hope i win one for my shop my friend :)
Nice knives! Excellent craftsmanship going old school!
Thanks man.
Sweet work man. Alot of work and love there.
Thanks James, see my reply to sdmcustom woodworking if you feel like having a chuckle.
nice! thanks!
Nice looking knives.
Thanks!
Awesome and Great repurpose!
Hard work pays off looks awesome
Thanks I appreciate that!
wow. that kinda hard work!! and yet the result is amazing!
Thank you it was a lot of work but it was worth it.
Wow! Great video....awesome knife and cool way to do it...
Thanks man that's why this video took a little longer to make than usual.
nice Dan! those turned out great! something ive been wantting to try..count me in bro!
Thanks Joe and good luck.
Dan The Maker Man always!!& thanks man!
That was a great videoYou make it look so easyThat is the sign of craftsman
Thanks for the compliment and for watching. I have a new appreciation for folks that use only hand tools.
On a recent build, I made the mistake of using a carbide toothed blade. Unlike yours, all my harden attempts resulted in blued scale. Live and learn. Excellent work as always, Dan! Hand tools can be tedious but there's definitely a different sort of pride that comes with it. Hope I find this knife in my hands very soon ;)
Thanks for the kind words. Couldn't agree more. Good luck.
Good job. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the kind words.
nice work Dan that's a lot of work with just hand tools nice one
Thanks bro I appreciate the comment.
Just started mine today on an old 12" table saw blade and one thing I learned as a lefty is to have the blade facing left so sparks shoot downward.. I had it with the blade facing right and rather than the rotation pulling into the cut it was pushing back away and i was getting some kick back.. Same concept as using a router from R to L instead of L to R which L to R is the proper way.. Was something I didnt think of and I am a noob with angle grinders..
For mine I plan to use 1/4" wood dowels 2 dowel pins, I have heard peeps using a metal coat hanger for a 3 pin but I am not goin for a fuxking forged in fire knife... 2 wood 1/4" dowels should work fine
I usually wear a full face shield when I use an angle grinder, I am not a fan of getting sparks flung at my face.
The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
Great job Dan! It must have been a real challenge to minimally use power tools!
Yeah a whole new kind of problem solving. I made several mistakes that cost me time and just made me feel stupid. Like ripping the wood for the scales that could have gone way better and more easily but it worked out in the end. Thanks for watching.
Great vid! Explanation and everything is great! thanks again.
Thanks glad you like it.
You sir have a lot of patience. You have my respect
Thank you.
U did a great job. I watch a lot of knife making channels and this made it seem extremely possible for a newcomer like me. Thanks.
Good to hear, don't be intimidated by the process, if I can do it anyone can.
Outstanding job of videoing a process. Nice looking result! Thanks for posting!
Wow! Thanks for the amazing compliment.
And what a great idea to just use masking tape as a mixing area for your epoxy! Definitely doing that from now on!
I learned that one from watching Jimmy Diresta. Love that guy!
Me too!
Awesome build looking forward to more videos
Thanks but just a heads up I don't only make knives I make all kinds of different things.
Thanks for the video. Very informative. Could you explain why you do heat treating first and then tempering? What do they achieve, how much do you heat the knife during heat treating, what do you use to cool it, why do you need tempering afterwards?
Thanks, I will try to answer your questions as best I can I am no expert and you should do some research if you plan on making a knife. High Carbon steel like 1095 can be hardened if heat treated. Mild Steel that has a lower Carbon content can not be hardened. I wasn't sure what steel this blade was made out of so I did a quick test by heat treating a small piece and checking to see if it could be hardened. Heat treating the blade makes it harder so it will hold an edge better. You have to heat it until it is no longer magnetic then quench the blade in oil. At this point in the process the blade is very hard, too hard actually. It is susceptible to breaking at this point. To alleviate that brittleness you have to temper the blade in the oven at about 400 degrees for about an hour. This sort of relaxes the steel so to speak it will make the blade less brittle but still hard. The goal is to have the best of both worlds, hard enough to hold an edge for awhile and soft enough to be flexible. Different steels require different quenching solutions so I suggest you research as much as you can.
Loved all three!! Nice work
Thanks! I appreciate the kind words.
nice video Dan, i dont think i would have had the patience to use just hand tools lol. great job
Thanks man.
Too bad I missed your giveaway. I am extremely impressed by your efforts doing it all manually. Keep the good work.
Thank you for watching and the kind words.
Nice knife build, need 5o try this out myself.
Thanks.
I'm pretty sure that cordless drill is a power tool, great looking knife, I'm inspired to try making one myself. Thanks for the video.
Yeah I gave myself a pass on the drill, I actually looked for one of those egg beater drills but they were too expensive so I couldn't justify spending the money on it for just one time use. Good luck with your project!
Great video,,, I may be following these steps very soon 👍.
Glad it was helpful good luck!
very nice workmanship
Thank you I appreciate the compliment 🙏.
That came out awesome. You have way more patience then me, power tools would have come out.
Very cool, I wish I had the patience to make one. I love knives, specially hand made
You should give it a try. Its a good feeling to make your own knife. And in the end you will probably end up with a one of kind knife.
Dear Dan : your video shows not only craftsmanship (that you posses a lot) but an incredible amount of patience that we have lost for the sake of the big tool corporations.To the guys who still prefer power tools I have a question: what if you have no power and yet you need to make your own tools? From Toronto my congratulations to you.
Thank you very much for the kind words I truly appreciate them.
Parabensssss cara olha vc fez tudo na mão deve ter dado um trabalhão mas ficou top!!!!!!
Thanks!
Nice looking knives. That looked like a lot of hard work with that hack saw. Would love a shot at winning one of those.
Thanks Paul. You are in the drawing.
Thank you, I am about to tackle my first build, I don't have much equipment so watching this was very helpful and encouraging
That's awesome good luck on your project. Glad you liked this video.
Gorgeous. Good work.
Thank you I appreciate it.
Very nice, I always wanted to make one, and now that I’ve seen it can be done without a forge I may try. Nice video, thank you!
Don't make the same mistake as this man. The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
Well done! now that's a KA-nife (kick ass) :-}
hahaha nice. thanks.
When you use epoxy, don't clamp too tight. Also I would score the metal.
Thanks for the tip!
Really no need to to drill extra holes to make it lighter but yes,,,like Rodney said. I use a dremel to make long lines in it to give the epoxy something to grab onto. 3 nice knives you made. I’ve done tons of saw blade knives and still making them. Great job brother. Thumbs up and a new subscriber.
Great job . I'll try it someday.
Thanks it is very rewarding to make a knife. I definitely recommend it.
Great job. You did it, using files and sandpapers only.
Thanks, its a lot of work but very satisfying.
You are inspirational. Keepem coming
Wow thank you for the tremendous compliment.
Excellent job Don!!!!
Thanks!
Commenting before finished watching.... looking forward to seeing how you do this with hand tools.
Looks great, great knife build. Knife by hand.... count me impressed.
Thanks man.
Hey Dan! Your Vido helped me a lot building my own knife. Keep up the good work and Thx ;)
That's great to hear thanks!
Dan the video was interesting you did a great job on the knife I especially liked the way you used the saw on the blade that was work hope you had a cool place to work in
Thanks Tom unfortunately my garage is hot and I was pretty much drenched with sweat at the end of every day. I actually changed shirts a couple of times during the build each day. I didn't want to look like I was putting out a wet t-shirt contest video;) Remember to check out July with Fitz's knife build video too.
thsi is the kind of stuff i wish i could do. thank you for the video
Have faith in yourself if I can do it you can! I don't have any special ninja skills. I'm just a dude that likes making stuff most of the stuff I make in my videos I am making for the first time.
Very nicely done, Sir!
Thank you.
very nice knife really awesome especially all three of them you can tell you put a lot of hard work into them Dan especially all that hacks into shape you're a greater man than me
Haha, thank you Opa, I'm sure your skills would put mine to shame.
Great video! A ton more work with hand tools, but a beautiful knife!
Yup it was a lot more work for sure. Thanks for watching and for the sub.
Very inspiring knife build!!!!
Thanks.
Loved your video. Great perseverance! Do you have a video on making a leather sheath - not that that would be even close to the difficulty in making the knife? Love your work.
Very nice work, hats off for not using power tools. I think I would have cheated LOL
Trust me the thought was there. I had the devil on one shoulder and the angel on the other.
I prefer the non powered tools method , i did it once years ago and i kept a really good memory of hard work , sort of connected to the metal i don't know if that make sens but after like a week of making it , i was really proud . Gave it to the grandpa .
It is a very satisfying act and I totally understand what you mean. Its a good practice to make a knife with hand tools every now and then if anything to make you thankful for electricity and power tools.
@@danthemakerman i thought exactly the same way , making my rotative polisher and grinder priceless
Very nice my friend! Very sweet knife. Hope I win it! You certainly put a lot of work into it.
Thanks but the give away ended I picked a winner already but I may do one of these again so keep an eye out for it.
Really awesome work mate . Exactly what I intend on making.
Thanks glad you liked it.
Excellent work!
Thank you and yes I been watching video's of other knife makers. Just order a file set to test my blades
Cool let me know how you like the files.
Awesome. Good idea.
Thank you!
I follow Howie but I had to come check this out. Great job man, I'd have cheated lol.
It was tempting believe me. Thanks for stopping by.
It takes a lot of work and time but the finished product is totally worth it. I just made my first karambit from an old diamond cutting disc used on a grinder. The whole process from design to the final polishing took me about two weeks and it was the best time ever spent, even though I had to hand-saw a lot too haha (i understand the "throw" at 2:58 )
That sounds awesome! Very cool!
I like it .darn good job .
Thanks!!!
Nice work Dan!
Thanks Zach.
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