@@CharlesWalker-sf8td Thank you so much for your kind words! And thank you for that; I am really happy I went with the sheeting as well; it just didn’t feel legitimate to use gold leaf and call the project finished. Thanks for watching the video also and being here with me! God bless - Ian
every single video I have ever seen where meteorite is being broken down and purified for blade smithing it games little to no usable metals. They estimated it would take hundreds of pounds of the same meteor to make a decent knife. How much meteor did you have to forge those blocks and is there a video showing the process of forging meteor to metal bars? Great looking knife btw. looks awesome
Thank you! As far as the meteorite goes, I am using a piece of the Gibbeon Meteorite here! If you check out my Sword build on my channel where I used The meteorite you can see more of the process of me stacking the steel with the meteorite within. The type I used though, being that it’s Gibbeon, has a lot higher iron content than most Meteorite, this meant it forge welded a lot easier than most but to be safe I encased the piece in a stack of 1084 and 15n20 steels! Thanks for checking out the video! God bless - Ian
@@mortem-tyrannisInstead of saying "probably" followed by a 💩 take... It would be a lot more prudent to just _do some research_ before opening your c•ck-holster and showing everyone what a 🤡 you are‼️👍
@@mortem-tyrannis Wow, what douchebag thing to say. I mean it's not like he just melting a little meteorite piece with some steel, then shaping it into a blade gluing a handle on it and calling it a day. This guy is using far Superior technique with much experience to which probably takes days to make not just hours to put together a quality knife that you probably couldn't dull it in a lifetime unless you're really trying to abuse it specifically for that purpose. So just because it's expensive to YOU doesn't mean that it's expensive to someone who wants a superior quality knife by somebody who knows his worth.
One small suggestion i have - i don't know if you did, since it was off camera - is to use a respirator when working with hard woods, especially when grinding them. The dust is quite nasty too breathe in. Apart from that, awesome work and very entertaining video! You're going places with this
@@Scradhy Thank you! I appreciate you mentioning this and also thank you for checking out the video! I fortunately do wear a respirator whenever I do any sort of major stock removal on hard woods, however in my earlier days I wasn’t as wise and there were times I’d ‘dust’ myself out of the shop. Super critical to have that respirator to protect the longevity of the craft ❤️ Thanks agin - God bless
@@blairlock Thank you! I loosely based it off of the inspirations found in Tolkien’s work of the Middle Earth and Elvish style blades! Thank you for being here with me! God bless - Ian
Thanks my friend. Enjoyed it very much. That you can say you are a Sword-smith or a Sword maker entirely cool. Blacksmith even better. You could say…Artisan. Not as cool…unless you have the right hat. Cheers
A small advice for better content always be aware of the amount of noise in the audio of your videos and try to minimize it as much as possible and if you aren't able to do that you can always do a voiceover and when adding music to a section of your video make sure to lower the audio of that section. I hope that helps
Hi Ian, New Subscriber Here! Great video! Can you tell me where I can buy your knives? I need to purchase a dagger. I can send you the design. God Bless You! ❤
Hello! First off thank you so much! Thank you for being here! As far as buying one of my knives, I do most all of that through my Facebook and Instagram pages at ianz_forge. But you can also email me at ianzforge@gmail.com! God bless you as well! - Ian
Noted! Check out my most recent upload for some slicing and dicing at the end of the video! 🤠 thanks for watching this one and being here! God bless - Ian
Right? The geometry is not it! Think all the fanboys gawking at the meteorite 😂 I paid $2k for my Troll Killer from Nigara ( almost 1/2 less )& I agree bro this is a pass
@IanZ_Forge one way to find out...record yourself forged in fire style spamming it against an iron rod...or a bend test. My 70 dollar knife passed those. I chopped through iron rebar with it. It didn't shatter, and barely rolled. Easily to resharpen back...just a butchers steel hones it back right after chopping through rebar.
@@McGussen Have you seen my Forged in Fire Episode? I only put this here as there is video documentation on my edge retention quality and tests as you described above; my episode is season 9 episode 26, or just search my name followed by forged in Fire on RUclips here and you’ll find my final round where they do these tests - all that being said there is a lot more to a successful quench and knifemaking as a whole than being able to make a piece of steel smash other steel and still be standing, and a bend test is inconclusive unless put together with other tests that go hand in hand with it but that’s an entirely different conversation where we would need to discuss what the knifes application will be etc. I appreciate your frankness and some understanding of it, I should create a video showing this so that I could better articulate why this is a silly argument to have in regards to understanding quenching and hardness
@IanZ_Forge I'd prefer you just whack through a piece of rebar for us so you can justify its value over a 70 dollar knife that works and performs just as well, if not better. I mastered being a swordmans at 21. Nobody could beat me. I broke my swords at 33 and buried them and picked up a pen instead. I did two routines in my first two videos. Those guys on forged in fire aren't weapons masters. None of them could win in a real swordfight with a real master. They're goofy to somebody like me.
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I appreciate your explanation of the octagonalization. I keep seeing that done with no explanation.
That is an absolutely beautiful kitchen knife. I love the details on the blade and the detail on the handle. You have earned my sub with this piece.
@@jameslefff269 Thank you truly! ❤️🙏
Well done! That is a very beautiful chef knife you made! I can't wait to see what else you make down the road. God Bless you man!
Thank you truly!! God bless you as well! 🙏❤️
Wise choice on the gold sheeting instead of the gold leaf and the knife is breathtaking well done my friend well done you will go far
@@CharlesWalker-sf8td Thank you so much for your kind words! And thank you for that; I am really happy I went with the sheeting as well; it just didn’t feel legitimate to use gold leaf and call the project finished. Thanks for watching the video also and being here with me! God bless - Ian
every single video I have ever seen where meteorite is being broken down and purified for blade smithing it games little to no usable metals. They estimated it would take hundreds of pounds of the same meteor to make a decent knife. How much meteor did you have to forge those blocks and is there a video showing the process of forging meteor to metal bars?
Great looking knife btw. looks awesome
Thank you! As far as the meteorite goes, I am using a piece of the Gibbeon Meteorite here! If you check out my Sword build on my channel where I used The meteorite you can see more of the process of me stacking the steel with the meteorite within. The type I used though, being that it’s Gibbeon, has a lot higher iron content than most Meteorite, this meant it forge welded a lot easier than most but to be safe I encased the piece in a stack of 1084 and 15n20 steels! Thanks for checking out the video! God bless - Ian
It's probably just very little actual meteorite in the knives so the can charge and absorbent amount for them and technically not be lying.
@@mortem-tyrannisInstead of saying "probably" followed by a 💩 take... It would be a lot more prudent to just _do some research_ before opening your c•ck-holster and showing everyone what a 🤡 you are‼️👍
@@mortem-tyrannis Wow, what douchebag thing to say. I mean it's not like he just melting a little meteorite piece with some steel, then shaping it into a blade gluing a handle on it and calling it a day. This guy is using far Superior technique with much experience to which probably takes days to make not just hours to put together a quality knife that you probably couldn't dull it in a lifetime unless you're really trying to abuse it specifically for that purpose. So just because it's expensive to YOU doesn't mean that it's expensive to someone who wants a superior quality knife by somebody who knows his worth.
I didn't know you have YT channel Ian! It's cool to see the whole process. Stunning blade (thanks to this one, I've found you on Instagram :)!).
That came out awesome! Beautifully done sir!💯💯
now THAT is an amazing knife...great work.
One small suggestion i have - i don't know if you did, since it was off camera - is to use a respirator when working with hard woods, especially when grinding them. The dust is quite nasty too breathe in.
Apart from that, awesome work and very entertaining video! You're going places with this
@@Scradhy Thank you! I appreciate you mentioning this and also thank you for checking out the video! I fortunately do wear a respirator whenever I do any sort of major stock removal on hard woods, however in my earlier days I wasn’t as wise and there were times I’d ‘dust’ myself out of the shop. Super critical to have that respirator to protect the longevity of the craft ❤️ Thanks agin - God bless
Absolutely amazing knife!!! Love the finished pattern of the blade!!!!!
you my good sir have gotten a subscriber, you are very talented and hope to see you grow. God bless!
always do what you love!
Beautiful work as always!!
@@awforge Thank you truly! Glory to God - Ian ❤️
That looks pretty cool
Thats nice looking Wow 😯
Thank you so much 🙏❤️
Keep it up Ian, I really appreciate the unapologetic approach to your channel, and gorgeous craftsmanship. Christ is King.
@@KingParzival Thank you ❤️ Yes He is 🙏 God bless you - Ian
Cool knife. New subscriber 👍
Thank you!! ❤️
Love the handle
Thank you!!! 🤠🙏
Nice piece and good call on the inlay 👍🏻
@@billycurran9688 Thank you! And yes thankfully, the foil just didn’t seem right to me for the project! God bless - Ian
great piece of art, good job, love from Iran.
nicely done! I would have chosen a different handle model. straight chef's knife handle.
Nice job.
@@jmbstudio6873 Thank you! ❤️🙏
It's beautiful 😍
Man that knife is so awesome looking it would be hard for me to even use it. Awesome job man 🦾
I just found your channel. Looking forward to watching you grow. The knife is very odd but very beautiful.
@@blairlock Thank you! I loosely based it off of the inspirations found in Tolkien’s work of the Middle Earth and Elvish style blades! Thank you for being here with me! God bless - Ian
Bro this my first time seeing your content and I legit thought Alexander Skarsgard was into forging knives. Awesome piece!
@@BenedictDaGreat Thank you bro! I really appreciate it 🙂🙏
Great job, and I enjoyed the video, but I wish you would have shown how you inlayed the gold in the handle. I am wanting to do similar.
That's pretty cool.
Awesome video!!!
Awesome work man!!! The video was kinda painful to watch tho Lol again tho, great work on the blade.
Thank you! And thank you for sticking the video out to see the end result then haha! God bless - Ian
You should make a simple Damascus pattern and inlay gold around of the two metals to make it pop
Nice work 😍😍
I loved seeing the process and the end result! Beautifully done! ❤🔥
@@tomafenes3330 Thank you so much bro! I really appreciate you checking it out and I’m glad you enjoyed it! 👊❤️⚒️
What a gorgeous knife. You just got a new subscriber 4 sure
When twisting only heat up the spots you needing to twist and it’ll make it consistent all the way across
Thanks my friend. Enjoyed it very much. That you can say you are a Sword-smith or a Sword maker entirely cool. Blacksmith even better. You could say…Artisan. Not as cool…unless you have the right hat. Cheers
Incredible peice! The decision to use sheet gold and not foil at the very end really changed the whole look of it!
@@Mitchasauraus Thank you truly! 🙏❤️
A small advice for better content always be aware of the amount of noise in the audio of your videos and try to minimize it as much as possible and if you aren't able to do that you can always do a voiceover and when adding music to a section of your video make sure to lower the audio of that section. I hope that helps
@@kareem_mahmoud I appreciate it! 🤠🙏 God bless - Ian
I want one.
Where did you get the meteorite?
Hi Ian,
New Subscriber Here! Great video! Can you tell me where I can buy your knives? I need to purchase a dagger. I can send you the design.
God Bless You!
❤
Hello! First off thank you so much! Thank you for being here! As far as buying one of my knives, I do most all of that through my Facebook and Instagram pages at ianz_forge. But you can also email me at ianzforge@gmail.com! God bless you as well! - Ian
Make some kiss blocks for the press
👏👏👏👏👏🤜🤛
Your a good smith, but I am pretty sure the material you used didn't come from Damascus Syria. That being said, you did a awsom job on that blade.
we need to see a chef knife cut some veggies or something next time, please and thank you.
Noted! Check out my most recent upload for some slicing and dicing at the end of the video! 🤠 thanks for watching this one and being here! God bless - Ian
cool
how about you try making catspaw blade from Game of thrones?
Oooo I’ll have to check that out! Thank you for suggesting it!
Do you watch Alec Steel or Will Stelter?
Looks really good but it's not really a chefs knife. More like a slicer
As a chef I will say this. It’s a beautiful knife, but it would be a terrible chef’s knife
u Sounds like Earl from the TV show my name is Earl
Remenber ladies and gentlemen flux is not a glue😅
El Damascus está bien pero el cochinillo demasiado fino y la parte baja que toca el mango es fea, tenias que haberla camuflado dentro del mango
Get some studio lighting man I’d love to see you work better!
I Thessalonians 4:11
[11] that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,
Yeah nah.
Chef's knife noooooo!!!! Exposition knife tats is it!
Why are you talking like that? 🤣
Sorry this one is a hard pass.
Right? The geometry is not it! Think all the fanboys gawking at the meteorite 😂 I paid $2k for my Troll Killer from Nigara ( almost 1/2 less )& I agree bro this is a pass
This guy has absolutely no idea what true real Damascus steel is.................
And why would that be? Or are you one of those guys who (falsely) claim that Wootz is the only „real“ Damascus?
ANOTHER HOME RUN
My 70 dollar knife will last much longer. It was quenched properly.
@@McGussen How do you figure I quenched improperly? 🧐
@@IanZ_Forge lucky guess it seems
@IanZ_Forge one way to find out...record yourself forged in fire style spamming it against an iron rod...or a bend test. My 70 dollar knife passed those. I chopped through iron rebar with it. It didn't shatter, and barely rolled. Easily to resharpen back...just a butchers steel hones it back right after chopping through rebar.
@@McGussen Have you seen my Forged in Fire Episode? I only put this here as there is video documentation on my edge retention quality and tests as you described above; my episode is season 9 episode 26, or just search my name followed by forged in Fire on RUclips here and you’ll find my final round where they do these tests - all that being said there is a lot more to a successful quench and knifemaking as a whole than being able to make a piece of steel smash other steel and still be standing, and a bend test is inconclusive unless put together with other tests that go hand in hand with it but that’s an entirely different conversation where we would need to discuss what the knifes application will be etc. I appreciate your frankness and some understanding of it, I should create a video showing this so that I could better articulate why this is a silly argument to have in regards to understanding quenching and hardness
@IanZ_Forge I'd prefer you just whack through a piece of rebar for us so you can justify its value over a 70 dollar knife that works and performs just as well, if not better. I mastered being a swordmans at 21. Nobody could beat me. I broke my swords at 33 and buried them and picked up a pen instead. I did two routines in my first two videos. Those guys on forged in fire aren't weapons masters. None of them could win in a real swordfight with a real master. They're goofy to somebody like me.
Fantastic video!!!