I have a forge somewhere! Lmfao that's the story of my life! I do appreciate that in most of your videos you use stuff that most people have in their garage or could easily borrow from a neighbor. Very cool
I bought some new small cheap wood chisels off of Ebay. I sharpened them down on a diamond stone, then a wet stone, then stropped them & they are sharp as anything I have ever cut with. They made great little skiving knives & straight blade cutting knife like cutting in a square corner. I think I spent $5.00 to $10.00 for 5 of them & they have been worth every penny. If Tandy had a set of these they would want $100.00 + for them.
At my furniture maker school days plans were mandatory. But now I mostly build freestyling all the way. At most a rough sketch. Internal visualising is a good alternative. At least when you got a good foundation and understanding of your craft. So don’t bother with plans if you can manage without.
Trying to make a Bookbinder's knife. I understand that bookbinding students make their own using hacksaw blades. No videos anywhere on this. But bookbinding borrowed alot from leather work and coblers. Which sharpening stones and strop is used? Would like to get a good starter set. Thank you for your video!
Hi there! How's the edge retention on this knife, was your hardening process successful? I have always planned on making a knife using a 2-inch wide Stanley plane blade. I made a similar knife before but I didn't go through the quenching process as I am not experienced in that aspect. The hardened part was only in the first half-inch (12mm) of the cutting edge. I'm thinking about doing it again, but with an attempt to harden the entire blade edge. I'll have to figure that part out by feel.
It’s a hard rubber pad you can get at a farm or ranch store. Usually placed in the bottom of horse trailers. I cut a big square chunk of for my tabletop. It’s virtually indestructible. Probably not the best working surface out there, but I had it and it works pretty darn good.
@WyomingWright I appreciate your mindset and I’ve always found a solution to anything holding me back. If I don’t have a specific tool I find or build a work around and keep on moving and try my hardest to accomplish what I had set in mind. Most the battle I think many people face is lack of creativity. They see others build or make something and think they can’t do it without the same tool when if they just thought about it for a bit they could come up with an option to make things happen. I enjoy your videos and positivity and I also appreciate the fact you lift commenters up and tell them not to look at themselves as a victim and they can do it and I respect that about you. Have a great day !!!
One option is to use a bastard file to bevel the edge and then sharpen on sand paper. Another option is you ask around and see who might have a grinder or belt sander. You might be surprised at the tools that are available around you when you put some effort into reaching out.
Still use it all the time. I messed up in the heat treat though. The tiniest bit of the tip cooled too fast before the quench and didn’t get hardened. So I ended up curving the profile of the tip to remove the soft spot, resharpening, and now it’s golden
I used ferric chloride. The longer you leave it in there, the darker the metal gets. I like how it looks, plus it helps you see differences in hardness on the steel. You could use any acidic fluid. I’ve seen people use vinegar, it just takes a lot longer.
I used the dmt double sided diamond stones. They are pretty good, but if I bought them again I would just get the course and fine and not mess with the extra course and extra fine. I also use a three strop system with 3 different stropping compounds to finish. Works pretty good, but I’d like to add some high quality ceramic stones as well.
@@wyomingwright I just ordered a set of UltraSharp diamond stones. It was that or DMT. I’ll probably get a set of DMT’s too just to try both. Need to get a strop, or make one.
When such a piece is on hand, why not use both ends? They can be prepared at different angles for variety, as well as having in readiness 2 sharp edges without having to resharpening in a mid project. Of course for safety, caps for it can be made out of cork.
Thank you, sir. My cutting mat is a section of rubber mat such as you would see some people put in the bottom of a horse trailer. You can pick one up at a farm supply store pretty reasonably. I do believe they are recycled rubber. I’ve been using mine for a couple years and it’s held up really well. Although I will say it does have a little give to it so it’s not the best for smacking sewing chisels, tooling, or setting rivets. I have a large anvil I use for that.
salut , à 9:51 tu pense ton tranchant insuffisant , mais je crois que c'est prce que tu utilise cet outil un (tranchet) hre nous les cordonniers comme un couteau à parer qu'utilise les maroquiniers !! de plus la façon dont tu affine le bord de ton cuir est typique de la maro avec un couteau à parer alors que pour parer avec un tranchet le geste est tout à fait différent !!! mais bien sûr cela n'enlève rien à ta réussite de ce très bel objet qu'est cet outil !!! force et respect
Depends if of you have the tools to make it. Imagine trying to do this in a handled belt sander, extra large blow torch, grinder 😂 sometimes buying a tool is the cheaper option. I'm complaining about myself because I'm still in the city 😂
I was waiting for that one. Yeah you gotta have tools to make stuff. I did use a second hand belt grinder, a weed burner and some sharpening stones. Hardly 5k but I get your point.
get creative dude. Metal hacksaw if you are giga poor or an angle grinder if you're average joe, use some sandpaper wrapped around a drillbit if you have no sander (there's like 60 dollar sanders that work okay enough...) and use a propane blowtorch to heat it up before quenching and doing the main profile with a file then a sharpening stone. Assuming you own a way to sharpen your knives you can make one of these for 30-50 dollars of tools you probably already have.
I get it, man…tools are expensive. It’s taken me a while to get the few I have. But the laws of the universe dictate energy in, product out…It takes effort to make something. When you’re first starting and you don’t have as many tools, it takes even more effort. Use some sand paper and some elbow grease. Use a file. Borrow some tools. There’s lots of solutions. One thing that won’t help is victimizing yourself. Don’t let your lack of one specific tool keep you from accomplishing something you really want. You can do hard things!
@@wyomingwright just like making a knife. there is a ton of satisfaction earned when you have made any of the things you need. i do it all the time. people who know me say, you dont own anything you havent modified. or, if Dennis needs it he will figure out how to make it. keep on making with the pride you have the skill to be self-sufficient!
He has a point. It's a catchy title but pretty misleading. For someone getting into leather working, it would likely cost more just to acquire some of the tools you used than it would be to just use a box cutter with a wooden spine added for rigidity.
Granted, but you might be surprised what tools are available to you when you ask around. Everyone has to find solutions for their own situation. This video shows my solution. Not all of it will apply to you, but some of it may. It’s hard to find solutions when you’re looking for problems.
$5 for sandpaper. $15 angle grinder. Small propane torch from home depot. Does the exact same thing just takes a bit longer. Dont act like you cant do this without a workshop you just dont want to do it.
I've started making things with lether and the sound of it being cut is satisfying and soothing at the same time
I have a forge somewhere! Lmfao that's the story of my life! I do appreciate that in most of your videos you use stuff that most people have in their garage or could easily borrow from a neighbor. Very cool
I bought some new small cheap wood chisels off of Ebay. I sharpened them down on a diamond stone, then a wet stone, then stropped them & they are sharp as anything I have ever cut with. They made great little skiving knives & straight blade cutting knife like cutting in a square corner. I think I spent $5.00 to $10.00 for 5 of them & they have been worth every penny. If Tandy had a set of these they would want $100.00 + for them.
Love it!
Best deal ever. Also, possibly due to good skills in sharpening. Enjoy.
At my furniture maker school days plans were mandatory. But now I mostly build freestyling all the way.
At most a rough sketch.
Internal visualising is a good alternative.
At least when you got a good foundation and understanding of your craft.
So don’t bother with plans if you can manage without.
I like it
Trying to make a Bookbinder's knife. I understand that bookbinding students make their own using hacksaw blades. No videos anywhere on this. But bookbinding borrowed alot from leather work and coblers.
Which sharpening stones and strop is used? Would like to get a good starter set. Thank you for your video!
I love the background noise, crickets instead of siren's 😊
Hi there! How's the edge retention on this knife, was your hardening process successful?
I have always planned on making a knife using a 2-inch wide Stanley plane blade. I made a similar knife before but I didn't go through the quenching process as I am not experienced in that aspect. The hardened part was only in the first half-inch (12mm) of the cutting edge. I'm thinking about doing it again, but with an attempt to harden the entire blade edge. I'll have to figure that part out by feel.
I like the resourcefulness. Nou please tell me about your punch pad/cutting pad please. Thanks
It’s a hard rubber pad you can get at a farm or ranch store. Usually placed in the bottom of horse trailers. I cut a big square chunk of for my tabletop. It’s virtually indestructible. Probably not the best working surface out there, but I had it and it works pretty darn good.
I've made similar from power hacksaw blades. It's a good way to recycle used blades as they are made from High Speed Steel.
I’ll have to try a hacksaw blade. I have plenty of those :)
@@wyomingwright not an ordinary hacksaw blade. Although they make nice fine flexible blades it's blades for a power hacksaw that you need.
Oh I see, like a sawzall blade :) I have plenty of those too.
Sawzall blades make great filet knives!
You can save your stone by doing some rough shaping and initial sharpening on sandpaper.
@WyomingWright I appreciate your mindset and I’ve always found a solution to anything holding me back. If I don’t have a specific tool I find or build a work around and keep on moving and try my hardest to accomplish what I had set in mind. Most the battle I think many people face is lack of creativity. They see others build or make something and think they can’t do it without the same tool when if they just thought about it for a bit they could come up with an option to make things happen. I enjoy your videos and positivity and I also appreciate the fact you lift commenters up and tell them not to look at themselves as a victim and they can do it and I respect that about you. Have a great day !!!
Love the video! But what to do if I dont have sandpaper grinder ? What is alternative ?
One option is to use a bastard file to bevel the edge and then sharpen on sand paper. Another option is you ask around and see who might have a grinder or belt sander. You might be surprised at the tools that are available around you when you put some effort into reaching out.
Trial and error..brother.
Nice work.
👍
Brilliant... How has this beautiful knife held up?
Still use it all the time. I messed up in the heat treat though. The tiniest bit of the tip cooled too fast before the quench and didn’t get hardened. So I ended up curving the profile of the tip to remove the soft spot, resharpening, and now it’s golden
That's wonderful and it's kind you responded. Well, you have inspired an old artist to try his hand at making his own knife. Thank you @@wyomingwright
Nice job! Thank you for sharing. I've wanted to make a knife for quite a while. Maybe I'll get the to make one soon.
Thanks!
how to blunt an edge. always draw away from the edge when sharpening. never toward it
Perché hai messo nel fornello elettrico il coltello ?
Grazie
Thanks for this showing. For those of us new to this, could you explain what you use for the acid etch aspect. Thanks
I used ferric chloride. The longer you leave it in there, the darker the metal gets. I like how it looks, plus it helps you see differences in hardness on the steel. You could use any acidic fluid. I’ve seen people use vinegar, it just takes a lot longer.
@@wyomingwright thank you for this and I appreciate your response as well as how simple yet effective your methods are, so to speak.
What diamond stones are you using? Do you recommend them?
I used the dmt double sided diamond stones. They are pretty good, but if I bought them again I would just get the course and fine and not mess with the extra course and extra fine. I also use a three strop system with 3 different stropping compounds to finish. Works pretty good, but I’d like to add some high quality ceramic stones as well.
@@wyomingwright I just ordered a set of UltraSharp diamond stones. It was that or DMT. I’ll probably get a set of DMT’s too just to try both. Need to get a strop, or make one.
Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Agree ! just Subscribed ;-) 🐧
When such a piece is on hand, why not use both ends?
They can be prepared at different angles for variety, as well as having in readiness 2 sharp edges without having to resharpening in a mid project.
Of course for safety, caps for it can be made out of cork.
You could have left and right handed blades, one in each end. Would be handy especially if you don't have room around your table when cutting.
What do you use for quench oil?
I think I used canola oil in this video
Thanks
Not going to lie, seeing you put that knife on the grinder with it's edge towards the spinning direction made me cringe a bit.
Love a handmade tool!! BTW, what is your cutting mat made from. It looks recycled and probably was cheap- just my style!!
Thank you, sir. My cutting mat is a section of rubber mat such as you would see some people put in the bottom of a horse trailer. You can pick one up at a farm supply store pretty reasonably. I do believe they are recycled rubber. I’ve been using mine for a couple years and it’s held up really well. Although I will say it does have a little give to it so it’s not the best for smacking sewing chisels, tooling, or setting rivets. I have a large anvil I use for that.
The problem was holding your knife against grinder belt direction
salut , à 9:51 tu pense ton tranchant insuffisant , mais je crois que c'est prce que tu utilise cet outil un (tranchet) hre nous les cordonniers comme un couteau à parer qu'utilise les maroquiniers !! de plus la façon dont tu affine le bord de ton cuir est typique de la maro avec un couteau à parer alors que pour parer avec un tranchet le geste est tout à fait différent !!! mais bien sûr cela n'enlève rien à ta réussite de ce très bel objet qu'est cet outil !!!
force et respect
These looks like iron age forged knife
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
It was way less expensive than a custom made leather work tool.
And…it is a custom made leather work tool ☺️
Depends if of you have the tools to make it. Imagine trying to do this in a handled belt sander, extra large blow torch, grinder 😂 sometimes buying a tool is the cheaper option.
I'm complaining about myself because I'm still in the city 😂
1$ PLUS 5k IN SHOP TOOLS.
I was waiting for that one. Yeah you gotta have tools to make stuff. I did use a second hand belt grinder, a weed burner and some sharpening stones. Hardly 5k but I get your point.
get creative dude. Metal hacksaw if you are giga poor or an angle grinder if you're average joe, use some sandpaper wrapped around a drillbit if you have no sander (there's like 60 dollar sanders that work okay enough...) and use a propane blowtorch to heat it up before quenching and doing the main profile with a file then a sharpening stone. Assuming you own a way to sharpen your knives you can make one of these for 30-50 dollars of tools you probably already have.
I just made one of these for woodworking. The Japanese call it a kiridashi. I used a hacksaw, a couple different files, and sandpaper.
you likely already know this but set your focus then turn off autofocus.
Indigenous people heats the file up to make it softer. Then later
...just spend a much bigger fortune on buying the tools to make your leather tools.
Gee if my time and safety are worth anything I think I'll just buy a knife.
I think leather tools are way cheaper than that sand belt or whatever it's called you have there. I guess I'll just go buy myself a knife
I get it, man…tools are expensive. It’s taken me a while to get the few I have. But the laws of the universe dictate energy in, product out…It takes effort to make something. When you’re first starting and you don’t have as many tools, it takes even more effort. Use some sand paper and some elbow grease. Use a file. Borrow some tools. There’s lots of solutions. One thing that won’t help is victimizing yourself. Don’t let your lack of one specific tool keep you from accomplishing something you really want. You can do hard things!
@@wyomingwright just like making a knife. there is a ton of satisfaction earned when you have made any of the things you need. i do it all the time. people who know me say, you dont own anything you havent modified. or, if Dennis needs it he will figure out how to make it.
keep on making with the pride you have the skill to be self-sufficient!
you can do it your own with 500dolar machine :D
What $500 machine?
@@wyomingwright I think he means the belt sander.
@@vmarc4682picked it up at a yard sale for $50…but yeah, tools cost money
Make a leather knife for 1$ you just need to have 300$ worth of equipment tools 😂
You have a real creative definition of poverty if you think people can just happen upon workshop tools and machines to make their own tools.
Who said “poverty”? Don’t be a victim
He has a point. It's a catchy title but pretty misleading. For someone getting into leather working, it would likely cost more just to acquire some of the tools you used than it would be to just use a box cutter with a wooden spine added for rigidity.
Granted, but you might be surprised what tools are available to you when you ask around. Everyone has to find solutions for their own situation. This video shows my solution. Not all of it will apply to you, but some of it may. It’s hard to find solutions when you’re looking for problems.
$5 for sandpaper. $15 angle grinder. Small propane torch from home depot. Does the exact same thing just takes a bit longer. Dont act like you cant do this without a workshop you just dont want to do it.
Look into the mens shed movement. That’s exactly what they do.