I've always been a handyman and my father was a very skilled carpenter so I learned much from him. At 74 I decided to try my hand at knife making. My first knife was from a rusty old file and it turned out pretty good. I bought some 1084 steel and dove into this hobby and also leather craft to make sheaths. Your advice is very good and like others I've learned from your videos. I just finished knife number 12 from 8670 steel and put on a bolster, pommel cap and made segmented scales. My skills keep improving with each knife and it is experts like you who have helped in this progress so thank you ! For leather expertise it's hard to beat Don Gonzales.
As a rookie to the craft, I just wanted to take the time to thank you for taking the time with making these past few videos of knife making. It is greatly appreciated!!May your anvil burn hot, your hammer strike true, your ale never run dry, and your craft please you.
Another tip on sand paper.... I learned long ago from my dad, who is an auto body man, that sandpaper will almost always have a few random pieces of grit that stand up well above the rest of them, which WILL almost always cause deeper gouges than the intended grit. (same is true of 80 all the way up to 1000 grit typically) which means you have to sand even more material out to remove those scratches. On a car, that means removing too much bondo, or primer, or paint etc, on a wood handle of a knife, or a mirror finish blade, that can mean the same thing. A fresh belt grinder belt can easily dig scratches deep into the blade that are a pain to get out. A way to avoid this, is to take the fresh piece of sand paper, and fold it lightly, and swipe (abrade) it against itself. that knocks off the extra grits. or in the case of a fresh belt sander belt, use a piece of scrap material (metal) and sand fairly aggressively for a few seconds, then do a test. It's the little things that people can overlook that cause them a lot more work down the line! Hope that helps someone. and thanks for the continuing videos Walter!
Really appreciate the Beginner videos. I started out in pipe making and met my mentor through a coworker whom was purchasing a knife . I ended leaving with my first buffing will and belt sander and a invitation to return with more of my pipes. I had never used these tools I was still learning the trade I was in and was being self taught. Well I ended up chasing more of my work than actually completing it and learn many things the hard way lol and through trial and error developed proper technique. My hope was this pipe make would just teach me how to get better at using these tools . One year later we meet up and he tells me you make great pipes ha has several , but that I was a knife maker making pipes. So buy the time I started all I want was to learn the small things first and eventually just make a simple functional knife . I wish I’d had these videos before I learned most the hard way but those mistakes served me greatly my first day in his shop. Even still this info provides helpful tips being I’m still in the minors . And my hope is to make knives people use day in and out that hold up and that can be relied on
Thank you Walter.....your a VERY GOOD instructor/teacher and put the information in a way that is practical, and easy to understand. Your not only a master at your skill....but able to teach what you have learned! Thanks Again!
Hey Walter. I'm a knife maker specializing in battle blades. This was great basic info for beginners and it was presented in a relaxed manner. Great job! Thanks for the upload.
can you make an in depth video on heat treating different types of steel? I would love to learn more about what happens with extreme temperature changes.
+Walter Sorrells fantastic! I can't wait :) your videos are the most informative and helpful ones that I have found so far! thank you for the knowledge
+Walter Sorrells did i really just see you milling out an 80% lower at 4:25 on youtube? that is frickin awsome!!! hahahaha- you should do a vid on ar's
Hello Walter! I just wanted to say that your videos are some of the best on the subject! I am just getting in to the hobby/craft myself and your videos are a treasure, so thank you very much! I appreciate the time & effort you put in these to spread your knowledge onwards. Have a great day!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video.. your videos form an integral part of my research into the subject, and make getting into knife making that much easier and less daunting..
I haven't started knife making yet, but I've watched almost all of your videos, some several times. As soon as the weather warms up, it's winter here in the southern hemisphere, I'll be out in my workshop putting into practice the lessons you've taught. I really like your no nonsense approach to providing instruction and the fact that you're able to pitch the lessons at complete novices like me. Your videos are also entertaining and there aren't many who can make videos that are both informative and entertaining. Please keep making them. Cheers from Australia. Mark.
I am just starting making my first blade with stock removal and your videos have helped me a lot in many ways. Thank you very much for investing time and effort so that beginners like me can move forward faster and avoid unnecessary mistakes.
Thank you Walter for taking the time to make these videos. The information has proven to be very helpful. Both the how to and your lecture videos are very easy for me to follow. I would say that they are some of the best on RUclips.
Definitely helpful. I'm going to start my adventure in knife making soon, and I've weeded out some bs, but these videos have helped even more so. I tend to dive into the deep end of any interest I've had only to find that I went too far too fast not learning and mastering the rudimentary aspects of a craft. Thus, I have spent more time unleashing to get the desired result. I hope I start off correctly with knife making as it's been something I've wanted to do since I was a kid. Thanks dispelling a bunch of unneeded pre-notions I was holding in my mind. Going to start off simple, and progress organically as it were.
Walter, THANK YOU for all your knowledge and tips. Making an executive decision from being a Chef for 12 years to my life long passion of blade smithing is slightly intimidating. Comparing back fields, alike, I see the similarities when first getting started. Such as knowledge, where to begin, basic tools, basic techniques etc. Stumbling on your page has really eased my mind on getting myself started in the garage. I really appreciate your time and expertise with this beginning stage of my new chapter in life. I am greatly appreciative. Thank you!!!
The sanding advice is VERY good. Probably the best part of the video because most people hate to do sanding. IF one can learn to enjoy sanding it will make a world of difference. The one thing I didn't hear is that buy the best sandpaper you can afford and keep it clean and switch to a new sheet when it stops cutting well - one can waste a lot of time an energy trying to get more cutting out of a sheet of sandpaper before tossing it, and that is the number one thing that leads to frustration with sanding. Most of it can even be applied to wood except that there is grain involved.
Thank you Mr. Sorrells. Another great video, I've ben reading everything I can find and you just hit on several things I've ben researching. Thank you for your help and for sharing your knowledge with us.
fabulous, thanks Walter Sorrels. there are a few you tube teachers out there that are really great i use one for sewing and she is great and you are great for knife making thank you.
Thanks so much Walter, I'm a physician professionally, but, as usual, I find that some of my daily tools just could be better and as an amateur blacksmith for nearly 30 years, I decided that blades would be a nice way to make my profession better...but I needed a good start. Again ,thanks!!!! Awesome job, Me, my colleagus, patients, and students thank you.
Great videos Walter. Recently got into knife making as I already have all the tools since I got into welding & fabrication a couple years ago. Your channel is a big reason why I decided to try knife making. Very thorough yet easy to understand explanations and great content.
I know I’m a few years late; but I wanted to say your videos and advice have saved me from making several rookie mistakes! Thanks for the time you put in making these videos! I was going to drop $1500 on a 2x72 grinder and buy a bunch of mystery steel and heat treat my metal not according to the specific needs of each. You saved me and my knives! Thank you!
I've watched these "Tips" videos several times and always pick-up on something I skated over the first go around. Love the "How-To" vids too. Thanks, Walter!
Great video. I especially appreciated your comments on starting with less expensive tools. I watched your video on making a machete without power tools, and (at the time) assumed you were doing it just to prove it could be done. This video makes it more obvious that that is a legitimate starting point ..
A friend and I are just starting to get into this, and your advice was some of the best beginner advice I've seen yet. Thanks for all the awesome work you do and thanks even more for sharing it.
Feedback Mr. Sorrells, sure! Well thought out advice and thank you for sharing. Passing on what you learned the "hard way" is a very unselfish act. I subscribed to your channel a while ago, and as a beginner I have not been disappointed! I mostly forge tools, hammers etc, knives are new challenge for me.
Thanks Walter! At 46 I have just got into knife making. Your video's have been the best of all I have found. You were right, my first few have looked like crap ! Nevertheless, I am having a lot of fun! Being a lifelong martial artist and sword nut, want to eventually head into forging. I'm currently building both a gas and a coal forge. Please keep making these awesome tutorials. They have really helped me a lot!
Dang. That's is just rude. 50 people out of 220,983 views couldn't like a pro talking openly for free about his art. Wow humanity never ceases to disappoint me. Thank you Walter your humble and very well put together advice through years of. How can we say "going into the grind."
I like and appreciate your videos. I've been interested in knife making for along time but, have never tried it because I ain't no alchemist and never was good in science so, I've always felt overwhelmed by what I read in books and/or seen on other videos. I like that you use language that the average "Joe" like me can understand instead of talking over me you're talking to me and making sense of things. Since I began watching your videos it has given me the nerve to try my hand at knife making. I'm gonna try and make a machete similar to the one that you made (I say similar because I can only hope that it turns out half as good as yours did. LOL). Keep up the good work and I'll be watching more of your videos.
No this is super, super helpful! I find myself at the exact junctions you describe in this video! I've really been doing some beautiful knives lately, but my number one concern is whether or not the blade is going to live up to my standards; you're right, I really need to get through the slightly more tedious, "dry" as you say, learning curve and make some knives to really test my tempering skills. I find that by the time I've made the knife, tempering sort of takes the back burner. Very good to really bring that to surface! Thanks!
Thank you for the time and effort to make these videos I find your instruction to be easy clear and concise to follow I haven't made a knife yet but have started on a stock removal knife for my 1st project in the tactical genre.Once again thanks for sharing your knowledge with us and a big thank you from new zealand
Very informative. I've been watching your videos for a while now and I really enjoy them. You have a way with doing them that is instructive with entertainment thrown in. I've started my first knife project and haven't chucked it,,,yet.
really enjoying your vids, great info, and love that you still relate to newbie problems. The comment about flipping thru metallurgy chapter made me LOL. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and for giving encouragement.
I really enjoy you work. I'm just getting started, and your videos are VERY helpful in pointing me in the right direction. Thank you very much, and I look forward to your future videos.
Perfect video for me at this stage. I understand I need to learn the heat treat process and metallurgy before I waste anymore time. Homework is on me and hopefully I follow up with your links on the subject. Thanks
I have been "sort of" researching knife making for some time (my goal, is to make the knife I use). Anyway, I have NEVER noticed your videos ever before. But as for feedback, this video was not only informative, but very well thought out and made. It would make a great template for all video makers here on youtube (sadly not all use this as a template). In other words, there's no telling how many videos one has to watch to find the information they need. Lots of video makers will say anything, or what they think, not once thinking to reseach a thing before opening their mouth. I just lucked up today and found this one right off. I found information that I have never found before, even in other great knife making videos. Anyway, another well made video. That's worth a subscribe click.
Great video as always! The only bit I might add is that there are a lot of upgrades to be had in the shop between hand files and a 2-72" grinder. At between $40-120 a little 1-30" grinder was one of my first and probably best beginner purchases. As a request for a future video, "Low budget shop (power tools and forge)" or specifically, "Making Fullers (without a mill)".
Thanks for your videos that help me a lot because it's pretty hard to find knife making informations on internet with Chinese blacksmiths in Taiwan just don't know much about using internet.
Walter .. you are point on to the young knife makers your word are to the point the rest of us , its not Babble . and when I started making edge tools I really had only couple old timers around who were machinist and one black smith to set me in the right direction , I wish I had you words and information back then it would have saved me many heart aches . thanks I enjoy your Videos . from one old man to another
When i started to forge,for me the most important thing was the heat treatment. Learn the steel that your gonna use and how to done a proper heat treat and then you can spend a 100 hours on grinding and polishing if you want. Great video Walter as always!
Great video! I enjoy watching your show and you have taught me quite a bit. Hopefully one day I'll be making my own videos. I just got started in this craft and find I like doing it..... now to find out if I can develop a talent for it!
Dear Walter, This basic video was great, and I learned what to think about. Actually, I have seen many of your videos. I want to say thank you and that I am impressed with your videos. Any other videos that you think would help someone who wants to start would be great. I know I really need to think about methods of heat treating. Most importantly, you seem like a good man. Regards, Steven
I've probably seen half your videos and I'm grateful you've made the knowledge available. I was wondering if you could make a small video on scale and the technical aspects. I goofed up anealing a knife and I don't know if it needs a vinegar bath or I can just reheat it hah. keep crankin out the videos!
agree on the forging. Would also say when you go to forging, start with stock that's close to what you want and learn to shape it first and combine the forging with learning to refine grain. If you forge and you can't refine grain (with thermal cycles), you'll have serious trouble making something better than you can with stock removal, and if that's the case, it really doesn't make sense.
awesome as always. id realy enjoy, and appreciate an in depth video on heat treating and tempering. It seems that all other videos ive been able to find are from guys with littlr experience, and no one goes into depth on the details, such as whats the best thing to use as the quench, and how do u know, or decide what temp to temper ur blades and how many times. everybody thats nobody has an opinion, so id realy b thrilled to hear more from u. thanks a million sir. Sincerely, Sean Tobin
As a studying material scientist and beginning knife maker i absolutely agree with the metallurgy thing. If you get a bit more into it it's not that complicated :D
Thanks, I am just starting (as in, I have one unfinished knife) and this is some of the best advice I have found. I have watched a lot of videos, trust me. Lol
I've always been a handyman and my father was a very skilled carpenter so I learned much from him. At 74 I decided to try my hand at knife making. My first knife was from a rusty old file and it turned out pretty good. I bought some 1084 steel and dove into this hobby and also leather craft to make sheaths. Your advice is very good and like others I've learned from your videos. I just finished knife number 12 from 8670 steel and put on a bolster, pommel cap and made segmented scales. My skills keep improving with each knife and it is experts like you who have helped in this progress so thank you ! For leather expertise it's hard to beat Don Gonzales.
As a rookie to the craft, I just wanted to take the time to thank you for taking the time with making these past few videos of knife making. It is greatly appreciated!!May your anvil burn hot, your hammer strike true, your ale never run dry, and your craft please you.
brian coleman we got a poet up in here
ChoccyMilk
He’s a poet
But he don’t know it
im sorry i dont know very much about this but isnt an anvil like a flat piece of metal?
TalkSick CanSir yes, and when striking a glowing hot peice of steel on it makes it hot as hell
Another tip on sand paper.... I learned long ago from my dad, who is an auto body man, that sandpaper will almost always have a few random pieces of grit that stand up well above the rest of them, which WILL almost always cause deeper gouges than the intended grit. (same is true of 80 all the way up to 1000 grit typically) which means you have to sand even more material out to remove those scratches. On a car, that means removing too much bondo, or primer, or paint etc, on a wood handle of a knife, or a mirror finish blade, that can mean the same thing. A fresh belt grinder belt can easily dig scratches deep into the blade that are a pain to get out. A way to avoid this, is to take the fresh piece of sand paper, and fold it lightly, and swipe (abrade) it against itself. that knocks off the extra grits. or in the case of a fresh belt sander belt, use a piece of scrap material (metal) and sand fairly aggressively for a few seconds, then do a test.
It's the little things that people can overlook that cause them a lot more work down the line! Hope that helps someone.
and thanks for the continuing videos Walter!
+Mitch B Helps me thanks!
+Dave Birnie no prob!
+Mitch B i've doing this because i dont have any money left,yep i sanding from 120 grit to ~300 grit WITH ONE PAPER!
+Try to survive lol yeah. happens to me too
I watched this video years ago when I first started. Took a recent break and found this to be a great reminder of basics. Thank you sir
the only knifemaker who is not doing show, just teaching and giving person. thanks Walter.
Really appreciate the Beginner videos. I started out in pipe making and met my mentor through a coworker whom was purchasing a knife . I ended leaving with my first buffing will and belt sander and a invitation to return with more of my pipes. I had never used these tools I was still learning the trade I was in and was being self taught. Well I ended up chasing more of my work than actually completing it and learn many things the hard way lol and through trial and error developed proper technique. My hope was this pipe make would just teach me how to get better at using these tools . One year later we meet up and he tells me you make great pipes ha has several , but that I was a knife maker making pipes. So buy the time I started all I want was to learn the small things first and eventually just make a simple functional knife . I wish I’d had these videos before I learned most the hard way but those mistakes served me greatly my first day in his shop. Even still this info provides helpful tips being I’m still in the minors . And my hope is to make knives people use day in and out that hold up and that can be relied on
Excellent advice. Thank you for taking the time to create these videos.
Thank you Walter.....your a VERY GOOD instructor/teacher and put the information in a way that is practical, and easy to understand. Your not only a master at your skill....but able to teach what you have learned! Thanks Again!
Hey Walter. I'm a knife maker specializing in battle blades. This was great basic info for beginners and it was presented in a relaxed manner. Great job! Thanks for the upload.
can you make an in depth video on heat treating different types of steel? I would love to learn more about what happens with extreme temperature changes.
+Jacob Peeples I'm working on it!
+Walter Sorrells fantastic! I can't wait :) your videos are the most informative and helpful ones that I have found so far! thank you for the knowledge
+Walter Sorrells did i really just see you milling out an 80% lower at 4:25 on youtube? that is frickin awsome!!! hahahaha- you should do a vid on ar's
Just starting out at 54 and your sage advice and presentation is by far and most useful I have seen. Thanks
Your videos are as a body of work more informative, clearer, and more useful than any others I've seen. Keep it up.
Hello Walter!
I just wanted to say that your videos are some of the best on the subject! I am just getting in to the hobby/craft myself and your videos are a treasure, so thank you very much! I appreciate the time & effort you put in these to spread your knowledge onwards.
Have a great day!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video.. your videos form an integral part of my research into the subject, and make getting into knife making that much easier and less daunting..
I haven't started knife making yet, but I've watched almost all of your videos, some several times. As soon as the weather warms up, it's winter here in the southern hemisphere, I'll be out in my workshop putting into practice the lessons you've taught. I really like your no nonsense approach to providing instruction and the fact that you're able to pitch the lessons at complete novices like me. Your videos are also entertaining and there aren't many who can make videos that are both informative and entertaining. Please keep making them. Cheers from Australia. Mark.
+biggles1024
It's been a few years. Did you try your hand at knife making?
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I am just starting making my first blade with stock removal and your videos have helped me a lot in many ways. Thank you very much for investing time and effort so that beginners like me can move forward faster and avoid unnecessary mistakes.
Thank you Walter for taking the time to make these videos. The information has proven to be very helpful. Both the how to and your lecture videos are very easy for me to follow. I would say that they are some of the best on RUclips.
Definitely helpful. I'm going to start my adventure in knife making soon, and I've weeded out some bs, but these videos have helped even more so. I tend to dive into the deep end of any interest I've had only to find that I went too far too fast not learning and mastering the rudimentary aspects of a craft. Thus, I have spent more time unleashing to get the desired result. I hope I start off correctly with knife making as it's been something I've wanted to do since I was a kid. Thanks dispelling a bunch of unneeded pre-notions I was holding in my mind. Going to start off simple, and progress organically as it were.
Walter, THANK YOU for all your knowledge and tips. Making an executive decision from being a Chef for 12 years to my life long passion of blade smithing is slightly intimidating. Comparing back fields, alike, I see the similarities when first getting started. Such as knowledge, where to begin, basic tools, basic techniques etc. Stumbling on your page has really eased my mind on getting myself started in the garage. I really appreciate your time and expertise with this beginning stage of my new chapter in life. I am greatly appreciative. Thank you!!!
Thank you, Mr. Sorrells, for being an advocate for the beginning and hobbyist knifemaker. I truly appreciate your informative videos.
The sanding advice is VERY good. Probably the best part of the video because most people hate to do sanding. IF one can learn to enjoy sanding it will make a world of difference. The one thing I didn't hear is that buy the best sandpaper you can afford and keep it clean and switch to a new sheet when it stops cutting well - one can waste a lot of time an energy trying to get more cutting out of a sheet of sandpaper before tossing it, and that is the number one thing that leads to frustration with sanding. Most of it can even be applied to wood except that there is grain involved.
Thank you Mr. Sorrells. Another great video, I've ben reading everything I can find and you just hit on several things I've ben researching. Thank you for your help and for sharing your knowledge with us.
You are a wealth of knowledge....as far as knife making goes. I wish I started watching your videos a few months ago when I was just starting out.
Have never seen you make a bad video, for all of us amateur knife makers out there please keep it up.
Walter, can you make a video about making guards/ attaching guards to hidden tang/ full tang knives?
I enjoy your videos on knife making. You have a very good way of instructing. Thank you very much for taking your time to do these.
fabulous, thanks Walter Sorrels. there are a few you tube teachers out there that are really great i use one for sewing and she is great and you are great for knife making thank you.
Thanks so much Walter, I'm a physician professionally, but, as usual, I find that some of my daily tools just could be better and as an amateur blacksmith for nearly 30 years, I decided that blades would be a nice way to make my profession better...but I needed a good start. Again ,thanks!!!! Awesome job, Me, my colleagus, patients, and students thank you.
Wonderful videos I'm just dipping my toes into the world of knife makeing and your videos have been a great help and inspiration.
Great videos Walter. Recently got into knife making as I already have all the tools since I got into welding & fabrication a couple years ago. Your channel is a big reason why I decided to try knife making. Very thorough yet easy to understand explanations and great content.
I've watched this 3 times over the past few months and picked up different things every time, thanks for the advice!
Many thanks for this and your other videos informing beginners like myself. You are greatly appreciated.
I know I’m a few years late; but I wanted to say your videos and advice have saved me from making several rookie mistakes! Thanks for the time you put in making these videos!
I was going to drop $1500 on a 2x72 grinder and buy a bunch of mystery steel and heat treat my metal not according to the specific needs of each. You saved me and my knives! Thank you!
I've watched these "Tips" videos several times and always pick-up on something I skated over the first go around. Love the "How-To" vids too. Thanks, Walter!
kinda love that you are being honest
Great video. I especially appreciated your comments on starting with less expensive tools. I watched your video on making a machete without power tools, and (at the time) assumed you were doing it just to prove it could be done. This video makes it more obvious that that is a legitimate starting point
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Outstanding video Walter, thank you for spending your valuable time to do it. I love your work & this channel so please... carry-on Smartly, Sir!
Excellent advice and a clear presentation of the material. Thanks
A friend and I are just starting to get into this, and your advice was some of the best beginner advice I've seen yet. Thanks for all the awesome work you do and thanks even more for sharing it.
Thank you Walter! I really find your posts informative and enjoyable
Feedback Mr. Sorrells, sure! Well thought out advice and thank you for sharing. Passing on what you learned the "hard way" is a very unselfish act. I subscribed to your channel a while ago, and as a beginner I have not been disappointed! I mostly forge tools, hammers etc, knives are new challenge for me.
Thanks Walter! At 46 I have just got into knife making. Your video's have been the best of all I have found. You were right, my first few have looked like crap ! Nevertheless, I am having a lot of fun! Being a lifelong martial artist and sword nut, want to eventually head into forging. I'm currently building both a gas and a coal forge. Please keep making these awesome tutorials. They have really helped me a lot!
Love it! Please make more videos about how to get started. Thank you for all the great tips!
Very helpful I agree 100% with your advise been making blades for about five years and have watched all of your vids. Keep them coming. J
This is outstanding. I am sure you have saved me a lot of time and even more headache. This is exactly the kind of info beginners need.
Dang. That's is just rude. 50 people out of 220,983 views couldn't like a pro talking openly for free about his art. Wow humanity never ceases to disappoint me.
Thank you Walter your humble and very well put together advice through years of. How can we say "going into the grind."
I like and appreciate your videos. I've been interested in knife making for along time but, have never tried it because I ain't no alchemist and never was good in science so, I've always felt overwhelmed by what I read in books and/or seen on other videos. I like that you use language that the average "Joe" like me can understand instead of talking over me you're talking to me and making sense of things. Since I began watching your videos it has given me the nerve to try my hand at knife making. I'm gonna try and make a machete similar to the one that you made (I say similar because I can only hope that it turns out half as good as yours did. LOL). Keep up the good work and I'll be watching more of your videos.
By far and away the most helpful video I've see on knifemaking. You are awesome!
Very useful, thank you. Will focus on stock removal in the beginning as suggested.
Excellent video, good advice to combine with the demonstrations we have seen is a nice touch. Look forward to more.
thanks for sharing, the voice of experience is certainly better than trial and error.
No this is super, super helpful! I find myself at the exact junctions you describe in this video! I've really been doing some beautiful knives lately, but my number one concern is whether or not the blade is going to live up to my standards; you're right, I really need to get through the slightly more tedious, "dry" as you say, learning curve and make some knives to really test my tempering skills. I find that by the time I've made the knife, tempering sort of takes the back burner. Very good to really bring that to surface! Thanks!
Thank you for the time and effort to make these videos I find your instruction to be easy clear and concise to follow I haven't made a knife yet but have started on a stock removal knife for my 1st project in the tactical genre.Once again thanks for sharing your knowledge with us and a big thank you from new zealand
Thanks so much Walter, it is great to have you as a resource! Always love your videos.
BBbbig Thank You! for all the info you share!! This was great for me as a newbie!!
Very informative. I've been watching your videos for a while now and I really enjoy them. You have a way with doing them that is instructive with entertainment thrown in. I've started my first knife project and haven't chucked it,,,yet.
Your videos have been invaluable to me. Thank you!
really enjoying your vids, great info, and love that you still relate to newbie problems. The comment about flipping thru metallurgy chapter made me LOL. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and for giving encouragement.
I been a locksmith for 21 years and this was the next profession I want to take up.
I really enjoy you work. I'm just getting started, and your videos are VERY helpful in pointing me in the right direction. Thank you very much, and I look forward to your future videos.
i just found your channel and absolutely find it fascinating. you are a great teacher and i enjoy your knowledge and communications skills
Perfect video for me at this stage. I understand I need to learn the heat treat process and metallurgy before I waste anymore time. Homework is on me and hopefully I follow up with your links on the subject. Thanks
I have been "sort of" researching knife making for some time (my goal, is to make the knife I use). Anyway, I have NEVER noticed your videos ever before. But as for feedback, this video was not only informative, but very well thought out and made.
It would make a great template for all video makers here on youtube (sadly not all use this as a template). In other words, there's no telling how many videos one has to watch to find the information they need. Lots of video makers will say anything, or what they think, not once thinking to reseach a thing before opening their mouth. I just lucked up today and found this one right off. I found information that I have never found before, even in other great knife making videos.
Anyway, another well made video. That's worth a subscribe click.
Great video as always! The only bit I might add is that there are a lot of upgrades to be had in the shop between hand files and a 2-72" grinder. At between $40-120 a little 1-30" grinder was one of my first and probably best beginner purchases.
As a request for a future video, "Low budget shop (power tools and forge)" or specifically, "Making Fullers (without a mill)".
This video helps a beginner like me...keep it coming...God bless you for your generousity in sharing knowledge.
Nice Video! Thank you! Greetings from Europe Germany! I Appreciate that you share all your hardearned knowledge!
Thanks Walter for all the info and tips. It has certainly saved me some time and effort in getting started making decent knives!
thanks for your time walter!
Great tips. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Thanks for your videos that help me a lot because it's pretty hard to find knife making informations on internet with Chinese blacksmiths in Taiwan just don't know much about using internet.
Thank you! I'm just beginning and your videos help a ton!
i love all your videos, they have all helped me become a better knife maker. keep up the good work.
Walter .. you are point on to the young knife makers your word are to the point the rest of us , its not Babble . and when I started making edge tools I really had only
couple old timers around who were machinist and one black smith to set me in the right direction , I wish I had you words and information back then it would have saved me many heart aches . thanks I enjoy your Videos . from one old man to another
Wow, your a wealth of knowledge. You are an amazing teacher of knife making. Thank you so much, you are my guru. Your the best
love your work Walter, Your channel is a MUST VISIT for the knife maker
Thanks Walter. It's videos like this that save us noobs years of time.
Always useful information, Thank you.
When i started to forge,for me the most important thing was the heat treatment. Learn the steel that your gonna use and how to done a proper heat treat and then you can spend a 100 hours on grinding and polishing if you want. Great video Walter as always!
Thank you for producing this video.
Great video for the new knife makers, thank you for sharing so much info!
Very useful information, thanks for the video.
Some of the best info I have seen to get started on the subject. Thanx!!!
Great video! I enjoy watching your show and you have taught me quite a bit. Hopefully one day I'll be making my own videos. I just got started in this craft and find I like doing it..... now to find out if I can develop a talent for it!
Your videos are really helpful. keep doing what you are doing.
Good information on both of these video's. Keep them coming.
Dear Walter,
This basic video was great, and I learned what to think about. Actually, I have seen many of your videos. I want to say thank you and that I am impressed with your videos. Any other videos that you think would help someone who wants to start would be great. I know I really need to think about methods of heat treating. Most importantly, you seem like a good man.
Regards,
Steven
Man !!!! Your head is full of great info. I love listening to you. Thank you so much.
At least you learned a 1000 ways how it's not done. That to me is a very very good way to learn. Awesome video as usual.
All of your videos a helpful and useful. Keep them going please!
Loved this and the video before. Please make more a time permits. Thank you
Great information. I am getting ready to make my first knife, and this will really help.
I've probably seen half your videos and I'm grateful you've made the knowledge available. I was wondering if you could make a small video on scale and the technical aspects. I goofed up anealing a knife and I don't know if it needs a vinegar bath or I can just reheat it hah. keep crankin out the videos!
agree on the forging. Would also say when you go to forging, start with stock that's close to what you want and learn to shape it first and combine the forging with learning to refine grain. If you forge and you can't refine grain (with thermal cycles), you'll have serious trouble making something better than you can with stock removal, and if that's the case, it really doesn't make sense.
awesome as always. id realy enjoy, and appreciate an in depth video on heat treating and tempering. It seems that all other videos ive been able to find are from guys with littlr experience, and no one goes into depth on the details, such as whats the best thing to use as the quench, and how do u know, or decide what temp to temper ur blades and how many times. everybody thats nobody has an opinion, so id realy b thrilled to hear more from u. thanks a million sir. Sincerely,
Sean Tobin
thanks new to knife making and need some good tips thanks again
As a studying material scientist and beginning knife maker i absolutely agree with the metallurgy thing. If you get a bit more into it it's not that complicated :D
Excellent tips.
awesome video, helpped me a lot.
This is great. I wish there was more stuff like this out there. Thank you.
Thanks, I am just starting (as in, I have one unfinished knife) and this is some of the best advice I have found. I have watched a lot of videos, trust me. Lol