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Thank you! Much appreciated.

Thank you! Yeah, I've tried that. Unfortunately, I don't think it's enough for me to get the results I'm looking for. If you're interested, you can see my attempt at a solution, in my next video. I added a secondary platen, so that I could use that part of the belt, with some support behind it.

@@RedRightHand-Blades-Marshal It indeed looks like a pretty practical solution that should give you more consistent results, especially for the thicker and heavier blades! Great job :D

That's interesting. I still have the other half of this billet, and I know my heat treat process for this particular steel needs an adjustment. I guess I'll find out when I use the second half of the billet, if there are any issues. Are you talking about Alex Steele? I haven't seen the video you're talking about, but that sounds like something he would do. He's always got some pretty clever ideas.

Sharpening at 5:30 Hope it helps!

Thanks a lot! I appreciate the positive feedback, and I'm glad you're liking the content. I'll look for that link.

Yeah man, it worked really well. Good luck with it.

Haha! Yeah, hindsight. :)

Thanks a bunch! I'm glad you found it useful.

Well, that might work well (although most of them are tapered, and are pretty wide at the handle side, and may not be great for tight work). I could have sworn I heard a bladesmith mention a name for the tool, but I can't remember it.

Thanks alot! I agree... It's a tough lesson, but a lesson nonetheless.

Thanks buddy. Onward and upward!

@@jamesspry3294 thanks for the tip! I've seen it done that way too, and I've always struggled when I try. But I'll keep working at it. I'm no more than a novice welder, so I definitely don't want to get into too many bad habits.

@@RedRightHand-Blades-Marshal Ha ha. Yep! We all started that way. I'm not much more than a novice, but I keep trying. That's the way to get better. Also, having a good welder to ask questions really helps! (I've been lucky in that way)

@@jamesspry3294 hello, and thanks for watching! The answer to your question is simply that I've never done this before, and I haven't mastered the technique. I don't know if moving the billet to the center of the vise would have made much difference. The vice should give pretty uniform pressure from both sides all along the length of the jaws. The problem is that the steel is soft, so no matter how much pressure you have in there, when you start putting force on it, it will give. However, I do recognize that I need a better tool for twisting. And I definitely was struggling. I've seen other bladesmiths make "twisting tools" from pipe wrenches. Essentially they just add a second handle to the top of the pipe wrench jaw, that way when you twist you're twisting with even pressure from both sides, which should prevent it from wanting to keel over in the vise. So the next time I try this, I'll make sure I weld something up to compensate. Thanks again!

@@RedRightHand-Blades-Marshal You are still ahead of me there. I've only done blacksmithing on a coal forge about twenty years ago (still trying to set up my forge ATM). Haven't done any bladesmithing yet (my goal...). When I did a few twists when I was learning blacksmithing, we had a few "double handled" tools and stuff like that. But I seem to remember that there were many ways to do it. Also, the bends are fairly easy to straighten later on. I was just thinking that the centre of the vice (ie. in line with the screw) is also the thickest part of the jaw, and will be the least prone to heating up, bending and "loosening". At least that was what I was taught by the tradesmen than I've worked with. (Also, make sure all the forces go into the body of the vice, and not into the screw, otherwise you'll break it, etc etc etc.) Keep up the good work, and don't get discouraged. You are doing well!

@@guillermoalfaro2714 thank you very much! That's definitely one of the hardest things to master. I'm still learning as I go.

@RedRightHand-Blades-Marshal you're welcome. Keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍

Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it.

I think they're okay, as long as you're careful on that first press. I will admit, the press got away from me a little bit on the first weld up. I was actually concerned myself that I went too hard. But everything turned out all right. I will be a little more careful next time though.😊

I love to hear that. Thank you for watching!

Wow, that's so encouraging to hear. I'm still relatively new to the world of creating content. And I definitely have a lot to learn still. But I really appreciate the positive feedback. Good to know I'm doing a few things right. Thanks again!

Thank you, sir!

Thank you!

Thanks so much! I really appreciate that positive feedback. The next video is on the way! 😊

Thank you! I got this press from Clark Iron Forge (out of Tennessee, I think). They do make foot pedals for them, but I made mine here in the shop.

I like it, but think your linkage could need tightening up... looked a bit wobbly at times

Thanks for that. I'll definitely consider the volume on the next one. 👍

As an acoustic guitar player, I loved the guitar too. Was it you?

@@jamesspry3294 not on this one. This was downloaded from a royalty free music download website. I do play some background music occasionally, and you can hear it on some of my older videos. (You can probably tell, because you'll notice a declining quality. Lol)

@@RedRightHand-Blades-Marshal Cool! I'll have to work my way through your "back catalogue"...

Thank you! I should have a new video with the first half of the knife build, in the next few days.

I've always been under the impression that forge scale is not really part of the original steel, but rather a culmination of carbon build up from the gases and oxidization that forms in the forge. I could be wrong about that, I've never really researched it. Definitely something worth looking into.

@@RedRightHand-Blades-Marshal Scale is Iron Oxide (Magnetite or Fe3O4). You'll lose a bit of steel and a bit of carbon on the outside when it scales up. Not much you can do about it, unless you can remove the oxygen from where you are working...

😂 sorry.

No. There's no need to, as long as the mild steel stays on the outside, and the core is hardenable, you're good to go. (I actually just finished this blade today, and there's no evidence of the canister anywhere on it, and it's still a very beefy knife).

So I've never forged anything. But I will say, once you twist it like that, no, mild steel won't be staying on the outside. I'm sure it came out beautifully though. I'll Check the other video now

@@abadran8174 I could see why you'd think that. However, the mild steel doesn't "push itself" into the center as you twist it... (This is weird, but imagine filling a sock with Play-Doh, and then twisting the sock 360°, then pressing it flat, turning it up on its edge, and slicing perfectly down the center. You would still have a Play-Doh core). You can't see it in this video, but if you wait for the finished product, you'll see that there's no mild steel left. It all gets pushed to the spine, and the edge, and gets ground out when shaping the profile, and surface grinding.

@@RedRightHand-Blades-Marshal I wouldn't know even if it had mild steel in the blade 😁. However, I think it's morel old playdoh in a canister of chewing gum, and the twist was more like 1640 than 360. I also see bladesmiths grindimg it off every time. If the mild steel can actually be seen in the blade if it were to make it there then absolutely.

There are a few ways to tell where mild steel starts and stops. You can easily do a file test along the edge to see if it's consistently hard. But you can also see visually, after it goes into the etching solution. I'm not sure where you got the idea that I twisted it more than 360°. But that's just not correct. If you watch the video you can see that I did a 180° twist, then came back and repeated that. I didn't twist further. I'm not sure how to convince you, other than to encourage you to keep watching and when you see the final products you should be able to recognize that the pattern is uniform with no mild steel breaking it up. Thanks for watching!

Thank you for the compliment! I'll consider adjusting the volume on the music, going forward.

@@Valandar2 nor did I ever say I did.

I appreciate constructive criticism. But if you're going to make a suggestion, at least pay enough attention to the video so that you have some idea what you're talking about. Saying that "I'm going to try something new, that I've never attempted before", is hardly the same as claiming that I invented a new process. Run along now, troll. 😂

Too late

@@robsonez 🤘

Thank you!

@@richardbryant7972 well, I'll take whatever viewership I can get. Even if people use my videos for meditative/relaxation purposes. Any publicity is good publicity. Lol

Haha gracias, muchacho!

Thank you, señor!

I agree. I actually intended this video to be a "UA-cam short", But I had never made one before, and after I produced it, I realized that the aspect ratio was not acceptable for a short, so I had to turn it into a regular video. If you have any questions about specifics though, I'm happy to answer.

Thank you, sir!

Thanks mang!

Thank you sir!

Thank you for the file. Took me a long time to get around to working on it, but I'm glad I did.

Thanks buddy. Hope you're doing well, and gettin' that work. Don't be a stranger. "Hazel Jackson!"

That's the plan!