MAKING A BOWIE KNIFE WITH REAL ENGINEERING!!! PART 1
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- Опубліковано 16 січ 2018
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My name is Alec Steele and I am a 20 year old blacksmith from Norfolk in the United Kingdom. I upload a vlog from my day at the workshop almost every single day. Lots of sparks, lots of making, lots of fantastic-ness. Great to have you here following along!
What do I make? LOTS of Damascus steel, knives, swords, axes and more and of course, I always love hearing your suggestions for future projects in the comments below!
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Alec Steele Blacksmith 2017 - Розваги
Thanks for having me Alec! Had a unreal time and it really reignited my desire to start learning more hands on skills. Look at all those dainty little hammer swings, sooooooooo manly.
Massive fun, my friend!
Real Engineering up the Irish 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪💪
Up The Irish,
How will you get that thing back home to Ireland?
Real Engineering
"Sharp and pointy is the good and awesome-y"
Another t shirt, methinks!
Totally
Yes
Please and thank you
“Yes! I mean.. YES!!”
-Spy
Spooktacular, youtube it.
came to the comments to say this lol
Make sure you guys go check out Brian's channel for some awesome REAL ENGINEERING!!!
I was already subbed
Alec Steele I am a young black smith like you but I also do a bit of farrier work I was wondering if u could sell me your locking frame knife it would b greatly appreciated as I am a huge fan of your work
Hey Alec, there is a UA-cam channel called AlumiTube. He does casting and if you haven't seen him already you should check him out.
Alec you’re and awesome dude I really enjoy your videos I loved blacksmithing before and I found you’re channel and you have made me love the art even more so thank you
Alec do you still accept new flags for the workshop ?
I still think that Alec is at his best when he's teaching someone.
You’ve gotta love Alec’s super positive personality bringing me up in the most sad times. Thank you Alec!
This was a really nice refreshing break from the folding knives videos.
Hey Alec, great work buddy! We have just installed 2 twin hearth coke forges with 4 anvil ready stations over at our Farrier forge just outside Newmarket (45 mins from you). We now have a couple of apprentice farriers working with us and can even accommodate horses coming in for shoeing. Next stage is some work benches or 'Horizontal spaces' as you like to call them! If you are free sometime call in it would be awesome to catch up and show you around!! Take it easy buddy. Alex
I like that you’re doing collaborations and breaking up the folding knife series with them. It Keeps the content refreshing while still engaging us viewers! Keep it up Alec and good work Jamie(sp?)
"The sharp and pointy is the good and awesomey" That has to go on a T-shirt.
Travis Clark I'd buy it
Holy moly Alec, it warms the heart to see the home flag in your shop at last. having the engineering guy in the shop with you, It’s like the greatest TV crossover of all time !
"It's.... Mediocre!" Laughed so hard haha
'The sharp and pointy IS the good and awesomey...' My new favorite quote.
I think i like "Brush off the scale with your breath" better haha.
"Brush off the scale... with your breath" - you mean "blow it!"
Brush it off with lung-driven compressed air.
Here is odd side note about the video. I love it that Alec left the Christmas light on the power hammer. I hope he just keeps them there all year.
Yesssss
Really glad Brian posted about this Alec’s channel looks awesome
I've done a little glassblowing so I have had a taste of heat dynamics, as well as the laboring that is very very much harder (and hotter) than it looks. Definitely a fun video to watch!
Real Engineering is one of my favourite channels! Love this collaboration.
Steve Mould brought me to RealEngineering's material video.
And that is how I ended up here, and stayed here.
By now I watched all of Alecs videos up to this video.
There are plenty more after this video to enjoy.
Thanks a lot for sharing your enjoyable story Alec!
I LOVE IT when you do Collaborations. And the break up of the locking knife series is Genius. Way to keep us coming back.
Jim Bowie made that knife famous disembowling a man during a post-duel gunfight at Sandbar Louisianna. Jim Bowie was the exception to the rule about not bringing a knife to a gunfight.
No way!! I totally watch his videos every week!! And you too Alec! This is so cool!!
at 10:53 you can tell Alex's right arm is quite a bit larger then his left! True blacksmith
Alec... You've already shown your own talents for creating things beyond your skill level. Learning along the way is a valuable skill in itself. I'm thrilled that you have guests on your channel who are willing to 'learn while doing' as well. I think it is very enlightening to viewers to see that even a novice blacksmith is able to create something they are proud of, when working next to a master talent like yours. Continue to expand your sphere of influence, and show others how to surprise themselves with results. LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!
wow, that music and steel hitting slow mo at 3:03 is soooo gooood.
I'm not sure why but my 6 month old son loves your channel. As soon as he hears your intro he stops what ever he is doing and watches. So thank you for being a baby whisperer I guess.
Love how much you enjoy sharing your knowledge and experience with the uninitiated.
I love how the music matches up with the hammer strikes in your videos.
Newbe Blacksmith.... Been trying to decide what I want to do with my spare time, I have learned reloading ammo, casting my own bullets and reloading them on my reloading press to getting into wood working on a lathe and now I am ready to learn everything I can about blacksmithing. I love your videos, its awesome to see someone that wants to share his knowledge and is engaging on video. And also Hello from Arkansas.
I am loving this crossover!
The cinematic is so satisfying
Everytime I watch these videos I find myself constantly in awe at how awesome the cinematography is. It's seriously amazing.
So refreshing to have a more traditional smithing video for a change! Really nicely done!
I love these collaboration videos!
Here from real engineerings video, I love the rock editing for the part with the power hammer.
anyone else notice how good of a teacher alec is?
Alec, you should make a trident next
4 mins in Brian is hammering and smiling.. lol fun video !
It would be nice to see Alec go through the whole process of how a grade of steel is made at the mill and follow that steel being forged into an axe, knife or blade of some sort.
Have you ever been interested in making a Kydex sheath? Can be heated in your oven, formed to shape and many ways to secure the knife or forged weapon. That would make some cool followup videos for the weapons you've previously made.
Awesome collab video!!
Awww yuss! Two of my favorite channels that I never thought I’d see together!
That is roughly what I was thinking.
Love the channel bud! You always inspire me to stay positive, you rock!
Awh yes! I love your collaborations! Awesome!
"The sharp and pointy is the good and awesomey". 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Nice to see these out of the box collabs!
Thanks for the cool collaboration....;) went and watched the history of Iron and Steel as well.
Never lose that positive attitude!
That engineering swings a hammer like a champ! Props!
Up voted both of you because you're both right. He swings it better than most modern engineers would.
"Straight eneough for me " says Alec while chilling with an engineer
Amazing!! Literally the best duo on UA-cam!!! Keep being fantastic!!
Alec would be an amazing teacher I reckon.
Lots of fun Alec 👍
Happy New Year guys
GREAT VIDEO! I always wondered about how taxing all that hammering is!
HOLY CRAP my 2 favorite channels in the same place!!! 😍
Awesome vid. Love the Bowie Knives.
Man id love to be able to go to Alec's shop one day. It would be an awesome day that's for sure.
If we ever travel across the pond, you can bet that paying you a visit is going to be a top priority.
The Irish flag rollout is one of the best UA-cam intros I've ever seen. XD
Really digging these montage music choices. Great videos. Major props to you, your editor, and the whole shebang. Keep it up.
I see you still have the Extra Small Texas Flag.
I really like watching just you work
third times the charm for the bowie with alec steele
Power Hammer to the beat of the music is awesome. Well Done.
Alec’s hair reached the Minecraft build height
That was fun!
I just love how many friends you bring in and introduce us to! Give him good wishes from us~!
I remember what happened the first time I tried forging a knife from thick stock... Five hours of non-stop heating, pounding, heating, pounding, sweating, and cursing happened, that's what, and, like in this video, my wrist hurt tremendously! It's nice seeing newbies on the show, Alec, let's hope you invite some more guests over in the future!
I love this ive been subbed to you both for ages!
Hey Alec,
Have you tried forging your blades thinner and the useing a flatter hammer to even them all out before grinding? Saves a lot in material loss.
Liked the instrumental Gary Clark Jr.! Oh and the video too!
You've made knives with a Scotsman and an Irishman. Is it time for someone from Wales?
Joshua Cleverley dam Wright
What about an American
William Hershberger he made a hockey puck with an American, let the Welsh boyos get a look in first
Already been done, and Welsh people are in the UK as well as Scotish and Irish, which is why I said that
He made a sword with an American smith a few months back.
Hey Alec, great videos. Have you ever considered making an authentic Seax? Since that style of knives was so prevelant for centuries in England I thought it would be a cool project for you. If you want to go authentic you should use wrought iron for the back, maybe an wroughtiron/steel forgewelded middlesection and steel for the edge. If you look up Paul Binns for example he makes amazing copies with amazing patterns in the blades. Also the scholagladiatoria channel for a start has a nice amount of vids about the history of the blades. Keep up the good work and hope to see a historical build soon!
Alec, what ever you do... DON’T STOP PUTTING YOUR TITLES IN ALL CAPS!!! It’s fantastic!!
I take engineering at school and I love it its an awesome field, great video Alec :)
I would Love a Shirt with : and into the fire we go!
Great video
You are amazing, everyday is a surprise!
So much scale coming off that thing is crazy bet the clean up was fun lol
Dude, Alec's hair is crazy.
"my wrist is in bits because I'm a weak little man."
I like him.
You should make a hammer with a leather safety strap for new people for when they think they’re about to let it go, He was looking a little loose there, awesome work the two of you.
when the forging is done, take one more heat where you just brush with a regular steel wire brush, gives a real nice finish. especially with some wd40 (or a food safe oil if you'll use it for food)
both channel are N1.
Nice to see an engineer getting physical at the anvil!
Gotta give a lesson in hammers to the newbies Alec. Hand position strong grasp and a proper blacksmith bounce aids in keeping the fatigue out of the wrist.
Hello Alec first off I would like to say that I am a huge fan. I am Jeremy and I am a US Army Vet I served in Iraq and Kuwait 2 times. Enough about me I have seen every episode of yours on UA-cam and love watching you make knife's out of demaskes steel and would absolutely love to have a knife that you make. How can a guy like me get one? Again love the show plz don't change a thing
Alec, that bowie looks badass! Definitely going to use these techniques the next one I make so I can aviod the curve I got last time... Hopefully I can make some damascus for it! I also am buying my first ever forge and wanted to know where to find good hammers and tongs and what type you'd suggest to a beginner blacksmith as far as
Make a set of damascus chef's knives! It would be such a cool and valuable set
I have a cool damascus idea: what if you took 9 steel cylindrical bars and arranged them in a square, tack welded them, then used your new forge to melt steel and fill in the diamond like holes around the center? I think it would make a really cool piece when flattened out
Bowie is pronounced
Boo-ie or bü-ee
I lived in bowie az USA, near where the fort bowie ruins are, and is named after the historical figure James Bowie.
The proper pronunciation is Boo-ie, but of course there's different accepted versions, but that is how it is intended.
Alec, have you ever seen or done the trick were you put some water on the anvil, and when you put the hot steel on it and hit it with the hammer the water turns in to steam, which blows of the scale? Instead of brushing it off.
Cheers from Ireland
Oh was hoping for the final part of the frame lock
i love this guy
Alec you should smash a hotdog/sausage in the power hammer!!! Love the videos! Haven't been able to watch them in a couple of weeks, glad I was able to watch one today
Love the razmataz, overheated steel and oxide , bad hammer technique .... Way to go !
Can you guys also talk about the science of the tempering too?
Awesome
Alec when you invite people over make sure you teach them good forging posture