Stock Removal Knife Tutorial - Pt 6 Handle shaping - Knife Making -
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- In part 6 we shape the handle on the tutorial knife with several good pointers on keeping things symmetrical. I hope you have enjoyed the course on beginning knife making. Each video was focused on specific tasks involved to build your first knife!
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I have been binge watching this series. They are, without a doubt, the best on UA-cam! I have picked up so many useful tips. When I am done I am going back and watching them over again. Please keep them coming .
Thank you David! I pretty much learned how to make stuff from watching UA-cam and I always felt like I needed more details than anyone was putting in their videos! That's why I decided to start a channel! If you ever need any guidance feel free to ask. Glad to have you watching David!
I just finished watching your 6 part knife building series and wanted to thank you. I’m getting ready to start my first knife and the info you provided was indispensable. Thanks again.
I appreciate the feedback! Good luck with your first build
Hey Aron, this is THE best series on UA-cam without a doubt. Everything you need to make a knife is here. Thanks mate, love your channel
Very impressive. Not many videos out there that go into that much detail about the actual shaping.
When the wood is in a mood then the result is a masterpiece.
I have just found your videos and I really enjoy that you show your whole process and the thought involved in your creations. You do amazing work and I appreciate you sharing it. I do not see any newer videos than around a year ago so I do not know if you are taking a break or given up but I wanted to let you know I appreciate what you have made for us on UA-cam. Thank you.
Thank you! I have been on to other things in life for the past year. Still love making stuff and plan to make knives again
I am just starting to make knives. I'm glad I watched your videos because I would have made a lot more mistakes. You mentioned things that never even crossed my mind. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
You are welcome Justin!
So relaxing watching someone else work.
Thanks
Just wanted to say thankyou for the videos been binge watching them all weekend learning about knife making as I’m in the process of getting involved with it. I picked up a lot of helpful tips and always info on what I’ll be getting my self into. I can’t wait to give it a go
Thats the way a knife handle should be sanded, by hand. That way you get the feel of the knife over and over again as you work it. Its not just about looking good, it has to feel good too!
That is exactly right my friend! Thanks for watching! Cheers
On the Bob Loveless design drop point knife, he mastered the fit of a handle to the hand. I always wonder how knife makers adjust for individual’s hand size and whether left or right handed?
I make all different shapes and sizes. There is no one size fits all when it comes to knives
The radiating lines in your handle material that are so beautiful are medullary rays, not checking from drying. They are especially prominent in oak. They show up as the distinctive flecking in quarter sawn oak. You get the “sun ray” effect when you look at the end grain as you used in your knife handle. Beautiful work and great videos. Keep up the good work.
Nice work, you have a shop that most people can only dream about, being a renter I’m limited on what I can do.
HF sandpaper for the win!
What can I say I am cheap bro! Until an abrasive company sponsors me it will be HF 😁
@@Aleeknives sure looks like it works!
I like how you lay everything out, I'll have to try that sometime. Usually I just do everything by eye & as much off the belts as possible, I hate handsanding, haha. The handles came out real nice. Hope all is well, take it easy.
Thanks Dave, it certainly helps keeping all the Symmetry correct! It's definitely a tip and towards the beginner to try to help them get it right the first time. Cheers bro
thanks for not editing out the moment you accidentally bumped the knife into the grinder at 4:48. you easily could have cut that out but the fact that it's there just goes to show that the process of knife making is difficult one and everybody makes a mistake here or there. hopefully as we get better we make less and less but making a mistake is no reason to give up. ever.
100%
Not only is Aaron a fantastic instructor, he gives us some cool bump music too!
Thank you cousin Eddie!
Handle look awesome. Enjoying the series👍👍👍
🙏Thank you!✌
Thank you for teaching sir.
I’ll watching this as soon as I get home from shooting 🇬🇧🤜⚡️🤛🇺🇸
Yah buddy!
Awesome job, Airin! That handle pops!
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Thank you, how'd you end up shooting?
Aleeknives
I got called out after a woman had seen a fox in the area of her chicken shed.
I waited all day, calling with my FoxPro, but no show.
I’ll get out there again soon, and hopefully nail it.
Cheers mate
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Good luck! We just had a fox or yote eat the neighbors cat. It's a thing. What is your preferred plinker?
You can get a special metal trash can for oiled rag disposal. The car shops I've worked in had them and they are designed so if something does catch fire in them it won't spread.
Great tips
I wish I had watched this sooner knife #6 will be a huge upgrade. Thank you so much for this series
Holy crap that's beautiful
Thank you! Not so bad for a stick of fire wood huh?
Awesome video
Thanks Gary!
INVALUABLE! Getting ready to finish my first two custom Scales.
Man - this series is impressive. The level of detail in your craft - just amazing!
Thank you Daniel, I meant to ask you what do you use to do your video productions with? I'm using DaVinci Resolve, I feel like I have so much to learn and that Realm! Also do you script and read off a teleprompter or do you just fly by the seat of your pants?
@@Aleeknives Hey Airin, I use the Adobe Suite for all of my production work. When I was starting out, I took a look at Da Vinci as well, but ultimately decided on Adobe Premiere b/c it's the industry standard - and later on, in the future, I felt like it would be easier to scale with adobe than da vinci. For your second question, I generally script everything into detailed outlines - just so I don't miss any key points I want to communicate to my viewers. Hope that helps!
Great work and tips for round the handle , keep going my friend
Will do! Glad to have you over here enjoying my videos! Cheers
Absolutely beautiful , I subbed a few days ago & been binge watching every since !
Thanks man! I am happy to have consumed 10 hours of your life!😂😂 I really appreciate the positive feedback on the channel! I am here to stay with a ton of content ideas for future videos! Thanks for sticking around. Cheers
I voted for your dagger. I hope you win!
Thank you sir!
Learned a lot watching you're videos. I've ended up taping the blade, then piece of sheet metal on each side and then more tape to hold sheet metal in place. Just in case I get too focused on handle and do the dumb and stick the blade into the grinder.
Oh man I have done it to!
I am glad you have enjoyed the videos!
waaay underrated
Thanks I appreciate that! I am starting to figure out how to make better videos these days. UA-cam is starting to work with me!
Great choice on the wood, looks amazing!
Thanks Tyrell! It is hard for me to put on a solid color scale with no bolsters! It came out ok, the next video will show how much you can improve the appearance of the woodgrain with the finish coating process. Try and squeeze out that last 10% of figure!
Aleeknives Yup, I know what you mean about the bolsters and wanting to add them but for this beginner series it makes sense not to. I’m curious to see you finishing video, that’s probably an area I’m weak in.
nice work ! super
Thank you Spock
That is a great looking knife handle.
Thank you!
Wow those scales came out great. Looking forward to checking out the rest of the series.
I appreciate that! I will be doing some more advanced tutorials soon that might better suit your skills man! This one is geared for beginners
@@Aleeknives haha i appriciate that, but i am a beginner i have only made like 6 knives
awesome video thx
You are welcome! Thank you for watching
I've learned more is several hours of your videos than in 18 months of everyone else's. You are nasty though. You give so many good tips throughout your process, you force us to watch all the boring hand sanding just so we don't miss a tip.
Yes I know! I am learning how to make better, more interesting videos with time-lapse and narrative overlays. My newer videos are better. I am constantly honing in on several different skill sets involved to make knives and showcase them in video form! Thank you for watching!
Very NNNnnnice!! Enjoying the series. Lots of great info!!!
So glad! Thank you!
Great work a very nice knife. The handle is wonderful with this wood.
Tbank you! I appreciate that
Extremely nice! 👍
You could also cut those handle flats with a router and get really consistent results.
I use to do this but it was to consistent!
Your advice is awesome, makes life a little better, lol, but yes thank you
I am glad someone is watching😉 thank you!
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22:00 a dog, lol
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A beautiful knife thanks
Thank you Don! Glad to have you here on the channel! Cheers
Great job brother 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Really enjoyed your video.
Thank you Patrick! Glad you liked it!
Hey man, I appreciate this vid. Gonna make a knife holding jig similar to yours.
Glad you got something from it
Another awesome video. Thank you!
Your welcome!
Really quite exceptional channel, thank you! I liked and subscribed! Thanks again!
That's awesome Michael! Glad you liked it and also glad to have you here on the channel!
İ love it
Brilliant!
Thank you!
Thanks, amazing tutorial
Thank you! See you on the next one. Cheers
Great video, thanks for the tips! Beautiful work :)
Thank you Dan!
Watching the build, great job, I’m learning a lot. Do you have a video or more info on how you made your pipe vise jig you are using in this video?
Would you mind telling me where to purchase the horizontal grinder you have. Your videos are the very best.
I bought this on ebay but I would buy the Revolution from housemade if I had to do it over again
Bruh you started humming Sanford and son at 24:21. 😂😂 I’m fascinated by this art and I want in. I hunt and want to start with a few small skinning knives but I want to start with a hammer/anvil and forge. Any advice would be appreciated.
😂 sure did! My advice is to start, light the fire 🔥 bro! All the other peices will fall into place
Would you share a list of sandpaper you think are truly needed from start to finish. Especially if you want to take your finish to a finer polish? I never know what grits to use and which grits I can skip. Thanks!!
Do you sell knife like this one and how much if you do sell it? I’m from San Diego CA. BEAUTIFUL Knife…
Help me understand. You are putting up to 9 coats of Tung oil on the scales. My Tung oil says to put only one coat of oil per 24 hours. I am assuming you are doing this at a faster pace. What is you process? Love your work and highly educational
I do 1 coat in the morning and one in the evening. It takes a while but it is worth it and I generally have another project in the works to play with!
@@Aleeknives Thanks! I’m on it
Really great technique. Have you ever tried French polish on a knife handle?
This I have not tried
Really a very nice handle. You used brass pins, how did you get them so black?
Your acid etched the blade, but then you sanded the spine in the handle area, how do you finish the rest of the spine so that it was all consistent?
If you want it to be consistent you can re etch it or use cold blue but I usually go two tone
Very nice work! Where do you get your scales and pins if you don’t mind. I just finished my 4th knife and it’s goin’ good! Keep up the good work!
I buy a ton of materials from Oleg at knife-wood.com!
@@Aleeknives thanks man!
As usual, another set of beautiful scales. Your handle skills are impressive.
Never noticed the milling machine before. New tool?
Thanks man! My mill was one of my first and most valued tool in the shop! I traded a motorcycle for it✌👍 thanks for watching my videos man!
@@Aleeknives I'm a tool man, surprised I didn't see that before.
Always a pleasure to see your work. Dont know how you make time for it though. I'm always busier than a one legged man in an ass kickin contest.
After you removed the patina off metal around the handle how did you get it back to match the blade? Awesome videos mate, keep em coming
Good question! Depends on the blade but on this one I used a cue tip with some cold blue solution. I have experimented with using a cue tip and ferric chloride but I wouldn't use that with wood scales because it could soak in and become hard to neutralize the acid afterwards. Sometimes I leave it as is
Damn, with all that marking out I'd just rather see all the edges chamfered, creating a usable but more dramatic look. Nice video
I do that also😁
I have too hunting knives that came with rubber handles and the rubber is since decade away is it possible for me to mail you the blades and have you put handles on them? They were given to me as a gift Christmas gift and I just want to prolong the life rather than throw them away. Can you help me out?
What kind of finish if any should I use on stabilized wood ?
Love your vids. On the scales, are you really using brass pins ? They don't look brass and appear to be larger than 1/8. Thanks and keep up the good work.
These pins are .250 black micarta
Beautiful knife.I am going to try this for my first knife build.What was the length of the blade and handle separately?And the steel thickness? Thanks!
Awesome! Unfortunately I didn't take measurements! If I had to guess I would say it was 10 inches overall 3.5mm thick
What is that caliber called that's holding your pencil on the table
That is a height gage
Hello frim the UK!! Awesome videos!! I have a question, if I may...How do you stop the metal dust from sanding impregnating itself into the grain of the wood? I have followed your tutorials and made my first knife, well I say knife, its more of a kirpan. However I (stupidly) used beech for the handle which is a very light coloured timber and when cleaning up the blade using wet and dry sandpaper the resulting sludge has left a horrible stain on the wood. Also when I sand the pins in the handle they likewise leave black smudges that I just cant remove. ANY HELP AND IDEAS WOULD BE MUCH APPRICIATED!! And thanks again for all the amazing content!
With light colored woods the trick id to use fresh paper and as soon as the paper starts to load up switch it out for more new paper. It is tricky if you use light wood and metal pins. The staining in the wood is most likely only the very top layer of the wood
@@Aleeknives THANK YOU!!
The scales are killer! They appear to be end grain , how well do they hold up?
Probably not as well as other good hardwoods, however, they were stabilized and seemed to be really solid!
I really enjoy your videos! You editors top notch! I am a beginner maker and you have given me tons of insight on several topics. If you don’t mind me asking what state are you from and do you offer any one on one classes. I know it’s highly unlikely but worth a shot! Thanks
Thanks! I live in Kansas and I don't have classes but anyone is welcome to stop by!
@@Aleeknives wish I lived closer…😪 I do pass through there occasionally on our annual bird hunt to Hebron Nebraska
Hey one question. When you start you finish grind with 36g what speed do you typically run your 2x72? I feel like I have been running to fast.
It really depends on how worn your belt is. I judge the speed by how fast the blade is heating up
@@Aleeknives where in kansas? I'm in Manhattan and am still pretty new to knifemaking and would love to have an in person lesson sometime.
I wiiish i watched this before yesterday… I just eyeballed it and it came out pretty nice but i ended up having to remove way too much material and got dangerously close to game over… But damn this is good tips
Glad you didn't pass the point of no return!
@@Aleeknives it was daaamn close man, never again
Been there bro
Wanna share a picture but youtube says no
Just email me at
Airinlee@swbell.net
part 7 grinding & leather grinding :D
Parts 8 and 9 are going to be about leather!😉 hope you enjoy them! Thanks for watching!
Where do i get black handle pins?
What do you use to get the finish on the knife handles to shine ? Your the best.
Hi there. Watch this a few times and thank you for very detailed informative video!!!!
Question - How do you handle scales install if knife is textured or colored (Blackened, coated, ionized, etc) ? Surely running such blade's tang against grinder during scales shaping would ruin its texture/color.
It would. You would need to make the handle scales using g a different method than this. You can easily color the spine of the knife with a cold bluing solution if that is desired but say yo I have an etched Damascus blade you would need to compete the scales first and then glue them on cleaning the excess glue at that time
@@Aleeknives Would you be able to explain or show me and others in some details? I figured scales need to be done OFF the blade but short or mocking up another blade from some easy to shape material, mounting scales on that and shaping them, I am not sure. And that above sounds like a huge error prone waste of time! Ideas?
Yes sir! But in the mean time check out my Damascus camo knife. I used the process your talking about in that video
It might help till I can get a specific video out about it!
For that height gauge you use.. is there some type of attachment for a pencil? All the ones I see online don't seem to have anything like that.
😂😂 I tape on the pencil with electrical tape. I have been meaning to make an attachment for the pencil!
@@Aleeknives I had wondered if it wasnt some type of magnet lol.
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You need some dust collection man!? 🙂👍
That bin directly beneath the 2x72 is a shop vac powered dust collection system. Sometimes for the sake of the video I don't turn it on. I do however always wear a respirator. After big projects I put everything away and use the leaf blower to clean out the shop. It works great! Just make sure to move the cars first😂 Thanks for watching!
What is your favorite steel to work with?
1084,1095, and W-2
@@Aleeknives Very interesting!! Most of the experienced guys like yourself hate 1095 because the ratio of ingredients varies a lot from batch to batch which make HT more trial and error. W-2 is also something I've never heard another knife maker mention. I'll have to look it up. Tool steel of some kind I'm guessing.
I am certainly no pro! I haven't had any issues heat treating 10xx series steels. W2 is known for producing awesome hamons!
@@Aleeknives Very cool. Have you tried many other steels? 8670 is supposed to be awesome. 80CrV2 is supposed to be awesome. You should try some MagnaCut even if you have to send it out to heat treat. I would love to get your opinion on it.
@@Aleeknives You are a pro. Absolutely 100%. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
what is that scribe tool you marked the handles with ..thanks walt..
I believe it is called a wing divider
@@Aleeknives the one with a gage,to make the handles even
That is a height gage!
Love the wood. What is it and where can I can that wood
This is some random wood I harvested off my farm, it had begun to spalt but had not rotted away to much yet. I dried it and stabilized it with cactus juice resin in a vacuum chamber. You can, however, buy stabilized spalted maple that looks very similar in figure! Thanks for watching!
U need dust collection
I have since solved that problem
Squeeze a piece of modeling clay in your hand the way you would hold a knife. Let it dry and smooth the rough edges. You will be left with the essence of a handle. Study closely and I bet you change your handle design.
That is an awesome idea and I have done that technique for making match pistol handles for tournament 22lr pistols but these k Ives aren't for me and what may be perfect for me won't fit the next guy so I generally don't get to crazy with handle design
Voking bla eshol
i wouldnt want that knife all u did was sand all the wood off. now no handle left for good grip.
Ok
Not a useful or reasonable comment, CJB.
That handle would work great for at least 95% of people, who would be very proud to own that knife
Too much bla bla👎👎👎🤮🤮🤮
Thank you! I appreciate your support
What are the pins made of?
These are paper micarta