people,... to everyone who keeps suggesting to him to "go thinner and get a greater number of knives out of a single piece of titanium," or "thinner would take less time", he said at the beginning, he was trying to make something different, an art piece. Stop nit-picking, the knife came out badass.
CARVED OUT OF A FUCKING BLOCK OF TITANIUM Who the fuck does that This guy right here Cant believe you actually put the work in to make a knife out of a block of titanium. So much respect, and its such a beautiful knife as well. Subscribed.
DB Blades currently out of my price range, But I'll keep your work in mind while looking for my next knife. (I'm sure you've gotten this sort of talk before, it may hold very little weight for you, but someday I will be holding one of your knives.)
"A little bit ridiculous"... What next...Tungsten carbide? Oh and please do tungsten carbide. It will be so heavy and uhh strong and uhh umm uhh impractical and umm cool?
Nah, you can't really machine tungsten carbide (WC). It is way harder than all of the tool steel, so any saw or drill made of tool steel will break upon trying to cut WC. Second thing about WC is that it is extremely brittle. It won't deform, but it will break into dangerous shards. All the WC products are made from sintering WC powder with some other binder materials. And BTW, fine WC powder is extremely hazardous, so polishing WC is not a good idea either.
In all seriousness, that is actually amazing. You have taken a chunk of titanium and turned it into a work of art by just removing material. That really is a beautiful piece of art. You have very amazing skills, that you can see that in a chunk of titanium and have the skills to bring it out! Exceptionally nice work!!
....think to yourself what it means for a knife to be full tang. Now feel stupid for asking the question because it is lol. also could be called an integral handle
Same....I never came across this guy before, however this is a bad ass project, anyone who could be arsed to take it on deserves subs! (subbed) my tools are crying in pain from the evil that is titanium lol
People often confuse the fact that titanium is incredibly tough and pretty darn hard, but it's not so hard that it even makes for a good knife because it can't hold an edge, it would actually roll over, though stay intact, so it cuts similar to high speed steel, tough alloy steel, almost malleable, as far as hard metals go, from what I understand. So the idea this will be an art piece is perfect, and I'm not very surprised you were able to cut it well enough. Cool projects, thanks!
@@gabegonzalez5055 He clearly states that it was titanium, he tells us the alloy, and you can see the bright white sparks coming off it indicative of the high pyrophoricity of finely divided titanium. Steel sparks are far less abundant and more of an orangey-yellow color. Do you have any proof that it wasn't titanium?
@@gabegonzalez5055 You may want to check your monitor's color balance. Also, the sparks from the titanium in the video stick around for a lot longer than steel sparks do, and they burn a fair bit brighter as well.
titaniums ok, depending what your cutting. I would put it around the aus-8 level although it'll never get super sharp. you can carbadize titanium though to basically turn it into a fine hacksaw edge.
Get a titanium steel alloy , heattreatable but be carefull when tempering leave it in a oil bath at 600degrees for 5 hours after quenching at a bright orange colour , then it will be like spring steel and it will hold an edge , note use diamond and aluminum oxide sharpning stones to sharpen it ,works best for me
+Crystal May I have one vid that is tru , and i have tried making a titanium blade but first try I screwed up the temper and my one friend who works with titanium told me how to heat treat it effectively, and who am I well i would not say a great smith but I know how to make a good knife.
I stumbled across this video while checking to see if anyone else sharpens their cooking knives with sandpaper (as my dad, an old-timey professional chef taught me to do) and what their techniques might be. I just hold about a 4x12 sheet concave in my palm and go at it with a circular motion @ 20 degrees. Has worked for me always, but I was just curious how other might do it, and youtube has put me here, and I'm an instant knife-making nerd. So much so, that I'm thinking of hitting up my metal-working friends to see what I can come up with if I can gain access to their sanding belts. This took me way back to my shop class in 9th grade using dremel tools and belts and saws. Tons of fun, thanks DB Blades! Your knife here reminds me of a couple of the C02 cartridge racing cars I've made. Slick and sexy. Now to actually sharpen my knives. Stoked I'm not the only one that loves making metal sharp using sand!!!
That's an artwork...Probably in the top (in no particular order) 5 most beautiful knives I've ever seen. That's a lot of work and a truly beautiful result. It's a collectors item straight up. Hope he won the show!
I love art in it's sundry forms (painting, dance, fabrication etc) your knife-like sculpture certainly conveys the feel of a purposeful knife, you went through a learning curve with your medium of choice, and the finish with this difficult material speaks volumes for your dedication and patience. All this along with the pulchritude of your sculpture makes for a memorable piece of art. With millions of views for a knife makes appreciation for your artwork pretty manifest aswell.
Dom, An amazing knife with such a beautiful profile. I understand the work it took especially the plunges, but what symmetry you achieved just stunning. Great workmanship and I'm glad you sold it to recoup what you put into it especially the grinding belts. I sure enjoyed the video thanks.
I WAS READING SOME OF THE COMMENTS, 1ST I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE KNOWN THE KNIFE CAME OUT ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!! IT'LL OUT LAST ANY KNIFE I'VE WATCHED OE VIEWED OR WHATEVER; BAR NONE!! I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE HALF OF THE TROLLS EVEN COME UP WITH A SPECIMEN OF TITANIUM AS SUCH. I'LL EVEN BET THAT MOST OF THE HATING COMMENTS CAME FROM VIEWERS WHOM DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT TITANIUM'S PROPERTIES! I SAY ALL OF THIS FROM A NEUTRAL STAND POINT.....I REALLY LOVE THAT KNIFE!!!
NO RAGE RANT HER ROID RAGER ("I work with titanium everyday- wahhh, wahhh, u forgot to mention you are not any good at what u do or u would have a video posted ), ANY HOW I LIKE CAPS AND I WON'T BE ANSWERING ANY MORE OF YOUR TROLLING.
+Artemus “GrandPa” Rodricq +wolfie83 this is why I find youtube coments to be toxic. Stop it you two! Titanium is a metal and metals are metal, plus the first three letters make the word tit, so ya it's an awesome metal, let's just keep it at that :P
I can see the conversation now... Mom: Billy, why did you cut off your fingers? Billy: I saw a guy on UA-cam doing it Mom: You saw a guy on UA-cam cut off his fingers? Billy: I saw him holding a chunk of titanium against a band saw with his hands Mom: If all your friends were holding chunks of titanium against band saws instead of using the manufacturers recommended clamping device, does that mean you will too? Billy: Yeah Mom: Well you go see Dr Franklin and get your fingers re attached, I am going to talk to the UA-cam authorities about the dangerous filth they allow on their website. Someone needs to do something about it.
use a spray bottle with half water and half light oil when using tge v and saw. Now, if you were going to weld this titanium and had to follow some military or aerospace procedure, than DO NOT... use any oil and follow proper procedures. Now back to knife making. titanium is very sticky when it starts to warm up. the water will do great at keeping it cool, and the light oil will help lubricate it, (Very Important) keeping the chips from sticking between the teeth of the saw blade.
holy hell what a knife, nice design and build. I know I wouldn't have used a belt so early on, but take the heavy grinder to it, probably messing things up. Patient man with lots of sanding belts o.0
yeah It would be good if I could have cut a little more before grinding. But alas I don't have the right tools and trying to cut titanium this thick with an angle grinder is a miserable experience
This is probably my favorite video I've watched, and will probably be my favorite for quite a long time just because it was so bloody difficult. It just took so long. I haven't put this much time into watching a video for a very long time.
not as hard as heat treated steel. It'll hold an edge ok, Its not great but its acceptable for most things. Not that it matters for this one though as its a pure showpiece
I know right? it's not hard unless it's titanium carbide, it's not more durable than steel and it's more expensive+that silly edge curve. But somebody bought it and likes it, probaby doesn't know anything about materials though.
It's gonna be used for show, you don't make a knife like this to actually use it. You put it on display. The most it would probably be used for would be a letter opener. That would be one cool letter opener😂
its probably not compared to other countries. But I'm Australian which means Its my duty to start freezing when the temperature gets even mildly colder XD
Yeah only time I was ever to Australia was when I was a kid. Everyone looked at me like I was nuts because I was in just my denim jeans and a t-shirt walking around. lol
DB Blades Not really when you consider my winter in Pennsylvania can drop to or below -2.0 C. yearly but also tomorrow they are calling 36 C. I would love to live in a climate like you guys live in except those damned spiders. I'll take my bears, wolves, coyotes, and mountain lions any day.
Absolutely beautiful knife and may not seem practical but for an outdoorsman/camper it would actually be very useful. Folding a wash cloth and holding it along the spine hitting with a mini-sledge would make splitting wood extremely easy especially with how thick and tough the metal is. Drilling a 1/8" hole in the handle designed for a pin that you could slide a piece of tube steel over would make it useful as a brush cutting implement and so on. Many possible uses and very unique. Worth the time and effort you put into it. Bravo
TheoreticalGenius most things catch fire if the particles are small enough, even things like flour can actually explode. Titanium isn't like magnesium that you can just set on fire tho .
With so many people asking the price you sold it for and being inquisitive just because you have put so much work into it .. I definitely think you should tell us as we appreciate your patience and hard work ! And would like to know such amazing works price
I can't find a similar block online, but I'd guess around $125-150 for the titanium alone, he specified almost $300 for belts, and 20-30 hours of work. Considering this guy is an experienced knife maker and this is a one of a kind knife, I wouldn't be surprised if he charged upwards of $40/hr on builds like these, if we use 25 hours of work to calculate cost, it comes out right near $1400, and since it was for a knife show, he could easily throw a couple hundred more on top since so many people would be seeing it.
I'm master dental technician, and we cast Titanuium-alloy with purity level 99%. It has to occure under exclusion of oxygen, under protective Argon-gas atmosphere at 1668°C. At temperatures exceeding 480°C titanium alloys generally oxidises and forms a hard and brittle layer enriched with oxygen, which is called alpha case. Titanium is way less elastic then steel, not quite brittle, but for milling it's tenacious. BEAUTIFUL work on that knife, by the way!!
Scott Johnson that piece looks like it would be about $200-$100 Depending on the heat and Specs. At 2" thickness or 2 and a half? I forgot. Something that small would usually be scrapped or bought by someone for small personal stuff like the knife
knife nʌɪf/ noun an instrument composed of a wedge fixed into a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon. synonyms: cutting tool, blade, cutter, carver "peel the oranges using a sharp knife"
+DB Blades Thank you for reply.I didn't want to know exact price, but estimate only. By the way great idea of making knife, very original. Do you have website?
Hellrizer USA it is, titanium is unbelievably brittle, if you try to forge titanium with a titanium hammer one of them or both of them will shatter like glass
So, first off, the first statement I made is completely wrong, I just misheard someone. Now onto the main point, your statement is correct......sort of. Titanium can stop a bullet and a hammer strike, the thing that breaks it is when you continually hit it and cause vibrations throughout the material, this will wear it the molecular structure of the titanium, so it can stop a singular strike from both a bullet and a hammer, however it will eventually break after multiple hits.
Ren Jackson, the first comment you made was not completely off the mark. Pure titanium (probably what the knife is made of) is indeed VERY brittle and certainly cannot stop bullets. What Hellrizer is referring to is titanium alloy. High grade alloys are incredibly strong and can stop bullets. They are, however, absurdly expensive, and a couple of kilos can easily run up to several thousand US dollars.
I realize this was done long ago, but I just discovered this and am in AWE! I love Titanium and this idea was fantastic, the work it took unbelievable! Great job! I actually have a couple of bricks of 6AL4V that have had me scratching my head… 😁
I thought about that but I don't really have the set up to try that on the bandsaw. maybe an angle grinder could work but that seems like tempting fate a little too much for my liking
wolfie83 It's possible my memory has failed me, but I thought it was a hexagonal crystal packed material. It's doesn't yield much until it reaches its ultimate tensile strength, but at that point it prefers to snap or shatter rather than tear. I thought so, anyway.
I could have done that but then It would have been just another knife. I do plenty of more useful knives much thinner out of high grade stainless steels so this was more for fun than anything
in fact i think it's win - win - win - par - loss... win (him by ads people view) - win (him again, by selling the knife) - win (us, by seeing the video) - par (the client by buying (loss) and receiving (win) the knife, though it probably is a win if you'd ask the client) - loss (the folks making the ads merely anybody clicks on, if they see the ads at all, since adblock pretty much rules the interwebz by now, which in turn makes it a loss for the uploader). thinking about this is some deep shit if you're drunk and bored
Considering he approximated it cost him $276 just from the machines itself, not counting all those hours he worked, I'd say it sold for a nice $500-$1000. That's just a simple estimation though.
First: This isn’t forging. Second: It’s not meant for usability, it’s like he said earlier in the video, it’s more like a sculpture. Titanium isn’t good for knivemaking anyhow, too hard and from everything I understand, it doesn’t get a good edge like steel would. And the amount of work needed to split that behemoth of titanium in half would have been insane, his bandsaw literally couldn’t handle that workload. So not only would he have wasted double the material making 2 knives like you want, it also would have wrecked his bandsaw, and cost him double the amount on grinding, making it not only financially irresponsible, but just irresponsible in general.
Even if a titanium knife was forged it would not be able to be heat treated and tempered properly and likely would be weaker than just the melted down manufactured ingot in the first place. So no in this case a forged knife would be a worse idea and harder to work with.
is this knife intended as an anti tank weapon?
lol
It probably batons really well
You can baton it with a tank. :D
+FlatlandWulf lol true
hahaha
Mate, at 1,690,753 views and a run time of half an hour, thats 96 YEARS of view time!
I know its bloody crazy
graybermann
I just have to ask what it was that possessed you to work that out hahaha
A bottle of gin...
Macauley Kevern simple math
in range of 120 years....
That block of titanium is nowhere near as thick as some of the comments below.
Or Kim's ass
people,... to everyone who keeps suggesting to him to "go thinner and get a greater number of knives out of a single piece of titanium," or "thinner would take less time", he said at the beginning, he was trying to make something different, an art piece. Stop nit-picking, the knife came out badass.
Nobody said that
UA-cam User actually a lot of people said that
The Kitten's Crash Helmet ,how does he taste 😂
CARVED OUT OF A FUCKING BLOCK OF TITANIUM
Who the fuck does that
This guy right here
Cant believe you actually put the work in to make a knife out of a block of titanium.
So much respect, and its such a beautiful knife as well.
Subscribed.
thanks mate, appreciate the sub
DB Blades do you have a website where you sell all your knives?
sure, here you go
dbblades.bigcartel.com/
DB Blades currently out of my price range, But I'll keep your work in mind while looking for my next knife. (I'm sure you've gotten this sort of talk before, it may hold very little weight for you, but someday I will be holding one of your knives.)
thanks mate, appreciate the interest in my work. Looking forward to building you something in the future
This is the third time I review the video and I still feel astonished, amazed.
It's an overwhelming, awesome, an outstanding knife. I love it
thanks man, glad you liked the video
The dessert eagle of knives.
Dessert? Is it vanilla or chocolate?
LandolphiN it's eagle flavored!
+Dylan Santa clause 'murica
Dylan Santa clause just think,if he had heated and folded like the japanese katakana. lol
Dylan Santa clause
That knife seems like a beast. it's cool like in a primal way but with a new modern twist. I like it
thanks
And it can double as an anti-tank projectile as well.
The end product is BADASS, 100% satisfying, I'm sure it's a million times for you having made it, great job!
"A little bit ridiculous"... What next...Tungsten carbide?
Oh and please do tungsten carbide. It will be so heavy and uhh strong and uhh umm uhh impractical and umm cool?
Or maybe silver, that would be cool and shiny.
tungsten carbide is a sort of.... carbide. i would say it is way too impractical to even try to form it.
Nah, you can't really machine tungsten carbide (WC). It is way harder than all of the tool steel, so any saw or drill made of tool steel will break upon trying to cut WC. Second thing about WC is that it is extremely brittle. It won't deform, but it will break into dangerous shards. All the WC products are made from sintering WC powder with some other binder materials. And BTW, fine WC powder is extremely hazardous, so polishing WC is not a good idea either.
Guru Luka or Molybdenum steel with carbide coating
I once tried to machine a WC. Got water and shit everywhere, people who lived below me were not happy.
"All the knowledge that's on Facebook" The first time ever this string of words has ever occurred together at one time.
In all seriousness, that is actually amazing. You have taken a chunk of titanium and turned it into a work of art by just removing material. That really is a beautiful piece of art. You have very amazing skills, that you can see that in a chunk of titanium and have the skills to bring it out! Exceptionally nice work!!
so im guessing this would be considered full tang?
lol more like full badass
Integral handle 😎😝
....think to yourself what it means for a knife to be full tang. Now feel stupid for asking the question because it is lol. also could be called an integral handle
+Nokle it was a joke lol
+Nokle i make knives i knkw what full tang is hahaha
this video was recommended & I think this is the sickest knife I have ever seen
now am a sub to this channel
same
Same....I never came across this guy before, however this is a bad ass project, anyone who could be arsed to take it on deserves subs! (subbed) my tools are crying in pain from the evil that is titanium lol
+Shona O'Neill titanium is not evil at all.. Git gud
Me 2
Same
People often confuse the fact that titanium is incredibly tough and pretty darn hard, but it's not so hard that it even makes for a good knife because it can't hold an edge, it would actually roll over, though stay intact, so it cuts similar to high speed steel, tough alloy steel, almost malleable, as far as hard metals go, from what I understand. So the idea this will be an art piece is perfect, and I'm not very surprised you were able to cut it well enough. Cool projects, thanks!
FYI... He sold it for $1800 !
Great for him, but the knife was made of steel.
@@gabegonzalez5055 He clearly states that it was titanium, he tells us the alloy, and you can see the bright white sparks coming off it indicative of the high pyrophoricity of finely divided titanium. Steel sparks are far less abundant and more of an orangey-yellow color. Do you have any proof that it wasn't titanium?
dimethylcadmium they look orange in the video
@@gabegonzalez5055 You may want to check your monitor's color balance. Also, the sparks from the titanium in the video stick around for a lot longer than steel sparks do, and they burn a fair bit brighter as well.
dimethylcadmium I’ve worked with titanium and steel and it still looks like orange sparks to me
Looks like a knife that will not ever fail. How is titanium on edge holding and hardness? Can it be tempered after shaping?
titaniums ok, depending what your cutting. I would put it around the aus-8 level although it'll never get super sharp. you can carbadize titanium though to basically turn it into a fine hacksaw edge.
from my understanding no, titanium work hardens a little bit but can't be heat treated in the traditional sense
Get a titanium steel alloy , heattreatable but be carefull when tempering leave it in a oil bath at 600degrees for 5 hours after quenching at a bright orange colour , then it will be like spring steel and it will hold an edge , note use diamond and aluminum oxide sharpning stones to sharpen it ,works best for me
+El3ctroplague
do you know what your talking about. i notice you only have one video on your channel. who are you and what do you know?
+Crystal May I have one vid that is tru , and i have tried making a titanium blade but first try I screwed up the temper and my one friend who works with titanium told me how to heat treat it effectively, and who am I well i would not say a great smith but I know how to make a good knife.
I stumbled across this video while checking to see if anyone else sharpens their cooking knives with sandpaper (as my dad, an old-timey professional chef taught me to do) and what their techniques might be. I just hold about a 4x12 sheet concave in my palm and go at it with a circular motion @ 20 degrees. Has worked for me always, but I was just curious how other might do it, and youtube has put me here, and I'm an instant knife-making nerd. So much so, that I'm thinking of hitting up my metal-working friends to see what I can come up with if I can gain access to their sanding belts. This took me way back to my shop class in 9th grade using dremel tools and belts and saws. Tons of fun, thanks DB Blades! Your knife here reminds me of a couple of the C02 cartridge racing cars I've made. Slick and sexy.
Now to actually sharpen my knives. Stoked I'm not the only one that loves making metal sharp using sand!!!
best looking knife I ever seen
+Katalist Too bad CSGO is not real life
+Calabi-Yau Manifold too bad there is a website that makes cs go knifes
that night would make a killer log splitter !!!
* that knife
for sure
not with that hollow grind it wouldnt
+k moods You are dumb.
+k moods ya. but that's not a hollow ground blade
That's an artwork...Probably in the top (in no particular order) 5 most beautiful knives I've ever seen. That's a lot of work and a truly beautiful result. It's a collectors item straight up. Hope he won the show!
wish i had a proper tool shed style place i could go and make shit
same man
Jonny Parker same here
Jonny Parker you should check out Jimmy Dieresta
KekoOmega is he a knife maker ?
Jonny Parker he makes all kinds of things, restorations and some knives
That knife is a little on the skinny side. Maybe you can make it slightly thicker?
Beautiful custom knife. Absolutely a piece of art.
+Chebva Romero haha thanks
+Chebva Romero haha thanks
I love art in it's sundry forms (painting, dance, fabrication etc) your knife-like sculpture certainly conveys the feel of a purposeful knife, you went through a learning curve with your medium of choice, and the finish with this difficult material speaks volumes for your dedication and patience. All this along with the pulchritude of your sculpture makes for a memorable piece of art.
With millions of views for a knife makes appreciation for your artwork pretty manifest aswell.
Dom,
An amazing knife with such a beautiful profile.
I understand the work it took especially the plunges, but what symmetry you achieved just stunning.
Great workmanship and I'm glad you sold it to recoup what you put into it especially the grinding belts.
I sure enjoyed the video thanks.
thanks mate
I WAS READING SOME OF THE COMMENTS, 1ST I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE KNOWN THE KNIFE CAME OUT ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!! IT'LL OUT LAST ANY KNIFE I'VE WATCHED OE VIEWED OR WHATEVER; BAR NONE!! I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE HALF OF THE TROLLS EVEN COME UP WITH A SPECIMEN OF TITANIUM AS SUCH. I'LL EVEN BET THAT MOST OF THE HATING COMMENTS CAME FROM VIEWERS WHOM DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT TITANIUM'S PROPERTIES! I SAY ALL OF THIS FROM A NEUTRAL STAND POINT.....I REALLY LOVE THAT KNIFE!!!
HE'S 100% NEUTRAL HE JUST LOVES CAPS LOCK!
NO RAGE RANT HER ROID RAGER ("I work with titanium everyday- wahhh, wahhh, u forgot to mention you are not any good at what u do or u would have a video posted ), ANY HOW I LIKE CAPS AND I WON'T BE ANSWERING ANY MORE OF YOUR TROLLING.
+Artemus “GrandPa” Rodricq +wolfie83 this is why I find youtube coments to be toxic. Stop it you two! Titanium is a metal and metals are metal, plus the first three letters make the word tit, so ya it's an awesome metal, let's just keep it at that :P
T Y I WILL MY APOLOGIES FOR MY INSOLENCE AND BARBARIC BEHAVIOR!
omg, turn your caps lock off!
wow for its size I bet it is very light love the way it looks thank you for the time you spent on the video
Is it full tang ?
PUTANGMAGNET no
Whoa, wtf happened at 10:31? We don't even get to know what was "stupid and dangerous"?
+alongfortheride84 nope, last thing I need is a little kid chopping his fingers off trying to copy me
+alongfortheride84 nope, last thing I need is a little kid chopping his fingers off trying to copy me
fair enough
+DB Blades I think I know what you did
I can see the conversation now...
Mom: Billy, why did you cut off your fingers?
Billy: I saw a guy on UA-cam doing it
Mom: You saw a guy on UA-cam cut off his fingers?
Billy: I saw him holding a chunk of titanium against a band saw with his hands
Mom: If all your friends were holding chunks of titanium against band saws instead of using the manufacturers recommended clamping device, does that mean you will too?
Billy: Yeah
Mom: Well you go see Dr Franklin and get your fingers re attached, I am going to talk to the UA-cam authorities about the dangerous filth they allow on their website. Someone needs to do something about it.
This video inspired me to knife making three years ago 👌 thank you
use a spray bottle with half water and half light oil when using tge v and saw. Now, if you were going to weld this titanium and had to follow some military or aerospace procedure, than DO NOT... use any oil and follow proper procedures. Now back to knife making. titanium is very sticky when it starts to warm up. the water will do great at keeping it cool, and the light oil will help lubricate it, (Very Important) keeping the chips from sticking between the teeth of the saw blade.
Good points.
👍
yeah I would also suggest a blower, cooler and lubricator it would have been much easier
mix oil and water?hahahaha
Cyrus Lever water as cleaning/cooling spray and some kind of oil as lubricant
holy hell what a knife, nice design and build. I know I wouldn't have used a belt so early on, but take the heavy grinder to it, probably messing things up. Patient man with lots of sanding belts o.0
yeah It would be good if I could have cut a little more before grinding. But alas I don't have the right tools and trying to cut titanium this thick with an angle grinder is a miserable experience
DB Blades Interesting, I have to get me some Titanium and try a few things with it.
its weird stuff man
That Knife is incredible. Love the rock pattern!
That is an amazing piece of artwork you have created and this my first time seeing your work and I'm impressed! Cheers, you have another sub!
thanks mate and thanks for the sub
That is THE most amazing shitty knife I've ever seen! Absolutely stunning looks and absolutely useless, gotta love it! I'm subbed now.
+Chris Legan hahaha thats gotta be my favorite comment of the day XD thanks man
+Chris Legan hahaha thats gotta be my favorite comment of the day XD thanks man
This is probably my favorite video I've watched, and will probably be my favorite for quite a long time just because it was so bloody difficult. It just took so long. I haven't put this much time into watching a video for a very long time.
just WOW! gr8 job man :D
It's absolutely gorgeous mate, good job. +like + sub
thanks man and thanks for the sub
that knife is awesome, i didn't think the groove design would be so cook, until the end of the video, awesome job.
Beautiful knife. Do you sell your items?
thanks mate. I sure do
dbblades.bigcartel.com/
DB Blades how much did you sell this one for? I didn't find it on your website.
DB Blades sweet.
Abq Al-Hamairi he did say it was his favourite blade he ever made. He probably won't sell it.
How did it do in competition and were you ever able to get your investment back out of it?
wasn't really a competition but it went down really well at the show. yep it sold for enough that I made a bit of money back
DB Blades Yo is it ture that titanium dose not hold a edge.
But it is hard
not as hard as heat treated steel. It'll hold an edge ok, Its not great but its acceptable for most things. Not that it matters for this one though as its a pure showpiece
Would you ever work with tungsten
its amazing how much offer u put in that knife , good job man
What's this thing gona be used for? Titanium doesn't hold an edge very well.
+peter griffin you have some problems dude
try to be a smart guy when he's making a show piece
I know right? it's not hard unless it's titanium carbide, it's not more durable than steel and it's more expensive+that silly edge curve. But somebody bought it and likes it, probaby doesn't know anything about materials though.
+BSODeath He said he knew it wouldn't make a good tool. I think it's just a cool collectable.
It's gonna be used for show, you don't make a knife like this to actually use it. You put it on display. The most it would probably be used for would be a letter opener. That would be one cool letter opener😂
Winter in australia, ohhh that sounds cold. Nice job on the brick of titanium
its probably not compared to other countries. But I'm Australian which means Its my duty to start freezing when the temperature gets even mildly colder XD
Yeah only time I was ever to Australia was when I was a kid. Everyone looked at me like I was nuts because I was in just my denim jeans and a t-shirt walking around. lol
You sir sound like a madman
DB Blades Not really when you consider my winter in Pennsylvania can drop to or below -2.0 C. yearly but also tomorrow they are calling 36 C. I would love to live in a climate like you guys live in except those damned spiders. I'll take my bears, wolves, coyotes, and mountain lions any day.
believe me you dont want to live here for the weather it gets fucking hot and fucking cold at night i would take the cold over the heat anytime
Absolutely beautiful knife and may not seem practical but for an outdoorsman/camper it would actually be very useful. Folding a wash cloth and holding it along the spine hitting with a mini-sledge would make splitting wood extremely easy especially with how thick and tough the metal is. Drilling a 1/8" hole in the handle designed for a pin that you could slide a piece of tube steel over would make it useful as a brush cutting implement and so on. Many possible uses and very unique. Worth the time and effort you put into it. Bravo
Oh yeah. Titanium can catch fire (I think)... forgot about that.
TheoreticalGenius titanium shavings can
TheoreticalGenius yea he did say that
TheoreticalGenius yes it can ..the small leftovers from it are so small and so hot they catch fire
peter bombala like thermite
TheoreticalGenius most things catch fire if the particles are small enough, even things like flour can actually explode. Titanium isn't like magnesium that you can just set on fire tho .
Amazing piece of art! Cheers from Israel
thank you very much. oh and g'day from Australia
Good day for you too!
+DB Blades wait your Aussie! you are the only knife makimg aussie i know of on youtube!! hi from NSW!
sure am, born and raised in Vic
+DB Blades hey from Canberra
Amazing...that took some skill for sure--knife + love = ART
Just subbed. Found this very entertaining to watch through.
Keep up the awesome work!
thanks for the sub
My inner engineer is dying inside. Wouldn't it be much easier to slice the block at the start?
jep and the sides and the handle and the end, he is like the opposite of efficiency and is waste
Just look at the chunk of metal at the end. That's what I call a waste.
nah now your just hating
***** Mine what?
no i was reacting to asorbans comment.. not yours
With so many people asking the price you sold it for and being inquisitive just because you have put so much work into it .. I definitely think you should tell us as we appreciate your patience and hard work ! And would like to know such amazing works price
How much did you sell the knife for?
1800$
what did it sell for??
1500$
+Rice Cake Nope, not with that much work put into it
I can't find a similar block online, but I'd guess around $125-150 for the titanium alone, he specified almost $300 for belts, and 20-30 hours of work.
Considering this guy is an experienced knife maker and this is a one of a kind knife, I wouldn't be surprised if he charged upwards of $40/hr on builds like these, if we use 25 hours of work to calculate cost, it comes out right near $1400, and since it was for a knife show, he could easily throw a couple hundred more on top since so many people would be seeing it.
its expensive to machine titanium bud and titanium itself is expensive
$19.95
I'm master dental technician, and we cast Titanuium-alloy with purity level 99%. It has to occure under exclusion of oxygen, under protective Argon-gas atmosphere at 1668°C. At temperatures exceeding 480°C titanium alloys generally oxidises and forms a hard and brittle layer enriched with oxygen, which is called alpha case. Titanium is way less elastic then steel, not quite brittle, but for milling it's tenacious. BEAUTIFUL work on that knife, by the way!!
looks amazing did you deside to sell it ??? also wear you able to sell it at a reasonable price and make a profit ??
yes on both counts
Tiaan Malan decide and were
i would not have the patience to do that
neither do I which is why I spread it out over 2 months
so did you win?
Egg Sy it wasnt a competition but more of a show.
beautiful, unique blade. I appreciate the time & effort that went into this project.
I hope you are well compensated on the back end.
How much did the block of titanium cost your friend?
haven't got a clue
Scott Johnson that piece looks like it would be about $200-$100 Depending on the heat and Specs. At 2" thickness or 2 and a half? I forgot. Something that small would usually be scrapped or bought by someone for small personal stuff like the knife
I don't see what's so weird about it, just an ordinary Medford...
Exactly what I thought
That's phenomenal. Well done. One the most beautiful knives I have ever seen.
absolutely fantastic arty tool
Thank you very much
Lamina Lapidem
thats not a knife... thats a wedge with a handle on it lol
Ryan Brooks then why don't you try and make 1 that's better lmfao
Ryan Brooks thats the point of it
Ryan Brooks i was saying the same but, it is still a knife, and I if someone is stabbed by one these that will be very gory and bloody
"no it's not. that's a spoon"
"I see you've played knifey-spoony before."
knife
nʌɪf/
noun
an instrument composed of a wedge fixed into a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon.
synonyms: cutting tool, blade, cutter, carver
"peel the oranges using a sharp knife"
Wow! Never knew titanium could done that way... Knife looks awesome... Great work brother...
omg! how much would knife like this cost please?
sorry mate, sold it a few weeks back
+DB Blades Thank you for reply.I didn't want to know exact price, but estimate only. By the way great idea of making knife, very original. Do you have website?
don't see myself doing another one of these for a while really. here's by website, stuffs usually sold out though dbblades.bigcartel.com/
+DB Blades Thank you! Oh man that must have been torture to make that out of this sort of material
yeah it was pretty tough on me and the tools. Glad its done though
why didnt you cut it on half i know it is hard but you wouldve saved a lot o grindig and get two knifs
Because he wanted it to be really thick
if you want 2 knives you buy a titanium bar rather than a block of it.
stefano carlo Celsi your missing the point.
isnt titanium too soft (rc of 34-40??) to make a useable knife?
3mm of titanium is more that enough to stop rifle rounds and you thought that it would be as simple as hitting with a hammer to break titanium?
Hellrizer USA it is, titanium is unbelievably brittle, if you try to forge titanium with a titanium hammer one of them or both of them will shatter like glass
Ren Jackson the more you know...
Ren Jackson but still, how come titanium can easily stop bullets, yet you can break it with a hammer?
So, first off, the first statement I made is completely wrong, I just misheard someone. Now onto the main point, your statement is correct......sort of. Titanium can stop a bullet and a hammer strike, the thing that breaks it is when you continually hit it and cause vibrations throughout the material, this will wear it the molecular structure of the titanium, so it can stop a singular strike from both a bullet and a hammer, however it will eventually break after multiple hits.
Ren Jackson, the first comment you made was not completely off the mark. Pure titanium (probably what the knife is made of) is indeed VERY brittle and certainly cannot stop bullets.
What Hellrizer is referring to is titanium alloy. High grade alloys are incredibly strong and can stop bullets. They are, however, absurdly expensive, and a couple of kilos can easily run up to several thousand US dollars.
BUUUTTT...........
Will it blend?
it will probably not blend...
ZN
That Knife is truly magical amazing job on that mate😉
lol guys put it at 1.25 speed he sounds like an aussie
Sky Flier he is Australian
Contagious ikr it sounds like he is tho lol
Cindafella lol i know
Do the nurses know you've escaped?
Falcon The Pickle Smuggler Do you smuggle pickles up your butt?
>Freezing cold
>Australia
It's probably like 20c or something lel
cool arrows bruh where do u think u are
Freezing in Australia is less than 15c
+Marcus Andrews 15c is still nowhere near cold bruh
SeraphimKnight yeah its cold but not freezing, i would say the most we can handle is 10c. But surprisingly we can handle the snow fine
here in finland 20c is warm -20c is a common temperature in the winter
I realize this was done long ago, but I just discovered this and am in AWE! I love Titanium and this idea was fantastic, the work it took unbelievable! Great job! I actually have a couple of bricks of 6AL4V that have had me scratching my head… 😁
you sound like charlie brown's teacher with the mask on
Dan Luckins lol wha wha wha wa wahhhhhhh
fake you
牆 顧客加強 觀察家 ting tong loves you long time
USA numba 1
he thinks he has cheap tools haha... im doing everything with files a drill and an angle grinder haha
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wow man i dont even have an angle grinder...
i do shit like this with my teeth and rubbing my poo on it to make the finish all shiny
snakeazahra how do you cut your blanks? a hacksaw and file would take FOREVER haha
well my last knive took me 3 month to finish
well its not about not beeing able to buy an angle grinder. its just that i am in a city an have no real place to use that.
an i am patient
Wow the first fellow Aussie knife maker I've found!
would it not have been better for your time and wallet to saw a rough bevel and grind the rest?
I thought about that but I don't really have the set up to try that on the bandsaw. maybe an angle grinder could work but that seems like tempting fate a little too much for my liking
DB Blades okay, thank you for the response
are you an Australian AVE's cousin or something
Dude I have watched loads of knife builds. Dam this one is so nuts lol. Well done, you smashed it.
This is what a Blue Whale pulls on you to take your wallet....
-Cold- Sold Steel wants to *know your location*
I got an idea make a cut throat razer from razer blades
^Razor*
The blades you make are alot more detailed than other channels.
It's good for wood splitting
now try to break it
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
++++
Titanium is very strong, but it is more brittle than steel. Brittle materials can be broken with relative ease, if done correctly.
wolfie83 It's possible my memory has failed me, but I thought it was a hexagonal crystal packed material. It's doesn't yield much until it reaches its ultimate tensile strength, but at that point it prefers to snap or shatter rather than tear. I thought so, anyway.
Not stronger than stainless? What? Lulz. Is harder and stronger. And not brittle. Keeping a sharp edge will be the only problem.
Really awesome! I would've never been able to sell it!
i you made one cut dow the middel you would have had 2 really badass knifes
I could have done that but then It would have been just another knife. I do plenty of more useful knives much thinner out of high grade stainless steels so this was more for fun than anything
this is just wrong
taking my hat off you sir ... that knife is wow..talent and hard work pays off
THANKS MATE!
i guess he made his money back from the million views
he sold the thing and made profit, win - win
in fact i think it's win - win - win - par - loss... win (him by ads people view) - win (him again, by selling the knife) - win (us, by seeing the video) - par (the client by buying (loss) and receiving (win) the knife, though it probably is a win if you'd ask the client) - loss (the folks making the ads merely anybody clicks on, if they see the ads at all, since adblock pretty much rules the interwebz by now, which in turn makes it a loss for the uploader). thinking about this is some deep shit if you're drunk and bored
+Asatruction interesting
honestly its not
I want to know how much it sold for! Damn it!
TheRPGentleman man I’d buy one idgaf what the price is it’s so sexy
Hey mate I'm from Australia to and I'm happy that I finally found a good Australian youtuber
Check out Pete from Cedric and ada gear and outdoors
How much would you want for one of those
Dami Nooki Ik I wish I had it tho
how much for ?
Considering he approximated it cost him $276 just from the machines itself, not counting all those hours he worked, I'd say it sold for a nice $500-$1000.
That's just a simple estimation though.
Jea hoe match
Military Needs I think even more considering that one of his normal knives go for 300 $ and this is more than 5 times the work
Well titanium is....
•Extremely light
•Cannot rust
•Extremely strong
•Bullet resistant
And has the name titan in it
Its tough but it also has little edge retention
I'd have thought a titanium knife would be lighter compared to stainless steel etc
@@bental333 it is
Yo y r people disliking this he took so much time and put in so much hard work in crazy.
titanium is fucking expensive man
+Ivan Panev where can i buy a tit?
plastic surgeon maybe?
Lmao that reply made my day !!!
the one used in the video isn't. 6al-4v Ingots are like $20/KG
The thing is that titanium ore combusts before the temp you need to get for usable metal.
i keep watching these forging videos and i always think to myself : "Such a waste of soo much material."
Miroslav Radev well he didnt forge anything here
DannixX1000 He could have made 2 knifes if he split the metal's thikness in half.
the thickness is what made this knife unique hence the whole purpose of doing it
Miroslav Radev good thing this ain't forging
First: This isn’t forging. Second: It’s not meant for usability, it’s like he said earlier in the video, it’s more like a sculpture. Titanium isn’t good for knivemaking anyhow, too hard and from everything I understand, it doesn’t get a good edge like steel would. And the amount of work needed to split that behemoth of titanium in half would have been insane, his bandsaw literally couldn’t handle that workload. So not only would he have wasted double the material making 2 knives like you want, it also would have wrecked his bandsaw, and cost him double the amount on grinding, making it not only financially irresponsible, but just irresponsible in general.
It's like end of the world apocalypse knife. Good job.
Shame that titanium sucks as blade material.
Seethi Sth who said it was practical
Seethi Sth Well, you can definitely like stab someone with it lol. But not much else
Seethi Sth does it?
Justin McMullen I hear Titanium doesn't hold an edge well, despite being so hard.
titanium accually makes a great blade material and it holds a very sharp edges very it's just really hard to shape and grind
when the knife isn't forged it is Bullshit knife without soul ....
Does anyone want to hear your opinion? Fuck off, weeb.
Not-Immortal the same with your comment . Oh by the way... you are adopted and and no one cares about your shity life.
Nice comeback champ :^)
Even if a titanium knife was forged it would not be able to be heat treated and tempered properly and likely would be weaker than just the melted down manufactured ingot in the first place. So no in this case a forged knife would be a worse idea and harder to work with.
That is a piece of art, functional or not the workmanship and imagination is awesome.
Damn.... nice job, your knife looks sick!
I can’t believe I watched this when it first came out and you’re still here I like that shit