Phil Vandelay I was thinking what part was unorthodox because he uses it a lot. Then I got to that “aha!” moment. That was a pretty cool use of a grinder.
again thank you Mr DiResta for showing me something i didnt think of. What a great way to put in the fuller.I had seen stuff like that done in woodworking so DUH of course it would work likea charm for this also. THIS is why i watch artists and craftsmen like you Mr. DiResta.
I watch your videos for a long time now, and this type of "classic" video is my favourite type. Just the making process without any ballast. Greetings from germany and keep on making things like this masterpiece.
Idk, but somtimes putting on some really chill music, turning down the youtube volume and just be amazed by the craftsmanships is real soothing for the soul!
Hello Mr DiResta, I just wanted to give you a well intended FYI. It's not usual practice in Blacksmithing to use cutting tools directly against the face of the anvil. The little step down between the horn and the face is called the cutting table, it's normally not hardened so it can be used as such without blunting your tools (or marring the face). For something too big for the table (like that beast of a knife) a cutting saddle or plate is used on the face to protect it. All the best from Blighty, great channel.
This video is Diresta as F. I mean that in the best way possible. I always love how your videos showcase your creativity. That's a hell of a knife too. Strong work, Jimmy.
I have an old hunk of steel I found while installing solar for a farmer....likely a tine off a plow or disc or something....anyway, I was hoping to make something with it, similar to this. Looks like I need quite a few more tools. And talent. Excellent work, sir. That's a beauty.
So, I love what you did with this piece, Jimmy. It's functional, and it's got a certain aesthetic quality to it. That said, it's hard to get a scale from the video, but I think you left "knife" territory about 6 inches ago. It's more of a Bowie Short Sword at this point. That doesn't stop me from wanting about ten of them.
Jimmy, it still amazes me how many different ways you use to do things. Whatever works! Also, can't wait to watch you make a gorgeous leather sheath for it! Love the videos man!
What a beast of a knife!?! The swift hammer replacement made me burst out with turgid laughter. It is that kind of inane ability and knowledge through years of incessant creativity and vitality, and the top notch content that will always make me love you more Jimmy! You're a Motherfracking genius! Lots of love!
Every one of your videos is a journey into your creative mind and this one is no different. When that hammer broke I thought "Oh no, what's he gonna do now? Where's he gonna get another hammer." but then I remembered that you have like a thousand of them. :-) Thanks for all the inspiration!
Leaf Springs is the main ingredient in making Knives in Sri Lanka. They pretty much don't use anything else before 2010. But I haven't seen anybody get creative with them like you! Impressive!!
I couldn't keep from thinking.... that you might be thinking ....of the thief who stole your trailer while you made this beast. Looked like a fun build.
This is an incredibly beautiful knife..The girth of it!!! I would love to make one this scale. Also borrowing your idea with the angle grinder anchored to the table :)
Techniques, ideas & completion, fabulous from start to finish, like we saw a master Smith in the arsenal of the ancients. Brought recollections of a Hollywood movie where the Smith adds a meteorite to the melt from which Bowie's knife is made. Thanks for sharing!
Mr. Diresta, you always have a unique approach to skinning a cat. I imagine you would tack weld the cat to a known thickness of metal and then proceed to machine fillet the skin from the cat. To each their own, I appreciate in the fullest someone that does not think inside a box. Paduak? Coco? Mahagony? Bloodwood? Wats the wood man? B A D A S S! Wicked Bro!
The New Diresta should have talked to The Classic Diresta into using the CNC for the brass and wood, and used the Torchmate to do the profile of the steel. 😜😂. Tons of tips in this video, great one Jim! Next up a sheath?
Hi, car/truck leaf spring steel is some of the best steel for making swords and knifes! Oh and to save on gas have two pieces of work going when your working on one to other is being heated! plus you get to make two items! cheers
Genuinely a fantastic video / build. Angle grinder jig is inspired. Jimmy you should go on Joe Rogan podcast, I'm sure you have lots of common ground. Bet he subscribes to you.
That is the most beautiful ugly beast I've ever seen!! Those rusty side marks in the blade are poetry! It impregnates her with a strong personality like marks of a person's own rough life... Very nice job indeed, sir.
Awesome job and video which is plenty of clever tricks I've never seen before. The shape reminds me the one Croc Dundee's carries in the movie in that very scene when he cuts that punk's jaket "This is a knife!". Congrats mate! Love it.
You all prolly thinking that he sped this up so that we can view the making of a Bowie knife in 12:37 minutes but no my friends. Jimmy diresta just works that fast
I think you might jhst give Crocadile Dundee a run for his money on "that's not a knife, this is a knife" argument. Nicely done. Love the brass work on this one for sure. Kind of gives it that old-school look. NICE!
Jimmy, it is crude. It is ugly. It has no balance. It uses glue (Bowie is spinning in his grave). It has a ridiculous number of rivets. I can't say enough how ugly it is. It's gonna rust. Did I mention it's ugly? Please, Jimmy, I'll trade you my firstborn for it...
Shrewd negotiating, but how would Jimmy know your crotchfruit will be worth a damn.... especially on your first try? What if it's ugly and full of rivets too?
nice :D i thought for a while that you would make a brass handle with wooden pegs, that would have been so cool/funny :D the handle you ended up making looks really awesome though and is probably more practical :)
That's a beautiful beast! I love the steam coming off the burrito. 😉 Seriously though, you always make me want to do whatever it is you make. Thank you for being an awesome inspiration!
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This gets the medal for most unorthodox use of an angle grinder I've seen. Love it
Phil Vandelay I was thinking what part was unorthodox because he uses it a lot. Then I got to that “aha!” moment. That was a pretty cool use of a grinder.
And yet we are all going to try it at some point.
Nice way to lose your balls and shaft if the wheel shatters and your finger tips of it doesn't.
You have an eye for the task and you are an inspiration. Could not get away from the video for 12 minutes and 37 seconds. Thanks for showing us.
Loving the "old Diresta" style with the new camera -- the improvement in video quality takes it to the next level!
again thank you Mr DiResta for showing me something i didnt think of.
What a great way to put in the fuller.I had seen stuff like that done in woodworking so DUH of course it would work likea charm for this also.
THIS is why i watch artists and craftsmen like you Mr. DiResta.
I watch your videos for a long time now, and this type of "classic" video is my favourite type. Just the making process without any ballast. Greetings from germany and keep on making things like this masterpiece.
Idk, but somtimes putting on some really chill music, turning down the youtube volume and just be amazed by the craftsmanships is real soothing for the soul!
I clicked on this to see how you added the fuller. Did not disappoint. Looks great..
OH! MY! GOD! THIS IS A KNIFE! MOST TALENTED CRAFTSMAN ON UA-cam, BESIDE THIS "OTHER" SWORDMAKER! Diresta, you are a legend.
I am so happy you just picked up another hammer and kept going. Just seemed very satisfying to me.
seems to me like a drummer breaking his sticks and replacing them in a second jajaja it looks like it happens very often
Hahaha
2 years later and still my favourite knife build on UA-cam.
Your table angle grinder setup is by far the scariest, most ingenious setup I've ever witnessed. I love how your brain works. keep it up bud
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Of all the things you're good at, your band saw skills are the most impressive.
Hello Mr DiResta, I just wanted to give you a well intended FYI. It's not usual practice in Blacksmithing to use cutting tools directly against the face of the anvil. The little step down between the horn and the face is called the cutting table, it's normally not hardened so it can be used as such without blunting your tools (or marring the face). For something too big for the table (like that beast of a knife) a cutting saddle or plate is used on the face to protect it. All the best from Blighty, great channel.
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That's me :)
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*Welcome to your laboratory, where safety is not #1 priority!!!* 😜👐👓
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I never felt bored watching you Jimmy working on this Monster again and again
This is one of those videos I enjoy watching over and over again!!!
Giaco Whatever get a life.
Love your channel
Giaco Whatever happens
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@@shoudehuang1244 philip screw him ! in the face !
This video is Diresta as F. I mean that in the best way possible. I always love how your videos showcase your creativity. That's a hell of a knife too. Strong work, Jimmy.
Nice work what a beautiful blade 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I have an old hunk of steel I found while installing solar for a farmer....likely a tine off a plow or disc or something....anyway, I was hoping to make something with it, similar to this.
Looks like I need quite a few more tools. And talent.
Excellent work, sir. That's a beauty.
So, I love what you did with this piece, Jimmy. It's functional, and it's got a certain aesthetic quality to it. That said, it's hard to get a scale from the video, but I think you left "knife" territory about 6 inches ago. It's more of a Bowie Short Sword at this point. That doesn't stop me from wanting about ten of them.
My favourite build after your drill restoration. Yes I spelt favourite as an Australian. Love your work Sir
I wonder where that chunk of metal has been and what it has seen in its life as a leaf spring. And now a new life as a famous knife.
Jimmy, it still amazes me how many different ways you use to do things. Whatever works! Also, can't wait to watch you make a gorgeous leather sheath for it! Love the videos man!
What a beast of a knife!?! The swift hammer replacement made me burst out with turgid laughter. It is that kind of inane ability and knowledge through years of incessant creativity and vitality, and the top notch content that will always make me love you more Jimmy! You're a Motherfracking genius! Lots of love!
Schlomo Yarlabach hahah thank you 🙏🏼
+jimmydiresta how much for that bowie or to mske me one like it
The amount of hours and hard work is impressive not to mention the beauty of it all
Love the spring clips on the cuffs at 8.15, to all the safety trolls who say Jimmy doesn't do PPE, lol. Keep up the good work, see you at Birmingham.
Every one of your videos is a journey into your creative mind and this one is no different. When that hammer broke I thought "Oh no, what's he gonna do now? Where's he gonna get another hammer." but then I remembered that you have like a thousand of them. :-) Thanks for all the inspiration!
* Crocodile Dundee meets Jimmy*
"Good God that is a knife!!!"
It's Dundee approved !!
Mr DiResta, you never cease to Amaze me.
Very cool. The handle reminds me of the Buck 110.
Nathan Waters - I thought the exact same thing!
Me too!
Duh.
Pretty sure that was the intended look he was going for right from the get go. I believe he has a certain affection for those knives.
Oh! Crocodile Dundee is back! Great job. Congratulations from Brazil.
u know hes a real g, when he wears a gopro around his neck 👌
Knifemaking with Fritz hobi bajcesi
+Alim AL -pó
After I read about the origin of the Bowie knife and how it was first described and used, this is the size that comes to mind.
that is an absolute beast of a knife :) looks awesome!
Curious Creator
true. 🔪
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Leaf Springs is the main ingredient in making Knives in Sri Lanka. They pretty much don't use anything else before 2010.
But I haven't seen anybody get creative with them like you! Impressive!!
I love how he just throws the handle of the broken hammer and picks up a new one and keeps workung
Learn to write!
I couldn't keep from thinking.... that you might be thinking ....of the thief who stole your trailer while you made this beast. Looked like a fun build.
This is an incredibly beautiful knife..The girth of it!!! I would love to make one this scale. Also borrowing your idea with the angle grinder anchored to the table :)
WOW! That was something else! Thanks for letting us watch.........................
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Techniques, ideas & completion, fabulous from start to finish, like we saw a master Smith in the arsenal of the ancients. Brought recollections of a Hollywood movie where the Smith adds a meteorite to the melt from which Bowie's knife is made. Thanks for sharing!
Springwood Cottage 🤮
Tremendous skill. Can simply do the design on the blade roughly by eye. True artisan
Holllllyyyyyyy smokes! you're gunna need 3/4 of a cow hide to sheath that bugger :)
Fantastic job!
Mr. Diresta, you always have a unique approach to skinning a cat. I imagine you would tack weld the cat to a known thickness of metal and then proceed to machine fillet the skin from the cat. To each their own, I appreciate in the fullest someone that does not think inside a box.
Paduak? Coco? Mahagony? Bloodwood? Wats the wood man?
B A D A S S! Wicked Bro!
I like the Buck Knife style handle
Chris Hutchins I thought the handle was spot on Buck myself. Looks awesome.
Hi DiResta I am 14 and from germany and I don't speek english very well but I love your videos and I think you are doing a great job.
Amazing Video!!!
Thumbs up if your watching this in bed and thinking i hate my job and wish i had Jimmys skills.
Get out of bed, go make something. Just start!
We all can have his skills with practice
Some skills are natural talent and we'll never have them.
@@DavidPlass Its more the WILL to get going...matter of how much you want to get skilled.
Thank you,,, I'm not alone
All that from a leaf spring....WOW,impressive!! That lets me know if I ever need one I know where to go!!
The New Diresta should have talked to The Classic Diresta into using the CNC for the brass and wood, and used the Torchmate to do the profile of the steel. 😜😂. Tons of tips in this video, great one Jim! Next up a sheath?
Alet iş yapar el övünür derler ama elindeki alet edevat bir tarafa adamdaki işçilik ve ustalık on numara ellerine sağlık usta
Is that chopper for dealing with the people that stole your trailer ? Awesome
I have to say that's really good craftsmanship.
*Wow! Fantastic* 😱😱 I would like to make one like this.👍
Some of the best vids on the UA-cams...good job sir
Jimmy Diresta laughs in the face of shop safety.
Great knife, man. Love all your vids!
Hi, car/truck leaf spring steel is some of the best steel for making swords and knifes! Oh and to save on gas have two pieces of work going when your working on one to other is being heated! plus you get to make two items! cheers
Classic Diresta! 😆
Genuinely a fantastic video / build. Angle grinder jig is inspired. Jimmy you should go on Joe Rogan podcast, I'm sure you have lots of common ground. Bet he subscribes to you.
That is the most beautiful ugly beast I've ever seen!!
Those rusty side marks in the blade are poetry! It impregnates her with a strong personality like marks of a person's own rough life...
Very nice job indeed, sir.
"That's not a knife, that's a knife!" :'D it reminds me really much on the Bowie Crocodile Dundee uses :D
Personally, I think it's a thing of beauty, and as I understand it, it'll do everything it's supposed to do.
I like it. I like it a lot!
awesome as always... but what no custom leather sheath? like a crock dun dee back rig? hehe
I was waiting for the sheath as well. Maybe for another video
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Rav Ravenous 101
Miracles. Excellent work. The result is phenomenal.
clever on that fuller! looks like a great EDC. ;)
This Old Tony WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! TONY MACHINES A BOWIE KNIFE ON THE LATHE?!
Tony watching diresta mind blowm
Good ablity and art ,i enjoid it
I have a set of leaf springs from a '55 Chevy that I plan on making one with. Great video
well, that was fun to watch!
3x3Custom - Tamar You are killing it !! Great vids!
jimmydiresta thanks so much!! ☺️
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Awesome job and video which is plenty of clever tricks I've never seen before. The shape reminds me the one Croc Dundee's carries in the movie in that very scene when he cuts that punk's jaket "This is a knife!". Congrats mate! Love it.
That’s a sweet knife
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You all prolly thinking that he sped this up so that we can view the making of a Bowie knife in 12:37 minutes but no my friends. Jimmy diresta just works that fast
Jimmy's logic: if it can't shave your arm, is not ready yet
Innovative build. Old school look on a "Dundee" knoif. I like it.
12:05 When you're having a rough day at work, and you finally take your lunch break.
That angle grinder blood groove setup is the coolest thing I've seen all week! Nice
You are amazing, artist go ahead
Follow you from Iraq 🌹
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Thanks for attention me Typing error 😄
I am a Smith from Washington state i love the blacksmithing videos you are doing
the Godfather at it again.
I think you might jhst give Crocadile Dundee a run for his money on "that's not a knife, this is a knife" argument. Nicely done. Love the brass work on this one for sure. Kind of gives it that old-school look. NICE!
I really enjoy these knife videos. Amazing work as always 👍👍
جميل وصيلي
Very nice end product ,,,interesting way of putting the fuller in,,,,well done.
Jimmy, it is crude. It is ugly. It has no balance. It uses glue (Bowie is spinning in his grave). It has a ridiculous number of rivets. I can't say enough how ugly it is. It's gonna rust. Did I mention it's ugly?
Please, Jimmy, I'll trade you my firstborn for it...
DaDa Fan 😂😂😂😂😂😨😨😨😂😂😂😂😂
Shrewd negotiating, but how would Jimmy know your crotchfruit will be worth a damn.... especially on your first try? What if it's ugly and full of rivets too?
I negotiate from strength... he retired at age 43.
Haha! Good shit.
LOL
Huge knife?This is HUGE knife!It's a beautiful Bowie...great work & i LOVE IT!
Time to make a sweet leather sheath. Recommend you watch “Book of Eli” for your motivation.
That has got to be the King of Bowie knives. I LoVe it.
If you're old enough, remember your "Crocodile Dundee" - "That's not a knife, THIS is a knife."
I see you've played knifes-spooney before.
@@njmcliffe "Now THAT'S a knife, mate!"
That is a nice piece, very nice and made with real talent.
nice :D i thought for a while that you would make a brass handle with wooden pegs, that would have been so cool/funny :D the handle you ended up making looks really awesome though and is probably more practical :)
Zzzarka I really love this idea!
love that improvised surface grinding , very clever
That's a beautiful beast! I love the steam coming off the burrito. 😉 Seriously though, you always make me want to do whatever it is you make. Thank you for being an awesome inspiration!
nice to see someone finally using a fly cutter.
how it should be done.
Is that bloodwood on the handle?
Truly from a sow’s ear to silk purse. Well done lad.
Me: “Why on God’s earth would you need a knife that big?!”
Jimmy: *chops entire meal in half*
Me: “seems necessary”
One word: Zombies!
don`t you have sometimes useless telephone sales man, mormons or bounty hunters at your door???
Diresta Panini Slicer....
I loved the DIY fuller grinder XD! It's not crazy if it works.
"He's got a knife!"
"ha, That's not a knife. THIS is a knife."
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"Just kids havin' fun"
God damn, that's exactly what i was thinking of!!!
yeah Mick Dundee will be dropping by Jimmy's place to get his knife back.
great work Jimmy
Maaaaate, that's not a knife, that's a bloody woodsplitter!
But.. did Kimmy got the kiss ? lol
Jimmy *
Real Man at his craft..Good Job!
#classicdiresta Love it, I like the how some of the forging is still visible.
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That is bloody awesome my brother 👍🏻🇦🇺
As one Dundee would have said:
"Now THAT'S a knwife"
*Knoife
Love the angle grinder jig idea!
WoW brother I like it good job very nice project to much love later :)
Been waiting for this video for so long. That, is a knife.
Get to da choppah!!!
That knife is an absolute beast....