Forging a huge Bowie knife.

Forging a huge Bowie knife.

[@ManImJustSomeDude]

This guy is my zen, no talking or garbage music. He just gets busy and makes badass stuff.

[@LRonBrundlefly]

Have enjoyed watching your videos for a couple years now, and have especially enjoyed watching the evolution of the technique for your faux integral bolsters. This one looks especially robust, and very nice looking too.

[@seattlesix9953]

Each one just gets better than the last. That hilt is exceptional.

[@ronthunders6124]

wow..... im soo jealous that (A) you have the workshop to make a knife, and (B) CAN MAKE A KNIFE THAT SCARES ITS OWN EDGE!!!!

[@larrybair8074]

One fine blade. Jim Bowie would have been proud to have owned it.

[@mykoreandreams7636]

Wow great work my dear friend! Huge like for this

[@fogelly]

Great work !

[@stefanodogg280]

That is a *Texas* size Bowie! Impressive work

[@heardashot]

That's a Mick Dundee special!! Great looking blade Mr. Top marks

[@alexhamster6509]

Крокодил Данди одобряет !)

[@Idunthevalkyrie]

fantastic
what art resides in an inert piece of metal, if brought out with
the hands of a real craftsman

[@reginaldotrechoseco5065]

O meu sonho era ter uma faca desse cuteleiro que faz maravilhas com o aço , parabéns vc faz um ótimo trabalho todas as suas facas são bem feitas e lindas mas uma vez parabéns !!!

[@barthanes1]

Gun quality craftsmanship. Beautiful.

[@diego281191]

PERFECTO...Saludos desde Argentina

[@justinwells2451]

Great work

[@nc6379]

Amazing work, I have no words

[@plasticoflamingo2952]

Wow! A beautiful monster. Nice work.

[@johnwolf.8674]

ERES UN MAQUINA....
UN GRAN SALUDO...

[@shootythings5086]

That is even bigger than the one Crocodile Dundee carried!!

[@michelfarias3730]

Nossa Parceiro ,muito toop essas facas suas , perfeita !! Muito bom amigo !! Tudo de bom pra você !!

[@100catfishing7]

Amazing craftsmanship! I would like to suggest two swords from Game of Thrones for possible future projects.Ned Stark's Ice and John Snow's Longclaw.

[@eddiebhoy6754]

Piece of art my friend, would love to own a set of knives made by you

[@bunathan2485]

I am a new subscriber... I find these videos fun to watch even tho I have not a clue on how it is done

[@leebarry6445]

老師父的經歷及一雙手，了不起!

[@custardthepipecat6584]

truly a great blade

[@blutosspinach6475]

BLUEING WAS THE CATS MEOW. FINE, FINE , FINE.

[@placidrenegade]

Superb craftsmanship

[@boromirrus2562]

Классная зубочистка...))

[@zinoazaraz3865]

I wish I had the honor😍 of getting one of your knives someday 🤗 I love your passion... and your art . But it's impossible for me😩

[@FSAM2132]

Beautiful looking blade..but I think if I needed a blade this big, I'd buy an axe..,😂😅🤣

[@AustrianJager]

A giant Bowie knife! Impressiv!

[@patrickmorrissey2271]

Very nice. Well done. They look so great "in the white"... It almost pains me when you start applying the cold blue....

[@slick4401]

PERFECT.

[@FabledHeroes3351]

Beautiful brother just beautiful

[@user-ev5cz7iz6z]

Нож апокалипсиса))) збс

[@alexhamster6509]

Разве это нож...вот это НОЖ.. (с)

[@mikeplumley77]

I have to know.. what would a guy have to pay to own such a beautiful work of art?

[@Grimm3151]

When Crocodile Dundee needs a new knife this is the guy he should talk to!

[@PRIMAL_HUNTER1988]

This man is a true artist you brother banzai and man at arms

[@BongoVids]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[@johnnypoprock1]

Searching the comments for "now that's a knife"

[@pieter9535]

Another beauty!

[@jamesh5460]

Brilliant work. What kind of steel is in a truck spring (besides the obvious spring steel) and how do you avoid getting cracks whilst forging? What a great way to make a knife!

[@Loan--Wolf]

I would be surprised if you get an honest answer

[@stephenjohnson1221]

can the next knife you make have a deer antler,brass combination handle and another awsome video as well.

[@MeanJohnDean]

A beautiful piece. Great for display. I feel I should out that historians say Bowie's knife was believed to be nine to eleven inches long at most. This piece is far to large if that is true.

[@bonancoso]

Amazing!

[@erikgalvao5543]

Glorious work dude... I'm a big fan from Brazil and i watched ALL your videos... Do u already made any Axe?? If not u really could show to us How to do It so.... See ya

[@user-vk5sx1zf4w]

молодец

[@user-ig4pw8gj1v]

*The most striking thing about knives is the back of the knife or handle*

[@eduardoelxamako]

Hermoso cuchillo, que químico uso para enpabonarlo

[@fancy9114]

What did you coat the knife in at the end? I love the color

[@DraccoKnightblade]

Freerk; question for you about your technique. I've seen several different smiths do different things when it comes to forming the point of the blade as well as the tang. Curious, when you hammer yours into shape, rather than hog it out with an angle grinder or belt grinder (for general shaping, not final form obviously) is it to maintain the structure of the material? Or is it just a personal preference?
I'm looking into starting small blade smithing myself, and I've seen many people using angle grinders with cut-off wheels to hog off/shape the tip and handle, and was wondering, is that -bad- for the material? or is it just a more 'personal preference for those that don't have access to an air hammer/time to hammer it all in manually?
Awesome work, you've inspired me to start collecting tools and follow a bit of a 'dream' of mine that I've had since I was 12. :D Cheers, from Canada!

[@OsmanAli-wr8kg]

Every bladesmith has his own recipe for making knives. I am a hobby bladesmith and almost every knife that i forge is hidden tang and forged completely to shape just to save steel. And as you said its personal preference. Some like the heating and beating,some like grinding.

[@oldschoolprepper2273]

Forging it to shape is always stronger

[@Warlord2029]

I really need to get a commission done!))

[@jeffreycarigon642]

thats so awesome

[@Loan--Wolf]

I got one of them to bad it's still hiding in the leaf spring under a junked out 96 z71 4x4

[@luminairew.102]

Someone PLEASE explain to me how that slotted gaurd stays together. I know he welds two middle pieces between the gaurd /bolster but when he's shaping afterward I'm pretty sure he's ground through all of the weld. I want to forge my sister a knife but I want a gaurd and I don't want to do a hidden tang.

[@masterdoan]

where u buy machines like these.. ???

[@resorek5819]

What do you smear with these swords that they get darker?

[@johnveglio4433]

There isn’t a KLINGON alive who wouldn’t LOVE that knife !!!!

[@smmsex]

Работа👍👏👏👏
А что на счёт развесовки?

[@sergiocaetano6947]

Awesome your work! How much this knife for send to Brasil?

[@balthazarderderian3317]

très beau travail, où avez-vous appris tout ça?

[@Nabilphysics]

so amazing

[@Ben-Sonic]

nice 😉

[@davidduffy9806]

I love these Ukranian documentaries

[@marsl3778]

Freerk is Dutch...

[@davidduffy9806]

If he is Canadian as you assert then why the Ukrainian workshop, explain that!

[@marsl3778]

Dutch means he's from the Netherlands. He lives in Deventer in the Netherlands

[@marsl3778]

@@davidduffy9806 www.freerkwieringa.nl

[@marsl3778]

www.freerkwieringa.nl

[@stefanklaus1652]

I want that Bowie pleaseee

[@ouricoemsolitude4777]

POR FAVOR, GOBLIN SLAYER ! ! !

[@manuelgarciafranco]

👍👍👍👏👏👏🔨🔨🔩. Saludos.

[@diego281191]

Con que pavonas el metal para que tome ese color??

[@imvarda]

Crocodile Dundee would be proud.

[@livio1084]

how much does this knife cost?

[@augustofernandez2912]

Do you have any shop where you sell your art?

[@augustofernandez2912]

How much is it?

[@ratrodnomadprospecttr1068]

Where can we order this?

[@fillgig2487]

Hey I wanted to know how much it would cost to buy one of these knifes from you?

[@largeogres2415]

I want

[@polyakov15]

why don't you do axes or hammers?

[@donniepoole595]

How long does it take to make a knife like that?

[@joaquintorres7325]

Make the knife of rambo 1

[@manoelmarkson8016]

Moro no Brasil, como faço para adquirir uma faca dessa?

[@streetDAOC]

what do you know he makes yet another bowie knife

[@zctajikepz1469]

Gladius plese

[@cptwulf561]

Blarg.... Why does everyone I see on youtube MIG (GMAW) weld??? I would much rather TIG (GTAW) or Stick (SMAW) weld any day than MIG weld......

[@joaquintorres7325]

Regalame uno

[@juliocesarmontesbolivar6558]

.

[@biomechanickformerlyironox5120]

Freerk, Bertram, Torbjörn....are all Scandinavians just born with innate blacksmithing senses?