We Americans take our heritage sometimes overly seriously. It is most noted among Irish, Scottish and Italian families here on the East Coast. I've observed some rather annoying fellow Americans making a real nuisance of themselves when going back to the old country. Nevertheless we bring money in tourism which the folks there are more than happy to take. Hence the big trade in Pakistani bagpipes, "Irish" wool sweaters and the popularity of the really nasty tasting Guinness.
Lots of medieval fairs where a sword like that would be sold quickly for a lot of money. I’ve also recently discovered modern day knight brawls where dulled versions of medieval weaponry are greatly needed. Excellent work, I just made my first sword today actually - looks like a barbarian made it. Yours however is a different story. Great work! Hopefully I will at least be a quarter of the blacksmith you are and I’ll be doing just fine.
May I make a suggestion about the type of tap you use? I would stay as far away from a four flute tap as I possibly could when you’re under a half inch or so. Get yourself some Butterfield spiral point gun taps. You won’t be sorry. Keep up the great work and content!
I am building a camping knife. Heavy and built for abuse. I am simultaneously building a sword. The sword seems to be an emblem. It will sit on display most of its life. It will be something i can point at, pull out occasionally, and say "I made this!" When my son grows up, I will help him make his own sword, in his own style.
What a great video. Thanks for posting it. I have been looking desperately for a blacksmith to fix my sword handle, and am coming to the sad realization that in America, I'll probably just have to do it myself.
So much that I could say about it being well worth the blood sweat and tears you put in on this........ but you are already aware of it ! 🙂 Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍 👍
@@bradcavanagh3092 I returned from a road trip a few years ago, and commented (Facebook) that I'd seen a lot more Highlanders than I expected to, but nobody got it and I had to explain. I also commented that people kept saying that I was traveling light, and if that was true I'd expect to have gone a lot faster, but that didn't work either. Maybe my daughter is right, and I'm not as funny as I think I am.
I've been thinking about learning to forge,and I can't-well,I will have to- (can't start running before learning how to crawl,after all)wait to get to the level your at sir!
Wow, sweetie and I loved the sound of that anvil. Almost got flash burns from the welding, though. All in all, a fun evening watching you create elvish stuff in that really tidy shop, Scott. Steve made that sheath, right?
Breaking off a tap is the worst. Been lucky and haven't broken off one in years (well that's a bad omen) anyway, thanks for being a stand up guy and shopping us the mistake. You could have just as easy edited it out but you didn't! This is why I subscribed many moons ago......
Nobody I know ever said anything about having to use a sword for battle, lol, enjoyed watching people just having fun with them! Cy's idea/invention? Or he was just a participant in the games?
For a really awesome etch after the ferric chloride get the cheapest instant coffee you can find and mix a slurry of it and soak the blades in it overnight
Chase a guy out of your house with a gun and he'll run. Chase him out with a sword and he'll run faster and further and he'll NEVER come back because he KNOWS you're crazy!
The sword is so cool man. Is that supposed to be the Elvish sword Sting that Bilbo carried and later gave to Frodo? Anyway,its the most gorgeous sword I've ever seen.
Hahahahaha, it’s funny you mentioned that. I was just about to type in how interesting it was watching you, but who uses swords now a days? Although I appreciate your answer I can’t ever see myself making one. Good on ya, thanks Scott.
And if no other reason swords are cool , and the sheath on that sword was every bit as cool and hand made WOW, the aesthetic value of a sword alone is worth every penny or hammers blow how ever you get yours
How much do you think this would cost I found a somewhat “vintage” looking sword and I want to buy or have a new hilt made for it, I’m going to derust the guard since it’s the only metal piece on the hilt that came with the sword the handle is wooden or do you think it’d be best if I made a wooden handle for it myself
You’ll have to excuse my blacksmithing ignorance, but at 2:50 you said when working with Damascus, you should work with “high heat and small movements”. Why the small movements? Is there an inherent fragility to Damascus steel? 🤔
There can be a fragility in the welds until there have been several Welding cycles completed. The weld will stick and will appear to be solid but if you move it a long ways or at too low a temperature it will sometimes separate. After you’ve gone through seven or eight Welding cycles however it is truly one piece of steel.
@@essentialcraftsman Very interesting. Thanks! I hope at some point you’ll be able to squeeze in some video of the making of that leather scabbard too. That thing was equally impressive!
"Nice sword, but what is the point?" LOL, got a bit of edge there, but at least you didn't pummel us with it. BTW, in case you hadn't heard, Elvish is dead.
I dunno... There's always a use for the sword in the future, for metaphorical, symbolic and practical reasons. ua-cam.com/video/AC9SF7TOyHQ/v-deo.html Btw Scott, watching you make that was a sheer pleasure! I love the explanations and artistry involved.
Lol love it, but sword competition should involve adversaries that can move, will ensure you are using more correct, swords aren't necessarily chopping weapons. Less swing more push or pull, a cut not chop.
Do you know someone around the Corvallis area that could teach me how to make this kind of stuff? I've always wanted to learn. I have a blade I need to make a handle for.
Pretty sure you mentioned your mother or grandmother was a McGregor. Is there a Clan McGregor presence at this event? I live in Missouri now, but still have a lot of family there in Oregon.
A sword may not be the most useful instrument in the modern world but it would be an awesome legacy gift for a grand kid!
Machete, ever heard about that?
Don’t even have to wait to give these videos a thumbs up.
I press play and then thumbs up. Love everyone of them.
Same here, guaranteed a great video each and every time!
There are many re-enactment groups that still highly appreciate fine quality swords. Not to mention if you camp they are pretty handy tools.
It's really a joy to watch such a skilled craftsman create a great product. Thanks for sharing this with all of us.
I love that handle fitting technique - I had never seen this before!
Cy is my favorite recurring character in this show
never a need to justify ART. (or the love behind this; as we know you are making it as a gift for that family friend) Darrell
Its crazy seeing a small place in america celebrate being Scottish more than some places in Scotland. Good job.
We Americans take our heritage sometimes overly seriously. It is most noted among Irish, Scottish and Italian families here on the East Coast. I've observed some rather annoying fellow Americans making a real nuisance of themselves when going back to the old country. Nevertheless we bring money in tourism which the folks there are more than happy to take. Hence the big trade in Pakistani bagpipes, "Irish" wool sweaters and the popularity of the really nasty tasting Guinness.
Lots of medieval fairs where a sword like that would be sold quickly for a lot of money. I’ve also recently discovered modern day knight brawls where dulled versions of medieval weaponry are greatly needed.
Excellent work, I just made my first sword today actually - looks like a barbarian made it. Yours however is a different story. Great work! Hopefully I will at least be a quarter of the blacksmith you are and I’ll be doing just fine.
What an awesome project. Thanks for sharing the video.
That sword came out amazing the etching was amazing that sheeth is Stunning @Essential Craftsman
What a bunch of old nerds! I LOVE it! All the power to them. and the Sword turned out wonderful.
Having a sword..... because you never know when the beer can clan and pool noodle gang are going to attack your camp!!! Great sword and scabbard
Hahaha
After seeing Scott break off a tap I don't feel so bad.
Good thing there was voice-over audio at that point! 🤬
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@@psidvicious I was thinking the same thing 😁
psidvicious lol
Great Work Scott.
Very Enjoyable and back to the beloved anvil
You sure LOVE your hobby, GOD BLESS YOU
Aaahhh, it just keeps getting better. Thanks for the continuing variety of content.
What a beautiful sword and sheath.
Always a good video, but having the Bagpipes play in the background while making the sword would have been awesome. Love the Bagpipes.
Man it took me a second, but I can def appreciate the acoustic version of "Know your Enemy" playing in the background !
Your sword.. (awkward grin) will killt. Well done E.C., that looks awesome!!
Looks like you need a drill press vice. Am I the only one spooked by the hand holding of the piece?
yes, mostly you were the only scared one. lol
Right!? 😂👍all the great equipment and he ends up HOLDING it by hand!! to drill
2:05 ("sadly the drilling didn't go perfectly") and 5:33 (the hand hold)
May I make a suggestion about the type of tap you use? I would stay as far away from a four flute tap as I possibly could when you’re under a half inch or so. Get yourself some Butterfield spiral point gun taps. You won’t be sorry. Keep up the great work and content!
I love all of your forging videos well all of your videos are great and just wanted to tell you that your craftsmanship is beautiful
i can say as a Scotsman thems some of the strangest kilts i have ever seen lol but looks like fun had by all and thats the point lol great video
Beautiful work.
Keep up the good work!
Magnificent work of art
I am building a camping knife. Heavy and built for abuse. I am simultaneously building a sword. The sword seems to be an emblem. It will sit on display most of its life. It will be something i can point at, pull out occasionally, and say "I made this!" When my son grows up, I will help him make his own sword, in his own style.
Awesome as usual. Thanks for sharing.
Making a sword is not some useless hobby, swords craftsmanship is a work of art.
Brilliant! Love it, from a fan of yours in Scotland 🏴👍
Wow I've never seen someone fit a handle by heating up the tang like that!
For a second there I got excited for the prospect of a Scotty Wads action sequence.
Damn that scabbard is beautiful.
Agreed! Would love to see some video on the making of it!
What a great video. Thanks for posting it. I have been looking desperately for a blacksmith to fix my sword handle, and am coming to the sad realization that in America, I'll probably just have to do it myself.
Good video as always @Essential Craftsman
When I'm thinking about uses of swords these days I'm thinking about cutting watermelon, because chefs knifes are often too short.
lol, imagine seeing a sword in someones knife rack. Actually... I have a machete around here somewhere, I might go expand my cookware xD
So much that I could say about it being well worth the blood sweat and tears you put in on this........
but you are already aware of it ! 🙂
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍 👍
That is a beautiful blade & sheath. I hope you show how you made the sheath as well.
So smooth how you just caught that piece right off the saw 😂.
Keep up the great craftsmanship and work forge on love the videos can’t wait to see what is next
Fun fact: ironwoods are so dense that they'll usually sink in water.
Good to know. Note to one's self not good for emergency rafts, LOL
Very stringy stuff that does not like to split and dulls chains really quickly.
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I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal.
- Highlander
There can only be one.
@@bradcavanagh3092 I returned from a road trip a few years ago, and commented (Facebook) that I'd seen a lot more Highlanders than I expected to, but nobody got it and I had to explain. I also commented that people kept saying that I was traveling light, and if that was true I'd expect to have gone a lot faster, but that didn't work either. Maybe my daughter is right, and I'm not as funny as I think I am.
Nice work
I watched the video because I want to start blacksmithing haha
I never knew you could fit a handle by heating the tang and burning it in
I've been thinking about learning to forge,and I can't-well,I will have to- (can't start running before learning how to crawl,after all)wait to get to the level your at sir!
Wow, sweetie and I loved the sound of that anvil. Almost got flash burns from the welding, though. All in all, a fun evening watching you create elvish stuff in that really tidy shop, Scott. Steve made that sheath, right?
Beautiful
Fun video. Thank you
I was hoping to see you run your sword Thur the course! Beautiful sword also!
I, too, am out of the McReynolds Clan. Great Grandfather James, Grandfather Joseph Barnett, and Mother Lilla Jo. 🤠 KUTGW!
THANK YOU
also. they are really cool to look at and hold. good day, sir!
great video thanks
Inereesting,enjoyed the video😁😁😁😁
you are a talented man!!!
What this video needed was more bagpipes! More bagpipes!
Yep, no mistaking the sounds of a bagpipe. Coolest instrument ever.
I’m Mexican so the accordion is my favorite, bag pipes close second. LOL!
Breaking off a tap is the worst. Been lucky and haven't broken off one in years (well that's a bad omen) anyway, thanks for being a stand up guy and shopping us the mistake. You could have just as easy edited it out but you didn't! This is why I subscribed many moons ago......
What a great American
I live in CHAMBERSBURG where that hammer was made
Nobody I know ever said anything about having to use a sword for battle, lol, enjoyed watching people just having fun with them! Cy's idea/invention? Or he was just a participant in the games?
It’s true; Cy invented the sword. He also invented games.
I went to a Highland festival up in the Twin Cities once, it was good fun! The sword looked good, one I would be happy to own. :)
8:45 that was cold
For a really awesome etch after the ferric chloride get the cheapest instant coffee you can find and mix a slurry of it and soak the blades in it overnight
Will do!!!
Amen!
Chase a guy out of your house with a gun and he'll run. Chase him out with a sword and he'll run faster and further and he'll NEVER come back because he KNOWS you're crazy!
Monster Bash and if you kill him with it, you won’t likely wake the neighbors. Considerate home defense.
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jasonji1900 lol
That baseball cap with the more highland attire made me think of Cohen the Barbarian.
*Connan?
@@beby843 Nope, Cohen.
He's a character in some of Terry Pratchetts work.
@@peteoconnor6388 Thanks.
2:18 I imagine Scott for the first time on this channel saying SHIT!
The sword is so cool man. Is that supposed to be the Elvish sword Sting that Bilbo carried and later gave to Frodo? Anyway,its the most gorgeous sword I've ever seen.
I think in a previous video he mentioned it was inspired by Sting. But not supposed to be a direct copy.
Hahahahaha, it’s funny you mentioned that. I was just about to type in how interesting it was watching you, but who uses swords now a days? Although I appreciate your answer I can’t ever see myself making one. Good on ya, thanks Scott.
Holding a good sword in your hand is like holding the world by the tail...for a fleeting second.
With how expensive ammo is these days it's almost worth it having a backup sword by your bed. Hah
Doom Guy
Heck yeah!
And if no other reason swords are cool , and the sheath on that sword was every bit as cool and hand made WOW, the aesthetic value of a sword alone is worth every penny or hammers blow how ever you get yours
VERY NICE work about how many hours of work was it for you.
Anyone else shrivel up at 8:48?
A co-worker snapped off a 3/8 - 16 tap in a 1/2 SS plate. All he said was "Let the gnashing of teeth begin".
Man that anvil needs fixing down better more ring than a bell
Not Sure I would call Eugene southern Oregon, it is more west central.
How much do you think this would cost I found a somewhat “vintage” looking sword and I want to buy or have a new hilt made for it, I’m going to derust the guard since it’s the only metal piece on the hilt that came with the sword the handle is wooden or do you think it’d be best if I made a wooden handle for it myself
You’ll have to excuse my blacksmithing ignorance, but at 2:50 you said when working with Damascus, you should work with “high heat and small movements”. Why the small movements? Is there an inherent fragility to Damascus steel? 🤔
There can be a fragility in the welds until there have been several Welding cycles completed. The weld will stick and will appear to be solid but if you move it a long ways or at too low a temperature it will sometimes separate. After you’ve gone through seven or eight Welding cycles however it is truly one piece of steel.
@@essentialcraftsman Very interesting. Thanks!
I hope at some point you’ll be able to squeeze in some video of the making of that leather scabbard too. That thing was equally impressive!
#1 luxury: pants
How did you thread the end of the Tang? I would've left an extra inch to put in a lathe chuck and single point thread. (machine shop territory).
Is there a depression for the blade at the crossguard? If so how did you make it?
"Nice sword, but what is the point?" LOL, got a bit of edge there, but at least you didn't pummel us with it. BTW, in case you hadn't heard, Elvish is dead.
Ive heard that using belts for wood that have been used for metal just ends up burning the wood. Do you segregate your belts?
How long would it take to make the hilt in total?
Reject Modernity, Embrace Blacksmithing.
I dunno... There's always a use for the sword in the future, for metaphorical, symbolic and practical reasons. ua-cam.com/video/AC9SF7TOyHQ/v-deo.html
Btw Scott, watching you make that was a sheer pleasure! I love the explanations and artistry involved.
That elvish sword is otherwise known as a leaf blade
I think you should get a mill
So the usefulness of the swords is that grown men get to wear skirts and chop at plastic bottles and pool noodles.
No, it’s to remember history and keep the ability to make and use these tools alive.
There will come a time when the Sword is King once more.
Ps... it's not very far away
Lol love it, but sword competition should involve adversaries that can move, will ensure you are using more correct, swords aren't necessarily chopping weapons. Less swing more push or pull, a cut not chop.
The sword is a more elegant weapon from a simpler age.
Do you know someone around the Corvallis area that could teach me how to make this kind of stuff? I've always wanted to learn. I have a blade I need to make a handle for.
No that is not what I think I think it's not useless at all I love using swords
When you heat treat, is that just oil??
Pretty sure you mentioned your mother or grandmother was a McGregor. Is there a Clan McGregor presence at this event? I live in Missouri now, but still have a lot of family there in Oregon.