Knife Making | Karambit - The Bad Idea - Making a Flame Painted Karambit Knife

Handmade Karambit Knife cut from mild steel. Flame Painted for distinctive color. Step by step knife making process.
I made this Karambit for my son. Since the edges would remain blunt, I used mild steel so that I could flame paint it without ruining any heat treatment. I also detail the stencil making process. I used PCB Photosensitive Dry Film to create the logo stencil. I would not recommend this process for small, detailed logos like mine. The film is very fragile and usually takes many tries to complete successfully. I am looking into improved methods for future builds.
Chapters
0:00 the request
0:16 cutout
1:47 profiling
2:42 drilling holes
3:50 scribe lines
4:16 grinding swedge
4:32 grinding bevels
5:18 hand sanding
6:23 making handle scales
9:37 creating the stencil
11:51 etching the logo
12:17 flame painting
13:08 attaching handle scales
14:03 shaping the handle
17:06 done
17:10 handing it over

[@jasonvliet-odonataknifeworks]

Father of the year! Awesome build.

[@AquilaKnives]

that ending LOL

[@faridsafazadeh1137]

amazing. wow. thanks for sharing.

[@loganbaggett2507]

Great work man, it turned out super nice!

[@Uswesi1527]

You have acquired all ingredients of a perfect achievement. Thanks

[@angrypineappleknives]

Thanks so much!

[@sebaldc.2681]

Totally Zen!

[@cyberickus]

You’re videos and knives are beautiful

[@TyrellKnifeworks]

Great build! 😉

[@ryanblystone5153]

Thank you

[@ClenioBuilder]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@AKUMARIDER]

ahahahahahahahahaha yeap!!! the bad idea!!! jajajajajajajaja i love it!!!

[@michaelteague7822]

What are you using for the countersink bit?

[@madgamerroy2841]

Looks good but I didn't see an actual heat treatment so basically it's a knife shaped piece of metal with a handle.

[@artnorton713]

Heat treat?