brotherman!!! followed your tips on palm swell slab handle makin and my very first attempt is 'utilitarian' AF!! perfect aint the right word but MAN it'll feel good during extended uses!!! i am ever so grateful!!!
Also with the finger sized grinder broken band can be repurposed with leather on the inside which will become the outside with the rough side of leather repurposing as a mechanised strop
Hee friend here a relatively new knifemaker. I use the shoe polish method to rounding tje handles. I gonna try this technique!! Can you tell me how thick the steel is what you use on this knife. And the overall thickness with this finished handle? You give me a lot of inspiration.
No one says you can't do all this with a mixed bag of sandpaper from the cheap shop and do it by hand btw, don't let not having a grinder stop you. Might be slower, but mistakes aren't as easy to make
I've used hand sanders, clamped down hand-belt sanders, and flex rotary sanders, as well as the non powered tools. Just begin with higher grits than you normally do, till you figure out how fast it cuts.
one tip about grinding heat treated blades with scales attached.. If your shop has a concrete slab floor, place a sheet of 1" thick plywood under the spot your grinder likes to send your work into the abyss.. A big piece... a sheet that covers your distance of spit... a snot rocket distance is the preferred. If your shop has a hardwood floor? no problems at all..
Walter, I'm trying to drill holes in 3/16" thick Norplex Ultrex g10 handle slabs. This stuff is hard to drill through. These are for a fixed blade Strider knife that came with paracord wrap. I have no tools except a screw gun for drilling, some sandpaper and I still need some type of hand saw. It's taking forever for me to drill my 3/8" forstener countersink holes for the Strider style scale screws. I don't know if this is gonna work. Any suggestions? Hey thanks man! Good upload!
Hey how does Spyderco get the G-10 texture on their Para2 knife handles? It's like a very subtle grip pattern. Is that just the way the G-10 grain is after sanding or is that pattern set in when they pressurize the G-10? Great video! Thanks man!
Those G10 scales are flat and the grip pattern is manufactured that way. They just machine the profile and chamfer the edges, add hole pattern and its complete.
I used Dremel for small curves and the rest on disk sanding attachment for drill,finishing with good old sandpaper sheets.They come out as good as Walter's tool and knife handles
I think one important aspect of moving your hands on a belt grinder and of moving your hands in general is practicing martial arts. You see the move you made around the 15:19 mark with your finger? That resembles to me the same gesture one makes to explain an aikido move (aikido here is just an example I take from my experience)
How about a video on maintenance on handle scale treatments from time to time. I have a knife with rough canvas Micarta and want it to be somewhat waterproof but I don't want it overly slick when it rains or gets wet but I don't want her to soak up water. I have been debating about using beeswax and a blow dryer. Do you have any suggestions? Would like a video on multiple hand scales treatments to preserve your handles to your knife. Thank you. Keep up the good work. Always enjoy watching your videos.
Use a bit of mink oil paste like you would put on leather boots. It protects the micarta for a time, but it will wear off slowly. Reapply it every 6 months or so or after it gets wet. Its natural, no toxins and adds a bit of moisture to prevent from becoming too dry. Also great for wood
The knife shop I work at does all the work on handle and blade both on the slack of the belt above where the wheel is I'm not sure why everyone I see does it on the wheel and or flat of the belt. As a professional convex grinder trying to learn how to haft my own blades this is very tough for me to put into my work
Ryan George usually you epoxy them In, let it fully dry, then u grind down the remaining part of the pins so it's flush with the scales. Or you can leave a little access of the pins and you can hammer the remaining little bit but if you want to remove the handle it's a bit of a pain to get off
THE absolute most important thing when making scales IS TO FINISH THE FRONTS BEFORE YOU PUT THE SCALES ON THE KNIFE!!!!! You didn't even mention this..... what the F man???? -- well at least you didn't make them with your stupid CNC machine.
only after one knows how to step though the grits for prep to using a buffing wheel and rouge. You really wanna make yourself crazy?? skip a step or the belt grits and Then polish with a wheel and rouge... I am sure Dante had something to say about that...
Handles are the part that scares me most. I have some scraps of lattice in both wood and pvc that I am using for test pieces before ripping into the leopardwood and african blackwood scales sitting on my desk.
Combat Abrasives prices? YEAH! Like a guy selling something out of his car's trunk telling you how they "Fell of a truck". Seriously affordable! If you're trying to skim money off the top and jacking the price up so that the wife doesn't know you're spending cash on the side supporting a mistress, this is one of the purchases you're going to want to do it with!
Thanks for sharing. It's a pleasure to watch an experienced blade Smith at work. Never too old to learn something new. GF1 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😎😁😎😁😎😁😎😁
If you cant afford a belt grinder you can buy a hand held tool that has a finger wide grinder. Great intermediary between sandpaper and a belt grinder and cheap as chips
I was finally able to see u on forged in fire i was dissapointed however as a novice knife maker myself i know u cant make a high quality knife in just 7 hrs wen i first seen ur videos a couple years a go u inspired me to make knives i love ur work big or small u did a great job on the show so congrats on that i was rooting for u the whole time
Thanks for this informative video Walter. The practical tips and techniques you demonstrate are really appreciated by entry level builders like myself. A genuinely helpful video.
These videos are a gift.
brotherman!!! followed your tips on palm swell slab handle makin and my very first attempt is 'utilitarian' AF!! perfect aint the right word but MAN it'll feel good during extended uses!!! i am ever so grateful!!!
i can't get over how well your tips served me just now!! blown away, i needa get a sticker or something lol.
Your videos are great, Walter. Thanks so much for all the wisdom, it's really helping me out!
hello walter sorells, you have the most beautiful knives on the internet many greatings from austria vienna richard
Excellent video as always sir, thanks for sharing and have a blessed weekend.
Walter, is there a trick to keeping the steel dust from staining light wood? Or an easy way to clean them without sanding?
Another great video.... Keep' em coming
Thanks Walter..
Thanks again
Appreciate your training!
Also with the finger sized grinder broken band can be repurposed with leather on the inside which will become the outside with the rough side of leather repurposing as a mechanised strop
Hee friend here a relatively new knifemaker. I use the shoe polish method to rounding tje handles. I gonna try this technique!!
Can you tell me how thick the steel is what you use on this knife. And the overall thickness with this finished handle? You give me a lot of inspiration.
"A smorgasbord of possibilities!"
No one says you can't do all this with a mixed bag of sandpaper from the cheap shop and do it by hand btw, don't let not having a grinder stop you. Might be slower, but mistakes aren't as easy to make
Even Chinese Dremel is good enough
Sure, i still use rasp and files. nothing wrong with that
same as me most of these vids they got a mill full of machines
I've used hand sanders, clamped down hand-belt sanders, and flex rotary sanders, as well as the non powered tools. Just begin with higher grits than you normally do, till you figure out how fast it cuts.
one tip about grinding heat treated blades with scales attached.. If your shop has a concrete slab floor, place a sheet of 1" thick plywood under the spot your grinder likes to send your work into the abyss.. A big piece... a sheet that covers your distance of spit... a snot rocket distance is the preferred. If your shop has a hardwood floor? no problems at all..
Super stuff here Walter, thanks
Walter, I'm trying to drill holes in 3/16" thick Norplex Ultrex g10 handle slabs. This stuff is hard to drill through. These are for a fixed blade Strider knife that came with paracord wrap. I have no tools except a screw gun for drilling, some sandpaper and I still need some type of hand saw. It's taking forever for me to drill my 3/8" forstener countersink holes for the Strider style scale screws. I don't know if this is gonna work. Any suggestions? Hey thanks man! Good upload!
Hey how does Spyderco get the G-10 texture on their Para2 knife handles? It's like a very subtle grip pattern. Is that just the way the G-10 grain is after sanding or is that pattern set in when they pressurize the G-10? Great video! Thanks man!
Those G10 scales are flat and the grip pattern is manufactured that way. They just machine the profile and chamfer the edges, add hole pattern and its complete.
I used Dremel for small curves and the rest on disk sanding attachment for drill,finishing with good old sandpaper sheets.They come out as good as Walter's tool and knife handles
I think one important aspect of moving your hands on a belt grinder and of moving your hands in general is practicing martial arts. You see the move you made around the 15:19 mark with your finger? That resembles to me the same gesture one makes to explain an aikido move (aikido here is just an example I take from my experience)
Matthew M - yea dont wanna debate on that, even so, fluidity in the movements is still important whatever art you re practicing (critics are welcome)
How about a video on maintenance on handle scale treatments from time to time. I have a knife with rough canvas Micarta and want it to be somewhat waterproof but I don't want it overly slick when it rains or gets wet but I don't want her to soak up water. I have been debating about using beeswax and a blow dryer. Do you have any suggestions? Would like a video on multiple hand scales treatments to preserve your handles to your knife. Thank you. Keep up the good work. Always enjoy watching your videos.
Use a bit of mink oil paste like you would put on leather boots. It protects the micarta for a time, but it will wear off slowly. Reapply it every 6 months or so or after it gets wet. Its natural, no toxins and adds a bit of moisture to prevent from becoming too dry. Also great for wood
The knife shop I work at does all the work on handle and blade both on the slack of the belt above where the wheel is I'm not sure why everyone I see does it on the wheel and or flat of the belt. As a professional convex grinder trying to learn how to haft my own blades this is very tough for me to put into my work
Well done sir! Learned a lot.
That's like my one year of training summarized in one video
How you mantain the powder out of your shop???
good video now waiting for next video for handle dising
So I’m really confused I have the scales and solid pins do I grind the pins or hammer them in? Because I know you apoxy them in too.
Ryan George usually you epoxy them In, let it fully dry, then u grind down the remaining part of the pins so it's flush with the scales. Or you can leave a little access of the pins and you can hammer the remaining little bit but if you want to remove the handle it's a bit of a pain to get off
It was an informative video but he didn’t go over how to finish the top of the scales prior to glue up
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This is pretty tough on a 4x36 belt sander.
Not a 2 by 72
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Bahaha... Butt swell
Second... lol...
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THE absolute most important thing when making scales IS TO FINISH THE FRONTS BEFORE YOU PUT THE SCALES ON THE KNIFE!!!!! You didn't even mention this..... what the F man???? -- well at least you didn't make them with your stupid CNC machine.
Such uncalled for hostility...
How many people know that Walter was on Season 3/Episode 14 of Forged in Fire? Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience Walter.
A master blade smith and tremendous teacher. Makes it look easy.
How about some tips on using buffing wheels and the compounds used with them
only after one knows how to step though the grits for prep to using a buffing wheel and rouge. You really wanna make yourself crazy?? skip a step or the belt grits and Then polish with a wheel and rouge... I am sure Dante had something to say about that...
@@wingedbrick you'll get those 3 scratches out...... eventually.
It really is a pleasure watching you work, and seeing the finished product. Well done, you are a true craftsman.
Just did my first palm swelled / Coke bottle on my second blade I've ever made...turned out pretty good...
I'm about to attempt the same. 2nd blade and I'm more nervous about my handle than I was getting married lolol
Thank you for giving me the information on how to grind a handles in knives
Walter, I always wrap the blade in tape, both to protect my hands and protect the blade. Any comment?
Same, wondering why not in this case... or is it something he just never does as an expert.
Worth spending minutes googling an image labeling the parts of a knife. It helps to know what youtubers are referring to on their videos
@Walter Sorrells- When are we going to get some sweet fantasy novels from you?
Tapping your your blade will add another layer of safety 😊
Perfect timing for a refresher, thanks again Walter! Im feeling pretty good about todays scale grinding (X3) “Of course itll be ready by Christmas!”
0:46 what was that sound ?
Handles are the part that scares me most. I have some scraps of lattice in both wood and pvc that I am using for test pieces before ripping into the leopardwood and african blackwood scales sitting on my desk.
Combat Abrasives prices?
YEAH! Like a guy selling something out of his car's trunk telling you how they "Fell of a truck". Seriously affordable!
If you're trying to skim money off the top and jacking the price up so that the wife doesn't know you're spending cash on the side supporting a mistress, this is one of the purchases you're going to want to do it with!
Very helpful
Thanks for sharing. It's a pleasure to watch an experienced blade Smith at work. Never too old to learn something new. GF1 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😎😁😎😁😎😁😎😁
A Great teacher with unbelievable knowledge
If you cant afford a belt grinder you can buy a hand held tool that has a finger wide grinder. Great intermediary between sandpaper and a belt grinder and cheap as chips
Hey Walter you should Make a video on which grinder to purchase that is the most efficient for knife making... great vid!
I was finally able to see u on forged in fire i was dissapointed however as a novice knife maker myself i know u cant make a high quality knife in just 7 hrs wen i first seen ur videos a couple years a go u inspired me to make knives i love ur work big or small u did a great job on the show so congrats on that i was rooting for u the whole time
You can learn more about it on stodoys webpage.
There's no right way to do it? Well, that's disappointing, Walt. I'd rather hear that there's no wrong way.
Oh no, lots of wrong ways lol.
Was debating about beeswax and a hair dryer to help it soak in
Don't do it man. That'll result in a hive relocating to your wife's hairdryer and now you've got a major problem on your hands...
I'm more of a butt-swell kind of guy.
Well, that's just swell ;^)
Sorry and to add trying to go food safe
Chris Mccarthy almost all finishes, once fully cured, are food safe.
Is micarta toxic?
Well it's made using resin, so I suppose it depends if the resin is? I'd assume it is, just to play it safe though.
Thanks for this informative video Walter. The practical tips and techniques you demonstrate are really appreciated by entry level builders like myself. A genuinely helpful video.