I have to agree with Joseph A. below. Your work is very good. The sheath is really good and the video is perfect. In time, every one in your extended family will want Grampa's beuatiful knife. Thank you for showing how you did everything.
Incredible!... What a beautiful outcome from so simple a source! I am thoroughly impressed by your abilities in both steel and leather, sadly, these are disappearing arts in today's world. Great work, and please teach anyone who shows an interest in hand crafted tools or art, we need to keep this tradition alive!
Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us in UA-cam. I don't know if you have sons or not but you definitely need to be teaching these crafts to the next generation. Whether it be at a night school or private instruction. You've got way too much knowledge to keep it to yourself.
Nicely done, both on the knife and the sheath. My mom did a purse once out of leather, took her a long time to do all the little hammerings using the same type of tools you did. So when you say it took as long to make the sheath as the knife, I believe it.
Your comments about making the sheath are right on. As a fairly new knife maker I had to learn leather craft to make sheaths for them as well. Making sheaths with leather is a lot more work and not so easy as one may think. It is very easy to mess up working with leather just like it is making a knife. Both take practice and experience and you learn from your mistakes. In the end doing both is very satisfying especially as you see the quality of your work improve over time. You did a very good job on your sheath.
Yes I honestly love the small defects like the line in handle and the divot in blade. Humans are not machines we make mistakes and small errors but what we can create has feeling, meaning and character. That blade is truly special and 1 of a kind. U should pass that along as a family heirloom. I hope u keep that and dont sell it.
Hey, I agree with Danny Santos: "This knife has sexy all over it" The things you pointed out just give it character. This is one heck of a beautiful buuild man and I would love to have it. I loved your video too. Your sheath is just damn plain good looking. For a first time with leather, you did an excelent job on the sheath. Thank you for showing what an old spike can become....
Great choice in materials. I'm glad you kept the tools, techniques and time realistic for the average shop guy at home. It's so frustrating watching a knife video on a blade of interest only to be treated to advanced metalurgy and a shop with a couple hundred grand in gear. Great job!
I do leatherwork and I loved hearing you say how long it took! People alway gasp at what I charge to make their sheaths… I takes time and effort people!
Love the forging divet. Thanks for capturing the process of making something out of nothing, to include the actual published vid. Knife and sheath are beautiful. I was surprised as well at the overall length. Reminded me of the pig iron "foundries" throughout the mountains of the south, making weapons for the civil war effort. Stay healthy and look fwd to checking out your other projects.
I really admire what you did. You remind me of my father fixing something that he had little experience with. He methodically approached the task and figured it out on his own how he needed to do it. And although the finished product was not always pretty, they worked. He was a product of the Depression where paying someone to repair something or buying a new one to replace it was not an affordable option. I find fewer and fewer men like him now.
You did a really nice job there loved the reused railroad spike and turned into a Bowie blade, as for the leather that you said you have not dealt with before, as a experienced leather crafter you did everything text book, I had realised when you was embossing the half moons out and carrying on to what became the inside of the belt loop , should have swapped to the other side, apart from that it was really good, I personally wouldn’t have used the glue for all but one that’s similar to a PVA as the glue seeps into the fibres of the mating parts, again that’s only what I would have done, I’d recommend using your wood working shop to make a stitching horse if you want to continue in leather working. Again you did a great job and I am sure that everyone will agree on having that Bowie knife in their collection. Thanks for showing us this video and look forward to seeing some more of your future work. Phil. UK
You should be proud of your skills 👍 I can't believe that my daughter has just started high school within the uk at a school I went to (I went to many years ago😂) and they now longer teach woodwork, metalwork or cooker due to the safety reasons! The world has gone mad and I am not sure what we are going to do in another 10 or 20 years time, as whom will have practical skills to make things rather than buy rubbish items for the throwaway society we live in today. Keep up your amazing work and videos 👍👍👍
I'm just a beginning metal worker, . . . getting my forge together now, . . . thank you for the lesson on the knife. It may very well become a project some time in the future. I do have a leather sewing machine (making holsters, belts, knife sheaths and the like), . . . so my sheath time will be much shorter (lol). I just hope my knife turns out 75% as good as yours did. May God bless...........
Thank you SO MUCH for making that video!! That is exactly the way I used to make my knives and sheaths. My forge was built out of an old water heater, using LINDSEY PUBLICATIONS. I had to quit because if carpul tunnel surgery...I lost all my grip, in my hands. I ended up teaching my best friend and then giving him my forge and anvil base. TANDY LEATHER in Texas has the tooling and various dyes and SUHNER ABRASIVES in Georgia has the rag wheels and buffing compounds. & no...I am not advertising for them...just saving y'all a lot of work!
Hello As a knife maker since 1966 and a leather worker for quite a few years, I can tell you, people underestimate how much work goes into a sheath. Overall...very nice job. Stoney Pappy Dave's Knives Pennsylvania
Done like a real Smith. By hand and hammer. Very nice sir, well done. I really can appreciate the entire process and love the time u took on the handle and sheath. I actually learned alot just from watching. THANKS. New subscriber here
Nice, when you were forging the knife I thought it would be thin but looks great. I like that you left the head on and incorporated it into the handle.
Great build. Quick trick.. if you have to gap-fill keep some sawdust handy from your wood and add a touch in to your epoxy or filler to give it a good color match.
I use that trick quite often. If the saw dust is mixed with wood glue it will even pick up some wood stain. Or you can stain the wood , then sand and used the stained saw dust as a filler.
Brilliant!, my stepson is playing around with his homemade forge, I plan on showing him your video and let him decide if he wants to tackle the railroad spike knife, I'm so glad you left the hammer end of the spike on ; when all is done you not only have an exceptional blade you also have overcome a common problem, you eliminated the need for any kind of pommel on the handle, the only other thing I would add, as with any large knife being as sharp enough to shave hair I would have added a hand guard between the blade and handle,( speaking from experience, processing a deer, knives get EXTREMELY SLIPPERY FROM BLOOD& are hard to control ) just saying for future knives. I'm not a hater I enjoy your vids and am impressed by everyone of your projects , you never fail to keep me glued to the entire video ; that sheath was jaw dropping the time,effort,and details oh man !!! As I do,you must have done your homework, I research the shit out of any project,task, or anything that interest me ! Can you imagine if we would have had the internet when we were in school , say around 4th or 5th grade ! All I can say is thank GOD for wood shop, metal shop, auto shop, those were for me the only guaranteed A+ grades I ever received !! All the rest were C's. Keep up the good work and keep impressing all of us with your awesome skills !!!
Impressive work for sure, glad you left that hammer mark in the blade. Sometimes mixing sawdust from the sanding into the epoxy/glue will help to hide lines or be more of a finished piece. Got that experience when I refinished the wood steering wheel in my Jag. Really enjoyed your video, thanks.
Same I have a rock I flattened by hand for an anvil i heaved really forge anything yet though I just use a hole in the ground for a forge but it would work if I ever need to fogged some thing
Great video! I've made a spike knife so I know what goes into it. A lot of work! Yours came out MUCH better. Try a hatchet with the spike's head as a wide sweeping blade or the tip as a shorter edged blade and the head as a hammer. I made one with the hammer head on it and it's a great camp axe with a tent-spike hammer built in. I'd love to make a brass hilt fitted to one with silver solder to seal the gap. Maybe melt and cast old gas torch tips?
Wow! I can't believe you aren't really experienced in working with leather - it might have taken you awhile but you made it look easy. You showed a lot of skill in making the knife too, a quality tool.
Great work on both the knife and sheath as with any handmade items they will have character points. I work with leather and you never know how long it will take until it’s done. As with working with metal you don’t know how long it will be until it’s done.
I think I can match you on the knife, I can top you hands down with fitting the wood to the blade...but my friend you do a fantastic job on the leather, and just blew my leather work away...that was just outstanding, and you make a great instructional video...I'll be watching you close... Thanks...
Thanks. What would be your technique on fitting the wood to the handle? I could have been a little more patient and done a better job, but I was tired of fighting with that hard osage! ;-) I also should have left the scales longer until I had them fitted to the back, and then cut off the fronts evenly. As for the fitting, I rubbed pencil lead on the steel, and then pushed the scale into position and carved away where it rubbed. It was pretty time consuming.
Great video! Thought you blew it out of the water until I started watching the leather work, fn fantastic! Wait you never worked with leather? Bravo sir!
How could anyone give a thumbs down on home made anything! I can’t stand elitist. I guess they are exercising their rights to be *hated. Good looking and functional tool!!! A better word would be *pitied
Thanks for the video! I'm beginning blacksmithing and would like to make knives and work my way up to swords. This gives me some good insight into what to do.
I have to say, I came for the knife... I stayed for the sheath! That leather work really fascinated me! Well done all around!
Same here. I couldn’t believe it when he said he never worked with leather before. He knocked it out of the park
same here
Someone that can do the metal work, wood work and leather work....wow....impressive! Hard to imagine you've never done this before.
This is insane. The craftsmanship is unbelievable
This man can really do everything
I wish!
I have to agree with Joseph A. below. Your work is very good. The sheath is really good and the video is perfect. In time, every one in your extended family will want Grampa's beuatiful knife. Thank you for showing how you did everything.
Incredible!... What a beautiful outcome from so simple a source! I am thoroughly impressed by your abilities in both steel and leather, sadly, these are disappearing arts in today's world. Great work, and please teach anyone who shows an interest in hand crafted tools or art, we need to keep this tradition alive!
Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us in UA-cam. I don't know if you have sons or not but you definitely need to be teaching these crafts to the next generation. Whether it be at a night school or private instruction. You've got way too much knowledge to keep it to yourself.
Great job!!! For not being a knife maker or leather worker....& you made the knife from a railroad spike! Great job! ✊🏼🇺🇸
Nicely done, both on the knife and the sheath. My mom did a purse once out of leather, took her a long time to do all the little hammerings using the same type of tools you did. So when you say it took as long to make the sheath as the knife, I believe it.
i actually like the off-centered line, makes it unique....and the sheath...wow...awesome work for being the first time. Bravo !!!
Your comments about making the sheath are right on. As a fairly new knife maker I had to learn leather craft to make sheaths for them as well. Making sheaths with leather is a lot more work and not so easy as one may think. It is very easy to mess up working with leather just like it is making a knife. Both take practice and experience and you learn from your mistakes. In the end doing both is very satisfying especially as you see the quality of your work improve over time. You did a very good job on your sheath.
Osage orange!!! I've never heard anyone speak of it besides my high school ag tree identification! Got one growing down the road. Beautiful brother!
Yes I honestly love the small defects like the line in handle and the divot in blade. Humans are not machines we make mistakes and small errors but what we can create has feeling, meaning and character. That blade is truly special and 1 of a kind. U should pass that along as a family heirloom. I hope u keep that and dont sell it.
Hey, I agree with Danny Santos: "This knife has sexy all over it" The things you pointed out just give it character. This is one heck of a beautiful buuild man and I would love to have it. I loved your video too. Your sheath is just damn plain good looking. For a first time with leather, you did an excelent job on the sheath. Thank you for showing what an old spike can become....
I loved the craftsmanship in both. Would love a knife like that.
Nicely done. The knife looks great and I appreciate that you used it in making the sheath.
Great choice in materials. I'm glad you kept the tools, techniques and time realistic for the average shop guy at home. It's so frustrating watching a knife video on a blade of interest only to be treated to advanced metalurgy and a shop with a couple hundred grand in gear. Great job!
I do leatherwork and I loved hearing you say how long it took! People alway gasp at what I charge to make their sheaths… I takes time and effort people!
This is the video which made me fall in love with your channel. Probably the 5th or 6th time I've watched it and it gets better each time.
To me that looks like a fairly professional knife and leather sheath make. Enjoyed watching. Well done.
Love the forging divet. Thanks for capturing the process of making something out of nothing, to include the actual published vid. Knife and sheath are beautiful. I was surprised as well at the overall length. Reminded me of the pig iron "foundries" throughout the mountains of the south, making weapons for the civil war effort. Stay healthy and look fwd to checking out your other projects.
Dont know what I'm more impressed with, the metal work or the leather work.
Regardless of what you think, the knife came out absolute terrific. You did an awesome job. Kudos to you.
I really admire what you did. You remind me of my father fixing something that he had little experience with. He methodically approached the task and figured it out on his own how he needed to do it. And although the finished product was not always pretty, they worked. He was a product of the Depression where paying someone to repair something or buying a new one to replace it was not an affordable option. I find fewer and fewer men like him now.
I'm here because the channel 20 Sided Knight kept going on about you and you make cool stuff. They weren't wrong.
Haha...yes..I liked how u used as many clamps as possible. Sweet blade+Sweet handle+Sweet sheath= a one of a kind amazing knife
Although I enjoyed the whole video, the sheath making left me breathless. Overall, absolutely amazing job!! Wow!
You did a really nice job there loved the reused railroad spike and turned into a Bowie blade, as for the leather that you said you have not dealt with before, as a experienced leather crafter you did everything text book, I had realised when you was embossing the half moons out and carrying on to what became the inside of the belt loop , should have swapped to the other side, apart from that it was really good, I personally wouldn’t have used the glue for all but one that’s similar to a PVA as the glue seeps into the fibres of the mating parts, again that’s only what I would have done, I’d recommend using your wood working shop to make a stitching horse if you want to continue in leather working. Again you did a great job and I am sure that everyone will agree on having that Bowie knife in their collection. Thanks for showing us this video and look forward to seeing some more of your future work. Phil. UK
You should be proud of your skills 👍
I can't believe that my daughter has just started high school within the uk at a school I went to (I went to many years ago😂) and they now longer teach woodwork, metalwork or cooker due to the safety reasons! The world has gone mad and I am not sure what we are going to do in another 10 or 20 years time, as whom will have practical skills to make things rather than buy rubbish items for the throwaway society we live in today.
Keep up your amazing work and videos 👍👍👍
I'm just a beginning metal worker, . . . getting my forge together now, . . . thank you for the lesson on the knife. It may very well become a project some time in the future.
I do have a leather sewing machine (making holsters, belts, knife sheaths and the like), . . . so my sheath time will be much shorter (lol).
I just hope my knife turns out 75% as good as yours did.
May God bless...........
Good luck! And have fun!
Never mind the tiny divot, just adds character and enhances your dedicated and skillfull craftsmanship. Many thanks for saring & God Bless!!🙏
Thank you SO MUCH for making that video!! That is exactly the way I used to make my knives and sheaths. My forge was built out of an old water heater, using LINDSEY PUBLICATIONS. I had to quit because if carpul tunnel surgery...I lost all my grip, in my hands. I ended up teaching my best friend and then giving him my forge and anvil base. TANDY LEATHER in Texas has the tooling and various dyes and SUHNER ABRASIVES in Georgia has the rag wheels and buffing compounds. & no...I am not advertising for them...just saving y'all a lot of work!
You are very skilled at everything you take on. A pleasure to watch and learn thank you.
Splendid! Jim Bowie would be proud!
Hello
As a knife maker since 1966 and a leather worker for quite a few years, I can tell you, people underestimate how much work goes into a sheath. Overall...very nice job.
Stoney
Pappy Dave's Knives
Pennsylvania
Done like a real Smith. By hand and hammer. Very nice sir, well done. I really can appreciate the entire process and love the time u took on the handle and sheath. I actually learned alot just from watching. THANKS. New subscriber here
Likewise for me. A well built and beautiful knife and sheath
You've never worked with leather before? Looks like you're a natural.
Master in steal forge, wood and leather 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 love your work.
Gorgeous craftsmen ship. Being a railway worker I really enjoy the spike knife. 👍
i like how you kept the end of the railroad spike so you know where the metal came from.
It came out great! Until you said you had not worked with leather, I would never have guessed! Both came out superb!
Amazing craftsman. I like the quiet video. Thanks for sharing.
Great job. I like the slight imperfections, makes sense of where it started life. Thanks for the video
Nice, when you were forging the knife I thought it would be thin but looks great. I like that you left the head on and incorporated it into the handle.
Absolutely beautiful! I enjoyed the sheath making as much as the knife. I wish I could buy this!
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Great build. Quick trick.. if you have to gap-fill keep some sawdust handy from your wood and add a touch in to your epoxy or filler to give it a good color match.
gotta remember this
I use that trick quite often. If the saw dust is mixed with wood glue it will even pick up some wood stain. Or you can stain the wood , then sand and used the stained saw dust as a filler.
Im not sure what im more impressed with...that beautiful knife...or the cool sheath....awesome.
Verry enjoyable watching you work this spike into a nice piece of personal art . It looks verry functional. Nice and shiny
Beautiful work. What a joy to watch. A true craftsman!
The off center split and the aggressive hammer blow on the blade give the whole knife some solid character. It’s got sexy written all over it.
I was gonna say the same thing, that knife has a lot of good character, cheers
Really like your setup, great anvil tie down ! Oh and great work!
Talented man!
The knife and sheath look perfect. You do astounding work.
That was some good work. Knife is beautiful, and has personality as well.
Brilliant!, my stepson is playing around with his homemade forge, I plan on showing him your video and let him decide if he wants to tackle the railroad spike knife, I'm so glad you left the hammer end of the spike on ; when all is done you not only have an exceptional blade you also have overcome a common problem, you eliminated the need for any kind of pommel on the handle, the only other thing I would add, as with any large knife being as sharp enough to shave hair I would have added a hand guard between the blade and handle,( speaking from experience, processing a deer, knives get EXTREMELY SLIPPERY FROM BLOOD& are hard to control ) just saying for future knives. I'm not a hater I enjoy your vids and am impressed by everyone of your projects , you never fail to keep me glued to the entire video ; that sheath was jaw dropping the time,effort,and details oh man !!! As I do,you must have done your homework, I research the shit out of any project,task, or anything that interest me ! Can you imagine if we would have had the internet when we were in school , say around 4th or 5th grade ! All I can say is thank GOD for wood shop, metal shop, auto shop, those were for me the only guaranteed A+ grades I ever received !! All the rest were C's.
Keep up the good work and keep impressing all of us with your awesome skills !!!
Incredible. You sir are a master of your craft, well done.
Impressive work for sure, glad you left that hammer mark in the blade. Sometimes mixing sawdust from the sanding into the epoxy/glue will help to hide lines or be more of a finished piece. Got that experience when I refinished the wood steering wheel in my Jag. Really enjoyed your video, thanks.
Great job with the leather 👍
Everything about this video was bad ass! Great job all the way around!
Great work and great video. That knife is terrific but the sheath is really impressive. Thanks!
I am drooling over that anvil. Only in my dreams....
Got it for $500 used. A pretty good price for one actually. They don't come cheap. But so nice to have. Thanks for watching!
Same I have a rock I flattened by hand for an anvil i heaved really forge anything yet though I just use a hole in the ground for a forge but it would work if I ever need to fogged some thing
One day I hope to achieve this level of craftsmanship.
You did a fine job on bothe the knife and the sheath!
I've done a lot of Blacksmithing, some knife work and a lot of leatherwork! You did well!
That thing is impressive for not being a knife maker. Great job sir!
Thank you!
This video gave you a new subscriber well done wish my generation was capable of things like this.
Thanks for watching! Get out there and build something. The more you do it, the better you'll get at it!
What a beautiful piece of work your truly gifted enjoyed the video very much
That sheath especially is pure class
Wow I didn't know that that little nail had that much material in it!👍👍
i like the knife and really love the sheath. Nice job all around.
Stop knocking your work it came out great. Plenty of people out there ready to pick everything apart.🙂👍🏼
that handle is a beautiful color.
Great video! I've made a spike knife so I know what goes into it. A lot of work! Yours came out MUCH better. Try a hatchet with the spike's head as a wide sweeping blade or the tip as a shorter edged blade and the head as a hammer. I made one with the hammer head on it and it's a great camp axe with a tent-spike hammer built in. I'd love to make a brass hilt fitted to one with silver solder to seal the gap. Maybe melt and cast old gas torch tips?
Amazing craftsmanship
Wow! I can't believe you aren't really experienced in working with leather - it might have taken you awhile but you made it look easy. You showed a lot of skill in making the knife too, a quality tool.
i have watched a ton of your vids and am still surprised at how much you can do
I've tried making a few knives over the years but wow that is amazing many hours of work in there keep up the good work
Wow!!! Watched the entire video and had to subscribe. You're a Master Craftsman. Thank you 👍
Says he has never worked with leather. Makes the best sheath I have ever seen.
Awesome, I love the leather working, it all came out good!
Really nice knife and sheath. I'd love to own one like that
Let me tell you, your work on leder was a complete amazing!
I have never seen such a Work!
Congratulations!
Great job, you have an amazing repartee of talents
Thank you for sharing, the hedge looks good on the handle! Fine job
Superb work !!! the making of the sheath was a bonus, really enjoyed watching great craftmanship. Really enjoyed watching your video, inspiring.
Great video! A large magnet on the side of the anvil will help with the excessive ringing
Great work on both the knife and sheath as with any handmade items they will have character points. I work with leather and you never know how long it will take until it’s done. As with working with metal you don’t know how long it will be until it’s done.
Wow! What a skilled man!!
I think I can match you on the knife, I can top you hands down with fitting the wood to the blade...but my friend you do a fantastic job on the leather, and just blew my leather work away...that was just outstanding, and you make a great instructional video...I'll be watching you close...
Thanks...
Thanks. What would be your technique on fitting the wood to the handle? I could have been a little more patient and done a better job, but I was tired of fighting with that hard osage! ;-) I also should have left the scales longer until I had them fitted to the back, and then cut off the fronts evenly. As for the fitting, I rubbed pencil lead on the steel, and then pushed the scale into position and carved away where it rubbed. It was pretty time consuming.
Thank you for the video. I like the way you work.
God she's a gorgeous blade. Well done, good sir.
Great video! Thought you blew it out of the water until I started watching the leather work, fn fantastic! Wait you never worked with leather? Bravo sir!
it's beautiful worksman ship i loved it great job buddy
How could anyone give a thumbs down on home made anything! I can’t stand elitist. I guess they are exercising their rights to be *hated. Good looking and functional tool!!! A better word would be
*pitied
Issue is the und\sealed insulator he put over the forge fire which will allow the fibers to get airborne and is very dangerous.
Fantastically made good job
Congratulations , great and beautiful job !
Wow, never worked with leather.
Great work
Nice spike knife
If thats the first time u have done anything with leather, boys watch out, both are bad ass bro
Beautiful job brother! I especially like the way you left the bottom part rough like the original spike! You could drive nails with that handle.
Thanks for the video! I'm beginning blacksmithing and would like to make knives and work my way up to swords. This gives me some good insight into what to do.
Great job you did,congrats man.
You do beautiful work my friend .... Hats off