MAKING 'THE SPLINTER' EDC KNIFE!!!
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2021
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Alec Steele Blacksmith 2021 - Розваги
Thank God the splinter can help me open boxes in legal and moral situations. I often find myself confronted by wild unopened boxes. Just this morning I woke up to the sound of my doorbell, and a wild unopened box sitting outside my front door.
Didn’t realize this was dropping today! Looks great brother!!! We gotta hang soon - I need an excuse to visit the UK
Hopefully another Alec collab is enough! Because, based on the news, there's not much else you'd get away with doing :(
Fascinating box cutter. Thanks for this, it's the first knife in eons where Alec didn't torch the wood handle and destroy the natural beauty of wood.
Hopefully he gets to travel back and forth freely soon. No inbound or outbound flights to the US still, I believe.
Wouldn't you be stuck in your hotel room for two weeks?
I thought I liked Alec. Now I know. Wps for the win.
"Please (stab stab stab) ensure you only (stab stab stab) ever open cardboard boxes (stab stab stab) where legally and morally (stab stab stab) permitted to do so." - Alec
holdawayalex
For legal reasons, this is gonna make a great cheese knife!
Yep
I died watching you demonstrate how to open that box with that "Ergonomic" Box knife.
I pity any cardboard boxes he encounters in a dark alley.
*Blank expression while stabbing box*
It's great for opening boxes
Condolences
6:36 I'm literally rolling on the floor laughing. OMG that was brilliant.
Yes😂😂😂
In Alex's first couple of years on UA-cam this project would have taken two of them, 4 days. With at least one re-start from a mistake, or a drop, or something else. You've come a long way baby!
For a second there I thought you were serious. :)
2021: the year where Alec Steele cools Damascus knives in a hot dog can
"I hope this works and I don't die"... I guess Mrs Steele sighs in relief every time her husband comes back from work with all his limbs still attached
I've missed the music synched forging edits. They're so satisfying to watch!
Alec, it has been a true pleasure to watch, with my own eyes, your growth and skill-honing abilities over the past several years! You have taken your natural talent and, “on-purpose” focused it into being better, refined, focused and professional! Your creativity, forging, shaping, of course, however, just as impressive, your audio / video productions, networking and brand expansion skills!!! I am extremely proud of you young man! (Also proud of Will, but don’t tell him!!) 👍🏼
I will need a 6” blade version, two of them in fact with the sheaths made for left and right side carry. Will more than likely replace my two Ti lites from cold steel.
Edit: why 6”? Because you got to ensure you get to the vitals of those pesky boxes!
Hey Alec. Sounds like a new T shirt logo “Hopefully this works and I don’t die!! “ Great work once again .
I remember when making Damascus was a full episode event. now its a montage ... its awesome seing these quick projects that look so next level!
It's like a throwback to the early Alec Steele video style, where most of the projects he took up were in single videos.
A nice omage to his roots, I must say.
It's like a throwback to the early Alec Steele video style, where most of the projects he took up were in single videos.
A nice omage to his roots, I must say.
Would love for a kit option for these! Options from just a blank steel bar with to scale drawings to shape your own, to knife blanks with just the rough shape cut in, to almost finished knife blanks with handle options. That way people of all levels could order them to help them grow their knife making skills. I would definitely love to order a few of them to finish out as gifts for friends and family!
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I absolutely love the wood you used for the handle on that Box opener haha. I have never heard of bogged oak before. I've done a lot of wood working and this is the first time I have ever seen Oak wood look like that. I always enjoy watching your videos and learning something new. Keep up the good work and looking forward to your upcoming new videos.
“Hopefully this works and I don’t die.” I want that engraved on my tombstone lol
Narrator voiceover:
"It did not work, he died."
I've said it a few times when doing something a bit sketchy at work (I'm a machinist).
I want that engraved on that knife 😅
I have way too many expensive hobbies but forging and knifemaking just looks so satisfying.
That is one AWESOME looking box opener!!! 👍🏼😁
I will be opening all my cardboard boxes that way from now on.
5:17 - the face of absolute confidence
Hey Alec, just got a forge and an anvil today from my neighbour, I love watching your videos and I’ve always wanted to have a go at blacksmithing and I am very fortunate be have such amazing neighbours.
Love the videos, keep up the fantastic work :)
I have literally been watching your videos over the last week amping myself up to make a first attempt at knife making. I plan on making identical knives for all the men this Christmas. All the ladies are getting silver bracelets. All will have our crest stamped into them. Thanks for the videos, they are giving me a lot of reference to start with.
HA HA HA. I love the look of disappointment on Alec's face when Jamie says "uhhh Ace"
Thank you for showing us how to properly "open a box"
Im glad to see that you went back to your old format of the whole process taking almost 10 mins as opposed to 20 episodes. I know that we all have to make that money, im just saying that it's refreshing.... Still holding out hope that one day I'll see you make a hidden blade to show off all your skills. Only people I've seen do it was man at arms season 2. ( i think)
Ah I’m the exact opposite, I loved the long series.
Best little box opener I’ve seen in a long while.
Deadpan delivery of the instructions on how to use the knife to "open boxes" with a repeated punchy-stabby motion really made the video.
Alec's stilted acting opening the box had me dying omg
Love to add that knife to my edc collection, always rotating new knives in!
Thank you Alec and WPS. This is amazing! You never know when a wild box will give you no choice other then to open it.
I started watching your channel years ago. This video was striking. Some years ago, that project would never have been as quick or efficiently done. You made it look effortless. Watching your skill and confidence grow has been part of the fun.
He basically cut it out of a stencil and then ground the bevels in. The only forging he did was to make his billet.
IMO the charm of his videos is Alec doing all the work. From making his billet to moving the steel and forming it all. This is just someone with a stencil and grinder that are dime a dozen "forging" videos on UA-cam
As much as I love watching a project from start to finish in one episode, I do also miss the 30+ part extremely detailed episodes for stuff like the Viking sword. The attention to detail and care he puts into those projects is insane. Cant wait for another one to start. Maybe a matching pair of Chinese butterfly swords?
Fantastic knife tutorial. Now I know EXACTLY how to legally and moraly open a box!
“For opening cardboard boxes when in dire need” perfection embodied
Anyone else wondering if alec will be working in the montana workshop or is he staying in UK and just managing the montana workshop to be a product shop.
Been wondering this myself.
he is in the uk setting it up so he can spend time with his family for long peiods of time and still make content
of course travel at the moment maybe not that good of a idea
He said several videos ago that he was indeed going back to Montana, but that he'd be spending several months in the UK.
Seeing on how he said he would be there for several months... It's more likely he had to do a resident visa application change. He says Ms. Steele is from Europe, I would guess there will be a marriage ceremony in the UK. Establishing residency for her in the UK, and then going for residency in the US as a couple.
Under the former US president, work/business visas and residency visas were very controlled.
I believe he was right at the two year mark or just before it.
So in order to get the first part of becoming a permanent resident of the US, with his wife. He had to re apply and have her residency confirmed in the UK so they can both go back.
A british person saying "for legal reasons" gives me Top Gear flash backs
Yeah, but if you go out in public with that on your hip for self-defence, you commit a criminal offence. It's kinda sad that the disclaimer must be given, but it's legit.
"For political reasons" on the Argentina trip 😂
That is an incredible letter opener! Need to get myself one of those!
I've been watching you for years and warrior poet. This makes me happy
Only just started watching, already want that knife...
6:28 Alec: Oh look the box has a “fragile” sticker on it. Better be careful
Also Alec:
This is a very interesting design and seems to be very stable while holding and using it.
Amazing work as always Alec, keep it up, thanks for all the hammering you do for all of us :)
"to open up 'cardboard boxes' when in dire need..." i died! My throat hurts from all this laughing
Never, to this day, have i regretted not being on ig... Well now i do
Ah you wouldn’t have won anyway
I feel your pain.
Just make one
I love that Alec was so upset at Jamie evading the AlecSteeleCo plug, that he didn't even finish the plug himself...
thought it was a callback to the fact that despite constant plugs, Ace Hardware never seemed to be interested in sponsoring Alec when he was here in the states
Based on the quick cut, I'd bet Alec finished the plug and Jamie cut it for lulz
I'm supprise Jamie didn't go for a UK based shop like Wickes or B&Q but ACE is funnier because of all the blurring out and not mentioning them in the past 😂
You could be a great instructor, with your evenly leveled voice as you defended yourself against that cardboard which got stabbed on multiple occasions by accident. Not to mention how you kept eyecontact with the camera through the whole process.
He used to to lessons in the early days of his UA-cam channel
Another great piece of work. I do enjoy your enthusiasm you have for your work.
The card board box opening demo was just fantastic!!!!
Would love to see you make a Cossack Shashka... Maybe a series?
So cool to see the Warrior Poet teaming up with you. Hope your guys work on many other blades.
Good on you for repping Will in the video and on the product detail page. Shows class.
Beautiful pattern. Love your videos. Thank you.
Been watching for many years and have never been let down fantastic. Keep them coming.
I miss seeing you and Will working together. It'd be great to see a reunion someday between you guys.
Let's like this guys comment so alec can see
WPS and Alec Steele always a great collaboration.
That Damascus EDC knife you made is absolutely beautiful and would be carried with pride if I had one. My EDC knife if pretty cheap but with a good sharpening it does the job and is great to carry without having fears of losing an expensive EDC knife. GREAT WORK! 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼
good music and great editing. Great content as always and awesome craftsmanship and knife!
So that is why my FedEx boxes have random holes in them. Thanks Alec for demonstrating how to open a box. I have been doing it wrong all these years.
I'm very as that I don't have a real instagram thing. But Alec, I'm in laughter tears from laughing at your "box" opening!!!
Lovell and Steele, THAT needs to be a channel!! Great channels, both!!!!
Love the deom on opening boxes that made my day😆😆
1:00 fire editing (pun intended)
Yes
Editing on Alec's videos is always phenomenal. The editor doesn't get enough recognition, in my opinion.
I would say I am more like a "folder type" when it comes to EDC but this sweet lill' fixed looks really awesome!
Also prefer a folder but this is still a fucking nice little knife.
His eye contact while stabbing the box reminded me of that one Turkish chef
I'm so happy that two of my favorite youtubers play together.
"I hope this works and i don't die" ... Words I would say if I was trying to open a box the same way with that knife :p
Synonymous with "Hold my beer and watch this...."
6:34
Straight up sycho Steele the mad kinder lmao
Such an awesome desighn of knife! Small, comfortable but most of all... Looks A M A Z I N G!!!
I’ve seen his pricing before, and to be quite frank, I was surprised to see this is only $199. I was expecting it to cost more honestly
Yea, you should see what some of his bottle openers can go for! 😳 haha
To be fair, he probably spent a full day (if not more) crafting it. That's slightly less than $25/hr not including cost of equipment and materials. So $200 is very reasonable. Modern automation and mass-production has driven down the price of goods to insanely low levels.
@ Wnmltn93 here and that deadpan box opening Tutorial made my day
I love this legal push dagger type of knife ( it's a knife that lets you punch things with a knife) they're basically really amerindianized karambits
Absolutely love this knife!!
6:01 Man that is just stunning..
Amazing work as always!
Wow! What a beautiful pattern!
Ok second comment. The tutorial on how to draw and then "open the cardboard box" has me rolling 🤣
Just had a load of parcels arrive so I'm gonna need that knife to open them.
Love the Damascus. And bog oak beautiful.
@SHUMDOGMILLIONR
great episode. Love john Lovell and I'm happy to see that you are still working with the Warrior poet!
Now these videos are just marketing for his own products. I miss the days of the long projects that showcase your creativity and skill
But are these videos not testament to his creativity and skill?
I hardly watch them anymore bevause of that :(
I agree. I used to check in quite often, but now... I mean building a chair? And let's sell some anvils and hammers?
Art which can hurt is the best kind of art. I don't have an instagram...but man is that a beautiful piece of stabbity art.
Yeah, that turned out to be a sweet piece today!
Don't worry if you pick me to send it to!
Down here in Texas as of September 1, 2017, we can carry any blade we choose to .
With the exception of Government Offices, etc.!
"They're made in the USA." Well, I sure hope that the Damascus one that gets sent out wasn't
Like the box opener, the bog oak is a lovely choice.
Ahhh man why didn’t I see this video sooner! That knife is amazing well done Alec
That 'p' in shipstation seems to have been replaced by a 't'. Curious, that.
How I heard it also 😂
Watches video. Looks in sidebar. See Shad's diatribe on 'Damascus' steel. Watch Alec make 'Damascus'. Chuckle.
That is by far the most ergonomic box opener on the face of the planet! @thesirscileppi has to have it! 🤣🤣🤣
Great video as always!
*open a box in a pinch exclusively in your own home because of where you currently live lol
I thought he was in the UK, I suspect that blade is not legal unless you are in a warehouse and surrounded by aggressive cardboard, fixed blades are generally not legal for carry in public hidden or not.
OI! YOU HAVE A LOICENSE FOR THAT, SIR?!
@@stewartanderson6560 I think they’d argue that for box stabbing purposes a legal folding knife would be suitable so this knife would probably never be legal in public. The “BlackBeltBarrister” has some interesting videos on it
The awkward moment when I don't really use Instagram... lol
I guess that leaves us out. Non-Insta here.
I'd really like seeing complations wich is just failures and funny moments😄
The video was like a shot movie
Great job
@snippin33 bruh who else was seriously wondering if alec had completely lost it in the demonstration part?
The Damascus Splinter is what we call in sweden ''Villhöver''
translated to english is ''I want it, I need it.'' Nice work!
The box opening bit had me rolling, lol
Awsome knife, i do also carry a cardbox opening tool for those trick amazon packages....
What a beautiful little knife... another fantastic job
I'm VERY happy to see the collaboration with Warrior Poet Society! The world today DESPERATELY needs many more men who are BOTH warriors and poets at heart! John Lovell isn't a bad guy, either. ;-)
Agree fully! More gloriously bearded (or not...) warrior poets! Yay for that!
Yay for that!
In the next episode, Alec goes to jail because he didn't have his noife loicense and the Bobbie thinks he's a menace to society with his.... 1 inch blade.
Fantastic looking blade, Alec!