Hey thanks Aric. If you’re interested in leveling up your knife making skills check out our online courses at learnknifemaking.com Keep Forging On my friend Dad
Just from the videography aspect, this one is by far your best video yet (imo)! Keep going, I will watch every single video you upload with joy for the rest of my life! And thank you for sharing your knowledge with us
You can tell you are very precise at what you do.. I'm the opposite. A handmade knife , I like it to be shown that it's not made by a machine . But by my hands , so perfect I dont do.. and shiny I dont care for. I like forced patina . I like a knife that looks used and worn, even when o just made it . I got to say you probably are one of the best I've seen . And tight fits like that definitely last forever. Perfect fits.. also I dont have but basic tools . If I could I would love to buy all the nice tools to make it much better and easier.. great work
You're an awesome guy, in love with your work and not with your voice! Thank you for the teaching. I learn a lot with every of your videos! Best regards from Germany!
Great tutorial video man. Thank you. My favorite coffee is made right here in Port Allen, LA. Community Coffee. I like the dark roast. Strong and black.
good job on inletting the knife into the face of the guard. Great touch. On swords, that is needed to prevent any guard wiggle. Great work. I prefer hand chisels and gravers (and maybe an airgraver). But, for simple, hand chisels work pretty well. Thanks for sharing and I hope my comments are not annoying. I am learning as we go, too.
Nice quality vid, well done. Just one little addition, if you don´t have a rotary-tool you can file the ricasso at an taper at the very end, instead of grinding a 90° step. Also filing the handguard with the same taper gives you a pressfit with no need to close a gap and connect to any other surface up front. Shoult also be stronger since sharp corners increase the chance for stress fractures. One could also rround them off but fitting radii is way harder. Ragards Smarty
Kyle, instead of using a burr to cut the pocket for the ricasso, you can use masking tape and electro etching. You already use the etching for your maker's mark. You can use the same technique to etch that shallow relief.
Dear Kyle, Love your videos! You show in a really clear way how much you can improve the quality of the work (I am a newbie/Hobbist guy). For coffee, here in Argentina I buy coffee selection from a over 100 Year coffe shop named "La Puerto Rico", love all their selections.
Amazing video Kyle! My favorite regular coffee is Jacob's Krönung, it's a German coffee, not too difficult to find if you're at a store that specializes in selling international goods.
Welcome Pelle from Sweden Glad you are hanging out with us Pelle. Don’t remember having swedish coffee 🤔. What is a specific label you prefer? We will try to find it here in the US. Dad
Good to have you here Shane You may want to check out our online courses at learnknifemaking.com There’s hours and hours of Kyle’s detailed teachings Keep Forging On my friend Dad
Thanks for showing this. I'm new to knife making. I've been putting off trying a hidden tang because rarely does someone show technique without payment required using everyday tools. Thank you. I know you said you are using a lathe to make your pommel nut, any non lathe ideas to accomplish a similar result? TIA, God bless.
Whatever coffee my wife brews for me, seriously, I have no idea 😁 Nevertheless, loved the video as always. Perfect timing as I am working on my second knife for a friend. Wakazashi/Tanto mix with fitted guard and takedown handle. Weird I guess, but I want to challenge myself with every knife I attempt to create. Thanks again Kyle and family! Wayne
Thankyou for this. I think I may try making my next blade with a relief fitted guard. Something I have wanted to try for a long time but never worked up the courage to do.
great video learned a new trick. another way to get a good fit with minimum tooling is hot fitting. maybe you could cover that in your next course? Keep up the good work.
Excellent instructions! Nice to know I'm doing at least some things the "right" way lol, I even have a couple homemade broaches shaped like yours with a single tooth 👍😉. I haven't actually inlayed a guard onto the ricasso yet, so I've found that it helps to have the guard face close to the final grit it will be finished at so that once I get that water-tight and light/shadow free fit up, I don't end up needing to remove even a thousandth or so, which has caused me to have to do a bit of extra filing in the past. I was thinking It might also help to let others following along with your online course know that they can just use sandpaper on a granite or glass surface plate if they don't have a disc grinder, which doesn't seem to be quite as common as a belt grinder in the shop. I'm looking forward to seeing the handle sculpting, I've been meaning to try that palm-scallop shape for a while. Thanks for sharing, guys :-)
Yes, thanks for the tip about letting people in the course know how to flatten things with sandpaper and a flat surface. I'll be sure to go over that in the course. That's what I did before the disk sander and still use that method from time to time but forgot to go over it so far in the course. Kyle
Awesome tips, I've only made 1 or 2 hidden tangs. Like you said, I usually use the mill for cutting out out slots too... Have you ever tried a centering bit(like for a lathe) to start your holes? I had a friend that swore by a punch, but i find the centering bit so much more reliable & precise. Also, with little pieces, i usually use vice grips to hold it, better grip & more flexibility... I'll have to refer back to this video on the next hidden tang i do... Hope all is well, take it easy...
One tip I would like to share with you is when you drill holes that have to be accurately placed you should use a center drill to make a pilot hole because they are short and stiff and they don't wobble when they hit the center punch marks like a regular drill bit will. Try it out I'm sure you will like the results, I'm just trying to help not being critical just using my years of experience in drilling.
I've followed you on IG for a while now but just started watching your videos. Awesome work Kyle and thanks for the videos. Great info presented very well.
also important to have good files, maybe a bit of a obvious one but you know the difference when you get a good one vs a cheapo one on metal. But its nice you go into detail how you get it to fit right. I'm also making a little knife as a little try-out project and seeing how cheap equipment and not using the right tools to get it to fit, so now I need to do a shitload of grinding to get the handle to be square to the blade :(
If you are not in a hurry cracking that superglue bond, and want less fumes coming from heating the Cyanacrylate glue, you can put the piece in the freezer. That would also prevent warping of thin guards made from stainless. Coffee blend of my preference is a blend of coffee roasted by a small shop some 50 miles from my home. Very well worth the drive from where I live, but from any english language nation, it might be a bit far.
You can always tell when a person who is naturally a perfectionist in what they do, You have developed all the tools and equipment they you need to make sure that everything is made to your personally strict standards! The way you can tell if they are that kind of person is the incredible work they do. Kyle, your work is spectacular! Amazing work I love to watch you make your knives! My Favorite coffee is Coffee Works flavoured coffees Especially the Chocolate Raspberry! It's to die for!
Hey thanks Adam When we get frustrated enough about tooling sometimes we break down and build our own. Just made a broach this week for a handle 👍🏻👍🏻☕️⚔️ Team Royer
Amazing work my man. question- what is that tool you are using that draws that line across the handle? the one that sits on the table to find s center line?
It should be mentioned since I don’t remember Kyle saying it in the video if you don’t have a disk sander granite blocks are great for getting things flat you can usually get them for free from custom stone countertop places or tombstone makers. Alternatively you can just buy them from pretty much any place that sells precision equipment
Kyle: You may have mentioned it in another video, but I am curious why you like the disk sander so much rather than using the belt sander for everything? I'm just wondering if I am missing out on som awesome functionality by not having one in my shop.
The glue and wood is good. What about a magnet? Or a bar with an adjustable grip and magnet on the end? A jig to put on the end of the tang instead of hammering directly on the tang? Not criticizing just multitasking my brain as I watch you work. Good stuff Thank you Update I tried a magnet and it works but really needs to be strong. If you play with magnets you’ll notice their strength is front to back force so “pulling” but not so much side to side which is why you can slide a strong magnet but not pull it straight off. If it’s not strong enough the sander slides the piece off the magnet if you press hard. Recommend tape to protect the steel. Not perfect but an option. Recommend lock clamp or similar for Heavy grinding as it gets hot. Either way it’s always easier to control a bigger piece than a small one. I didn’t lose this one but anybody that’s ever ground or buffed a small piece has probably said those famous two words while standing there with empty hands listening to the bing bing bing of flying falling metal so you have some idea where it went… :)
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You guys are awesome! Leave a comment on what your favorite coffee is!
I'd love to see what you can do while making a revolver brother. A .454 Casull or something like that, a real donkey kicker.
Ethiopian Arabica, although I really want to try Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
KyleRoyerKnives McDonalds coffee 🤩
Great video! Scablands bushcraft coffee, very smooth
Chromatic Keynote
The main budget tool here? Patience!!! Which we all know Kyle has a lot of! Very helpful video as usual!
Kyle, your videos are very well done. I'm a bladesmith myself and learn a great deal every time I watch you work.
Hey thanks Aric. If you’re interested in leveling up your knife making skills check out our online courses at learnknifemaking.com
Keep Forging On my friend
Dad
It's awesome to watch a maker use basic tools to make a knife.
Hey thanks
Glad you’re here Marty
Dad
Just from the videography aspect, this one is by far your best video yet (imo)!
Keep going, I will watch every single video you upload with joy for the rest of my life!
And thank you for sharing your knowledge with us
8:56 Yes be extremely careful while burning or melting superglue. Some kinds can give off Cyanide gas which as you know is deadly
Totally love what you did. I've struggled with getting a good fit up on my guards. Your explanation is just what I needed
I was just looking up a video about how people do a guard fit up!!!
No joking!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!! Big fan!!!
You’re possibly the best knife maker on the planet, I’d love to see a mosaic Damascus blade with an integral guard.
favorite coffee ? Gloria Jeans ... Favorite knife ? Bowie ... Favorite knife maker ? Kyle ... Nice videos man , I'm learnig a lot !!! Thank you from Romania !!!
One of the best knife making videos that I have seen. Packed with knowledge. Great delivery and editing.
Hey Kyle, just wanted to say that I really enjoy you work and your videos.. You are an excellent craftsman and an as good instructor.
This is so good it's intimidating
You can tell you are very precise at what you do.. I'm the opposite. A handmade knife , I like it to be shown that it's not made by a machine . But by my hands , so perfect I dont do.. and shiny I dont care for. I like forced patina . I like a knife that looks used and worn, even when o just made it . I got to say you probably are one of the best I've seen . And tight fits like that definitely last forever. Perfect fits.. also I dont have but basic tools . If I could I would love to buy all the nice tools to make it much better and easier.. great work
Very very good video. Thanks master! P.s. Sorry of my English. I dont speak him. (I am from Russia).
Your English is better than my Russian! Горячий привет из Нью-Йорка! (Google Translate.)
You're an awesome guy, in love with your work and not with your voice! Thank you for the teaching. I learn a lot with every of your videos! Best regards from Germany!
光忠MircoG Dankeschon
Excellent work. I have seen some people use a large magnet to hold the piece of metal for grinding instead of gluing wood to it.
Great tutorial video man. Thank you. My favorite coffee is made right here in Port Allen, LA. Community Coffee. I like the dark roast. Strong and black.
I'm literally never going to do any of this but the instructional videos are still fun as hell to watch
Thanks!
good job on inletting the knife into the face of the guard. Great touch. On swords, that is needed to prevent any guard wiggle. Great work. I prefer hand chisels and gravers (and maybe an airgraver). But, for simple, hand chisels work pretty well. Thanks for sharing and I hope my comments are not annoying. I am learning as we go, too.
Bring it kevin
We enjoy the conversations and banter
Dad
Black Rifle Coffee Freedom Blend. Love the Videos and instructions. Keep them coming.
Hey, I recently discovered your channel, really liking your attention to detail and perseverance until perfection. Great work.
Hey thanks Sam
Good to have you here my friend
Glad you’re hanging out with us
Merry Christmas and happy new year
Dad
After watching you and a couple other Smiths my favorite coffee has become Nescafe
Lol, yeah, you're right. Nescafe might be my favorite now that I you mention it!
Kyle
Nice quality vid, well done. Just one little addition, if you don´t have a rotary-tool you can file the ricasso at an taper at the very end, instead of grinding a 90° step. Also filing the handguard with the same taper gives you a pressfit with no need to close a gap and connect to any other surface up front. Shoult also be stronger since sharp corners increase the chance for stress fractures. One could also rround them off but fitting radii is way harder. Ragards Smarty
Kyle, instead of using a burr to cut the pocket for the ricasso, you can use masking tape and electro etching.
You already use the etching for your maker's mark. You can use the same technique to etch that shallow relief.
We grind the plunge grind with a custom platen we made.
Merry Christmas my friend
Love this!!! Please do more budget friendly stuff please!!! But don't stop with your expensive stuff either, love that too! :)
This guy is a national treasure.
Thanks Bobby’smiddle Boy
We appreciate you hanging out with us!🔥
Team Royer
Dear Kyle, Love your videos! You show in a really clear way how much you can improve the quality of the work (I am a newbie/Hobbist guy). For coffee, here in Argentina I buy coffee selection from a over 100 Year coffe shop named "La Puerto Rico", love all their selections.
Grazie my friend. Really good to have you here. Can’t go wrong with a broad selection of beans ☕️🔥
Be safe and be careful.
Cheers.
Team Royer
Amazing video Kyle! My favorite regular coffee is Jacob's Krönung, it's a German coffee, not too difficult to find if you're at a store that specializes in selling international goods.
Digging the Grady's Cold Brew bean pouches lately. Awesome video as always!
I like "dosomeaccordiondamascus" coffee, it's soooo good oh boy I tell ya
I learned two things from this comment. What Accordion Damascus is and isn't (isn't a coffee!) Haha!
Thank you very much for the helpful insight I was pretty good at guards before I watched this video but you helped me take it to the next level
You are welcome Amish
Keep reaching up 💥
Team Royer
Grettings from Sweden. You are the greatest knife maker. Aslo , the only coffee is swedish coffee
Welcome Pelle from Sweden
Glad you are hanging out with us Pelle.
Don’t remember having swedish coffee 🤔. What is a specific label you prefer? We will try to find it here in the US.
Dad
I'm just getting into making slotted guards. Thank you very much for sharing your technique.
Good to have you here Shane
You may want to check out our online courses at learnknifemaking.com
There’s hours and hours of Kyle’s detailed teachings
Keep Forging On my friend
Dad
OMG, Green Mountain Coffee, Dark Magic , Keurig!!!! Whoa, very good.
Tis the season for iced frappaccino. I take mine with a shot of Bailey's Irish Cream. 😋
I dont drink coffee. Awesome video you guys! Really beautiful work Royer family! Great audio and perfect editing 👌👌👌
Thanks for showing this. I'm new to knife making. I've been putting off trying a hidden tang because rarely does someone show technique without payment required using everyday tools. Thank you. I know you said you are using a lathe to make your pommel nut, any non lathe ideas to accomplish a similar result? TIA, God bless.
I just use a tap and die for that. Once you get the tap and die handles the taps and dies are fairly inexpensive
Everything is the best master Kyil, bravo and full respect and bow, from old bg.
The design of this blade became magical
Its really cool that you share this process with us.
Thanks!
My favorite coffee is Jamaican Blue Mountain. But I also like a good quality Kona, as well as the buttery taste of Guatemalan
Spectacular 👍🏻☕️🔥⚔️
And my guard don't fit again and again, but i will try forever, thanks for the video, give me hope lol
You can do it Honey. Keep Forging On.
Chao.
Dad
Thanks for uploading this video. Some great tips there. Your workmanship is simply awesome!
Thanks Kenneth
Good to have you here with us all
Team Royer
Whatever coffee my wife brews for me, seriously, I have no idea 😁 Nevertheless, loved the video as always. Perfect timing as I am working on my second knife for a friend. Wakazashi/Tanto mix with fitted guard and takedown handle. Weird I guess, but I want to challenge myself with every knife I attempt to create. Thanks again Kyle and family! Wayne
Beautiful fit up as always mate. And always love your editing style.
Thanks Toby
We appreciate that .Will tell the crew ,Team Royer
Dad
Thankyou for this. I think I may try making my next blade with a relief fitted guard. Something I have wanted to try for a long time but never worked up the courage to do.
Go for it! It's a little tricky and time consuming but the fit up is worth the time in my opinion.
Kyle
Incredible knife! I’m always intrigued by your handle material, especially with this video, and I was wondering where you buy it from. Thanks!
Wow Master teaching! Very good Kyle
I was wondering what type and brand of files you use because I struggle with finding sharp files? Thank you for the content.
great video learned a new trick. another way to get a good fit with minimum tooling is hot fitting. maybe you could cover that in your next course? Keep up the good work.
Excellent instructions! Nice to know I'm doing at least some things the "right" way lol, I even have a couple homemade broaches shaped like yours with a single tooth 👍😉. I haven't actually inlayed a guard onto the ricasso yet, so I've found that it helps to have the guard face close to the final grit it will be finished at so that once I get that water-tight and light/shadow free fit up, I don't end up needing to remove even a thousandth or so, which has caused me to have to do a bit of extra filing in the past. I was thinking It might also help to let others following along with your online course know that they can just use sandpaper on a granite or glass surface plate if they don't have a disc grinder, which doesn't seem to be quite as common as a belt grinder in the shop. I'm looking forward to seeing the handle sculpting, I've been meaning to try that palm-scallop shape for a while. Thanks for sharing, guys :-)
Yes, thanks for the tip about letting people in the course know how to flatten things with sandpaper and a flat surface. I'll be sure to go over that in the course. That's what I did before the disk sander and still use that method from time to time but forgot to go over it so far in the course.
Kyle
Amazing work, great video.
Is there a reason you gave the tang a curve? Fitting is way simpler if the tang is straight 😅
Awesome! Brilliant explanations! Thank you!
I'm a machinist and at times we use what if called a mill drill. It's a drill bit center and an end mill on the sides. They can break bust not as much
As certified welder I'm qualified to say, you got skills!
Awesome tips, I've only made 1 or 2 hidden tangs. Like you said, I usually use the mill for cutting out out slots too... Have you ever tried a centering bit(like for a lathe) to start your holes? I had a friend that swore by a punch, but i find the centering bit so much more reliable & precise. Also, with little pieces, i usually use vice grips to hold it, better grip & more flexibility... I'll have to refer back to this video on the next hidden tang i do... Hope all is well, take it easy...
Yes, I've got a centering bit that I didn't even think of using this time. Good idea that would have worked well I think.
Kyle
One tip I would like to share with you is when you drill holes that have to be accurately placed you should use a center drill to make a pilot hole because they are short and stiff and they don't wobble when they hit the center punch marks like a regular drill bit will. Try it out I'm sure you will like the results, I'm just trying to help not being critical just using my years of experience in drilling.
Thank you Kenneth
Jeff/dad
Awesome video bro!
Thanks from Brazil!
my favorite coffee would be that one drinking in your shop!
Caffeine up Michael 😎
Jeff/dad
I've followed you on IG for a while now but just started watching your videos. Awesome work Kyle and thanks for the videos. Great info presented very well.
Thanks Dave
We are glad you found you tracked us down
Team Royer
I'm in the process off making my first hidden tang knife with guard and nut with multiple section wood handle thanks for the info
Illy, Lavazza, or Blue mountain Jamaican. Mostly the dark roasts. Fantastic videos
Very nice
I just subscribed today. Just watched the video of the sword that took you three months. Awesome blade. Looking forward to seeing more.
Cafe Verona is my coffee favorite!! It's the bomb!!🎭 What kind of wood is that? It's gorgeous!!
Dyed and stabilized Old growth redwood
Cheers my friend
Dad
"Without Breaking the Bank" hehehehehehe you're the best! So.. Coffe is coffe! Anyone is good idea!
also important to have good files, maybe a bit of a obvious one but you know the difference when you get a good one vs a cheapo one on metal. But its nice you go into detail how you get it to fit right. I'm also making a little knife as a little try-out project and seeing how cheap equipment and not using the right tools to get it to fit, so now I need to do a shitload of grinding to get the handle to be square to the blade :(
Awesome video as ever mate, thankyou for sharing your knowledge and passion!
My favourite coffee at the moment is Black Rifle Coffee's Beyond Black
Thanks Sam! I enjoy your your podcast, just listened to the latest episode yesterday while working on a sheath.
Kyle
Cafe Verona is my all time favorite of all coffees.
Don't say the next video is next week !! You are killing us !!
Ya’ll are the best! Great video Josh!
Awesome! I've been waiting for a tutorial like this for a long time. Thank you!
If you are not in a hurry cracking that superglue bond, and want less fumes coming from heating the Cyanacrylate glue, you can put the piece in the freezer. That would also prevent warping of thin guards made from stainless.
Coffee blend of my preference is a blend of coffee roasted by a small shop some 50 miles from my home. Very well worth the drive from where I live, but from any english language nation, it might be a bit far.
50 miles! Wow sounds delicious
I can smell it now !
Good to hear from you
Dad
Kyle, nice work! what is the spray you use after applying super glue to the wood block?
Can’t wait for the online course! My favorite coffee is bulletproof brand “the mentalist”
More More More More! We want more!
You can always tell when a person who is naturally a perfectionist in what they do, You have developed all the tools and equipment they you need to make sure that everything is made to your personally strict standards! The way you can tell if they are that kind of person is the incredible work they do. Kyle, your work is spectacular! Amazing work I love to watch you make your knives! My Favorite coffee is Coffee Works flavoured coffees Especially the Chocolate Raspberry! It's to die for!
Thanks Oculus
Good choice of coffee 👍🏻
Bottoms up ☕️
Great video! Nespresso cafe. Voluto flavor. I used to buy Swedish coffee at IKEA.
Black rifle coffee co . best on the planet . guaranteed. !!!
Thanks Kenneth
We need to order some soon
Merry Christmas
Team Royer
fav coffee DeathWish Fav ABS mastersmith Kyle Royer. Also what wood is that?? I need something just like it for my own project for someone special
Great video Kyle. Learning a lot from you sir. Do you happen to have a link or model of the hand tool you were using and the burr for the guard?
You should try one of the Handle Broaches that Neels Van Den Berg makes, Alec Steele Co sells them, love your work and video's, very informative!
Hey thanks Adam
When we get frustrated enough about tooling sometimes we break down and build our own. Just made a broach this week for a handle 👍🏻👍🏻☕️⚔️
Team Royer
Hey kyle, love your videos. How thick is the material for the spacer, and is it thicker than the pommel? cheers
Those broaches were pretty neat!
Always Tea!
Great tips & pointers 👍🏻
Bad assed video guys thanks for this one... What are the needle file brand you use??? Martin
Amazing work my man. question- what is that tool you are using that draws that line across the handle? the one that sits on the table to find s center line?
Another amazing video ... love them ... thanks a lot for making them !
I like the class idea. A nice spinoff would be how to sharpen a bit since so many bits are worn or ruined with use and improper sharpening.
Beautiful working
Thanks Niz
Team Royer
It should be mentioned since I don’t remember Kyle saying it in the video if you don’t have a disk sander granite blocks are great for getting things flat you can usually get them for free from custom stone countertop places or tombstone makers. Alternatively you can just buy them from pretty much any place that sells precision equipment
Awesome video, thanks for all the incredible content!
Glad you’re here my friend
Dad
Kyle: You may have mentioned it in another video, but I am curious why you like the disk sander so much rather than using the belt sander for everything? I'm just wondering if I am missing out on som awesome functionality by not having one in my shop.
Good question John
The disc sander trumps to keep things flat for final fit ups
Keep Forging On my friend
Dad
Chalk full of tips and tricks!
Well done, I subscribed! Thank you!
Hey good to have you hanging out with us all michael. Be safe and be careful my friend
Dad
Kyle, why glue wood to the guard as opposed to using a magnet? Do magnets cause a problem? Thanks
CA is fast and solid. Good question my friend. Forge on.
Dad
The glue and wood is good. What about a magnet?
Or a bar with an adjustable grip and magnet on the end?
A jig to put on the end of the tang instead of hammering directly on the tang?
Not criticizing just multitasking my brain as I watch you work.
Good stuff
Thank you
Update
I tried a magnet and it works but really needs to be strong.
If you play with magnets you’ll notice their strength is front to back force so “pulling” but not so much side to side which is why you can slide a strong magnet but not pull it straight off.
If it’s not strong enough the sander slides the piece off the magnet if you press hard.
Recommend tape to protect the steel.
Not perfect but an option.
Recommend lock clamp or similar for Heavy grinding as it gets hot.
Either way it’s always easier to control a bigger piece than a small one.
I didn’t lose this one but anybody that’s ever ground or buffed a small piece has probably said those famous two words while standing there with empty hands listening to the bing bing bing of flying falling metal so you have some idea where it went… :)
Always enjoy your content here and on Instagram
Hello, I am a great admirer of your work, I live in Brazil, please, what drill do you use on this engine? 05.09 min
Hey Marcos
Good to have you here with us all
Amazon
Team Royer
Good morning my brother congratulations beautiful work trabalho
Grazie mate
Dad