Forging a hunting knife by hand
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- Опубліковано 23 жов 2024
- In this video I forge a hunting knife out of an old railroad anchor, be sure to like subscribe and let me know what you think!
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That temper is beautiful
Great work
Thank you!!
Beautiful job, man. You are going to be amongst the best, I feel.
Thank you so much! This really means a lot to me! I try as hard as I can to produce the best product possible, It’s definitely my dream job to be a knife maker for life. But In today’s world I’m not sure how far I’d get.
@@NolansKnives Like I have encouraged my kids, follow your aspirations. If you work hard, no one can say you did not give it all you had. Your skills can translate to many other areas. Good luck to you. I love your work and look forward to watching you make your way.
@@dbach1025 Thank you so much I really do appreciate this!
Really enjoyed your knife build !! Great job on the bevel grind. I struggle free hand and struggle with my bevel jig I made I can’t ever get consistent grinds like that, well done!!
Man I really appreciate this! I love hearing when people can appreciate the hard work I put into things. It took me probably two years of practice to get decent at it, but I would say I still have lots of room for improvement! Thank you for commenting, and good luck with your knives!
Beautiful knife! I hope your level continues to increase.
Holy cow! I can’t believe you watched my video! You have been a massive inspiration to me, from the beauty of your knives to the entertainment in your videos all the way down to your thumbnail shots! Thank your for commenting and watching!
@@NolansKnives I noticed your channel name and I took a look.
I have subscribers just because I am an old user with many videos and in some I have achieved many views.
Just do your work with serenity and for pure pleasure, each time with more details and better finishes than the previous one... followers will come for your quality and not for quantity.
You have a lot of merit for forging your knives, you have a solid base.
@@LeandroGoretta Thank you for sharing! Your knowledge is priceless to me, I really appreciate your time and congratulations on your success!
Another one! Let's gooooo
haha thank you!
O acabamento bruto de forja deu um aspecto incrível nela. Você pode fazer algumas dezenas desse modelo e colocar a venda, vai gerar um bom retorno para você investir em materiais e novas ferramentas. Parabéns Nolan.it's Such a wonderful knife!
Thanks for the compliment! And thanks for the tips too i’ll definitely keep that in mind!
love the design!!
Thank you!
Only 20 likes? You deserve more! I hope you'll get 1k likes ont this video, your knife is amazing!
Thank you! I hope so too!
very nice the thing I could add is that you might want to set up some sort of clamping system for the drill press, just to save on the cost of band aids.
Haha YES! I definitely need to figure that out and thanks for saying this, it keeps slipping off my mind so now i’ll try and make a point to get something figured out. Thanks for commenting!
Awesome ❤❤ keep up the great work 😊😊
Thanks man!
What kind of quenching oil you have ?
I use regular cooking oil, I believe it is vegetable oil but i’m 100% sure.
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I would love to sell it to you, but sadly I don’t have an online store yet. But if you know of another way I could get it to you I would be happy!
Nice one 😁
thank you!
What happens with the blade if you're quenching your knife with water?
A few things could happen when quenching in water, the main reason people don’t like to quench is it actually cools down the material too fast. Say if you’re quenching a knife you don’t want to quench it in water because it will cool down the knife just slightly faster than oil, this causes a much greater chance of severe warping and possibly cracking. It is possible for water quenching to work but it is much less likely than using something like oil. Now water quenching when successful can provide a slightly higher hrc than something like oil, this is why hammers and other large pieces of steel are quenched in water, because hammers can’t warp and have a less of a chance to crack due to a much larger mass. I hope this helps and if you have any other questions feel free to ask!
Thank you. It really helps! I want to forge weapons and tools too, and your advice is usefull. I live near a railroad and an old construction site, so there are a lot of thic rusty steel screws and old rebar. I collected tons of metal bolts so I think it's a good start. I'm only 12 but it cannot be that hard, all I need is some patience. I forged a small knife (it snaped in half when I was tring to adjust it's shape, so it's really short), a flat blade and a hook. My great-grandpa was a blacksmith too, but all his tools were sold, so now I have to buy tools and other essential stuff, but untill then I'd really apreciate if you'll give me some advice sometimes. I used water for quenching but if the piece of metal it's not that big and the temperature is a bit lower I think the risk it's not that high. Thank you again for the advice. I'm actually romanian so this stupid text was more difficult to write than making a handle, and I know you didn't asked but I don't give a sh#t. Have a nice day.
@@Hayden.s_right_hand That’s awesome man! I started blacksmithing when I was 11 so you totally got this💪 Sounds like you have some pretty good knowledge already and I am super happy to help whenever you have questions! Also be careful with the rebar and bolts, they are great practice and super fun to work with but they tend to be a low carbon steel. This makes them not the most reliable knives, so if you are able to I would use an angle grinder to spark test them to see if it’s high carbon steel or not. The easy way to tell is if the sparks are long and a dark orange color they are low carbon steel and won’t be able to be hardened, and if the sparks are bright yellow and kind of explode like fire little tiny fire works they are high carbon. Sounds like you have a great start and I wish you the best of luck!! I hope this helps a little and feel free to ask any questions!
I used a round automatic stone grinder when I was sharpening a flat piece of rebar and the sparks were yellow. However the metal is pretty soft. I'll watch some videos.
@@Hayden.s_right_hand sounds good 👍