My wife is critically ill and we cannot worship with the local church body. I am watching this on Sunday morning and am so thankful for the music and forging, fellow Tubal-Cain.
Smithing and singing best of both worlds. Thanks for sharing both in the video. Also really enjoyed the up close footage of power hammer and forging on the anvil. Keep it up.
Great little knife, great little song 👍. You have a very good voice, and of course “Amazing Grace “ is always a favourite. We’ll have to call you the “singing blacksmith “. Enjoyed the video, regards from Down Under.
Great, love to see blades forged in the shape of blades! I used to bend the proximal end of round bar in an L shape for easy indexing, even with gloves on.
AMEN Friend! I would have subscribed because of your willingness to share your knowledge; however, to use platform to spread the word through your music, it's now a must! Friend, you did your part and hopefully more see the value as I have in following your amazing channel!
Hey u made a blade from 52100 just like I did the other day I forged a blacksmiths knife the other day great video and God bless u and your whole family
Got a new camera? The footage is super crispy and detailed, especially on the close ups. Out of all the scandi knives I've been most tempted to make is a Sami Leuku, bit bigger than most of the Pukko's and would make for a great bush knife. Overall though that little one will make for a very handy woodworker with its sharper point, always had a mixed love-hate with ebony. it looks wonderful but smells so awful when you're sanding it. As opposed to the rosewoods which are always a small joy
Heyyy Eli!! I enjoyed the early kong-Fo movie style video here. Too funny! Great work and beautiful knife maaan! I know it’s been a while, but when did ya get the power hammer!?! That things awesome!!💪🏼🤣🤣🤦🏻♂️
I like to forge and then normalize/thermocycle, then rough grind. This removes the decarburized layer and get's it closer to finished dimensions prior to hardening and tempering.
@@FireCreekForge thanks for answering. I have no experience forging but it just seemed to make more sense doing it the opposite way until you explained. 👍
I’m new to blacksmithing and I’m having difficulty when I’m tempering my knife I’m getting a little warping. Should I make something to squeeze the knife from both side in order for it to stay straight.
There are a lot of factors at play, but if you're only seeing warping after tempering I'd guess it's due to uneven heat or hot spots during tempering. What do you use for tempering?
@@FireCreekForge I use my oven in my house. I put the knife in on the rack then I set the oven to 500 degree for 2 hours. So I let it heat up with the oven and then I let it cool down with the oven.
@@romans8forging181 ok. And to check you're normalizing before quenching and have good temp control when heating up for quenching? (As in not too hot?)
@@romans8forging181 possible. Make sure you have even heat going into the quench, and don't quench it all the way to ambient temp, pull it out while it's smoking a little and check for straightness. You can still move/bend the steel and this point before it hardens up
My friend, I have a question for you. I think I already know the answer but I am going to ask anyway. The multiple heat cycles, when you do them like that does it strengthen the blade material for the final knife?
Hi Brian, yes it first makes all the grain sizes the same and relieves internal stress, then subsequent cycles make the grain smaller. All of this contributes to the strength, or toughness of the steel
@@FireCreekForge Ok. Thx! I thought maybe it was something like that but wasn't sure. I'm just getting started with blacksmithing and forging so what little I currently know is all because of watching videos and asking questions to folks like you. I sure appreciate the info.
hehe, nice name for the knife, just calling it the knife :P Kniv is just Norwegian for knife, and if I'm not mistaken it's the same in Danish and Swedish too, just pronounced differently. Though if it was "The Knife" in Norwegian, we put the noun in the word, so it becomes "Kniven" :)
Really enjoy watching a craftsman at work also like the Christian music periodically looking forward to seeing more projects
I hit the like button just because i saw that you added a radius to those corners of the tang. Well done sir !
The confidence of this man to not only share his passion of smithing and to teach each step but to sit down and sing and play guitar.
My wife is critically ill and we cannot worship with the local church body. I am watching this on Sunday morning and am so thankful for the music and forging, fellow Tubal-Cain.
I really like it when you break up the video with worship! Hadn’t seen that in a while on here.
Thank you
how i wish my village Blacksmith would sometimes sing while we're waiting for our tools😀
This is a great video, I liked every second of it. God bless you.
Thank you!
Smithing and singing best of both worlds. Thanks for sharing both in the video. Also really enjoyed the up close footage of power hammer and forging on the anvil. Keep it up.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching
Thoroughly enjoyed the video as well as the song. Awesome job
Thank you sir
We appreciate you. The kids were excited to see you sing again. :-)
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful knife!
I'm enjoying the lessons learned part near the end. Looks sweet to me
Ebony & Rosewood ...Now that sounds like the type of wood a Scandinavian would use
And I thought the forging was enjoyable. I enjoyed Amazing Grace even more. Thank you.
My favorite hymn...
Hello from Houston. Whoa!!! That was unexpected. This guy's got mad skills! Sounds great bud.
Thanks for watching
Great video reminds me of a patch knife
Great little knife, great little song 👍. You have a very good voice, and of course “Amazing Grace “ is always a favourite. We’ll have to call you the “singing blacksmith “. Enjoyed the video, regards from Down Under.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it
That looks to me like it came out great.
I love it. Thank You
Great, love to see blades forged in the shape of blades!
I used to bend the proximal end of round bar in an L shape for easy indexing, even with gloves on.
Thanks! Yes that would work
AMEN Friend!
I would have subscribed because of your willingness to share your knowledge; however, to use platform to spread the word through your music, it's now a must! Friend, you did your part and hopefully more see the value as I have in following your amazing channel!
What an amazing knife
Thanks and thanks for watching!
That’s a cool knife!
Sing more hymns during your videos. I like your style.
Hey u made a blade from 52100 just like I did the other day I forged a blacksmiths knife the other day great video and God bless u and your whole family
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Really good video this week. Great handle on that.
Thanks Nicholas
love the idea of using the grinder as a sculpting tool rather than confining yourself to a set pattern or shape
Beautiful blade and great video!
Thanks!
Yep he's got talent
Really cool build! Great job! I need to get back to forging!
Thanks for watching!
super job thanks for the lessons
Thanks for watching!
Great work buddy love those blades.
Thanks Mike!
It looks beautiful! Great video 👍🏼🇬🇧
Thank you!
Superb
Thank you
great build it looks awesome i enjoyed the video 😀👍
Thanks for watching!
Great video
Thanks for watching
Great video and beautiful knife mate! 😎👍🏼
Got a new camera? The footage is super crispy and detailed, especially on the close ups.
Out of all the scandi knives I've been most tempted to make is a Sami Leuku, bit bigger than most of the Pukko's and would make for a great bush knife. Overall though that little one will make for a very handy woodworker with its sharper point, always had a mixed love-hate with ebony. it looks wonderful but smells so awful when you're sanding it. As opposed to the rosewoods which are always a small joy
Nope,same camera, glad it's working though. Yeah the Saami knives are neat
I also used to use 52100 for every knife I made but recently I'm doing a lot of Damascus.
You don’t have any videos?
@@wolfparty4234 I dont make any videos, I dont have the knowledge or tools to do so
Heyyy Eli!! I enjoyed the early kong-Fo movie style video here. Too funny!
Great work and beautiful knife maaan!
I know it’s been a while, but when did ya get the power hammer!?! That things awesome!!💪🏼🤣🤣🤦🏻♂️
Howdy! Got the little giant back in October, been a big help. Thanks for watching!
Wondering why heat treating is done before any grinding?
I like to forge and then normalize/thermocycle, then rough grind. This removes the decarburized layer and get's it closer to finished dimensions prior to hardening and tempering.
@@FireCreekForge thanks for answering. I have no experience forging but it just seemed to make more sense doing it the opposite way until you explained. 👍
@@mikem2208 You bet
I’m new to blacksmithing and I’m having difficulty when I’m tempering my knife I’m getting a little warping. Should I make something to squeeze the knife from both side in order for it to stay straight.
There are a lot of factors at play, but if you're only seeing warping after tempering I'd guess it's due to uneven heat or hot spots during tempering. What do you use for tempering?
@@FireCreekForge I use my oven in my house. I put the knife in on the rack then I set the oven to 500 degree for 2 hours. So I let it heat up with the oven and then I let it cool down with the oven.
@@romans8forging181 ok. And to check you're normalizing before quenching and have good temp control when heating up for quenching? (As in not too hot?)
@@FireCreekForge I got it to a red orange color and hung it like you do. Maybe I didn’t get it all the same temp?
@@romans8forging181 possible. Make sure you have even heat going into the quench, and don't quench it all the way to ambient temp, pull it out while it's smoking a little and check for straightness. You can still move/bend the steel and this point before it hardens up
My friend, I have a question for you. I think I already know the answer but I am going to ask anyway. The multiple heat cycles, when you do them like that does it strengthen the blade material for the final knife?
Hi Brian, yes it first makes all the grain sizes the same and relieves internal stress, then subsequent cycles make the grain smaller. All of this contributes to the strength, or toughness of the steel
@@FireCreekForge Ok. Thx! I thought maybe it was something like that but wasn't sure. I'm just getting started with blacksmithing and forging so what little I currently know is all because of watching videos and asking questions to folks like you. I sure appreciate the info.
@@brianfalls5894 you bet
Not the song I expected with that tune, but done well.
Nice work! What is the name of the book? I've been interested in the Nordic styles for a while but haven't seen a book in English on the process.
Very nice, thank you. What quench oil do you use for 52100?
Thanks! I use AAA oil for the 52100 steel.
What is the reason or purpose of the electric furnace used after the basic knife shape?
Thermocycling the blade to refine the grain structure.
I use it for the heat treatment of the steel
@@FireCreekForge thank you
hehe, nice name for the knife, just calling it the knife :P Kniv is just Norwegian for knife, and if I'm not mistaken it's the same in Danish and Swedish too, just pronounced differently.
Though if it was "The Knife" in Norwegian, we put the noun in the word, so it becomes "Kniven" :)
Is that ebony really that dark in the raw?
Yep!
What power hammer do u have ?
It's a 50lb Little Giant
When do you plan on doing some hammers
I need to do that pretty soon here... What weight are you wanting? I'm thinking about just doing a batch this time of some commonly requested weights
@@FireCreekForge I'm wanting a 4#
What part of Texas are you from I'm from South Texas Gulf Coast
Cool, we are in the Lubbock area
@@FireCreekForge cool I'm a hundred miles south of Houston, Jackson county Texas
What was the title of the book you picked up?
It's called Norwegian Knifemaking from Bluemoon press
A knife maker that can sing nice I can make knives but NO sing lol
Sounds like you don’t really like that knife you made. You can send it to me I’d be glad to take it off your hands. Lol.
Haha
War-poet much?