Forging a Bowie knife that my subscribers voted for. I've wanted one of these for a very long time
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- This knife has been long in the making. I've always wanted a Bowie knife, and finally, the time has come. This knife has all the details of a bowie knife, yet it is not a real thing. The real thing is a story for another day.
Don't get me wrong-this will be a great knife. But in all honesty, it's more of a remake of Croccidial Dundee's Knife than a stand-alone bower knife. That little fact makes me so happy!
I gave 5 categories for UA-cam views to vote for. In the end, this knife was voted on. It is 15 inches in length, sharp on both sides of the drop tip, has a clean spine, a deep fuller, and finally, a stacked leather handle. Drawing it up, it kind of looks like a Dundee knife.
In this video, I discuss the foregoing part of this project. I spent nine hours in the forge burning just two bags of charcoal, which is around 30 lbs, and it was worth every second.
I hope you enjoy the process.
The next video will be about filling, carving the fuller, and most likely shaping the hand guard and pommel.
I have so much to do, I best get back to work.
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Cutting the steel for the knife
01:05 Testing the Steel
02:31 The beginning of the forging process
02:41 Forging the tang for this knife
03:05 Shaping the tongs for the work
03:52 Back to forging this knife tang
05:28 Its too bright in here!
05:47 The last of the tang
07:40 Forging the blade of the Bowie
10:36 Forging the drop tip of the knife
13:08 Forging the cutting edge
14:45 Fixing the Drop tip before it gets out of hand
16:56 Back to forging the blade and cleaning up the surface
18:27 The forging for this Bowie knife is finished - Навчання та стиль
Dude you got this!!! It’s going to be a lit knife!!
You're awesome! hell ya it will!
@@NinedirectionsI’d love to see you make a historically accurate wakizashi or tanto, I think it would be lit and me personally I am working on one my self
Also for fullering you can make a jig for your sander that’s goes left and right if you have a small enough contact wheel
I love the design you settled on. Though I have to admit... It looks a lot like the Crocodile Dundee bowie. But I've always loved that design, so... fair play, I say! 👍👍
The tang you can do one of two things. You can weld on a screw or bolt and tap a hole into the pommel or you can form the tang into a cylinder and use a diy to add threads to the tang
Or maybe forge weld a low carbon piece of steel to the tang and it can go through the pommel and he can peen it
@@JudagDaMighty in my opinion, peening a stacked leather handle is a bit dumb, only because leather will go bad and having it threaded means you can take it apart to replace leather rings
@@nickbutler9831I forgot about the fact it’s leather my bad lol
I like the idea of taping the pommel. Then I can always fix or replace it.
I'm with you, to peen it is the last option.
You need to make you some bladesmithing tongs just for flat stock holding
Not if the piece is long enough to handle.
What the purpose for dipping the hammer in water, before shaping the steel.
5160 makes good knives. No need for snap test as this is not a high carbon steel. It is an alloy.
Forge On!!!
Ive just been whatching you all i had to see is your dL-44 from star wars your a forger and a martial artist/fighter turned me right on 😂
This guy soumds exactly like Dabiel Tosh
When would i be invited to make historical weapons?,love your videos pal
Hi. Where Do you come from?
I like your style, but to Make a samuraisword is little bit diffrent. 🛸😉😙🙂🤗 Edit
ALWAYS QUENCH WITH OIL NOT WATER PEOPLE, ITS BASIC CHEMISTRY..?? WATER QUENCHING MAKES METAL BRITTLE AND BREAK EASY, OIL ACTUALLY HARDENS
80iq max
Actually it’s advanced chemistry
So does water lol. Water is just often too much too fast.