Thank you all for watching! If you like this knife (2023 Skur) featured in the video, check it out here: shedknives.com/products/2023-skur Consider subscribing if you haven't already to support & share more knife knowledge like this. Enjoy the outdoors, - WJB
Checked out your website. Looks fantastic! Really cool story. I started smithing when I retired and just started selling a few things. No knives yet but looks like a lot of fun.
Hey Barrett! Thank you very much for the kind words, I appreciate it. Knives are an interesting field of smithing because you can make it as complex or simple as you want. If you make something, let me know! Thank you again for your support ⚔️
That's a cool looking knife dude, I have a 1x42, but don't think I can do hallow grinds on it unless I could figure out a way to mount a table there or do it free hand which I know I'm not good enough to even try
I like what you’re doing. The only point of advice I have, is to run your 36 grit belt up into the platten with the contact wheel to grind into it and create a relief. That will help with the filings piling up in the gullet. Keep it up man!
Hello! I had this custom made with a swivel and two bolts on each side I can lock it in place with. That way if I decide to change machines, tables, etc. I’m not set to one angle
The wheel does not wear down, as far as I know. The belt wears pretty evenly as well but that depends on the user. It works great for my needs! Hope this helps and thank you for watching
Although the prices are fairly low so is the fitment and finish work too..the flat slab handles have no shape and the tang appears to stand pround of the handle scales..gripping bare tang isn't that ergonomically pleasing..it's like the blade is more of a half finished kit..probably be better to just sell the blade blanks with raw scales as a kit to be finished by the customer as it would give them more handle shape options..I'd sell them as kits for the same current price.. the kit option should be available at minimum as most outdoor types enjoy a diy project from time to time..Cheers..
You got it! It’s an even box (what you see) with even side mounts (you can see one of them between the box & the ice bucket) bolted to the box. The bolts can be tightened or loosened for me to swivel it to the angle I want. Key word is EVEN because if anything is a slightly different height, your grind won’t be as even as it could be. I’ll have to do a closeup of it + another video.
I stick with the 36 grit finish however my blades do go into a stonewash for 1 hour so that definitely polishes them up a bit. Thank you for watching & subscribing!
@@trainwon5699 sure thing! I do not do my own heat treat. I’m currently sending my knives to a well-respected company in PA, USA where they do a Cryogenics treatment. The steel is 154-CM which is technically stainless so that requires more precise handling than regular carbon blades. I do plan to bring the treatment into my own shop! I just need a little more room haha. Thanks!
@@trainwon5699 I just realized that this particular blade in the video was heat treated with HOT temps, not cold. Since the video posting, I’ve move to cryogenics & treat after grinding instead of before.
I do not heat treat them myself (yet). I send the knives to a company in PA. Please note that I've switched companies since the posting of this video and now do Cryogenics with that PA business. Thank you for watching & for your support!
Hey there - thank you for watching! For this specific knife in the video, yes, it is important. I was using an already heat treated knife which makes it very easy to lower or raise the hardness (RHC) with the heat that comes from grinding. I don't have to be super careful of the knives heating up when they are not heat treated (which I do now) but I still keep them cold as it's better on my fingers. Hopefully that helps! Thanks again
I wanted to try this more 'raw' style for the year. People seem to like it & so do I. It also saves quite a bit of $ to not do any surface finishing, which definitely helps keep all of my knives under $200.
I hope jmbstudio understands forging and stock removal are totally different techniques. Why would he even make a comment like that unless he doesn’t understand??? Some people kill me I’m tellin ya!
Thank you all for watching! If you like this knife (2023 Skur) featured in the video, check it out here: shedknives.com/products/2023-skur
Consider subscribing if you haven't already to support & share more knife knowledge like this.
Enjoy the outdoors,
- WJB
VERY interesting. Thanks for showing this process! 👍😎👍
You bet! It gives an inside look at the process
Nice too see someone who keeps the metal cold
You got it! Burning blades = not good
Nice!!!
Smooth as butter 👍🏻👍🏻 love the control you have grind looks great !!
Thank you very much my friend ⚔️ measure twice - cut once.
Like the ice idea
Hey there! It definitely keeps them cool. Thanks for watching
Checked out your website. Looks fantastic! Really cool story. I started smithing when I retired and just started selling a few things. No knives yet but looks like a lot of fun.
Hey Barrett! Thank you very much for the kind words, I appreciate it. Knives are an interesting field of smithing because you can make it as complex or simple as you want. If you make something, let me know! Thank you again for your support ⚔️
That's a cool looking knife dude, I have a 1x42, but don't think I can do hallow grinds on it unless I could figure out a way to mount a table there or do it free hand which I know I'm not good enough to even try
I like what you’re doing. The only point of advice I have, is to run your 36 grit belt up into the platten with the contact wheel to grind into it and create a relief. That will help with the filings piling up in the gullet. Keep it up man!
Hello! Thank you very much for the feedback & for watching the video, I appreciate your support.
Did you make the guide plate for your setup?
I did not make it entirely myself however I designed it and had a local shop weld it for me.
Could you tell me the angle that you had your plate made at? Thanks!
Hello! I had this custom made with a swivel and two bolts on each side I can lock it in place with. That way if I decide to change machines, tables, etc. I’m not set to one angle
What size contact wheel do you use?
8 inch contact wheel on a 2" x 72" 36 grit belt
does the wheel wear to one side? does it need replaced often?
The wheel does not wear down, as far as I know. The belt wears pretty evenly as well but that depends on the user. It works great for my needs! Hope this helps and thank you for watching
Although the prices are fairly low so is the fitment and finish work too..the flat slab handles have no shape and the tang appears to stand pround of the handle scales..gripping bare tang isn't that ergonomically pleasing..it's like the blade is more of a half finished kit..probably be better to just sell the blade blanks with raw scales as a kit to be finished by the customer as it would give them more handle shape options..I'd sell them as kits for the same current price.. the kit option should be available at minimum as most outdoor types enjoy a diy project from time to time..Cheers..
How do you get your table angle? Thanks for the video
You got it! It’s an even box (what you see) with even side mounts (you can see one of them between the box & the ice bucket) bolted to the box. The bolts can be tightened or loosened for me to swivel it to the angle I want. Key word is EVEN because if anything is a slightly different height, your grind won’t be as even as it could be.
I’ll have to do a closeup of it + another video.
@@shedknives thanks 👌I like how you use the marks on the table and ice 👌Thanks again
Make stuff with purple handles
Nice blade
Nice & sharp!!
Nice job👍What grit finish do you leave on your bevels? And do you do your own heat treat? Thanks
I stick with the 36 grit finish however my blades do go into a stonewash for 1 hour so that definitely polishes them up a bit. Thank you for watching & subscribing!
@@shedknives Thanks for replying. Do you do your own heat treat? Thanks
@@trainwon5699 sure thing! I do not do my own heat treat. I’m currently sending my knives to a well-respected company in PA, USA where they do a Cryogenics treatment. The steel is 154-CM which is technically stainless so that requires more precise handling than regular carbon blades. I do plan to bring the treatment into my own shop! I just need a little more room haha. Thanks!
@@trainwon5699 I just realized that this particular blade in the video was heat treated with HOT temps, not cold. Since the video posting, I’ve move to cryogenics & treat after grinding instead of before.
@@shedknives ice in the bucket is a great idea👌
do you heattreat them?
I do not heat treat them myself (yet). I send the knives to a company in PA. Please note that I've switched companies since the posting of this video and now do Cryogenics with that PA business. Thank you for watching & for your support!
Cheers, is it rly that important to cool down the knive? I mean i watched so many Videos and they barly do that....
Great Video!
Hey there - thank you for watching! For this specific knife in the video, yes, it is important. I was using an already heat treated knife which makes it very easy to lower or raise the hardness (RHC) with the heat that comes from grinding. I don't have to be super careful of the knives heating up when they are not heat treated (which I do now) but I still keep them cold as it's better on my fingers. Hopefully that helps! Thanks again
Why don’t you do a surface finish
I wanted to try this more 'raw' style for the year. People seem to like it & so do I. It also saves quite a bit of $ to not do any surface finishing, which definitely helps keep all of my knives under $200.
That's a knife
Oh yes it is! 2023 Skur
Start forging your bevels. Way less grinding.
Forge On!!!
I’ll have to look into that, I appreciate it!
I hope jmbstudio understands forging and stock removal are totally different techniques.
Why would he even make a comment like that unless he doesn’t understand??? Some people kill me I’m tellin ya!