Forging A Knife With Needles!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
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Two knives are forged from nickel plated needles that were welded up into a canister! The handle material is bocote I stabilized with cactus juice. Don't worry, I'm doing a full handle video soon.
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Yup. Folks, it’s rare to see a blade smith share the learning process so honestly. Thanks beetle. Good to see a post from your channel sir.
Thanks 👍
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@Prince Hector hope u didn’t read her messages and find out she was shagging about behind yr back 😂😂
Then you havent looked far...
He is indeed honest, but there's plenty of people sharing their process online. Not like it's a guarded secret anymore. Nowadays, the specifics of the shop are the far greater and more important thing.
Damn they got you. Raid shadow legends is everywhere lol.
They literally spam you promotions and sponsors,so you must take the thing if you want them to let you live without like a thousand notifications
@@mesinovict6316 Man gotta get paid somehow. I dont mind watching them.
How much do u get of a sponsor? Because he couldn’t afford the needles that he likes, well not afford coz I don’t know how much dough he has
They gave the video raids
It’s pretty cool seeing how much your shop has grown over the years
Almost spit my coffee out laughing at "If you're new to the channel you're probably wondering what happened. If you've been following for a while you're probably thinking "Surprised he got that far"
I was just looking for something new to watch and BAM...Green Beetle comes through. Thank you.
You're welcome on my channel, if you want!
Dude! That was awesome. It was extremely entertaining, but not in the comedic way you seem to fear. I truly appreciate and admire your skills, intelligence, sense of humour and courage. It takes real high-carbon steel balls to put your blunders on full display and take credit for them. The world needs more people like you. You don't give yourself enough credit.
Well said and what a nice compliment to say u sir also deserve some nice kindness in your life for your nice words.
This is a good example of why I love your channel. You show the set backs as well as the successes. I learn more from your channel than from ten other channels.
Btw the pattern turned out awesome. 👍
Loved the pattern! Knife makers don’t make mistakes, just smaller blades.
Showing, owning, and adapting to your mistakes is cool.
Always so good to see a new Green Beetle video come up. Thanks for what you do, man.
Love how it kinda matches wood grain! Failure is part of the journey to mastery.
Amazing video and the comedy is always golden!! I also love the ingenuity you have by using a tape measure to tamp down the needles and stuff in the can!!!
Very nice! The bocote handle looks wonderful, I always love seeing those hard-contrasting black/white woods.
I like how beetle drops that beautiful dad joke and then there's no mention of it ever again 😂
This is the way
I caught that also. Good one Steve, thanks for representing.😉
Fellow Okie, and professional tattoo artist. Those do indeed look like the #12 needles we use (though those look longer and it’s fairly rare to make the needle bars ourselves anymore, and most of us have gone to cartridges. Really cool to see you doing this one man, hope that forge is keeping you warm lol
Definitely sewing needles. You can see the thread eyes in them.
@@thomasarussellsr The boxes and diameter are VERY similar to tattoo needles, but the length is long, so you're right, they are probably for something like that.
Man, I'm glad you're still at it. As frustrating as fighting one of these PermaWarp (tm) stubborn bastards is, that pattern was cool as hell. Thanks for taking the time to try shit like this. We'd never see it otherwise
You are so intertaining and fun. I love all your small gimmicks and gestures. And that small knife got beautiful
Kudos on your persistence and ever-increasing skill! Don’t let the setbacks slow you down.
Beautiful patterns, great work , awesome entertainment!
I've been watching your content for years. I remember your first videos and I can see how far your set up has come. Keep up the grind and great video! Thanks for the content. :)
Ty
Personally love the blade, really looks like turbulence of an airflow, amazing!
Can't call it it a major success, but as an experiment, it's a winner.
You can’t win em all, Beetle. The first knife turned out really well at least. Great video! These are great because of your personality.. oh and you do cool stuff too. 👍
Love the end!!! All of us mortals are grateful that you leave the mistakes in.
Man I really enjoy your content, the fact that you show the bad with the good is a big part of it. Charles Ingalls is the man.
The pattern looked cool loved the contrast between the itty bitty pieces and the large swaths of different materials.
Really great to see a video from you again, Steve! You've been missed!
First time first video watcher. Thx for sharing even your "not exactly as you wanted" efforts!
I get strong "This old Tony" vibes from this (Or vise versa) and I appreciate it completely. So glad TH-cam recommended your vids in my feed. This should go without say, but keep up the great content.
Nice work Steve, good on you for sticking with it despite all the setbacks!
I wish it were shtick but it's all I got. Heheheh. I'll figure this out eventually. That's a great Bowie build on your IG.
@@GreenBeetle haha it's an admirable pursuit! Cheers!
There is nothing like knowing you've got a new video coming up. I absolutely loved both blades. Still can't believe how expensive those needles were. Thank you for an excellent video.
Way to stick with it! Just keep having fun that is what counts. Thanks for your hard work.
Hey Steve, glad to see you back doing your "professional you-tuby thing." It's always a good day when you drop a new video. I was worried that 2020 may have gotten you.
Great pattern and nice match with the handle material, they really complimented each other.
Thanks for keeping it real my friend, we enjoy...I mean feel your pain.😉 Got bless
Your bladesmithing is every bit as creatively experimental as your spelling.
Grammar police officer watch out!! Lol 😂
Not everybody is brought up with a good education u don’t know what was going on in they lives when they where kids learning might of been the last thing on they minds especially the ones like myself who have dyslexia, calling someone out for their spelling is like being racist or homophobic
So happy to see a new Green Beetle video.
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@@GreenBeetle the small knife has the better look. I would love to have your damascus steel mess ups.
second knife almost looked like wrought iron after it was all etched and polished
Entertaining? Yes! Interesting? Yes! Looking forward to your next out of the box thinking video..
my favorite knife making channel never disappoints!
Love the commentary, and congrats on getting a sponsor. Great video thanks!
That's an AWESOME looking pattern. All the thin lines remind me of deeply etched wrought iron. Great work!
I commend you, sir, for several things. First, for spending that much money on needles when you had no way of knowing how they'd work. Second, for showing us your roadblocks. Third, for your amazing restraint with language! I'd have been Freddy Uncle Charlie Katie all over the shop for hours!
My favorite knife making channel.
ty
I love the play-by-play! I don’t know anything about knife making. Awesome video, thanks!
The nice thing about making a knife is you can still use it afterwards regardless of a mistake on stacking during forging.
that's a gorgeous blade. the smaller one looks like a good user, i would have loved to own that other as a kitchen knaf. especially as thin as it ended up, that would have been a great tool.
Look at this way...there are more lessons to be learned in failure than in success. 😉
Here's looking forward to version 2... 🤞😊
You keep making knives. Make a spear. Use that "random metal thing Damascus" thing you do and make anything but a knife. Your Evil PiZzA CuTteR was awesome. I love you sense of humour and it lends itself really well to other forms of metal creations.
Your videos are the best. If you can get that other blade to straighten out, you will have the world's thinnest Damascus kitchen knife. Probably need a ridiculous amount of hand sanding but you should go for it!
Awesome craftsmanship!!! Love that knife!
A pleasure to watch, as always. Thanks for sharing.
I'm so glad you posted this video, I needed a helpful distraction today so thank you for providing that.
Nicely done sir - its refreshing to see the fails in the pocess too. Its onvious you like what you do and its nice to watch you do it ^^
Youve gotten really good with your press, Steve.
I tend to get warps like that on my thin chef knives (2mm tapering down to zero) and have found that clamping them in a fixture that bends the blade slightly opposed the the warp while tempering get them out nicely. I do one temper without the fixture then do the second with it so the knife isn't brittle going into the fixture
I've got a bar with a rod welded crossways in the middle I use for that purpose. I tried torching this one then tempering while clamped and it only got worse for some reason . I think the solid stripes of 1095 running lengthwise didn't get along with the the rest of the billet. Lots of tension. I could flip bent portion of the edge back in forth so it would "pop" out one side and stay then I'd pop it out the other direction.
That's called a shimed temper I believe
@@GreenBeetle there is always that blade that won't let up lol. My latest one took 5 attempts to straighten, came out of the quench with a massive s warp from the handle to the tip. Some just fight the whole way
That music and the final reveal really hit the spot. fucc yeah bud!
This is a really nice knife. I love your creativity.
The only smiths who don't make mistakes are the ones who don't smith. I've made my share. Like the pattern and the blade.
8:27 I’ve never heard a more genuine, “I feel good” after a screw up lmaoooo.
Steve-
A failure is an opportunity. I say take the knife that did not work out, cut, stack, fold, twist, cuss, fold again, twist again, cut again, stack again, cuss some more, maybe add some Sheet Rock Screws, cuss, fold, twist and stack see what you get. Maybe something totally unplanned and random. Say add enough for Bowie Knife size? Humor intended and just a thought.
Keep up the good work, always cool, always entertaining and always very creative. Love your knives!
-Shane
That is one delicious knife!
Great outburst at the end by the way!
Wouldn't be a Green Beetle video without a last minute fuck up.
Dude I absolutely love your content! Your humor is great bud :-)
I appreciate that! You're the man, my friend.
I think it came out beautifully. I'm just glad you leave a solid Cutting Edge. I don't know why but it bothers me when people just sharpen up a pattern welded blade and call it good.
He’s baaaaaack!!
Boom
I enjoyed watching. Thanks for making this video.
Damn, that looks a whole lot like wrought iron grain patterns. Amazing work!
The pin sections looks a lot like really exceptional wrought iron. I like the layering very much.
I remember seeing a similar pattern but in wood and resin, some one used a whole bunch of wooden knitting needles cast in resin to make a large flat sided vase, it sort of worked but the colours of the needles ran into the resin a bit.
Your needle knife version is better and probably cost about the same with the amount of resin they used
👍
Why do we do this to ourselves? Spend crazy amounts of time creating beautiful blades only to have them give us the finger. Thank you for the truth!. You are awesome!
Your videos are very entertaining. All ways good to see a new one!
Very cool. Thank you. The struggle makes it way cooler.
Love the "Bacon" knife and the giant straight razor. Beautiful knives, green dude.
So cool Steve! Always inspiring and entertaining to watch your videos! Thanks man! A+
Ty good to hear from you 🙏
Always enjoy your videos, Steve!
I love your blades and your channel is fantastic I like that even when it doesn't come out correctly you leave that footage in that cool
You should consider forging a blade out of all the other blades that didn't come out might be an interesting pattern
YES! its another canister mix up mash up!
Awesome stuff. Thanks buddy. Your awesome. Mistakes and all. Thank you!!!!
The dramatic music at the end was very dramatic, Nice
I been missing ye ol Green Beetle!!!
Wondering what may have come to sir Steve!!!
Loved it either way buddy!!!
Love it. Only feedback is if you went with a green handle you could have have a Green Needle knife made by Green Beetle. Alliteration be damned!
so good
6:56 is why I like this channel so much.
I like the way you show all your screwups, others would probably edit them out. I'm sure that there are some master forgers out there who don't make mistakes but I'll guarantee that they made plenty of mistakes while perfecting their craft.
Both still turned out beautiful blades.dont forget you are not a robot lol you are a human,with that comes imperfection
Aint gonna lie.. the fart noise got me 😆
Awesome blade pattern !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1095, 1084, 15N20 & nickel coated needles? VERY cool!
0:0:44 the sound I've been making all of 2020.
The larger blade still looked amazing brother! It reminded me of your bacon handled beer quenched knife. If you do remake this type of damascus please do a bacon handle?? Be so epic
Man, that Damascus and wood went so well together, looked like the blade was a grey extension of the handle!
My thought exactly
Amazing, thank you for greet video!! Love you from Cambodia
I love the vids and learning process thanks a lot for the vids. I made one or 2 stander dull knifes also to start learning as well. Maybe your next knife can be a long nose Kiridashi :D keep up the good work
Beautiful work, dude! One of a kind! 😃
Remember: when you make a mistake you end up with something totally different than what you thought. Many times it's a good thing! 😉
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
That came out amazing Mate!
Looks awesome Steve! Almost looks like wrought-iron.
Damm so cool..love the way you made em .good job
Awesome editing!
Love your videos! Thanks for sharing 👍😊
I like the mystery science theater esq v.o.
You crack me up 😆 genuinely make me laugh out loud! Shame about the bigger blade, the smaller one more than makes up for it though!
I like it!! Looks almost like wrought iron
Personally I like the 1st one better than the 2nd one. Good job.