Making a Knife From a Circular Saw Blade
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- We’re back at it for another fun knife build in the shop. Today we throw back to my knife making roots right out of college. I wanted a backpacking knife, couldn’t afford one, so decided to figure out how to make one myself. A few google searches later, and low and behold, I discovered the process of making a knife from an old circular saw blade. Today I’ll show you how to make a knife that will serve you well. Although it’s not the best, it’s very serviceable, and depending on your intended purpose, it can be just as effective as a knife that would either take you much longer to make, with more tools, or one that’s much more expensive than most of us are comfortable with. We hope you enjoy, and get into your shop to make one for yourself. (Oh yeah, and I put a bottle opener on the spine, so cheers!)
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Great Video!
I'm 67 and am getting into the knife making game, rather late. BUT, I became disabled in 2001 and am now back to where I can do a few things that will supplement the disability/Soc. Sec. payments.
I was Blacksmithing and getting into knife making before I became disabled so, now, I'm starting all over again and videos like this help, A LOT!
THANKS!
Well... I picked up the 3" wide HF belt sander a couple of years ago and made a file knife with antler handle last week, first real knife.
Ran back down to HF today and got the 1.5" belt grinder.
Great to see you turning oit beautiful work on same.
I did mine entirely free hand, no paper plans, measuring tools or anything. Buffing wheel on okd Big Lots black Friday drill press.
Mine's pretty nice, was told O could sell for a penny but yours is truly beautifully orchestrated!
Great brother. I’m glad your making. Thanks for the comment.
I love the almost documentary style videography in this! Great work!
What is special about a craftsman’s work is the creation is done by design, but more importantly, part by what the craftsman feels as he inches through the project. Good work and video presentation. It should inspire any beginner to begin their own journey.
Thank you brother.
Best part of these videos is seeing the knife makers smiling after!
Beautiful design, craftsmanship, and execution. Videography & music very elegant. 3 and a half eights, measurements from a gone by era.
Fantastic video. I learned a lot here. The quality of all your camera angles and shots are great. Everything can easily be seen. Thanks for putting out this video. I can't wait to check out some of your other content. You are a true craftsman.
Your videos are the best being new at all this the long videos cram in tons of info that I find extremely beneficial
My first thought was WAY overthinking the handle. But when you went to sand it I was like DUH! outstanding man really!
Pretty eyes and eye makeup. So elegant and refined for a bladesmith. Great knife without the need to forge.
That is a Beautiful knife, And the handle turned out awesome. I would like to inform those that are thinking about trying this, that the saw blade is probably made out of low carbon steel something like 1008 1018 or so. At best you are going to get about 45 HR"C" from what ever the manufacture used, the tips on such a saw blade have carbide soldered on to the tips, in some cases the blade is from a high carbon steel, but the tips are flame hardened, leaving the core very soft. A good knife should have a hardness around 58-65 HR"C" depending on its end use and material type. But such a tool is a great way to get started in the buses of knife making. Just remember, if you can cut it with a file easily, it is not hard.
@Jim Marcum Hardness Rockwell C test
Old planer blades make great knives
Is there a way to harden the steel like heating it red hot and plunging it into water or oil?
@@lanetterichardson9322 this only works for high carbon steel. Heat to cherry red and quench in water makes high carbon steel hard but brittle. Cleaning it back to bright means you can then anneal it. Heating it will produce varying colours from light straw through to darker straw then to blues. This reflects a range of reduced brittleness and hardness. For low carbon steel you can case harden it by heating to cherry red and cooling it in a carbon rich compound to give a hard outer layer - repeating several times.
@@jonathanlodge4014 thanks for the info.
Never watched any of your videos before but I love your attention to every little detail. Every Little detail.... Your craftsmanship is reflected in those details. Very nice job Very nice video.
Great video. Very informative and well done. I have made unsuccessful attempts at making a saw blade knife. But i do alot of woodcraft. Bows arrows etc. Even if it doesn't turn out as well as expected you always learn something. That makes you better. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. Well done.
Thank you for the compliments. If you have any question, or need any advice, send me a message, or an email to theartofcraftsmanship@gmail.com, and I’d be glad to help any way I can.
Beautiful Knife. Well crafted.
Beautifully done. Thanx for this. Now I'm motivated for my first knife. Thanx
Hello Dustin.. Cliff here. I just came by your channel last night by chance. I just wanted to to let you know that I find your channel to be extremely enjoyable. Your channel is right up my alley. Your interests are very much the same as my own as far as tinkering , repairing and
manufacturing go. Im a new subscriber to your channel and look forward to hearing about all your new videos coming up. Good work Dustin.
enjoyed the slower paced video and good music, fantastic blade! makes me want to go and tidy my shed and make something.
Thanks for the compliment. Nothing like cleaning a shop and then getting down to business. My suggestion is offer some beer and pizza to some buddies and have them come and give you a hand. Thanks again.
Lovely work and great result.
Years ago a friend picked up some large saw blades. Like 36" in diameter. He spent months drawing knife shapes with the chalk welders use. When the blade was completely covered with knife outlines. I would oxy/acet burn out all the shapes. For the following year he was busy grinding out all the knives.
Decent steel, and relatively inexpensive way to find out if a certain style was good or not. Or just fun.
Awesome!
@@TheArtofCraftsmanship What was really awesome was that he did ALL the grinding with a Sears belt sander mounted upside down, and it lasted years. Go figure. lol
Great idea for the sketch book. Maybe consider making a vinyl/plastic or wood template with the paper cut out that you could save more easily
As someone getting into all these restoration, making your own, etc... This was an exceptionally informative, confidence inspiring Video. Thank you for your precise information as to what ur doing and why. And it was wonderful to watch the process unfold. 1 of my favourite vids that I watch over and over again. Thank you for passing on your knowledge to all of us 'new' potential wannabe craftsmen. Or at least to some of us that want to be better informed and try our hand at trying something new.
My thoughts and sentiments, exactly!
What a great project video. I've never made a knife but always wanted to. Thank you for the step by step process with details. I've always wondered why my father had so many old saw blades hanging around. He must have had this in the back of his mind for projects one day. Thanks again.
Knife turned out gr8. True Craftsmanship. I noticed you said half of 7/8" is 3 1/2 8ths...this is true. A trick for you....any fraction under 1 inch use this method, half of 7/8 keep top number which is 7 ...and double bottom number which would be 16....7/16...my father taught me this trick 30 some years ago. He was a welding teacher for 30 + years. Half of 3/4 would be 3/8. You may have known that trick or not....just passing along knowledge. Great video shots.
I've never heard that before, awesome idea and it works. Thanks for the tip👍👍👍
I would not normally translate half of 7/8 to 3 1/2 8th, my brain don't work that way. So if you don't have 1/16" scale: 7/8 = 1/8 + 1/8 +1/8 +1/8 +1/8 +1/8 +1/8 . So half of that is 3 of the 1/8 plus half of an 1/8 left, which is 3 1/2 8th. Count three of the 1/8 on the 1/8th scale and eyeball an addition 1/2 of that. So half of 5/8 is 2 1/2, 9/8 is 4 1/2, and so on. So it's pretty easy now, just half of the odd numbered numerator plus 1/2. Would have been easier with an engineering scale or go metric.
Go metric.
Thanks
i learned that in third grade
I really admire people with a workshop who can create all kinds of crafts and beautiful blades like this! Kudos you you!
Great knife and great video!
Pro Tip: Use a slower speed and higher pressure on your drill press when poking holes in steel. Your bits will rub less and take bigger chips which carry away more heat from the workpiece. This ensures your tools don’t overheat and lose hardness leading to breakage or dulling as rapidly.
He did.
Hard Metals: Slow Speed and Higher Pressure.
Soft Metals: High Speed and Lower Pressure.
@@user-td1zo3tv9p Why would it be different for softer metals? Won't bigger chips due to more pressure also carry away more heat?
Wow.... Beautiful job brother
Also it was good of you to leave you daughter and lab in the video. Good touch.
Excellent video. Thank you for you ability to teach.
Great video and teaching, appreciate it very much. Beautiful knife and handle came out great✌🏻✌🏻
Beautiful work!
Oh wow, what a lovely knife. Pure art watching you. Thanks again from South Africa
Amaizing video! Thanks a Lot , i lern very much, greethings from Colombia.
Such a great video, tutorial! I want to try this. Lots of safety incorporated into video. Great job.
I did take notice of the lack of hearing protection, especially when using cut-off/grinding.
I've watched your videos repeatedly and admire your workmanship approach to your craft. You've obviously made all your mistakes in the past and know where potential problems lie. I love your work and the finished products are both beautiful and functional. Well done.
Beautiful knife and excellent craftsmanship.....this is my second time watching this video.....thanks for making it!
Quality craftmanship, and gorgeous speciman!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the education, God bless!!!!!!!!!!!!
To the marginally negative comments by some regarding Harbor Freight Tools; a craftsman can use any tool. Tools don't impart talent, tools in the right hands (like this guy's) are simply an extension of the body. I can't see the knife looking or performing any better with the use of a shop full of overpriced tools...
Theres a saying i like to use for those people. "All the gear and no idear"
ABSOLUTELY!!
certain Harbor Freight tools are great like their hand tools and power tools if you use them for DIY projects. I wouldn't recommend them as a daily tool for contractors or folks in construction.
But it will make ypur work faster and easier after you reached a specific skill level.
Nonetheless one should start with juat a hacksaw and some files. It works fine!
fuck off the guy was amazing, fuck harbour freight
Nice instructional tool and a very nice job done on the handle . I haven't mastered the simplicity of creating one compatible to yours but " tomorrow's another day " . Sharpening the edge is still a weakness of mine so I'm open to " ALL " suggestions of simplifying it . Enjoy your day .
That is a gorgeous bushcraft knife, I love all the detail you put into the handle to caress and fit the hand perfectly
Very nice. Your a craftsman . I love that handle It's simple yet very unique and pretty. You have a lot of talent.
It would have been nice to see you put a good heat treat on that blade. Nice video though. Great for beginners. Just know this blade will not perform like a true professionally heat treated steel.
If you want to temper steel
just leave the knife on the truck dashboard in Texas Summer for an afternoon
Then quench in a can off beer.
kimchee94112 waste off beer, just let it run through and quench it on the way out 😂
Wonderful process. I sharpen knives for a living and I like your attention to detail. With all the knowledge you put into your knives I would expect your knives to sell for hundreds of dollars each.
Love this project! The knife is gorgeous. What did you use for finish for the handle?
I would love to see a shop tour video. It looks so comfortable there, like a great place to work and relax.
I have one. Posted it about 3 months ago. Thanks.
Wow!!!!! Beautiful work. Thanks
Talk about full tang! That is beautiful! Thank you for this video!
Dead saw blade to live knife. You deserved that beer after all that magic. Looking at the size of that saw blade, there's a couple more in there...
Just a thought, if you cut the paper pattern out with a craft knife leaving the silhouette intact in your notebook you would have it’s shape left intact. I would put a piece of cardboard or similar behind it to protect the page below. 🤗🤗🤗
WOW ! THAT KNIFE TURNED OUT AWESOME ! I'M GONNA MAKE ONE FOR MY SON ! WITH LOT'S OF TIME AN EFFORT, SO HE CAN KEEP IN THE FAMILY ! THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO ! I REALLY LOVED IT !!!
Don't make the same mistake as this man. The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
If I just had some of them sanders, I would like to try one. Great video
Beautiful job, I like the walnut for the handle.
Thanks! It’s actually Wenge.
Outstanding craftsmanship!
Beautiful job on that saw blade!
That was a lot of work!!! Great job!!!
Awesome all the way till the end!!!
Just wow!
I just had a good time, great atmosphere, sunday morning, j'adore from france ! 😍
Your craftmanship is superb, and your camera work is some of the best I've seen on TH-cam. Thank you so much for making everything look so easy, even though we both know it sure as hell isn't.
The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
@@Drunken_Frog_40000 What kind of steel is that saw blade body made from ?
One thing , most excellent but , when you sharpen ANY blade you sand or sharpen towards the edge , not away from it your edge will be more clean
I love it. Thanks.
Very inspiring thank you!
it looks like absolute perfection!
By the number of views, I guess I am in accord with many others and have watched the entire video. A craftsman is an artist who uses both hands instead of one. You my friend are a craftsman. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice job. Awesome!
Great video!! Beautiful Knife!!
Very nice example of first knife process, hoping son and I can do a pair together.
Beer tastes better when knife opened! Especially with a kewl knife!!!
enjoy your work.
Thanks Fry!
Beautiful job... That is a piece of art.
Wow. You have amazing skills.
Great video, really enjoyed it !
What a GREAT VIDEO! Going to definitely try this sawblade technique in my shop!
Nice. Thanks for watching David!
Fantastic, thanks so much.
Great job! Add a gold star to your camera operator, the production was as good as the craftsmanship. How could anyone give this a thumbs down?
Beautiful knife really liked the video!
Beautiful Job
For me ...
Knife + Opener + Dozen Beer = ER
I just found your channel. Well done sir. That's a knife to be proud of. Looking forward to viewing your videos.
It is a real nicely made knife. I enjoyed watching you make it. I wish you luck with this knife; it looks as good as any bushcraft knife I have seen. You video is great. Thank you
This will stay sharper if you heat treat it, unless it's just for looks. You cut the hardest part of the saw blade off in the first cut. That's why it drilled and filed so easy.
Also you should tell people the difference between a cut off wheel and a grinding wheel and that you can't use either for the others job. It can cause them to shatter and blow apart and stick into tissue (like face and hands). Cool looking knife though.
Really beautiful knife...great upcycle project!
A great job I hope some day to do the same.
Beautifully finished piece, amazing what an old saw blade could be turned into. Thank you for your video.
The edge retention will like a six cuts and gone :D. These 'knifemakers' are a joke to real craftsmans. What about to find out some information about steel first? No? If the saw blade has welded teeth, the body of the blade is junk steel about 0,3% C and can't be used for a good knife. So much work for such a useless result. FYI, I'm metallurgy specialist.
I'd be proud to own one of these knives !!!
Great video at my level I could attempt. Thank you.
Beautiful job. I learned a lot. Been wanting to make knives for a long time. Thanks and excellent camera work too.
Hey, amazing video and kickass knife. I have a suggestion for the sketch book problem, you can use Carbon Paper to trace whichever design you like the most on a separate sheet and keep the original in the sketch book for further use.
Great idea. Thanks.
Mighty nice job on the knife. Very impressed. Thanks for the Vedic. Going to try m y hand at knife making and you are a great teacher. May God bless. 👍😃🇺🇸🙏
Nice improvisation skills brother.and, you can sharpen your pencil on your grinder.
Great video...I have a very old buzz saw blade that I want to cut some blanks from
A lot of effort, but he looks satisfied!
SWEET!! Great Vid brutha.. real nice lil blade.. thanks for share'n...
A good job and a excellent knife. Keep up the videos.
Awesome! Great knife!
Cool vid. Blade turned out awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Can you please tell me what type wheel you use in the angle grinder to cut out the blade. and thank you so much for the videos, I've learned so much and have loved everything you've made. Thanks
Thank you. I use standard abrasive metal cutting discs. I usually buy 10 packs from Harbor Freight.
Awesome
Hell of a good video , now i now what I an going do with the used saw blades .
Awesome thx
Great video! Very helpfuk
you are doing great work, I like your knife .