For a simple cut out it turned out nice. That style with CMP s30v for the blade and a sheath up to Ian's standards well, you have a real blade. Thanks Dude I really enjoyed that. A simple but great design lan puts on. Great job.
I'm not mad about the blade to be honest, but the handle, I am making a knife for my Dad just now, and I think I will use your ideas on it. Great build and video, thanks for sharing.
Very nice work, and a beautiful design. I also like that horizontal belt sander with the spindle sander at the end. I wonder if there's some way to give it a table that wouldn't interfere with using the nose of the belt too? Maybe a pivoting support that let's you move it aside? -- Mike
Yeah, I've been considering the same. The issue being mainly since it takes different size spindles, for different radiuses, you'd have to make one table for each size (3 or 4 sizes I believe) and that would be a bit of a hassle.
It's nice to finally see someone make a 'homemade' knife with the proper tools. I understand most people don't have a mill, but hardly anyone even seems to have a vertical bandsaw. I would have liked to see more effort put into the blade, but nice work overall.
You don't really need much more than a hacksaw, a couple of files and some sandpaper. The powertools just make it easier and faster, not of better quality.
Sorry, what I meant was, do you have a favorite online source to buy small quantities of brass sheets, rods or blocks? Thanks for sharing your work and knowledge, I'm a fan.
+umberto4321 Still, that's my point, without knowing where you are I couldn't even begin to advice, and unfortunately unless you are located in Sweden I can't really help I'm afraid. Getting small amounts of metal material locally is always better, as shipping tends to become expensive as weights increase.
Have you done a video showing what tools you currently use? I'm working on my first knife, and I was hoping you had some suggestions for a guy making knives on a TIGHT budget? (Belt sanders, bench grinders, drill presses, etc.) Thanks! Awesome looking handle. Subbed! :D
what size brass flat bar is best to use in the handle area, as in the with 1", 1-1/4" or 1-1/2" I guess I'm looking for the average knife making so that you have plenty to work with but not a lot of waste.
So funny and very Condescending video, good ending and handle looks great, YES something good, recommending "Ian Atkinson", he is a master at making Knife sheaths. PEACE :-)
Most beautiful amongst all the other knife's on youtube. On question for you, can you please tell me where you bought this knifeblade. I was searching the other day for a webshop but they were all in the U.S.A. (I live in Belgium... ;-) )
Unfortunately I cannot. As I mentioned in other comments, I don't remember where I bought the knife blade. However, it was a cheap blade, and I think it was from an online store in Sweden. There are quite a few online stores with blades like these though, one of the most popular European ones is brisa.fi (in Finland). I bet you could find what you want there.
Very nice knife handle. I'm not a knife expert, so I'm not going to make any comments that the quality of the handle is superior to that of the stamped, mass-produced blade.
Sadly I cannot do this project :( I haven't got the power-machines that you are using... So I went out and checked all of the stores here in Bursa, Turkey! None of them sell elbow grease...! :D
Did you try at Bauhaus Nilüfer? If they don’t have you could get some cooking oil from CarrefourSA next door in the mall, it will work almost as good! 😉
@@SwitchAndLever I cannot decide if you are a savant who has visited Bursa before, and remembers where in the city Carrefour is! Or if you are the sweetest person in the world, who researches Bursa in Google, before he writes a comment!!! Which ever one it is, kudos, and thank you! :) Should you ever come by Bursa "again", or Turkey in general, please give me a call! :)
@@SwitchAndLever And you didn't bother to call me! :/ I am starting to think that we are not really friends, and that I am imposing myself on you! - You Sir, are seriously endangering our friendship! - Literally laughed, when writing the message above! :D Seriously!
What brand are the drill bit and end mill you use for drilling out the handle? I cannot find a decent long 4mm end grain drill bit, or a decent length 4mm end mill.
Unless you're planning on using the pommel as a hammer I don't expect the glue to come apart. It's all personal preference though, I don't personally like the look when the tang comes out the back.
I can't actually remember, I've had that blade kicking around for some time now waiting for me to do something with it. I can tell you it's cheap, and super generic though, I doubt it even has a brand name. If you spend a bit more you can get nicer hand made blades, but this is one was certainly nothing unique.
Nice work. Looks like you might have been able to save yourself some material and time however if you had cut the initial stock a bit closer to final shape. The handle is gorgeous though.
sweet knife, very nice shop tools. the pommel should be pinned if the knife is planned to be used to do real work, epoxy will suffer to shock under cold temperatures.
Just curious as I am ignorant, but how robust is the brass pommel with it being epoxied on? is it not better to have it connect to the tang of the knife??
It depends on what you're doing with it. If you've made a good prepping job when gluing (i.e. make sure both surfaces are roughed up, dry and completely grease free) you can be pretty confident that the epoxy will hold it. If you're planning to use the pommel as a hammer then it's probably not enough. I personally don't like it when the tang sticks out through the pommel, which is why I only used epoxy. So whether it's "better" or not is very subjective. Depends entirely on your needs.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I'm looking at making a survival knife for my first knife, so I'd be looking for it to be able to take some abuse. thanks once again :)
I just made my first partial tang knife, using a Helle Viking blade. Its seems you had a lot of play between the wood (drilled hole) and the tang. Basically having the glue only holding the blade in place. Maybe it's just my OCD...but might it be possible the glue deteriorate over time causing the blade to loosen with use? I made my hole just big enough so that it had to be pounded into the wood handle. In doing so, even if the glue deteriorated, it's less likely to loosen up over time. Same with the pommel...just epoxy and no screws or pins? wow... Just my two cents. Nice vid and shop equipment btw. Slowly but surely building up my collection of tools.
+Bone Headed Considering how wood will contract and expand with humidity you whether you wedge it in like the proverbial Sword in the Stone or not I don't think matters too much. The glue may deteriorate, but considering how much gripping surface there is both on the wood and the tang of the blade the glue would have to turn into crumbles before the blade comes loose. More likely the knife would anyway reach its end of life before that happens. The hole has less play the further down it gets as well, even though the top looks a bit wide. As for the pommel, my philosophy is more that if it can take being dropped on hard surfaces without coming off (which this has, many times) it's enough for me. I'm not going to use the pommel as a hammer. Given clean and rough enough surfaces good epoxy will grip like you wouldn't believe! I really wish the shop was mine, check out my video with a shop tour, from Umeå Institute of Design in Sweden: th-cam.com/video/GZFzS-PP7Gc/w-d-xo.html
Switch & Lever Hey, thanks for the response! Yeah, I figured it was my OCD. I'll make my holes a bit bigger next time. I also have some Bob Smith 206 Slow-Cure Epoxy coming in the mail. The J-B Weld clear epoxy seemed a little rubbery for my liking. But perhaps it wasn't fully cured. That shop is really nice, some really nice machinery. A used band saw (hopefully a Delta) is next on my list. Nothing close to what's in that shop though.
+Bone Headed I don't know about J-B Weld, but a lot of epoxies start off a bit rubbery, and can remain in stages of curing for up to a month. The epoxy I use is usually a bit rubbery (like you can mark it with your nail) for up to 48 hours after initial cure, but beyond that it's tough and hard like plastic.
Mycket lärorik video! Har letat på många ställen efter epoxylim, men har endast hittat i små tuber. Har du nåt förslag var jag kan köpa epoxylim i större tuber?
Testa platser som säljer båtgrejer, specifikt för att bygga eller reparera båtar, dom brukar ha större mängder. Det går också att köpa online, t.ex. West System Epoxy finns tillgänglig från en hel del ställen i Sverige.
kaziklu79 Back then we even made the blades. Not forging, but stock removal, and hardening and everything. I still have that knife somewhere, but it's not a beauty by any standard.
Is there any reason you started out with such thick wood and brass pieces? It would take a huge amount of time to grind all that off for some of us that don't have all those fancy grinders :D Btw, what knife blade is that?
I wanted to give myself plenty of margins, but you're definitely right, I could've gone with way less stock around the tang before I started to shape. Then again, I did cut most off that off with the bandsaw. No idea about the knife blade, as I mentioned somewhere among the comments, I got it some time ago. It's definitely no fancy blade though, considering the scale and burrs where it was stamped out.
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Beautiful work all around !!
Cheers! I appreciate it!
Switch & Lever
Thank you for the comprehensive look at this process. You made a lovely knife handle.
Easily one of the most beautiful, elegant knives ive ever seen. Higely inspirational
That knife turned out beautifully ... I am even more amazed at the shop used to process all of the work!
For a simple cut out it turned out nice. That style with CMP s30v for the blade and a sheath up to Ian's standards well, you have a real blade.
Thanks Dude I really enjoyed that. A simple but great design lan puts on.
Great job.
Great video! So impressed how well the finished knife came out!
Thank you!
I love this series. Great work!
Really nice work there, Daniel. The work put into finishing really shows
That's stunning. Very nice job.
Thats a very well equipped workshop.
Excellent video. Top craftsmanship
This was exactly the video I was looking for, since i'm making an almost identical knife. Cheers :).
That turned out beautifully again, great video!
Gorgeous knife and as per usual an excellent video
On top of your amazing skills, I would like to say you have very good taste. Your finish is sober and beautiful.
it's an amazing workpiece. if i see it I wouldn't even care if the knife is good of bad because that handle is just beautiful
Beautiful bro...great piece of art!
Great video! Fun to watch.
nice craftsmanship there mate. well done on the tutorial too.
I'm not mad about the blade to be honest, but the handle, I am making a knife for my Dad just now, and I think I will use your ideas on it. Great build and video, thanks for sharing.
very nice work clean with a nice aesthetic excellent work
Good work ,I'll give that a try myself👍
In regards of leather sheaths, Ian is tops in that
Very nice work, and a beautiful design.
I also like that horizontal belt sander with the spindle sander at the end. I wonder if there's some way to give it a table that wouldn't interfere with using the nose of the belt too? Maybe a pivoting support that let's you move it aside?
-- Mike
Yeah, I've been considering the same. The issue being mainly since it takes different size spindles, for different radiuses, you'd have to make one table for each size (3 or 4 sizes I believe) and that would be a bit of a hassle.
Switch & Lever Build one table that space for an insert around the spindle, then you only need to make an insert for each size spindle.
WELL DONE
It's nice to finally see someone make a 'homemade' knife with the proper tools. I understand most people don't have a mill, but hardly anyone even seems to have a vertical bandsaw. I would have liked to see more effort put into the blade, but nice work overall.
I wish I had the tools to make this amazing knife good job
You don't really need much more than a hacksaw, a couple of files and some sandpaper. The powertools just make it easier and faster, not of better quality.
Very nice looking knife!
Beautiful knife, well done.
Thats a good looking and well made knife. Already waiting for next video :)
It will come in a few days, and hopefully I'll be back to a more regular uploading schedule after that. Thanks for watching!
Switch & Lever Thank you for making interesting videos. :)
Enjoyed the video and it is a beauty!
That's a really nice handle!
Sorry, what I meant was, do you have a favorite online source to buy small quantities of brass sheets, rods or blocks? Thanks for sharing your work and knowledge, I'm a fan.
+umberto4321 Still, that's my point, without knowing where you are I couldn't even begin to advice, and unfortunately unless you are located in Sweden I can't really help I'm afraid. Getting small amounts of metal material locally is always better, as shipping tends to become expensive as weights increase.
Nice. Well done. Great inspiration.
Great job. Loved it.
Great work. You are better at knife handles than me 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I would like to say; Well done!
That means a lot coming from you, I highly admire the work you've been doing shown on your channel! Very beautiful knives!
Switch & Lever The same to You! Subbed. Thanks, Osmo
i love the handle, beautiful knife man!
Hey mate you have a lot of different sanders do you do it for a living or hobby?
Awesome work! I really enjoy your videos.
Cheers!
Have you done a video showing what tools you currently use? I'm working on my first knife, and I was hoping you had some suggestions for a guy making knives on a TIGHT budget? (Belt sanders, bench grinders, drill presses, etc.) Thanks! Awesome looking handle. Subbed! :D
Beautiful knife and thank you for the informative video !
Velmi pěkná práce, moc pěkný nůž.
great knife and great vid!
what is the polish compound you use with the dremmel?
what size brass flat bar is best to use in the handle area, as in the with 1", 1-1/4" or 1-1/2" I guess I'm looking for the average knife making so that you have plenty to work with but not a lot of waste.
Beautifully Done!
Beautyfull knife. Sr. Very very nice work on that knife congrats. I subed
Beautiful knife. What cement do you use.
Spark when using the bandsaw at 2:55 !
VERY BEAUTIFUL!!!! i like it!!
: a beautiful knife...well done mate!!! what's the blade material??
Wonderful... Thank you for this tutorial... So motivating...
So funny and very Condescending video, good ending and handle looks great, YES something good, recommending "Ian Atkinson", he is a master at making Knife sheaths. PEACE :-)
Most beautiful amongst all the other knife's on youtube. On question for you, can you please tell me where you bought this knifeblade. I was searching the other day for a webshop but they were all in the U.S.A. (I live in Belgium... ;-) )
Unfortunately I cannot. As I mentioned in other comments, I don't remember where I bought the knife blade. However, it was a cheap blade, and I think it was from an online store in Sweden. There are quite a few online stores with blades like these though, one of the most popular European ones is brisa.fi (in Finland). I bet you could find what you want there.
thanks for the help, greets to the white scandinavian wilderness
Another fine video. This makes me want to make a blade form an old file, and then make the handle from some bois d arc wood that is local to me.
I was considering that, but I couldn't find an old file. Will have to hunt around in flea markets a bit to stock up.
Beautiful!
Very nice knife handle. I'm not a knife expert, so I'm not going to make any comments that the quality of the handle is superior to that of the stamped, mass-produced blade.
Snyggt jobbat!!!
that was a bauteful handle.
you are wery talented.
by the way how long did it take to fhinished it?
wow that is a beauty . so you just epoxy the brass on the pummel part ?
That's what I was thinking. I wouldn't trust the pommel to stay attached very long just epoxied into the end of the wood.
wow awesome and butiful work! :) I really like it! :)
Ärat vare Gud i höjden, denna har jag gjort i slöjden!
Lite så, fast långa vägar bättre än den abysmala kniven man själv gjorde en 20 år sen.
The epoxy looked easy to work with since it was so fluid. Is it the one called z-poxy PT-40 Finishing Resin?
Can you tell me what wood you used other than walnut? please are going to do a knife like yours.
Brilliant video
Sadly I cannot do this project :( I haven't got the power-machines that you are using... So I went out and checked all of the stores here in Bursa, Turkey! None of them sell elbow grease...! :D
Did you try at Bauhaus Nilüfer? If they don’t have you could get some cooking oil from CarrefourSA next door in the mall, it will work almost as good! 😉
@@SwitchAndLever I cannot decide if you are a savant who has visited Bursa before, and remembers where in the city Carrefour is! Or if you are the sweetest person in the world, who researches Bursa in Google, before he writes a comment!!! Which ever one it is, kudos, and thank you! :)
Should you ever come by Bursa "again", or Turkey in general, please give me a call! :)
Hahaha! I drove through and shopped at Carrefour a couple of months ago on my way from Ankara to Italy, that’s why 🙂
@@SwitchAndLever And you didn't bother to call me! :/ I am starting to think that we are not really friends, and that I am imposing myself on you!
- You Sir, are seriously endangering our friendship!
- Literally laughed, when writing the message above! :D Seriously!
Very, very nice work and design !
Wish I could work as fast as you do here ;-)) !
I wish I could work as fast as I do there. Haha!
Is it possible to find out which bandsaw and which blades you´re using?
Thank you very much.
Very nice work. Subbed.
har du några knivar till salu?
skit fin blev den!
Where do you get your brass and other metals?
What brand are the drill bit and end mill you use for drilling out the handle? I cannot find a decent long 4mm end grain drill bit, or a decent length 4mm end mill.
Beautiful handle. Well done and ty for video.
Hej vad är det för järn,metall du andvänder och vet du vart man kan hitta bra järn plåt till en kniv typ?
Very nice, but why did you glue the brass pommel on and not pien the knife handle into it for better strength?
Unless you're planning on using the pommel as a hammer I don't expect the glue to come apart. It's all personal preference though, I don't personally like the look when the tang comes out the back.
Looks great. I might have drilled right through the handle and peened the steel over to secure the end cap to make it more robust.
Really nice job there. Just subbed.
Nice video!
What kind of knife blade did you use?
Do you have a brand name or a site were I can find them?
Greetings.
I can't actually remember, I've had that blade kicking around for some time now waiting for me to do something with it. I can tell you it's cheap, and super generic though, I doubt it even has a brand name. If you spend a bit more you can get nicer hand made blades, but this is one was certainly nothing unique.
Very cool!
Thank you!
Hey Switch & Lever ! Just want to ask, how thick are the brass pieces that you are using there?
Konsta Pigg I don't actually remember, the guard is probably around 10mm thick, the pommel 4-5.
How did you make the brass plates between the wood?
Nice work. Looks like you might have been able to save yourself some material and time however if you had cut the initial stock a bit closer to final shape. The handle is gorgeous though.
great video,helped me out alot.
waw ....very very very , nice job , realy nice
sweet knife, very nice shop tools. the pommel should be pinned if the knife is planned to be used to do real work, epoxy will suffer to shock under cold temperatures.
Very nice!
how did you work out the sizing and shaping of the handle?
Just curious as I am ignorant, but how robust is the brass pommel with it being epoxied on? is it not better to have it connect to the tang of the knife??
It depends on what you're doing with it. If you've made a good prepping job when gluing (i.e. make sure both surfaces are roughed up, dry and completely grease free) you can be pretty confident that the epoxy will hold it. If you're planning to use the pommel as a hammer then it's probably not enough. I personally don't like it when the tang sticks out through the pommel, which is why I only used epoxy. So whether it's "better" or not is very subjective. Depends entirely on your needs.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I'm looking at making a survival knife for my first knife, so I'd be looking for it to be able to take some abuse. thanks once again :)
nice. it inspired me to make one like Yours.
I just made my first partial tang knife, using a Helle Viking blade. Its seems you had a lot of play between the wood (drilled hole) and the tang. Basically having the glue only holding the blade in place. Maybe it's just my OCD...but might it be possible the glue deteriorate over time causing the blade to loosen with use? I made my hole just big enough so that it had to be pounded into the wood handle. In doing so, even if the glue deteriorated, it's less likely to loosen up over time. Same with the pommel...just epoxy and no screws or pins? wow...
Just my two cents. Nice vid and shop equipment btw. Slowly but surely building up my collection of tools.
+Bone Headed Considering how wood will contract and expand with humidity you whether you wedge it in like the proverbial Sword in the Stone or not I don't think matters too much. The glue may deteriorate, but considering how much gripping surface there is both on the wood and the tang of the blade the glue would have to turn into crumbles before the blade comes loose. More likely the knife would anyway reach its end of life before that happens. The hole has less play the further down it gets as well, even though the top looks a bit wide.
As for the pommel, my philosophy is more that if it can take being dropped on hard surfaces without coming off (which this has, many times) it's enough for me. I'm not going to use the pommel as a hammer. Given clean and rough enough surfaces good epoxy will grip like you wouldn't believe!
I really wish the shop was mine, check out my video with a shop tour, from Umeå Institute of Design in Sweden: th-cam.com/video/GZFzS-PP7Gc/w-d-xo.html
Switch & Lever Hey, thanks for the response! Yeah, I figured it was my OCD. I'll make my holes a bit bigger next time. I also have some Bob Smith 206 Slow-Cure Epoxy coming in the mail. The J-B Weld clear epoxy seemed a little rubbery for my liking. But perhaps it wasn't fully cured.
That shop is really nice, some really nice machinery. A used band saw (hopefully a Delta) is next on my list. Nothing close to what's in that shop though.
+Bone Headed I don't know about J-B Weld, but a lot of epoxies start off a bit rubbery, and can remain in stages of curing for up to a month. The epoxy I use is usually a bit rubbery (like you can mark it with your nail) for up to 48 hours after initial cure, but beyond that it's tough and hard like plastic.
That knife is a real beaut.
How thick ist the brasspiece for the handguard?
Excellent 👌
Great video, thanks for sharing
Mycket lärorik video! Har letat på många ställen efter epoxylim, men har endast hittat i små tuber. Har du nåt förslag var jag kan köpa epoxylim i större tuber?
Testa platser som säljer båtgrejer, specifikt för att bygga eller reparera båtar, dom brukar ha större mängder. Det går också att köpa online, t.ex. West System Epoxy finns tillgänglig från en hel del ställen i Sverige.
Good job! Is that your first try at knife's handle making?
First try since 15-20 years or so, when we made knives in shop class in middle school.
We've never made something so cool at school :)
I like the knife from the video, hope you'll make some more.
kaziklu79 Back then we even made the blades. Not forging, but stock removal, and hardening and everything. I still have that knife somewhere, but it's not a beauty by any standard.
Sounds great :)
Is there any reason you started out with such thick wood and brass pieces? It would take a huge amount of time to grind all that off for some of us that don't have all those fancy grinders :D Btw, what knife blade is that?
I wanted to give myself plenty of margins, but you're definitely right, I could've gone with way less stock around the tang before I started to shape. Then again, I did cut most off that off with the bandsaw.
No idea about the knife blade, as I mentioned somewhere among the comments, I got it some time ago. It's definitely no fancy blade though, considering the scale and burrs where it was stamped out.
where do you purchase your knife blanks?
Nice Knife
en fråga: blir inte mässinget brunt efter ett tag (ärgar)
what company did you buy the knife blank from thanks an have a blessed Day
Musa International Trader, we're offering all kind of Knives, Hunting stuff and leather material if you wanna buy finished or raw material .....For more detail musainternationaltrader@gmail.com
awesome job