Forging A Knife From Arresting Cables
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- I was sent some aircraft carrier arresting cable (stops jets when they land) and bearings to forge a knife from. Let's try two different methods to forge this cable together. Method 1 will be in this video see the next video for method 2!
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I used to plate steel parts.
The first tank we would put the load in was the soap soak tank. A heated tank with water and soap to lift any oils.
Oil doesn't like Dawn© dish washing detergent.
Then we did an acid dip, water rinse and into the plating tank.
I've seen a few attempts at parts like these, and the contaminant always seems cause them to not properly weld.
this is knifemaking in a nutshell.... solving problem after problem and deliver something beautifull in the end. Kudos my friend!
Boss: "why did you stop loading that sheetrock"
Me: "cause green Beatle posted a new video"
Boss: “Wait… really? So soon after the last one? Oh man, where did I leave my phone….Err, uh… I mean, get back to work!”
Another great looking blade 👍👍
Hey, thanks! I've been amazed at the transformation your new house is making, man. Great series of vids as usual.
The pattern looks dope AF and it being made from an aircraft carrier arresting cable takes it uniqueness to another level. It could straight up look like one solid homogenous piece of steel and the story would still make it a badass knife. Talk about a conversation starter. Like the Seafood Buyer for Sysco told me, "its the story that sells".
Agreed. I thought the "splotches," that came out in the end looked pretty good.
Holy crap, Steve. I wish I could "fail" into beautiful pieces like that one. That's a winner.
ty!
I admire your honesty compared to other makers. You actually show and address the challenges that stand in your way as you progress through a project.
I appreciate the realism!
One of the things I enjoy about your videos is how you work problems out and talk it through so we can see. Another great video sir!
I love how he shows all the problems he comes across so you know what to expect from what steel
This channel is unmatched in quality and wit
Really appreciate your honesty in these vids buddy, sometimes things dont work out and I think it helps us when we see that and get an idea of why.
Cheers man
I appreciate that
The intro explanation was heart warming and exciting.
Hey Green beetle, I'm from sweden and currently studying culinary arts and hospitality at university in sweden. I've been following you for years and your videos inspired me to start crafting my own knives. So far I've made 2 outdoor knife and 1 kitchen knife. I only do handle through due to a very limited budget. Well, thanks for the inspiration. I don't know If I would have strarted this amazing hobby without you.
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You did a wonderful job rescuing the blade and it looks rather stunning. If you had not explained the issues and what you did to rescue the knife I would never have known that it was a rescue and not a deliberate design choice from the outset of the project.
Thats another beauty mate, cool story with it as well.
Ty!
I wouldn't be disappointed at all with that knife. It's a beautiful piece.
Once again…. Well done sir!
Ty
You don't seem completely satisfied. Well I think it's gorgeous. Crazy random pattern and a beautiful handle. A tough project given you had no idea what kind of steel you were working with.
When I was an apprentice fitter I had to do time in the blacksmith shop.
I enjoyed it so much, I nearly changed job to smith but their money was rubbish so...
However, one of the old boy smiths used to make knives from haulage/winch ropes.Crude in comparison, but they worked and worked well.
We used them in preparing hydraulic hoses where replaceable knife blades did 1 hose end only.
The smith made knife,crude though it may have been did a shift before needing touched up.
Oh yes, these knives were made using a 16lb hammer, a 3lb hammer and a few appretices...
Oh, I like that one! You have a great eye for what a knife wants to be.
14:27 Wow !!! Great knife !!! Chic damascus 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍
You are human. And honest. This is why we love your work. Sometimes things just don’t follow the plan. But something great always happens. Starbond is indeed a great product.
I appreciate that
I know you said it didn't turn out quite how you wanted, but I think you made a truly beautiful thing here. Thanks for sharing with us
A very nice looking knife, and unique as well.
gotta say, it looks like you meant it to be that shape, so good job
"With grease in the middle, it has nowhere to go in a canister, we can't use flux in a cannister, and I don't want flammable stuff in a sealed container, cause that's a bomb 💣" 😂
Love to see a review on your favourite woods you like to use on knives
Modified a experamental kunai i made (with a spike tip) to unclog glue bottles and make a bottle so i can wet my anvil if i am doing damascus...god i am jealous of your press.
Well, it turned out really nicely
Your “friend” could of had Shurap make the knife, but then it would have just been another knife. Now you on the other hand, you never know what your going to get and that’s exciting!!!
Beautiful knife even thou all of its challenges!!! GREAT job Mr.Beetle
❤️🙏🏻💪🏼🔥🔥🔥👍🏻🦄
Nice knife in the end, I guess you could say it’s arresting ( puts on sunglasses, loud scream)
No Steves were hurt in the making of this vid. One was singed, another got a scratch, but they were asking for it.
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A fantastic piece. It really is.
The Trojan horse vice is amazing for working on facets. And the guys who make them are really solid and good knife makers themselves. Also another great video!!
I’ll check it out ty
Hey Steve, nice job. I do have to agree the ironwood does look really nice, and your pattern shows up much better then I thought it would since the material was so "tight". I guess I'm just a sucker for a good cable Damascus. Take care my friend 😉
I like the handle shape very much. And your patience with the cable was 👍
Beautiful job! I recently got into cable Damascus making and I found cleaning with diesel works great! And when you put it in the forge at first it leaves a nice layer of carbon which seemed to help with the forge welding
Guy who sent them soaked them in diesel I think next time I need to unravel it.
@@GreenBeetle I found unraveling it helps to bring the pattern out better because of decarb. Stronger ferric chloride etching process helped me also. I haven't tried re-stacking it because I like the pattern I get with just tightening the twist. I will be trying to make a taco with the billet and maybe 80crv2 or just plain 1080 soon.
Still came out a beautiful design.
Amazing job! Weyland-Yutani approved!
Nice little chef's knife. It is amazing the way you're able to create that with all the difficulties you ran into.
Despite the setbacks along the way, still a damn fine looking knife 👌
That is a Beautiful knife! Love how all your knives are so traditionally unique hand made.
Appreciate your trials and tribulations, its a knife I would be proud to own, its beautiful.
rad as hell mate! still come out looking wicked.
glad to see you back! love your material
One beautiful and elegant knife mate 👍🏻
Hi Steve, I'm sure you have much more experience than me but when I work with cable I first heat it up and un-screw it let it cool then soak it in acetone, I then blow it out, heat it up, flux it then twist it tight and Bob's your uncle. Thanks Bruce
i don't work with cable very much having only done half a dozen blades with it. so this is a great idea. i need to get the outside strands to weld up better somehow. some loss on the outside seems unavoidable but i see others do it much better this attempt.
Wow. It turned out great.
For getting rid of the grease or whatever is inside, can you bake it in an electric kiln for a relatively long time?
I know you had some setbacks on it, but I'm glad you finished it. It came out beautiful!
From what I've seen most people either forge the barring steel at a lower temperature or canster or some completely melt it down into one bullet then forge it out at lower temps.
looks beautiful!!! the first damascus i ever tried was cable. it had defects all over from dirt rust and grease. its not a perfect medium. again, excellent work!
I have done this with log skidder cable and I usually start a good fire, toss in the cable, pile on more wood, and let it burn until it goes out. That seems to get all the grease and shit out of the cable before trying to forge it
Love how well you show your process and your thinking. Thanks. Bjorn
From watching Forged in Fire. You want to open the cable up by twisting it open or just banging it on end to open up the strands to burn out any contamination...
Amazing job. Beautiful knife. True, there were a couple of setbacks. But there often are ( too often, really) and yet you turned out a striking piece.
Awesome blade !
I think it turn out very good
Despite the setbacks, it turned out great. I like the handle shape and it works well with that Kiritsuke shape.
Oh man, I have a few pieces of scrap cable lined up so I can do this! Thanks for all your great videos!
Beautiful pattern! And yes, forge welding 52100 to itself is difficult at best. I'd much rather just get bigger balls to begin with.
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Great video 👍
Amazing knife! It "looks" hard, solid, almost like a polished rock.
Gotta say I'm always impressed with the magic you pull out of your hat, hahaha.... Hope all is well, take it easy.
FYI, that arresting cable is 2 cables in 1. The inner cable is twisted in one direction and the outer is twisted in the opposite direction that might be why you have some gaps. Other than that a good looking knife.
It's a really beautiful pattern in the knife. Like it a lot. And the handle looks really nice too. Great work Sir!
you could add your own steel cable to it to stabilise the metal grain to make it less prone to bending OR forge weld it drill a hole and stick a high carbon steel rod into it to get the same effect
I love things made from things that are not commonly available, and that mean something, like centennial value, like the arresting cable, I guess it's just high grade cable, but you don't see it everyday. This knife 🔪 can be something passed on to generations 100's of years from now, you should put something on the tang, describing when made!! Awesome work, I want to make knives do badly,
Pretty knife, mate!!
Great looking knife with interesting cable patterns 😊😍
Beautiful!!!
You are correct these are completely coated..... for the salt water environment
Thank you for sharing another learning experience.
I use star bond gap filling CA (super) glue and I can attest that star bond makes amazing stuff
That K03 is like $600 which for a pro make sense. Beautiful work GB! I’m looking forward to the canister build!
I really love the look of the knife that u ended up with it really sleek the shape is perfect well done till next time stay safe
Gorgeous knife! You keep stepping up your work. You are really good at making work arounds turn into masterpieces. More please.
It still turned out beautiful! ^_^
Two thumbs way Up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Most enjoyable!
It’s soooo beautiful
Great demonstration! Has any one ever done a cable knife where the cable was left unforged along the spine?
Great video as always
Welcome to eutectic steels 🤣 52100 is a bugger like that, wootz is very much the same when you over heat you can set the steel aside let it cool and start again and you *might* be lucky to be able to keep forging, otherwise you end up with the "wet sand" fracture as we call it thats hurts the heart stings when it happens.
The knife turned out awesome I hope the new home it goes to treats it well 🤘🤘
I wonder if you could do Damascus like they wrap fishing rods. Instead of different color threads use different wire to wrap a steel core rod. Maybe a thinner wire to follow the grove of the bigger wires.
Incredible knife, love it. If you're open to an idea about getting any oil out of the cable, I would weld it on two sides and split it down the middle to have more access to the nooks and crannies of the cable. Just an idea, might work with the canister.
So beautiful
The pattern looks great! Nice work as always.
Thanks again!
As usual what a beautiful job you did thanks for sharing
Beautiful knife, man I could hear the struggle in your voice. Maybe not what you were looking for but a beautiful outcome
Don't be to hard on yourself, I suspect a bit of a perfectionist at heart but thats why you make beautiful knives, and you made another beautiful knife 👍( the pattern was great)
Really fantastic work, dude! 😃
Beautiful knife! Well done!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Very nice Sir 👍👏
With a mix of metals like that, why would you not edge quench rather than tip quenching? The key element of this, in terms of cutting, is the edge, and an edge quench (hypothetically) results in a more even result on the cutting edge (and maybe helps to prevent some of that tip bending).
My old bladesmithing instructor was adamant that a single edge blade meant for cutting should never be tip quenched.
What is tip quenching
Simply beautiful, simple but great vids. Love the minimalist editing too! Very humble content sir ! #3Dpattern #stillwaitingnforit 🤗
How does shurap seem to be able to make nearly everything work for him? It's insane.
"Russian" it's that simple. Those people cant be injured, dont die, and just do impossible stuff. It is truly insane I agree. I feel like Green Beetle dose his own fair amount of problem solving and getting stuff to work. I've watched this channel for a few years and I dont think I've ever seen him give up on a project, it may change a little along the way but it dose get finished. And who wants a perfect cookie cutter project anyways, those little edits and fixes make it truly one of a kind.
shurap is the man. he knows his equipment and processes.
Very cool!!!
Whomever named ironwood, did a great job at it.
It's a beautiful knife for sure!! eep up the great work and looking forward to your next one with this cable!
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Thank you
thank you! for watching
Gorgeous knife. Always a joy to see your fine art (and process!)/