I am impressed by your process. I am a retired engineer and I am quite familiar with the tools you use - except the CNC. They didn't exist during my career, There are plenty of coal and sweat videos for knife making. It is nice to see the process with modern tools.
I love convex grinds too - I think Walter and I realized the reason that so few American companies mass produce convex knives - very challenging to do in larger quantities! 😐
Hot dang, I thought the tip looked clunky too, glad they changed that. Gotta love a lot of the tools you've made yourself, very cool and I will probably get at least a couple of them to help with my knife making.
Agree - if you haven't seen the interview with Larrin Thomas (the genius behind Magnacut), you should have a look. I was surprised to learn how much he likes AEB-L (1:26 "The 3 Best Knife Steels According To Science! || THE Knife Steel Nerd Guide To Knife Steels")
Have you ever tried 3D printing a prototype? If I were worth a damn at solidworks, I think it would be a neat way to make and iterate on knife designs.
Wish I would've thought of that! Might have saved me a bunch of $$$ in R&D costs - but on the other hand, I got a very cool prototype knife to take into the woods and play with 😁
Walter, I am in the market for a belt grinder and am interested in finding out what the optimal rpm rane would be. I feel 3500 is just way too fast and will burn the steel. Is there a variable speed machine you know of that won't break the bank??
ANZA knives sells me blanks for a great price that I’m going to privately sell with cutting boards. But it’s one of their designs . It’s a utility type knife but I’m intending it tor steak cutting or whatever
I've found that the Kephart style blade works really well in the woods. I think we made some nice changes to the original design to make it more functional. If you love Kepharts like I do, you need to check out the article that DCA wrote called "The Original Kephart Examined." 🙂
The original design called for AEB-L mainly because it's very tough but still stainless. We tried Magnacut because it's the "latest and greatest" but it was harder to get in the exact dimensions Walter needed and I just didn't think that the added benefits of Magnacut were worth the additional cost to the end user. AEB-L seems to be a bit easier to sharpen in the field as well. Hope this helps!
Big thanks to Walter for the opportunity to work on this project!
It was a lot of fun watching everything come to life.
I am impressed by your process. I am a retired engineer and I am quite familiar with the tools you use - except the CNC. They didn't exist during my career, There are plenty of coal and sweat videos for knife making. It is nice to see the process with modern tools.
Love the convex grinds people. Rare. Hard to do. But are amazing
Not all that rare I produce about 10 different models with convex bevels
I love convex grinds too - I think Walter and I realized the reason that so few American companies mass produce convex knives - very challenging to do in larger quantities! 😐
Hot dang, I thought the tip looked clunky too, glad they changed that. Gotta love a lot of the tools you've made yourself, very cool and I will probably get at least a couple of them to help with my knife making.
All of my knives are prototypes. I couldn’t make 2 alike if my life depended on it 😅.
This is why I asked Walter to make the knife instead of doing it myself (and also, Walter is 10,000x more skilled 🤣🤣🤣)
I’m right there with ya
Aebl is a great stainless steel. I really like 14c28n as well.
Where do you get your 14c28n?
Agree - if you haven't seen the interview with Larrin Thomas (the genius behind Magnacut), you should have a look. I was surprised to learn how much he likes AEB-L (1:26 "The 3 Best Knife Steels According To Science! || THE Knife Steel Nerd Guide To Knife Steels")
Looks just like British army issue survival knife
Have you ever tried 3D printing a prototype? If I were worth a damn at solidworks, I think it would be a neat way to make and iterate on knife designs.
Wish I would've thought of that! Might have saved me a bunch of $$$ in R&D costs - but on the other hand, I got a very cool prototype knife to take into the woods and play with 😁
Walter, I am in the market for a belt grinder and am interested in finding out what the optimal rpm rane would be. I feel 3500 is just way too fast and will burn the steel. Is there a variable speed machine you know of that won't break the bank??
Good idea
10:50 I feel like maybe its about half inch too wide throughout.
Does the production knife have a hollow grind?
ANZA knives sells me blanks for a great price that I’m going to privately sell with cutting boards. But it’s one of their designs . It’s a utility type knife but I’m intending it tor steak cutting or whatever
I can do that lanyard slot in about 2 minutes with a hot punch... After I spend 30 minutes making the punch.
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Just like BK2 K-BAR
@@rcarvalhocutelariaartesana7087 except for size, shape, and usability… sure, just like it🤔
Your prototype knife looks an awful lot like a kephart knife
I've found that the Kephart style blade works really well in the woods. I think we made some nice changes to the original design to make it more functional.
If you love Kepharts like I do, you need to check out the article that DCA wrote called "The Original Kephart Examined." 🙂
*This knife has one mistake. It's not mine 😟*
We can change that 😉
@@BearTrailOutfitters *Are you a good fairy and have a magic wand? I am in Germany 😞*
Aebl is a fraction of a price of magnacut thsts why he used it let's be real !
The original design called for AEB-L mainly because it's very tough but still stainless. We tried Magnacut because it's the "latest and greatest" but it was harder to get in the exact dimensions Walter needed and I just didn't think that the added benefits of Magnacut were worth the additional cost to the end user. AEB-L seems to be a bit easier to sharpen in the field as well. Hope this helps!