One of the best pieces of advice. Don't worry about selling knives or anything, just simply be a maker. Find something that you can enjoy. NOT for the sake of making money, just for self satisfaction. Thanks for mentioning that.
Confucius: "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." It works. I love fixing things, it gives me a great pleasure. And i work as a service engineer fixing things. If you love your job, you want to do it perfectly. Just because looking at fruits of your labour gives you pleasure. And it's a wonderful thing when other people use things that you create and they like it.
I love blacksmithing because you can literally make all the hand tools you want or need for any craft. It’s one of those crafts that are at the center of everything.
It's a craft. And every craft has the same rule: repetition makes the master. If you want to "git good" at something, just do it... over and over and over again ☺Doesn't matter if you mess it up. It's normal, it will happen and you have to accept that learning is a process of refining good habits and discarding bad ones. "Good judgement comes from experience and a lot of that comes from bad judgement" Arthur The Mechanic
A lot.of craftsman dont say this because they dont believe it. They feel they HAVE to mold to want future customers would want. Instead of loving what you make. This is what its all about. No artist CARES what people think because its their art.
Dear Sir, I dont know if you personally read these comments, but I just want you to know that I enjoyed this video SO very much! I myself am A beginer knifemaker, and have yet to see ANY instructional video that gives me the confidence that you do! I LITERALLY get butterflies when I see you reach a method to do something that CANNOT wait to try! Being a recovering addict as well as a anxiety/depression diagnoses, bladesmithing, at least today, is saving my life, one day at a time! Thank you from the bottom of my heart Mr. Knight. I look so very forward to further instruction from you sir!
"Not really any rules about any of it, except keep it hot and hit it! Hit it accurately! It doesn't matter how hard you hit it, just hit it accurately!" AWESOME advice! GREAT VIDEO!!!!
Hey Jason, You're a true motivator for us rookies who are searching for the support and courage of getting into this beautiful craft. Really appreciate that man!
I really like a person who isn't interested in changing the way someone else expresses their artistic talent. It's refreshing to see a person who just wants to increase someone else's skill level by teaching what they know, the best way they know how to, yet doesn't teach what did NOT work, or didn't work as WELL. When you learn a better way of doing something, no matter how long you might have done it another way, you benefit. THAT is the way to teach, but more importantly, that is the way to get BETTER yourself. Thank you Jason for a good video that I learned something from. And learned something I have been doing wrong for MANY years. Old Man Andy.
My friends and I got into forging about 5 months ago now, and I still cannot get enough of it. I'm loving every second of it. This video is excellent, and your mentality on forging is amazing. Not only are you teaching blacksmithing, you're teaching people to do things out of enjoyment and not for the $$. love it, keep up the great work!
I'm 100% with you on the importance of being a Maker. Throughout my life I've sought out any skills I could find that would allow me to create the ideas bouncing around my head: video games, software applications, screenplays, woodworking, leather working, and I started blacksmithing a few years ago. I watched this video with my son in preparation for firing up the forge together this Fall. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
My grandfather first learned blacksmithing in Czechoslovakia likely in the early 1920s, then immigrated to Canada. I always heard he could do what no other blacksmiths could do. I was always fascinated with the artistic beauty of everything he made, especially his knives, axes and tools. Always wanted to set up my own blacksmith shop. Seriously considering it now.
@@Mlnstwrt Hi Melanie. Great you built your own forge!!! What do you like to make?? My grandfather made absolutely beautiful, functional pieces of art... knives, axes, tools... everything. I admire blacksmithing so much. When I return to Canada this year, after my cabin is built, I plan to start blacksmithing.
I’m 13 and am starting to make knives I love making them I made a few with my uncle but I didn’t make my own and I love doing it this video was very helpful
Hi Jason - thank you for sharing. I'm beginner blacksmith at spare time, Incredible the simplicity of your work - as beginner I made 'thousands of tools and hammers' for this or for that, and discovered that we rarely use it. My aim is always do not 'evolutes from basic root blacksmith' and watching your teachings , I had insight that my dream is possible. This art cannot die - all my ancestors from Italy, last four centuries, were blacksmithers and warriors - and at third (and final) part of my life, when the shadows of time approach, I can do the dream to honnor my Ancestry. Thanks for it
I've been a graffiti artist for 25 years. The highest honor, to me, is not having a million fans that are casual, but to have to respect and admiration of other artists that can understand high level technicality, subtle touches and advanced ideas. When I watch this, I feel the same way. It's much more satisfying to be your favorite artist's favorite artist.
by the time i made it halfway through, i felt i learned more than i have from dozens of other videos i've watched. i love how you explain and show your technique!
Sir, I saw you at Blade Show in 2017 and didn't even say hello to you. Now, just trying to transition from "stock removal" to something like "simply forged," I feel like you are the only person who has given me permission to do certain things my own way. I absolutely love your mentality, one example of which is demonstrated at 16:23. Sorry I didn't then respect you enough to say hello, and thank you very much for your teaching.
Glad to see you creating TH-cam content. I've missed you as a judge on FIF. Recently came across this channel and thought it was just going to be centered on promoting the FORGED series, and am happy to see it is more about promoting the craft and sharing your enthusiasm for it. Am I going to go binge watch it, subscribe and hit the notification bell? YEAH MAN
Dear Jason Knight, Thank you. You are a great teacher, passionate crafter and from what I see, a honest man. I just discovered your channel and I'm looking forward to discovering it further. Love
glad I found your page always looking for new info My Dad passed before he imparted all his knowledge unto me so I am left learning on my own I was only half taught I only got a year under my belt once he started letting me swing a hand hammer and not a sledge kept telling me once I can hit properly he would teach me more.. sure did learn how to push a broom
Some people make things look easy but when you try it for yourself it often never is. You on the other hand don't just do something you've done thousands of times and tell someone how easy it is to do, you show people exactly what they need to do to make it easy for themselves. No one is ever perfect their first time out, but when you have the advantage of years of knowledge coming from a master in their craft showing you step by step what you need to do, perfection (or at least as close as humans can attain) doesn't seem so far off. Thanks for these videos man it is much appreciated.
The most fascinating thing I always found about when you go to work bevels, that the steel at the tip just curves back due to the way you hammer, it just does it itself, you do not need to force it to curve. It kind of reminds me of the heat treat technique of a Katana, where it curves inward briefly, and then the spine begins to cool and it curves back. Steel is so simple, yet so fascinating to watch being forged in so many ways.
Im a new member of the blacksmith community... Forging is a new passion within an old soul.... Thank you for your video... the craft is being passed on.... Your techniques are masterful.. truly.. seen a lot of different crafters..
This video addressed some issues I've been having like having my ricasso floating to one side which has been frustrating as I'm just getting into this. Great tips , now I feel like wow that was a no brainer. No offense to other TH-camrs who share how they do their craft but, having the forging process explained properly so we understand " why" is quite refreshing.
My brother was a paint and body man he started in it as a side line fixing car and selling them. He liked doing it so when the company he worked for close it doors he made his hobby a full time hobby and made a good living at it. He told me one time this is not work I enjoy doing it. I enjoy watching people working with metal my mother's Daddy was a blacksmith and he past away a month before I was born. So watching things like this make me feel like I'm seeing some of the things my grandpa has done. OTW told me about your channel I watch his saw mill videos all the time.
Awesome video! I love this kind of content. I love to devour all the information I can about the craft. From what you are saying to watching every hammer strike. I’m just getting started in knife making and I learned a ton just from this one video. Keep up the awesome vids, man!
I'm really digging your videos. I'm just getting started on putting a knife makers shop in my garage. I'll definitely be referencing your videos while building up my spot. You keep it straight to the point with no BS. Keep it up man 👊
I love the way you add minimal instruction. I watch your videos to watch where you place the steel on the anvil, and the impact point of your hammer. Too many people making videos try to describe everything. Once you've had a hammer in hand, the visual is more important than any speech. I think I've watched this 5 times. Each time I've noticed something new. Thank you sir
I've learned so much watching your videos and I watch them over and over , I watch other guy who make tools ,axes and decorative pieces, each smith for a specific skill
I have watched this video 8 times now. Each time I watch it, I learn more. You have excellent teaching skills. All the techniques you show, help me to improve my skills. Thank you for sharing
the best advice i ever got was, "learn blacksmithing first, then make knives." If i don't know how to draw a point, or taper with out making a cold shut then i don't know enough yet to make a knife. Hammer control and making smooth planished surfaces come only from practice. Practice, Practice, Practice ..............
Absolutely! I joined blacksmithing classes with the ultimate goal of learning to bladesmith, but it is incredibly rewarding to just get better at seemingly simple things like making good even tapers or smooth appealingly-shaped scrolls, and when I see people who do it effortlessly it makes me want to get better. Seeing how close to finished shape this knife got just with the hammer and anvil blew me away, it will probably be years before I can do that. As a novice I probably could not make a blade that I'd love, but there is a lot of satisfaction and skill to be gained by adding artistry to simpler, more every-day objects and tools.
I down this because as we become more tech advanced, we become more ocd about stupid shit. Perfect is the enemy of the good. If making a knife makes you happy, make one and let it be shitty but roadworthy. I've made swords. They aren't pretty. But I know those pieces of metal. They will kill. They won't sell and I'm no Japanese national treasure. But. If someone comes thru my house. I will cut them in half.
Thank you for posting your videos Jason. A lot of blade smiths want you to think there is magic involved in making knives and I really appreciate your straight forward attitude regarding knife making.
This is exactly why I subbed. The only issue I have with watching a master work is they dont make mistakes.. I do and will. I need to cut them off before they happen. Is this something you have to learn by making ones own mistakes?
Everybody makes mistakes. That's how you learn. Masters just have developed techniques for fixing stuff. One of the surest ways to screw up is to have people watching imho.
18:53 This is some serious motivational content right here. This is the reason I am getting into Bladesmithing. I love to create things and to see the process of creation to completion. I was always envious of seeing other peoples videos on TH-cam of them being able to make things and I decided to start doing it as well. I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can about the craft and hope that I can share that information myself one day. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your passion!
It's alright I plan on doing the same thing cause I can't afford it were in this together but not really I don't have anything not the steel the hammer not even a forge I have not started
I'm not a blacksmith or bladesmith it's such a joy watching you work and it's really awesome your sharing your knowledge and from reading the comments really appreciated.
Hi Jason, I'm new to this but mad keen. Would you use the same methods to forge a double edged blade or is there more to it. Thanks for sharing brother. Rob. 👍
@@JasonKnightMS nothing at the moment mate. Because I am between anvils. New one on the way. I will be doing survival knives mostly, hoping to move in to historical blades later on.
I like what you had to say about enjoying the art and craft of making. I retired due to medical reasons as a Journeyman Farrier years ago and have been getting into the fire in the evenings and weekends because I love it. I find as much joy in making simple tools to use in forging as in something that I can show off. It is the process that I enjoy, it doesn't matter what I make so long as I do the best work I can or learn when I make a mistake. Great video
This is great! I looked a couple of vids now, but none was so informativ like this. You explain the details, how to hit, where to hit, etc and that is amazing! Thanks!
More likely keyboard bladesmiths. I love the work many stock removal guys are doing. The real difference between the two is not technique and skill but limitations. They both have them. In stock removal the maker is limited by the size and shape of the stock. In bladesmithing the maker is limited by the size and location of the shop. Both are limited by their imaginations.
I've been forging knives for a few years now. Made some nice pieces. I've also you tubed a lot of forging videos. This is now my favorite. The breakdown, simplicity, and the statement that our knives are our expression. Good video. Just followed this guy.
I watch a lot of your videos and they have helped me a ton. I am a beginner bladesmith, just started last week. All of your videos that I have seen are very informative and very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you! My 12 year old son and I have just started trying to learn how to forge knives. It's a challenge! Thank you for making this video. It's the best I've found when it comes to walking through how to move the steel into the desired shape with a hammer and anvil.
excellent video! there are really few knife makers who are willing to take a good forging class on TH-cam! I really like Neels Van Den Berg's lessons, and this class was amazing! I look forward to more classes like this, I want to be a bladesmith not a grindsmith! thank you very much from southern Brazil!
@@JasonKnightMS youre answer was a big lesson again! I really change my ideas abou grinding thanks a Lot! But i guess i've had expressed bad, so when a say a blacksmith and grindingsmith its about let wrong parts at the forge time, and say " after i take It off at the grind, even to last month i ahve made a knife for a customer by stock removal. So a have training to forge close as the final shape of the knife. 😁😁😁 I've started to do Knives by stock removal too and have no problem with this, But as i Said before youre message was awesome! 😁😁👍🏻👍🏻
@@JasonKnightMS until now i Just use monosteel But bladesmith is a grow up, Just as you said, i Will take some years to have a press os a Power Hammer, It Will be a pleasuere to meet you Someday!!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It makes a refreshing change for a craftsman just wanting to pass on knowledge and the joy of making without ego. Bravo I love your channel.
Very informative. Thanks. You took that edge down farther than most of the ones I’ve seen forged on you tube. I made a few knives years ago but with long working hours and a family I never got into forging. After I wound up in a wheelchair I still hoped I could but I lost too much arm strength to swing a hammer. So now I watch others do it. I always appreciate handmade items above all others. Nicely done.
As a person looking to be a maker I thought this video was truly inspiring. I have ZERO tools at the moment but I have 100% desire to begin my journey. Thank you for sharing
As someone very new to blacksmithing that is just starting out this was amazingly helpful! You are a master in more than craft sir but in passion for sharing the art as well. Thank you.
I really appreciate that you share what you were taught as well as what you've learned along the way. It says a lot about your character. The one thing I really liked hearing was when you said was that you're still learning. I think to many people that they've reached a status, such as yours, and they think that they know everything or are afraid to try something new and be taken out of their comfort zone. You have a great series of videos on TH-cam. Thank you and appreciate that you sharing the knowledge!
Ive been self taught and you tube taught for the past cpl years. i started with coal forge diy method my whole purpose is so i jave the ability to make a knife if i ever needed. Now im getting better and slowly acquiring more equipment I wish i had watched this video before i ever started. Lots of great info in thia video. I primarily make knives from farrier rasps and old files. I do stock removal for throwing knives from saw blades steel. This video is much appreciated. Especially about the part of not having to keep it flat the whole time. Chasing steel. Very informative 🙏
I have watched so many videos and read so many articles and books which helped with some of the basics. This video has taken me to the next level. Thank you for keeping the explanation of these techniques simple and easy to use for a beginner like me. I love learning this craft and you have just made it that much better for me. Thank you!!!
I appreciate your point of view and really enjoy watching your videos. My whole knife forging hobby is based on what you have taught me about the craftsmanship and art associated with my projects. Thanks for providing great content for us new to this fantastic endeavor
One of the best pieces of advice. Don't worry about selling knives or anything, just simply be a maker. Find something that you can enjoy. NOT for the sake of making money, just for self satisfaction. Thanks for mentioning that.
Always make a knife to use as if your life will depend on it
Confucius: "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
It works. I love fixing things, it gives me a great pleasure. And i work as a service engineer fixing things. If you love your job, you want to do it perfectly. Just because looking at fruits of your labour gives you pleasure. And it's a wonderful thing when other people use things that you create and they like it.
Those who set out to make art in order to make money will make neither. (I think Picasso said it, but not sure.)
How am I supposed to fund it
@@lizhelm1148 I mean if you really put your all into something. People will want to buy it from you.
I love blacksmithing because you can literally make all the hand tools you want or need for any craft. It’s one of those crafts that are at the center of everything.
“Some of you may not like what I just said, I DONT CARE” finally. I wish more craftsmen said this. I learned a few things from this video, thank you.
It's a craft. And every craft has the same rule: repetition makes the master. If you want to "git good" at something, just do it... over and over and over again ☺Doesn't matter if you mess it up. It's normal, it will happen and you have to accept that learning is a process of refining good habits and discarding bad ones.
"Good judgement comes from experience and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"
Arthur
The Mechanic
A lot.of craftsman dont say this because they dont believe it. They feel they HAVE to mold to want future customers would want. Instead of loving what you make. This is what its all about. No artist CARES what people think because its their art.
I agree Jarred. That's why I follow Jason. Good to see you here dude.
Not many of us left that make a blade by hand
Dear Sir,
I dont know if you personally read these comments, but I just want you to know that I enjoyed this video SO very much! I myself am A beginer knifemaker, and have yet to see ANY instructional video that gives me the confidence that you do! I LITERALLY get butterflies when I see you reach a method to do something that CANNOT wait to try! Being a recovering addict as well as a anxiety/depression diagnoses, bladesmithing, at least today, is saving my life, one day at a time! Thank you from the bottom of my heart Mr. Knight. I look so very forward to further instruction from you sir!
Thank you
I’m right there with you! This is therapy for me!
"Not really any rules about any of it, except keep it hot and hit it! Hit it accurately! It doesn't matter how hard you hit it, just hit it accurately!" AWESOME advice! GREAT VIDEO!!!!
Such an informative video thanks for sharing what so many others try to keep for themselves. Big fan of your work and style overall.
I met a lot of bladesmith in the last 10 years and I have yet not met anyone that would not share there knowledge.
@@kennethstaton3261 i really wish that was the case but unfortunately I’ve spoken to a lot who for whatever reason are not so sharing.
The filming was great as well actually seeing the movement of metal being forged very good video
Hey Jason,
You're a true motivator for us rookies who are searching for the support and courage of getting into this beautiful craft. Really appreciate that man!
Yes he is!
I love going back to these older videos. I find some new tidbit every time I watch them.
I really like a person who isn't interested in changing the way someone else expresses their artistic talent. It's refreshing to see a person who just wants to increase someone else's skill level by teaching what they know, the best way they know how to, yet doesn't teach what did NOT work, or didn't work as WELL. When you learn a better way of doing something, no matter how long you might have done it another way, you benefit. THAT is the way to teach, but more importantly, that is the way to get BETTER yourself. Thank you Jason for a good video that I learned something from. And learned something I have been doing wrong for MANY years. Old Man Andy.
Anytime the masters share knowledge, they have my ear. I'll definitely try these techniques on my my next blade. Thank you sir!
My friends and I got into forging about 5 months ago now, and I still cannot get enough of it. I'm loving every second of it. This video is excellent, and your mentality on forging is amazing. Not only are you teaching blacksmithing, you're teaching people to do things out of enjoyment and not for the $$. love it, keep up the great work!
I'm 100% with you on the importance of being a Maker. Throughout my life I've sought out any skills I could find that would allow me to create the ideas bouncing around my head: video games, software applications, screenplays, woodworking, leather working, and I started blacksmithing a few years ago. I watched this video with my son in preparation for firing up the forge together this Fall. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
My grandfather first learned blacksmithing in Czechoslovakia likely in the early 1920s, then immigrated to Canada. I always heard he could do what no other blacksmiths could do. I was always fascinated with the artistic beauty of everything he made, especially his knives, axes and tools. Always wanted to set up my own blacksmith shop. Seriously considering it now.
Just built my first coal forge with wood, dirt a pole and a shopvac in the back yard! It’s definitely possible😊
@@Mlnstwrt Hi Melanie. Great you built your own forge!!! What do you like to make?? My grandfather made absolutely beautiful, functional pieces of art... knives, axes, tools... everything. I admire blacksmithing so much. When I return to Canada this year, after my cabin is built, I plan to start blacksmithing.
I built my first forge about 3 years ago. I use charcoal, its cool to meet other people interested in smithing.
Folks like you have shown me a craft I didn't know I needed, until I started. Without the lengthy reasons, just wanted to send you a thank you.
The way you forged the tip without a cold shut so quickly immediately shows why you are a master and I probably have decades before I am.
I’m 13 and am starting to make knives I love making them I made a few with my uncle but I didn’t make my own and I love doing it this video was very helpful
Jason: "It just moves steel like it's butter"
Me: "Yeah, ok, buddy, whatever you say"
Jason: *proceeds to move steel like it's butter"
Me:
Hi Jason - thank you for sharing. I'm beginner blacksmith at spare time, Incredible the simplicity of your work - as beginner I made 'thousands of tools and hammers' for this or for that, and discovered that we rarely use it.
My aim is always do not 'evolutes from basic root blacksmith' and watching your teachings , I had insight that my dream is possible.
This art cannot die - all my ancestors from Italy, last four centuries, were blacksmithers and warriors - and at third (and final) part of my life, when the shadows of time approach, I can do the dream to honnor my Ancestry.
Thanks for it
The greatest thing a person can do is "Give of themselves " to others -with truth and knowledge. THANK YOU Jason!
I really admire you for speaking real talk. No bs just business. Your work is truly awesome!
I've been a graffiti artist for 25 years. The highest honor, to me, is not having a million fans that are casual, but to have to respect and admiration of other artists that can understand high level technicality, subtle touches and advanced ideas. When I watch this, I feel the same way. It's much more satisfying to be your favorite artist's favorite artist.
I don't post much, but I dig watching you create... blow by blow, you ring our past, your art is ancient. Thanks for sharing and shortening the curve.
by the time i made it halfway through, i felt i learned more than i have from dozens of other videos i've watched. i love how you explain and show your technique!
Sir, I saw you at Blade Show in 2017 and didn't even say hello to you. Now, just trying to transition from "stock removal" to something like "simply forged," I feel like you are the only person who has given me permission to do certain things my own way. I absolutely love your mentality, one example of which is demonstrated at 16:23. Sorry I didn't then respect you enough to say hello, and thank you very much for your teaching.
Glad to see you creating TH-cam content. I've missed you as a judge on FIF. Recently came across this channel and thought it was just going to be centered on promoting the FORGED series, and am happy to see it is more about promoting the craft and sharing your enthusiasm for it. Am I going to go binge watch it, subscribe and hit the notification bell? YEAH MAN
I always come away a little bit wiser or a renewed/ reminded practice/ technique with your videos! Thank you for sharing Jason.
You know you're a master when you don't need fancy stuff for excellent results. As always, great job.
Dear Jason Knight,
Thank you. You are a great teacher, passionate crafter and from what I see, a honest man. I just discovered your channel and I'm looking forward to discovering it further.
Love
The way you used the edge of the anvil to make the steel form the bevel was great to see.
Jason, I just learned MORE about forging, from your video, than I have from all others I've watched! Thank you! Keep them coming....
glad I found your page always looking for new info My Dad passed before he imparted all his knowledge unto me so I am left learning on my own I was only half taught I only got a year under my belt once he started letting me swing a hand hammer and not a sledge kept telling me once I can hit properly he would teach me more.. sure did learn how to push a broom
The eagerness and capacity to learn is greatest during youth. Older folks, don't hold back when you encounter someone eager to learn.
God bless you friend Jesus Christ loves you he's the ultimate master the ultimate teacher much love from Kansas City USA God bless
@@sheaross3124 Amen!
Some people make things look easy but when you try it for yourself it often never is. You on the other hand don't just do something you've done thousands of times and tell someone how easy it is to do, you show people exactly what they need to do to make it easy for themselves. No one is ever perfect their first time out, but when you have the advantage of years of knowledge coming from a master in their craft showing you step by step what you need to do, perfection (or at least as close as humans can attain) doesn't seem so far off. Thanks for these videos man it is much appreciated.
Watching an expert forge with such accuracy and skill is awesome. I could watch this for hours. Great work Jason 👍
I am not a maker, but I enjoy watching people like you making something from nothing.
The most fascinating thing I always found about when you go to work bevels, that the steel at the tip just curves back due to the way you hammer, it just does it itself, you do not need to force it to curve. It kind of reminds me of the heat treat technique of a Katana, where it curves inward briefly, and then the spine begins to cool and it curves back. Steel is so simple, yet so fascinating to watch being forged in so many ways.
Im a new member of the blacksmith community... Forging is a new passion within an old soul.... Thank you for your video... the craft is being passed on.... Your techniques are masterful.. truly.. seen a lot of different crafters..
Thanks again Jorojin and welcome to the community.
This video addressed some issues I've been having like having my ricasso floating to one side which has been frustrating as I'm just getting into this. Great tips , now I feel like wow that was a no brainer. No offense to other TH-camrs who share how they do their craft but, having the forging process explained properly so we understand " why" is quite refreshing.
My brother was a paint and body man he started in it as a side line fixing car and selling them. He liked doing it so when the company he worked for close it doors he made his hobby a full time hobby and made a good living at it. He told me one time this is not work I enjoy doing it.
I enjoy watching people working with metal my mother's Daddy was a blacksmith and he past away a month before I was born. So watching things like this make me feel like I'm seeing some of the things my grandpa has done.
OTW told me about your channel I watch his saw mill videos all the time.
I freaking love these instructional style videos
I really appreciate the unapologetic nature with which you've chosen to share your knowledge and skill.
Thank you, and please keep up the good work.
Awesome video! I love this kind of content. I love to devour all the information I can about the craft. From what you are saying to watching every hammer strike. I’m just getting started in knife making and I learned a ton just from this one video. Keep up the awesome vids, man!
I really appreciate your no bullshit attitude. I just started this week and I feel like I have already learned years worth of knowledge from you.
I'm really digging your videos. I'm just getting started on putting a knife makers shop in my garage. I'll definitely be referencing your videos while building up my spot. You keep it straight to the point with no BS. Keep it up man 👊
I love the way you add minimal instruction. I watch your videos to watch where you place the steel on the anvil, and the impact point of your hammer. Too many people making videos try to describe everything. Once you've had a hammer in hand, the visual is more important than any speech. I think I've watched this 5 times. Each time I've noticed something new. Thank you sir
well now it's official. i'm going to learn how to do this. thank you for making me too curious to avoid trying :)
I've learned so much watching your videos and I watch them over and over ,
I watch other guy who make tools ,axes and decorative pieces, each smith for a specific skill
When you get to the end ... Stop ...Genius !!
I have watched this video 8 times now. Each time I watch it, I learn more. You have excellent teaching skills. All the techniques you show, help me to improve my skills. Thank you for sharing
Note to self: Don't overdink or underdink. optimal dinking only.
:D aka "Know when to stop fiddling with it."
your willingness to spread years of wisdom to those of us who are new to forging is such a gift! love the videos and appriciate your hardwork!
the best advice i ever got was, "learn blacksmithing first, then make knives." If i don't know how to draw a point, or taper with out making a cold shut then i don't know enough yet to make a knife. Hammer control and making smooth planished surfaces come only from practice. Practice, Practice, Practice ..............
yeah, it's crazy the amount of newbies who think they can forge a sword out of a file on their first try
Absolutely! I joined blacksmithing classes with the ultimate goal of learning to bladesmith, but it is incredibly rewarding to just get better at seemingly simple things like making good even tapers or smooth appealingly-shaped scrolls, and when I see people who do it effortlessly it makes me want to get better. Seeing how close to finished shape this knife got just with the hammer and anvil blew me away, it will probably be years before I can do that.
As a novice I probably could not make a blade that I'd love, but there is a lot of satisfaction and skill to be gained by adding artistry to simpler, more every-day objects and tools.
I down this because as we become more tech advanced, we become more ocd about stupid shit. Perfect is the enemy of the good. If making a knife makes you happy, make one and let it be shitty but roadworthy.
I've made swords. They aren't pretty. But I know those pieces of metal. They will kill. They won't sell and I'm no Japanese national treasure. But. If someone comes thru my house. I will cut them in half.
Thank you for posting your videos Jason. A lot of blade smiths want you to think there is magic involved in making knives and I really appreciate your straight forward attitude regarding knife making.
This is exactly why I subbed. The only issue I have with watching a master work is they dont make mistakes.. I do and will. I need to cut them off before they happen. Is this something you have to learn by making ones own mistakes?
Chris From Kentucky I make many mistakes I just don’t give up I keep trying
@@jasonknight8647 right on man!
Everybody makes mistakes. That's how you learn. Masters just have developed techniques for fixing stuff. One of the surest ways to screw up is to have people watching imho.
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This is some serious motivational content right here.
This is the reason I am getting into Bladesmithing. I love to create things and to see the process of creation to completion. I was always envious of seeing other peoples videos on TH-cam of them being able to make things and I decided to start doing it as well.
I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can about the craft and hope that I can share that information myself one day.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your passion!
I do this every day because I cant afford a power hammer.
Ditto!!
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It's alright I plan on doing the same thing cause I can't afford it were in this together but not really I don't have anything not the steel the hammer not even a forge I have not started
Same
I loved this, Jason. You're a good educator, and I learned a lot. And at 61 years of age, that's a statement...
If you’re ever forging and notice your shoulder getting tired and sore, forge with your elbow tighter to your body. Will save your shoulder. 💪👍
Jason gives advice on how to swing in one of his videos...he also explains how this technique allows him to swing all day without fatigue.
I'm not a blacksmith or bladesmith it's such a joy watching you work and it's really awesome your sharing your knowledge and from reading the comments really appreciated.
You now need to make a T-shirt that reads: "Massive Metal Mashing Mayhem."
I came here to say this also. I will buy this shirt. Probably a hat too. That was an epic line.
Jim here you always have the best information and answer questions without them being asked. Keep up these great videos and thanks for the help.
Hi Jason,
I'm new to this but mad keen. Would you use the same methods to forge a double edged blade or is there more to it.
Thanks for sharing brother.
Rob. 👍
@@JasonKnightMS nothing at the moment mate. Because I am between anvils. New one on the way. I will be doing survival knives mostly, hoping to move in to historical blades later on.
Thank you for the humble, non-judgmental, wisdom. Learned a lot
Leonardo da Vinci: “Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
I like what you had to say about enjoying the art and craft of making. I retired due to medical reasons as a Journeyman Farrier years ago and have been getting into the fire in the evenings and weekends because I love it. I find as much joy in making simple tools to use in forging as in something that I can show off. It is the process that I enjoy, it doesn't matter what I make so long as I do the best work I can or learn when I make a mistake. Great video
"Some people don't like what I just said. I do not care!"
I learned more about forging during this 25 minutes than the last few months of watching forging videos!!!
"Keep it hot and hit it." That's the t-shirt
I just said he needs to make one that reads: "Massive Metal Mashing Mayhem"
This is great! I looked a couple of vids now, but none was so informativ like this. You explain the details, how to hit, where to hit, etc and that is amazing! Thanks!
The 109 dislikes are all from stock removers.
More likely keyboard bladesmiths. I love the work many stock removal guys are doing. The real difference between the two is not technique and skill but limitations. They both have them. In stock removal the maker is limited by the size and shape of the stock. In bladesmithing the maker is limited by the size and location of the shop. Both are limited by their imaginations.
Always satisfying to see a Master make it look so easy.
Thanks for Helping Someone like myself who would like to Get Into This Craft.
I've been forging knives for a few years now. Made some nice pieces. I've also you tubed a lot of forging videos. This is now my favorite. The breakdown, simplicity, and the statement that our knives are our expression. Good video. Just followed this guy.
Much respect for helping to spread the art and keep it alive!
When you get to the end- stop......spoken like a master indeed. Thanks for taking the time Sir.
Your videos are the most informative, complete and useful on TH-cam. Thank you so much!
I watch a lot of your videos and they have helped me a ton. I am a beginner bladesmith, just started last week. All of your videos that I have seen are very informative and very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
I love your simple honest take on this and the simple techniques you use. Easy to see what you are doing - great video.
Thank you!
My 12 year old son and I have just started trying to learn how to forge knives. It's a challenge!
Thank you for making this video. It's the best I've found when it comes to walking through how to move the steel into the desired shape with a hammer and anvil.
excellent video! there are really few knife makers who are willing to take a good forging class on TH-cam! I really like Neels Van Den Berg's lessons, and this class was amazing! I look forward to more classes like this, I want to be a bladesmith not a grindsmith! thank you very much from southern Brazil!
@@JasonKnightMS youre answer was a big lesson again! I really change my ideas abou grinding thanks a Lot! But i guess i've had expressed bad, so when a say a blacksmith and grindingsmith its about let wrong parts at the forge time, and say " after i take It off at the grind, even to last month i ahve made a knife for a customer by stock removal. So a have training to forge close as the final shape of the knife. 😁😁😁 I've started to do Knives by stock removal too and have no problem with this, But as i Said before youre message was awesome! 😁😁👍🏻👍🏻
@@JasonKnightMS until now i Just use monosteel But bladesmith is a grow up, Just as you said, i Will take some years to have a press os a Power Hammer, It Will be a pleasuere to meet you Someday!!
What a misstake i wasn't subscribe to youre Channel, now. I am hahahahahha
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It makes a refreshing change for a craftsman just wanting to pass on knowledge and the joy of making without ego. Bravo I love your channel.
Thanks so much Jason. As usual you have a no nonsense way of teaching and instructing.
I really enjoy that you take the time to teach us begginers I look forward to seeing your next video.
Watching and listening to a master at work is always a pleasure. 👍
Thank you for taking the time to share what you have learned.
Thanks Jason I just started last year and have been watching as many blacksmiths as I can you do very good at getting the point across, Thans
Very informative. Thanks. You took that edge down farther than most of the ones I’ve seen forged on you tube. I made a few knives years ago but with long working hours and a family I never got into forging. After I wound up in a wheelchair I still hoped I could but I lost too much arm strength to swing a hammer. So now I watch others do it. I always appreciate handmade items above all others. Nicely done.
As a person looking to be a maker I thought this video was truly inspiring. I have ZERO tools at the moment but I have 100% desire to begin my journey. Thank you for sharing
Thanks, Jason! It is a pleasure to learn from you!
Hey thanks Kevin for watching my channel.
This is how the craft is kept alive, by teaching to others. I learned a lot about forging a blade vs cutting to shape.
Thanks Jase. Very informative.
As someone very new to blacksmithing that is just starting out this was amazingly helpful! You are a master in more than craft sir but in passion for sharing the art as well. Thank you.
I really appreciate that you share what you were taught as well as what you've learned along the way. It says a lot about your character. The one thing I really liked hearing was when you said was that you're still learning. I think to many people that they've reached a status, such as yours, and they think that they know everything or are afraid to try something new and be taken out of their comfort zone.
You have a great series of videos on TH-cam. Thank you and appreciate that you sharing the knowledge!
One of the best video on forging with no power hammer, thank you.
Ive been self taught and you tube taught for the past cpl years. i started with coal forge diy method my whole purpose is so i jave the ability to make a knife if i ever needed. Now im getting better and slowly acquiring more equipment I wish i had watched this video before i ever started. Lots of great info in thia video. I primarily make knives from farrier rasps and old files. I do stock removal for throwing knives from saw blades steel. This video is much appreciated. Especially about the part of not having to keep it flat the whole time. Chasing steel. Very informative 🙏
Man, you are not Knight you are King. Thanks for free knowledge..
Ho visto questo video 3 volte e rimango sempre a bocca aperta dal talento che hai!grande fabbro
I have watched so many videos and read so many articles and books which helped with some of the basics. This video has taken me to the next level. Thank you for keeping the explanation of these techniques simple and easy to use for a beginner like me. I love learning this craft and you have just made it that much better for me. Thank you!!!
You got heart. I feel the same way about life and how you express yourself. Stay strong. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for doing this video! It is a great add on to the Forged series that I got from you!
I appreciate your point of view and really enjoy watching your videos. My whole knife forging hobby is based on what you have taught me about the craftsmanship and art associated with my projects. Thanks for providing great content for us new to this fantastic endeavor