Thick EDC Knife - Knifemaking
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มี.ค. 2020
- In this video we make a small but hefty EDC Knife from start to finish. If you like handmade custom knives and you like watching them get made; this is the video for you! The blade of this knife is made from 1084 high carbon steel that is 3/16'' thick. The handle scales are orange and black G10 and are affixed to the tang with two stainless steel corby fasteners and G-Flex epoxy.
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Good video, good content, zero clickbait, only true work, we need more makers like you here! Greetings from Poland, and good luck.
Thank you sir! Cheers to Poland!
Loving this knife so far! Feels great in the waist band, I carry this along with a folder and find myself using this knife more. Very precise lines, great edge retention, just an overall handsome little guy. Mahalo again!
Awesome thank you very much for you comment Ron! I'm extremely happy you're happy with this guy. Have a great week and stay safe! Cheers from Texas
Just got around to watching, been a busy day. Thanks for the shout out, really appreciate that, glad to see it worked out. The whole heat treat before/after debate is a hard one, you either save belts & risk warps or visa versa. I decided a long time ago, to break the middle. I do bevels, but leave them thick(kinda best of both worlds). Hope all is well, thanks again, hope all is well, take it easy...
Cheers man. Glad you liked it. Yeah I'm on the post HT grinding train now! So far so good.
Your teaching me some good tips in my dive into knife making. Thanks!
Glad to be of service sir! Thanks for watching.
Cool, Dave!
Its beautiful !!
One heck of a good looking knife! Thanks for the videos.
Thanks so much Matt!
Knife looks amazing. Live and learn right. I think the scratches make it easier to use without worrying about it getting damaged.
This is true! Cheers man
Love your videos!!! I’ve been learning so much! I’m just getting into knife making and I keep coming back to watch your videos to learn more and more!! 👍🏼👍🏼 keep up the amazing work!!
Heck yeah Ray! Glad you're enjoying them! Take it easy and have a great week!
I like how you give credit to the people and places where you got equipment and ideas.
Thank you sir! Thanks for watching too.
I ordered a couple of those utili clips. I keep seeing you use them and I need to try a few on some upcoming builds. Great video man.
Hey man, I appreciate that! I love those things... Great for in the waist band carry or in the back pocket. Little pricey though... I'm really happy you enjoyed the video. Cheers man.
That's a great looking knife. I love the size.
Thank you! Me too! Great little knife to carry around
Damn, now that is what I would call a really nice knife (bar the grit incident) I’m slowly getting my equipment together and pass my spare time making custom pieces, I love the way you methodically go through the processes and yes what a beautiful knife, well here’s another subscriber from the 🇬🇧 UK 🇬🇧 . Have a great weekend....Phil
Thank you very much Phil! Hope all is well in the UK. Thanks for the kind words!
Love this one!!
Glad you like it!
Fantastic workmanship
Thank you very much!
Very excellent video. I love all the explanations and descriptions. Very well made and I look forward to more of your videos.
Glad you like them!
Great video tutorial as always. Every mistake we make as Knife Maker's hopefully is a lesson learned. I like that tooling arm holder that you built may have to steal that idea!
Thank you sir! Sad thing about this one is that I had to "RE-learn" this one... LOL... yeah, I got tired of storing those attachments on the floor... Cheers man, have a good one.
Good looking knife - scratches & all. If it's an EDC/working knife it's going to have get scratched any way!! Great video & narration!! Thank you - David
Thank you very much sir!
Because you look like a real nice guy, I subscribed.
Much appreciated!
Outstanding work
Thank you very much sir!
Very nice knife. I admire your perfectionism and work ethic.
Hey man, I really appreciate your comment! I do my best, and really like having a refined product... at least as good as I can do it. Cheers man. Thanks again
Haven’t seen your channel until today. Subscribed! You do nice work
Heck yeah, thanks Cary! Really glad you're enjoying it.
Man I would love to make a knife to that quality, including the scratches. It looks great. Let me know if you want to sell it. Keep up the great videos too.
awsome dude thank you
Thank you!
Awesome, thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
Looks perfect my man. Scratches just give it character. 🤙
LOL, thank you sir!
WilleyFab I agree! 👍
100% no worries. Bad ass knife!!
@@JW-pj1zd Thank you very much sir!
Great little knife that looks great, the fact that you're upset about the scratches just shows the high quality you produce, but they are basically what I'd expect to see shortly after having used it, so all good.
Thank you sir, really appreciate your comment. Gosh I hate to see a finish scratched like that before ever being used! I've been able to mitigate it in the past, but just got careless this go round. Once again, thanks for your comment!
How much would you sell a knife like this? You do great work, I'm surprised that you don't use a guide for grinding your bevels. They are super straight considering their done freehand. I too would not be ashamed to own this one, a knife that gets used will get scratched eventually. What steel are you using as I am a fan of carbon steel blades. I find that most stainless blades won't hold the edge of a good carbon blade.
Eres el mejor, un abrazo cordial desde 🇨🇱 👍
¡Gracias!
Bom trabalho com um acabamento perfeito
Muito obrigado, senhor!
New knife maker. Ur videos & knifes are awesome. Thank you.
Thanks Curtis! Glad they're helping
Beautiful knife!
Thank you!
Great looking blade sir.
Thank you very much sir! Really appreciate your comment
Love the quality of your videos and knives. You keep raising the bar. By the way, I barely notice the scratch on the blade.
Thank you very much for your comment, sir! Glad you're enjoying the videos!
Super cool video, loved the finish on the steel and the handle material! Also really liked the picture within picture in the beginning, I might try that in one of my vids😉 great work man
Thank you sir! I'm not sure what you're editing with, but do yourself a favor and get comfortable with DaVinci Resolve! It's free and awesome.
Wow, lucky me, that is what I jumped into right away! Other than it crashing all the time I really enjoy it. I learned to save my work more often to reduce headache. What are you filming with?
@@Aleeknives I have some links to my camera and mic in the description of this video, but it's a Panasonic G7. Love it man. Will shoot 4K too. In order to do a split screen put the clip you want on top on a higher video stream (ie video stream 3 with the base on video stream 1 or 2). Click on the video you put on top in video 3, then to the bottom left of the viewing section click the drop down and select "transform." Then you can scale the size of the video and drag it around on top of the video clips in 2 and 1. Super easy and awesome! Cheers man
love the work, and it is good that you show mistakes nice lab for the people who would like to make their own knives in the future.
Cheers Maciej!
Cool blade regardless!
Thank you sir!
Very good knife!
Thank you very much! I appreciate the praise!
Looks like an ESEE Izula. Nice.
Cheers man, thanks for watching! It does look close!
Love your videos. Got me started in knife making. I'm currently making my first knife with o1. I cut out the profile last night and filed in the bevels.
Good luck sir!
@@RedBeardOps thank you. I've already made some mistakes. However, I will finish this one and move on to another one 😁
Great job and useful tips 👍
Glad it was helpful! Cheers Patrick!
@@RedBeardOps yes it is definitely (sorry for the mistakes, I’m from Switzerland). I begun to build some kinves and since I have made my 1st « messy stuff » I learned a lot. I don’t have such tools as a pro, but the result is not so bad. Thanks for sharing your experience 👍
Great job brother, cheers from Croatia
Thanks! Cheers man!
Nice job dude cheers 🍻🔥👊
Thank you very much sir! Have a great weekend!
Good job
Thank you!
Wow very good
Thank you!
I love your shirt bro. Geaux Tigers 🐯
Glad you noticed! Cheers!
Very nice one❤
Thank you! Cheers!
I wouldn’t worry about nicking the finish, I do it now and then and I simply refer to it as “character”. Cheers.
Cheers sir, this is true!
Second video I’ve checked out of yours. You’ve earned a sub from me. Nice work man 👍🏼
Thank you! Have a great week!
Get some small 1/4" nuts & bolts, use those to hold the sheath together while you shape it(good for making it the right size too), when you get everything 100%, go wash it out & then put it all together. I'll tell ya, you can do everything 100% & the kydex will still scratch, enough to make ya crazy...
Very good idea! Man it pissed me off this round.
I be honored own that knife :) if ever want sell it :) Love the handles cant go wrong with G10
Hey man, really appreciate your comment. I'll keep that in mind, lol
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nicely done! How are you liking that resperator? do you find iyt to be comfortable enough to wear for long periods? I have a beard and the n95 masks are not cutting it and the resperator has to be cranked down to hard to work.
For the bearded people out there this thing is the best you're going to get. I find it more comfortable for long periods than the type that go over the whole face. Takes some time to get used to the nose clip.
Every one said Ahhwww, Hey you could acid etch a fake hamon line to hide the scratchs. I started lining my kydex with pool table felt. I used that method in wooden saya/ scabbords along time ago.
Very cool Robert! Thank you for sharing!
Wow looks like i can hand make one for around what it cost to buy a good fixed blade im totally going to try this thank you for the awesome videos new sub here !
Cheers sir! It's a rewarding hobby for sure! Very fun. Have a great weekend!
I always enjoy your videos. Where do you get your etching stencil's?
Thank you sir! I get mine from TUS - industrynet.com/listing/3657264/tus-technologies-inc
Hey mate, have you looked into paper wheels for your sharpening sysytem? Have heard good stuff about them. Awesome knife btw
Thanks man! I have seen some guys have em and have heard good things as well!
WOW awesome knife (what kind of respirator is that)
Thanks man! Cheers - Resp-O-Rator - amzn.to/2M6PMN7
nice job. would like to see a leather sheath.
Great suggestion!
You still grinding the bevels after heat treating? I like that idea. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Nick! I sure do... I just like it better, but I don't think there is a "more ideal" way. I feel the blade heats more evenly during the HT and warps are less likely. You must be careful when grinding though not to over heat post HT.
Good 😍
Thank you! Cheers!
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شكرا جزيلا!
Just subscribed. Liked. Love your skills man. Great videos. Do you have a website you sell your knives from. Cheers from NZ :)
Thanks a bunch Greg! I sell my knives from time to time on Instagram... but I'm a very low volume maker. - instagram.com/redbeardops/
will do buddy...subscribed
Appreciate that sir! Have a great week!
@@RedBeardOps been watching knife making videos non stop.... i ordered a KMG grinder.... really excited...
@@futurefunds9353 Heck yeah man! I'm jealous, those KMGs are excellent grinders! You're going to love it
Thats a beautiful knife excellent job.. can you post the link for the tumbler build please
Thanks man! th-cam.com/video/TvzW7ZVGg3A/w-d-xo.html
Hey dude
I want this knife to me
beard brother
great job
thanks for your effort
Thank you sir! Really glad you enjoyed the video!
Looks good.. I know exactly how you feel about your finish on that knife.. seems like I do that quite a bit.. most of my knives dont turn out as first imagined..really nice knife thou..
They Anthony! Really appreciate that. Really pissed me off when it happened... I know better.
@@RedBeardOps yeah but those things do happen to everyone from time to time.. you're still a great maker.. awesome video as always..!
@@anthonystrunk5360 Thank you so much sir!
@@RedBeardOps thank you for your videos.. very well done..
Great looking knife. How do you like your goose neck lamps? Where did you get them?
Thanks man. So far they've been great! I put a super bright LED bulb in the lamp and it's worked out well. Here is the lamp I bought - amzn.to/2VG0Eax and here is the little LED one amzn.to/3atj7v8
U rly like full flat grid :P
I do! lol
Man that's awesome. Just subbed. Awesome process. Great job. How do I buy some of your knives. Definitely interested in purchasing. Thanks Jeff W
Awesome, thank you! I sell them on Instagram from time to time. Sorry for the delayed response!
Nice Video! Have you compared the combat belts to the cubitron2? To bad there is no shop for those belts in Germany.
I have not had a chance to compare them! I was using VSM before the combats. So far they seem good. Will TruGrit ship to Germany? They seem to have a good selection.
The more I watch your videos, the more I have to have one of these... question: are you taking orders or do you have some waiting list where I may write myself into? Beauftiful work...
Hey Francisco! Thanks man... But I'm not taking any orders currently.
Awesome work👍🏻👍🏻....really like the G10. Any more factory seconds & I’m down to buy. Still waiting for a chance to order one??
Hey man, I have a skinner finished up with leather diomedes sheath. If you're interested hit me up at redbeardops@gmail.com
Also if you're interested in this "factory second" from the video feel free to email me at redbeardops@gmail.com
Bela faca🔪
I want to try and grind a blade after heat treat. Does it take longer to grind in the hardened state, and is it harder on the sanding belts?
You know I really haven't noticed much of a difference. I grind the same way in both cases (keeping the blade cool). I think using sharp belts is key.
Red Beard is the first to say this, most every knife vid claims that grinding is very difficult after hardening. I am getting ready to try my hand at making a knife, along the lines of the Amazon tools vid.
How do you like that Kadrmas grinder?
Man I like it. I recently upgraded it to accept 1.5x1.5 tooling arms. I haven't had any issues with it thus far. I put my thoughts on this grinder here - th-cam.com/video/XcKD_CWXGck/w-d-xo.html
When you use the surface grinder post heat treat, you use the 100 grit and go straight to the 320 grit gator belt?
I've messed around with a few different ways. I'd say start with around 220-320
I'm interested in purchasing one
I put a knife up on Instagram from time to time. That would be the place to watch for purchase.
I just subscribed! Fine craftsmanship, man! I do different things on my channel. From blades, archery-slingshots-archery, and air guns!
Thanks man!
So for any size thickness or knife do you recomend heat treating before bevel??
Most of the blade stock I use is 1/8'' and I haven't had any issues. Haven't had any issues with 3/16'' too. Some people want to do a little grinding before HT on thicker stock than 1/8''
Brasil
Greetings from USA!
Hello, thanks for all the nice videos you make. I wonder if you can help me by linking to the different sanding belts you use in the clip. would really appreciate it if you could.
Sincerely, Jean-Pierre
I get a lot of the sanding belts from Pop's Knife Supply. I can't remember exactly which ones I used in this video.
There's another guy I follow on TH-cam I believe it's fire creek you both are very different but yet very similar, for someone who's learning the trade you to are like professors
Thank you sir!
Great knife! Where do you get your acid for etching I want to stonewash a knife but I don’t know were to get the acid
Thanks! This is where I get mine - Acid Enchant - amzn.to/2LLRxA7
@@RedBeardOps thanks! I’ll probably be buying some soon!
Really nice little knife! Any concern with heat treating the blade at full 3/16 thickness and it being completely hard throughout? IIRC I've heard other makers claim 1080 isnt a very 'deep' hardening steel or something to that effect. I mostly work in stainless and send out to professional HT- even still I normally grind in rough bevels leaving it fairly thick and finish the bevels after HT.
Also I just started using kydex and scratched a few knives too >< Kydex makes an awesome sheath but it always leaves scratches :\
Well, I'm not overly concerned. I think you'd need to get even thicker for that to become an issue. I guess one good point would be that the edge will still be in the middle of the blade and still hardened to the same depth. Maybe the center of the blade would be soft? This may be a feature! Thank you for your comment! I'll have to think on it some more. Cheers man.
@@RedBeardOps That is a good point, the edge should be fully hard. It would be interesting to do a test: HT one blade full thickness and RC test, then another with bevels pre-ground in and see if there's a difference; though there's a lot of variables that could happen to make this an uneven comparison...
@@007Jaredboy Man that would be cool! One of these days I may have a hardness tester... One day
would you still consider selling it even with the damage
Hey Frank, thanks for your interest. I ended up selling it to another at a steep discount.
Hi! Could you get to me the reference number of the drill bit for counterbores. Here in Brazil tools like that are difficult. I would like get it on amazon. Thanks for the attention Mister JK 🤝
Hello sir! This is where I got mine. These people may be able to help you out - popsknife.supplies/collections/miscellaneous/counterbore
Hi from Argentina! What are you using in your mouth in the 11 minute while grinding the micarta handle ?
Hi from Texas! I'm using this respirator (Resp-O-Rator - amzn.to/2M6PMN7)
Red Beard Ops thanks!!
Do you ever do tapered tangs?
Hey Garet, I haven't done one yet. It would of been a great method for taking down some of the weight on this blade since it's 3/16ths. Now that I have my surface grinder... it's a project I should tackle. Thanks for watching!
Cool I think you will really like the look it will give your knives. It also just feels like your at the next level of knife making. At least that how I felt. Love your video thanks for sharing . I always like learning new ways of doing things.
Howdy from the Blanco River outside of San Marcos, Texas. I have a question, where do you get your stencils for your etching?
Awesome man! This is where I get mine - www.tustech.com/admin/home
@@RedBeardOps Awesome thank you for the info.
Can you do a tutorial on that forge if you built it?
Here is the closest I got Josh - Cheap DIY Forge - th-cam.com/video/lOWbXbBOJhw/w-d-xo.html ||| DIY Blown Forge Burner - th-cam.com/video/WtCWbl-Q5fo/w-d-xo.html - Cheers!
If you grind after heat treat you can ruin your temper
You can; only if you're careless and let your knife get too hot. I grind post heat treat without gloves so that I can gauge the temperature easily. I also cool in water after every pass and only use fresh belts to reduce heat. Cheers man
Nice blade bro! How much.., I want it...
Thanks man! I don't have this one anymore. Make sure to follow me on Instagram since I post some for sale form time to time. Cheers "RedBeardOps"
Will the 3 by 79 inch belt work on a 2 by 72 grinder?
Hey Nick, It probably depends on the grinder and the length of your tooling arm. I'd say it's not ideal.
Red Beard Ops awesome thanks for getting back to me right away. I have a OBM and the tooling arms are pretty long I have often wondered if something like a 2 by 82 belt would fit. I will have to do some experiments! Thanks again!
If you use a grading stone on your Winn (so?) sharpener, you can go to 1000 grit edges before stropping. Then, stropping will be more effective and leave a much nicer finished edge.
Grading stones are common for folks that use that other brand of sharpener the Winn is copied from....and you can buy their grading stone at most places that sell them.
Just sayin’...
Nice work. I appreciate that you don’t edit out the warts. We all have them, but too many are either too vain, proud, embarrassed, whatever to let them show in the final. Hey, it makes you more real, more human and more likable to us other mere mortals.
Thank you sir! I do have a grading stone. I probably need to start using it more! Really happy you enjoyed the video! Cheers sir!
If you haven't already you should check out Alec Steele's channel
I'm a long time follower of Alec 👍
Is the knife for slaughtering or skinning?
I guess you could use it for either?
Red Beard what is the handle material you used for this knife. I searched EDC and came up with all kinds of junk
I used G10 for this handle. Cheers!
I have that clip on a knife sheath, but it doesn't work at all for me. As soon as I try to remove the knife, I just pull the whole thing off my belt.
10-4, sorry to hear that man. Maybe your kydex sheath was set up "tighter" than mine? As far as retention goes. I feel like a thumb ramp in the sheath may help too; so that you can push away from the draw with your thumb.
Hi do you have a PDF for this mate , all the way from wales UK 👌
Hey Dean, I do not. But make sure to check out my most recent video. I have a free PDF in the description. th-cam.com/video/nk7vu2RYxvI/w-d-xo.html
I think that since you messed it up up....you should just sell it to me super cheap. Lol for real, man, good looking knife. I'd carry it on the regular...super deep gouges and all. Hell, that's nothing compared to what I'd put it through just using it
Lol, thanks man! Really glad you liked it. I agree.. as a using knife it will get much more pain. Thanks so much for your comment