Knife making: Making a hunting knife using basic, cheap tools
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This video shows the full making of process of my first knife. It's not perfect, but the next one should be better. The knife was made using pretty basic tools easily aquired for little cost
Most of the processes used I learned about on TH-cam, and most of the materials used were bought from eBay. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments and I'll get back to you
Materials used:
Steel: O1 tool steel £20.50
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6mm brass rod for the pins £4.40
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Wood: Elm (I got it from a friend)
Tung Oil: £7.85
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Tools:
I already owned a jigsaw, angle grinder and hacksaw
Mac Alister bench vice £30
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Mac Alister File set £20
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Irwin quick grip clamps £11.40
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Lansky sharpening kit £36.45
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Links:
Gough Custom filing jig tutorial:
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Making a cutting tool started with cavemen mastering the skill of flint knapping. Now here is that same skill refined to a form of art.
I have the utmost respect for these craftsmen.
7 years later, you have maximum patience. I forge to profile, not stock removal, and I'm still in awe.
If this was your first knife, I can not wait to see the next knife. For just using simple tools, you hit a home run. Good job my friend. Thank you.
dude, for your first knife, this is incredible. my first knife looked like an African prison shank. it was awful.
Harubro Haruhara well did you see it to Africa? They could eat it
nah, I'm a jew, so I burnt the handles off, annealed it, and tried again,
My first knife looked like a mixture of a broken rib, and something your dog threw up and hardened over a period of days.
Colin Thomas honestly, I've made a total of 10 knives and I'm barely better than when I first started. my guess for us is that we both need to refine our techniques and just tough through it. I suggest practicing on shitty mild steel from home Depot to get your technique down and then start moving up to tool steels or high carbon steels. then once you are good with those you have the option to go to stainless.
Harubro Haruhara LMAO
Simple effective way with an amazing knife at the end.
Congratulations and thank you for increasing my motivation for starting to make knives.
This is one of the most beautiful knives I have ever seen! I will try to make one like this!
Very nice and thank you for the inspiration. Not sure I can file as fast as you do - lol
I have watched this video 8 times, and every time I ask myself, WHY CAN'T I BE THIS TALENTED ?.
I made my first knife the same way, same filing jig even. Got it from Gough Custom.
Dang! The patience you have. . . most of all, that handle pistol-grip shape with the oval cross section looks extremely comfortable! Respect!
Very Good Hunt knife. And You worked whitout sanding macine Just a drill An Electric saw. This is Good handcraft Job. My congratulations
you sir are an artist! from one knifesmith to another. wow!
thanks!
Both the knife and video have high production vakue. Your on your way to having a great career
Love watching people who use actual basic tools. Great knife
I am trying to learn more about making beginner knives with cheap tools because I don't have a lot of great tools but this was such a great video to learn off of and nice blade
Beautifully shaped handle. Almost like the handle of a gun. Really nice!
I admire your patience. Just one little remark: your really should drill the pinholes with a drill press. It is rather impossible to keep a steady angly by hand. The end result would have looked so much better if only those pins were snug. But again, a remarkeble job well done.
yea first thing I did after finishing this knife was buy a drill press! Check out my other videos to see the difference it made, that screwed up drill hole was the most disappointing thing about this knife. Also using a big hammer drill made the holes even more awkward
You know, the teeth on most files only cut one way. You'll only dull your files quicker by moving them back and forth like that in a sawing motion. But other than that little nit pick, great work! you should be very proud of your efforts. Nice handle, Could have used the angle grinder with abrasive flap discs to shape that handle though, much quicker than a rasping it.
Jimmy Grey cross cut file so it can go both ways
Zane Antoneshyn I think you mean double cut, and whether it's double cut or single cut the teeth still only cut on the forward stroke.
+Jimmy Grey I will correct myself as I have been wrong. the file only cuts on the forward stroke like you said, but the backward stroke is still used. on the backward stroke no pressure is supposed to be applied so on the backward stroke it can help clean out metal chips. it's unclear in this video if pressure is applied on the backward stroke or not as he sped up all the filing. but if he was applying pressure on the backward stroke you would be correct.
Zane Antoneshyn Still, its really the best practice just to lift the file entirely on the backward stroke to avoid any dulling of the teeth. Your files will thank you for it.
Jimmy Grey I agree with you completely it's a good thing to practice just in it won't dull them too much if there's no pressure if any at all. But once again it's hard to tell in the video. And I'll take this advice and use it a little later today maybe.
Espectacular!!! La proligidad y el diseño son perfectos. Congratulaciones!!!
Great job, I love everything about this knife the shape of the handle and the blade, they go so well together
That is a beautiful knife,I have skinned many a rabbit in my time,and it is almost identical to my knife,which I have had for over 70years,but the blade is well worn down now with all the honing it has had,your knife definatley gets my thumbs up
Great work buddy. Really love the handle shape 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Me too
Excellent work,i like that u use simple tools,as Bruce Lee said simplicity is key to brilliance.
thank you for the template, i am going to change the blade shape a bit on my knife but i really liked the handle design.
Great job! Word of advice. Slow down, learn proper file strokes. I've been making knives for a little while and I learned that patience goes a long way. Again, great job.
I'm impressed that you did most of the knife with hand tools.
It takes a lot of time :/
This is a great job with the tools you used. It proves it can be done and done well. GOOD JOB
Nice work! For those saying there's no way that's his first knife, I disagree. Like he says in the description he's watched and learned a lot from TH-cam videos, so its more than possible to produce a quality product the first time (if one puts the effort into watching and learning.) He's probably got some experience woodworking as you can see by the handle he produced -and that type of craftsmanship goes a long way.
It's amazing the amount of videos where a hand file if used incorrectly. Nice knife.
thank you for this fine video, most of us don't have all those tools in other videos. much appreciated,great work!!!
That looks great man. My first knife didn't come out nearly as great and I started with that same filing jig! Awesome work!
Sharp Works iii
The final result is very good, congratulations, your video proves that with dedication and a little study it is possible to make beautiful knives, in my first knife I used the same file jig, it's a very effective method for a very cheap and mechanical way to do the bevel. Actually you can make many jigs and tools, just using some different techinics and improving others to make knives, but if you're just a hobbyist, if this is not your profession. it takes a lot of practice and experience to make knives with a high technical level with few tools.
You made one hell of a knife. Good job.
This is a lovely, love piece. Awesome results 1) for your first effort and 2) with just basic tools. I'm about to launch my first build and watched this video and thought to myself that is one of the nicest looking profiles I've seen yet. Thanks for providing the template. If I can be so bold as to copy you for my first build I will. Consider imitation the sincerest form of flattery!
Say Heah Peter, I got lucky, I bought a Busse Combat Ergo Series, The point is, Tha Ergo Handle Design on your Knife is awesome to use, It holds great in your hand when slicing and chopping. It looks a little like my Badger Attack Ergo and I Piggybacked it with my Steel Heart Ego. I plan to Baldric Carry the two.,,.
I love the handle design. It's kind of like a pistol grip..Nice work.
Nice work! I liked the way you didn’t use fancy or expensive machinery... a lot of elbow grease used... respect!
Very impressed with your improvised bevel big. Great work!
It turned out really well.
Great job. I love the simple forge from bricks.
Real nice job for basic tools, came up real good looking
You did a really nice job.
Thank you for a great video!
You made a very nice, truly "handmade" knife!
Nice job. I really like the handle shape you chose
Dude! You should be proud of this achievement! It came out awesome!
That idea with the file to get the angle is really clever.
Realy, nice piece of sharp steel. Good job !
Really cool filing jig.
i had a couple suggestions that might help you in the future, in between your pin holes try drilling holes that are a couple sizes smaller... drill as many as you think it might take to sorta even out the difference in weight between the handle and the blade, then when you get your handle scales drilled for the pins go ahead and use the smaller bit to drill several holes about 1/8" or so into the scales, this will aid in a super good bond between the scales and the handle.just remember to keep the holes in the scales away from the edges so that there is no chance of sanding thru.hope this helps you
Great knife, love the handle
Nice video. Step by step. Cool knife design. Good job ! 👍
Really beautiful.
That is a TRUE piece of handcrafted art. Wish I could learn how to do this. I know you made it look slot easier than it is.
I really apreciate this great job, salute 👍👍
You made it look easy. Great looking knife !!
thanks!
It doesn't matter...you enjoy doing it....and sometimes you cannot get the characteristic's that you want with power tools!! Nice blade
Nicely done, I really like your handle profile.
For your first knife its a good looking one, especially since its a lot of hand tool work.
Very nice well done mosaic pins would have looked nice
Good job, from Texas
ALWAYS pick up the file on the back stroke, you will ruin the file faster than grinding away metal.
***** Good :D btw, was it your first knife?
***** When i made my first blade, i didn´t even bother heat treating it and putting a handle on xD It was so crappy. But it was a survival knife witch was also a mistake because I found that i like making cooking knives more. If you want to take a look at few, just search me up on instagram: le_custom
oh no, it is le_knives :D sorry.
***** Would be very cool! i have subscribed to you :D I have to finish 10 knives until xmas and my fingers are broken so i have to make them in 1 week that will be basiclly full-pace working :(
LE-Handmade knives is absolutely correct! I'm 74 and my father was a master toolmaker who spent 5 years in apprenticeship before a lifetime at his craft. I am passing on his teaching here. NEVER draw a bastard file back across the work. It CUTS (does not grind) in one direction only. Drawing it backwards can break the hardened cutting edges.
I like the shape, couple of points, a bit of glue on the pins and in the holes wouldn't hurt and put your lansky in the vice
Looks great well done.
great video. thanks for posting. it looks like that took a while. great knife.
Great man!! keep that good work, and I love how you mostly use hand tools to get the job done, I work the same!
Nice job on the knife.
that came out really nice.
great job.
Truly remarkable
Awesome work dude
What an incredible work man ! Congrats and keep it up !
very cool fishing spear well done bru...😊
I loved the look of the wood of handle
barbaro ,felicitaciones ¡¡¡¡¡¡ muy bueno¡¡
Just a tip but you shouldn't go both ways with a file. It'll stay sharper and cut better if you just go foreward
beautiful peace of art..
Awesome job
Say Heah, Very Nice, Sort of reminds me of one of my three Ergo Series Busse Combat Knives, Especially the smaller one my Badger Attack Ergo, Very, Nice, Thanx You for sharing. ,, .
That is a good-looking knife
Nice work!!
Magnifique travail manuel.
Original hand made knife. Thanks
fun fact, this video isn't sped up, hes just chugged about 20 energy drinks as fast as possible
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Sodium Hydride
MADDOG7321 😂
Actually, it's just skooma.
Bro really impressed man Beautiful knife and the info in the description is on point very helpful
Great stuff...... learnt a lot thankyou for sharing.
Very nice job!
Nice knife dude. Good work and excelent video. Thank you
Amazing work! This would still be good if it was someone's 10th knife!
Very nice..compliments.
hermoso trabajo, nuevo suscriptor, un saludo
Beautiful.
Say Heah Peter, Aces, I have a very similar knife, Infact I have ALL Three Ergo Series , But yours teminfs me of a recent knife I just bought it's my Busse Combat Badger Attach Ergo. ,, .
Great work, bravo.
Nice work man!!
Love the oven mit
Awesome work Bud !
Excellent start
looks nice !!
nice knife good job
Just SUPERB.
Great video. Thank you