"Super-hard sharp stuff" words from an expert craftsman indeed. Edit: This isn't a bad thing, of course. You don't need big words to be an incredibly talented person, as you are living proof.
probaply. well my father is engineer and talks pretty much the same. he often refers to various items tolerances and more as "thingies" and his clients are often "that guy"
Droggelbecher ! Usage of smaller words is most often more useful, as it has a larger guarantee that co workers or friends will understand, instead of having to think about what was said.
Those looked particularly bad ass Mike, honestly would love to see you do more "regular" sized swords but just with your awesome flare for them, or like a really out there mace or something
Michael I think this is my favorite of your builds. This seems to be closer to the kind of thing you would chose to build. You should find ways to make more like this!
The weld makes it look like the blade was a parallelogram and crosshilt absorbed the 4th corner. Definitely helped along by the hammered texture of the crosshilt. looks awesome in my opinion
The guard is something really unique and i really like it.It gives a sorta fin/underwater vibe. Some more details like a handle spike or details like a gold-ish rope on the handle or some blue wave designs on the spine of the blade would make a really good build.
What a great tutorial for a first build. It's great to show people how to make cool stuff with found objects. Inspired me to get back in the garage and make some art. Thanks for the video.
I'm a big fan I started watching you with my dad when you started a TV show. my dad passed away almost a year ago and I'm still watching you for me and my dad
I think it looks sorta like a "Scavenger balde" as it pretty much just is. Because you literally just scavanged bits and pieces of metal in your workshop and welded them together. I love it.
Man, I love your videos. You have such a comfortable way of talking to the camera. I don't feel like you are trying to be impressive with a bunch of technical speak and you don't apologize for any of your techniques. I'm sure there are purists out there and elitist knife makers that scoff at you, but man, nobody does it like you do! You are an absolute pleasure to watch. My compliments to whoever edits your videos. They do an awesome job from my normal guy perspective.
I swear I leave this channel for just a little bit it feels and the kids are all grown up, I feel like I missed out. Oh well time to binge watch everything I haven’t watched yet
You should do these scrap pile builds more often. BUT let US pick the scrap parts we see laying around and then challenge you to build something cool from the parts we pick. It's cool you watch you work without plans.... just grab some stuff off the floor and Wing it. These turned out cool and they are one of a kind items. All of your work is awesome but it's cool to see you whip up something random on the fly like this. also, to whoever did the artwork.... nice work!!
1:10 I remember that blade from the brief series you did on TV, it screws into an ungodly heavy attempt that; if memory serves correctly, your apprentice made, that was supposed to be a interchangable punching weapon, it had that crescent blade and a spiked ball you could change it out with... good times, it was that very series that lead me to your channel
When those blades are sharp....they're crazy sharp. Just bumping into them, cuts to the bone...have a nice hairline scar to remind me of that. And yup, they are very brittle indeed. Things that might come into contact with them are usually made out of wood, Ertalon or compressed aluminium alloy just to save the blade.
Hey Michael. You can buy anchors that are similar. They are called "Antique Belgian Hand-Forged Iron Ship Anchors". You can still buy them if people are interested in having you make more of them. Blade you made kind of has a pirate feel to it, the portion that covers your hand made me thing of the head of a kraken which brought me to look up the style of boat anchor that could be used to replicate more blades.
The guards on the handles look like mini ship anchors... So maybe you'd be able to find them in ship building places? But you'd probably be able to make them with pieces of flat plate welded to curved pieces of bar. Then use that copper trick from one of your newer videos (the Warden twin blade one) to give it that older look.
I believe that the anchor and that handle part were made out of wrought or cast iron, hence the spitting when you were welding it. I've only had the same happen to me when welding rusty shit or cast iron because of the carbon pockets in the material, so as it heats up to melting point, the carbon explodes a little and spits a bit of glowing iron at you. That's my initial thought at least.
If anything, I would want a chunk of that blade w/ an integral handle like a long loop cutout w/ the same reverse tanto tip top and bottom..... It has such a mean look to it and I love that blade design, especially w/ the black oxide.
duracoat holds up reasonably well on knives, I have done a few machetes and gotten decent results. the main thing is to sandblast the blade heavily before applying the durscoat
Cutting logs and such? The main problem is like for my 50lb swords, some fella will send me a picture of an anime sword that's bright green or whatever.
I had a customer really try his best to destroy a knife after he bought it. cutting tires, sheet metal, cans, basically anything he could find. He said that he was surprised by the performance and the coating held up well. cerakote will hold up well for your swords. I would give it a try. it is sprayed on like paint and baked to cure the paint like powder coating.
it could've also been a good idea to etch the blade in ferric chloride. That would make the 2 steels stand out from each other, and if the handle was made from wrought iron, then it would also make a cool pattern on the handle. Have you ever done anything with ferric chloride?
thought was He had something in mind while cutting the 'knife' blades out from the original massive paper blade. Looked like a work in progress while making the test chops.
Interesting piece, and also an awesome bit of trading for services :). As to the age of those pieces you had laying around? Well, one of them appears to be the bottom half of an old british admiralty style anchor. They were made and used easily back into the early 1820's, and while I doubt the one you have there is anywhere near that old, it might be somewhere in the 50 to 70 year age bracket. You don't really see them much anymore, save for decoration since they're still most easily recognized as an anchor by non-seafairing types. Anyway, I hope the short history lesson and age-of-material spitballing was helpful :).
when you leave steel in water for about a week it will cover in rust but it comes off with light sanding and leave a natural and tough oxidation on the steel
I love the bit about them being smaller so if you have a child that wants to get into big giant swords! I hope all my kids want to get into big giant swords!
If I requested you to make another one of these, how much would the estimated cost be?
"Opening bid for the Scramasax is $200, to place a bid send a message to: Bellexim@yahoo.co.uk"
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michaelcthulhu you should take a look a genjis sword from overwatch
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He made it out of antique scrap. Almost impossible replication
"Super-hard sharp stuff" words from an expert craftsman indeed.
Edit: This isn't a bad thing, of course. You don't need big words to be an incredibly talented person, as you are living proof.
i am a draughtsman apprentice , so i don't smith or wield, but when it comes to tolerances, i talk in a similar way to my classmates.
also known as draftsman
Droggelbecher ! Fair enough
probaply. well my father is engineer and talks pretty much the same. he often refers to various items tolerances and more as "thingies" and his clients are often "that guy"
Droggelbecher ! Usage of smaller words is most often more useful, as it has a larger guarantee that co workers or friends will understand, instead of having to think about what was said.
Those looked particularly bad ass Mike, honestly would love to see you do more "regular" sized swords but just with your awesome flare for them, or like a really out there mace or something
Michael I think this is my favorite of your builds. This seems to be closer to the kind of thing you would chose to build. You should find ways to make more like this!
The weld makes it look like the blade was a parallelogram and crosshilt absorbed the 4th corner.
Definitely helped along by the hammered texture of the crosshilt.
looks awesome in my opinion
I think the wear and tear on the black blade after testing looks great!
The guard is something really unique and i really like it.It gives a sorta fin/underwater vibe. Some more details like a handle spike or details like a gold-ish rope on the handle or some blue wave designs on the spine of the blade would make a really good build.
What a great tutorial for a first build. It's great to show people how to make cool stuff with found objects. Inspired me to get back in the garage and make some art. Thanks for the video.
You’re kids are adorable 😆
Nice mini build! Always love watching you make these blades, makes me miss my torch and goggles 😪
I love your creations thank you for your inspirational works
In my opinion, one of the most beautiful blades you have created! I love it. Do more "random" free style stuff, what a great surprise. kind regards
Nice blade shape. Seax knives are always cool.
I'm a big fan I started watching you with my dad when you started a TV show. my dad passed away almost a year ago and I'm still watching you for me and my dad
I think it looks sorta like a "Scavenger balde" as it pretty much just is. Because you literally just scavanged bits and pieces of metal in your workshop and welded them together. I love it.
Man, I love your videos. You have such a comfortable way of talking to the camera. I don't feel like you are trying to be impressive with a bunch of technical speak and you don't apologize for any of your techniques. I'm sure there are purists out there and elitist knife makers that scoff at you, but man, nobody does it like you do! You are an absolute pleasure to watch. My compliments to whoever edits your videos. They do an awesome job from my normal guy perspective.
The skill involved on this channel is out of this world.
Honestly, you really deserve millions and millions of subscribers. I love you man.
I love that to Mike, a "knife" is what the rest of the world would call a sword.
or at least a shortsword
I swear I leave this channel for just a little bit it feels and the kids are all grown up, I feel like I missed out. Oh well time to binge watch everything I haven’t watched yet
You should do these scrap pile builds more often. BUT let US pick the scrap parts we see laying around and then challenge you to build something cool from the parts we pick.
It's cool you watch you work without plans.... just grab some stuff off the floor and Wing it.
These turned out cool and they are one of a kind items.
All of your work is awesome but it's cool to see you whip up something random on the fly like this.
also, to whoever did the artwork.... nice work!!
This guy is great and an artist.... People think art is free.... Pay this man for his time talent and knowledge.
You deserve a thumbs up for many things in this video, but I'll dedicate mine to your fantastic sense of humor.
The left over pice from the thing the blade is made of would make a cool ax.
Not enough mass, would be easier to use a hammer as the beginning stock & set high carbon steel into a forged axe head
As usual, the video was fantastic. The bit at the end with your kids really tied it all together. Haha.
Your builds give me the motivation to go to welding school i love your videos
I always get excited seeing a new vid on your channel. I don't know where half of the builds come from but I love the building process 😁
There's just something relaxing about watching your videos. Awesome job man love what you do.
You are really a skilled person. I am very happy for what you show in this program. Dear brother
1:10 I remember that blade from the brief series you did on TV, it screws into an ungodly heavy attempt that; if memory serves correctly, your apprentice made, that was supposed to be a interchangable punching weapon, it had that crescent blade and a spiked ball you could change it out with... good times, it was that very series that lead me to your channel
Great to see all your videos back were they should....
thank you for sharing not only these fantastic videos but also yourself with all of us ive been a fan for a while and ive learned a lot
Dude that an Amazing Dager, It has a Weatherd Look, Amazing Work !!!
The transition to the tang looks like you took a small blade and thrusted it into a piece of old iron.
Nice!!
I have to say, I love this channel. You make some really badass swords, Mike, keep up the awesome work!
That ending with your kids is priceless. I'm not one to go "awe" much, but I kinda did.
Those dagars are amazing. You're a true talent.
When those blades are sharp....they're crazy sharp. Just bumping into them, cuts to the bone...have a nice hairline scar to remind me of that. And yup, they are very brittle indeed. Things that might come into contact with them are usually made out of wood, Ertalon or compressed aluminium alloy just to save the blade.
Hey Michael. You can buy anchors that are similar. They are called "Antique Belgian Hand-Forged Iron Ship Anchors". You can still buy them if people are interested in having you make more of them.
Blade you made kind of has a pirate feel to it, the portion that covers your hand made me thing of the head of a kraken which brought me to look up the style of boat anchor that could be used to replicate more blades.
Makes terrifyingly wicked pointed heavy death ripper..
*Trainee sword for a child*
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Who wants to eat the knives?
The have zero sugar, additives, or saturated fats!
Your kids are awesome. It's a good thing that you corrupted them while they are young. Keep up the good work.
I always get so excited when I see you post a video...
Seriously great work!
Purchased a t-shirt with the new design before the video even hit the 1 minute mark 😂
Happy to support you and your work!
Totally looks like a blade a pirate would carry . so amazing keep up the good work
The hand-guard makes it look like a homemade fisherman's blade, still awesome make man!
My favorite thing you've ever made!
Your kids are awesome Mike. Jaja.
Also, of course you'd suggest getting kids started into giant swords 😂 You're unendingly entertaining.
that weathered blade looks cool, id buy the test blade. looks awesome
i really like the scratched surface! i works well with the theme of the blade :)
Reminds me of a Naval Boarding knife! Looks great!
oh my, that blade looks amazing
thank god your back brother. you cant leave like that lol! dont let them win ill support any way i can
i would love to see a video of you cleaning up your shop, how you organize all your tools and materials
"LOOK AT THAT LITTLE TINY KNIFE! I gotta weld the other side of it now it'sburningmyhand!"
8:02
I love your channel and your videos are awesome! Keep it up Michael!
I personally like the way scratched up blackened blades look, but to each there own. :)
It looks very "Atlantis-like", the guard looks like a squid tentacle. Really cool!
The guards on the handles look like mini ship anchors... So maybe you'd be able to find them in ship building places? But you'd probably be able to make them with pieces of flat plate welded to curved pieces of bar. Then use that copper trick from one of your newer videos (the Warden twin blade one) to give it that older look.
One of my favorite builds
With the pitting and the anchor looking guard it looks like an old mariners dagger
I believe that the anchor and that handle part were made out of wrought or cast iron, hence the spitting when you were welding it. I've only had the same happen to me when welding rusty shit or cast iron because of the carbon pockets in the material, so as it heats up to melting point, the carbon explodes a little and spits a bit of glowing iron at you. That's my initial thought at least.
welcome back Mr.Cthulhu
If anything, I would want a chunk of that blade w/ an integral handle like a long loop cutout w/ the same reverse tanto tip top and bottom..... It has such a mean look to it and I love that blade design, especially w/ the black oxide.
duracoat holds up reasonably well on knives, I have done a few machetes and gotten decent results. the main thing is to sandblast the blade heavily before applying the durscoat
"KIDS KIDS! COME HERE THE KNIVES ARE DONE!"
- MichaelCthulhu 2017
Daughter's comment - "They look delicious!"
He's raisin' them kids right!! 👍
Time for a new challenge: The 1000 Degree Tide Pod Challenge.
They look Delicious! That's a strange house... I like it.
those turned out freaking awesome, dude!!
I have been making knives for 17 years now. Cerakote works great on knives. It's an easy finish to apply and is very durable on a knife.
Cutting logs and such? The main problem is like for my 50lb swords, some fella will send me a picture of an anime sword that's bright green or whatever.
I had a customer really try his best to destroy a knife after he bought it. cutting tires, sheet metal, cans, basically anything he could find. He said that he was surprised by the performance and the coating held up well. cerakote will hold up well for your swords. I would give it a try. it is sprayed on like paint and baked to cure the paint like powder coating.
Nice Nautical theme to these knives...Looks like a good Pirate's knife
I liked the scrapped up look pretty well
beautifull builds, and that in all their simple ways.
It looks AWSOMEEEE!!!!!
it could've also been a good idea to etch the blade in ferric chloride. That would make the 2 steels stand out from each other, and if the handle was made from wrought iron, then it would also make a cool pattern on the handle. Have you ever done anything with ferric chloride?
the finger guard gives it a bit of an aquatic feel
hey Mike, you should make an ax-thing out of what was left of that paper mill blade. it would be be super cool
Skippy McGee up you go!
thought was He had something in mind while cutting the 'knife' blades out from
the original massive paper blade. Looked like a work in progress while making the test chops.
Very cool Michael!
It almost makes me think of mad max, very good looking, love your videos!
I enjoyed a lot this short build!
Interesting piece, and also an awesome bit of trading for services :). As to the age of those pieces you had laying around? Well, one of them appears to be the bottom half of an old british admiralty style anchor. They were made and used easily back into the early 1820's, and while I doubt the one you have there is anywhere near that old, it might be somewhere in the 50 to 70 year age bracket. You don't really see them much anymore, save for decoration since they're still most easily recognized as an anchor by non-seafairing types.
Anyway, I hope the short history lesson and age-of-material spitballing was helpful :).
"provided your goddamn sprayer is working" XD
if you want a black finished knife blade that will not rub off you must apply a traditional slow rust style finish
That guy is amazing as a character and as a blacksmith.
'Kids, kids! The knives are done, they're too hot to eat right now!' 😂😂😂😂😂
Has a sort of nautical look to it, Neo-Nautical or something perhaps. Awesome build!!
when you leave steel in water for about a week it will cover in rust but it comes off with light sanding and leave a natural and tough oxidation on the steel
nice vid mate good to have you back 🔥🔥🔥
Super cool to see artists trade.
hey Mike í respect the statement you made yesterday
yay! all the videos are back!😁
What a great guy! Nice build
the impact of having a magical dwarven blacksmith for a father is precious on those kids lol
"I've got to weld the other side now--- It's burning my hand!" Pure Michael right there folks.
your kids are adorable. also, Soul, Maka's partner/Scythe, would be awesome to see!
I like it, looks maritime.
Like an anchor.
I thought so too. It would make a good pirate weapon.
They look like pirate daggers! very cool!!!!!!
Looks pretty post-apocalyptic to me. I like it!
I love the bit about them being smaller so if you have a child that wants to get into big giant swords! I hope all my kids want to get into big giant swords!
It's kinda "fantasy marauder" style, that knife :) I like it! :D
Always loved these videos
A clip-point seax with a partly enclosed hilt. Good idea!
You are the fooking greatist artist in the world.