Real question: Is there a "max" twist you can get? IE: if you twist too much you lose definition of the pattern? BS Question: Did Chubby Checker approve of you doing the twist? There's a whole song about it.
I am wondering why you ground only the sides of your three bars; when you welded them together the twist looked like two parallel lines running down the billet meeting each other.
@@brysonalden5414 Actually all sides of twisted bars were ground, but thats generally not necessary. You're going to forge them anyway. I was contemplating tig welding the seams so I ground them clean but then just ended up tacking them at the ends. All is well though, they forged together well.
@@isaacbenrubi9613 I'm sure you can twist TOO much. I would say that more than about 4 or 5 twists per inch and you're starting to get into that territory of too much. As for Chubby Checker, I'm sure he watched my videos and approves. 😜
so turning them 180 degrees over will have them looking twisted the same way anyway, that's cool what if you hot cut and fold them instead? still same way twist?
Hey Denis I really like the beginner series videos where you made damascus with a hammer and anvil. I know they are a pain to make, but since I don’t have a press they really help. Keep up the great work!
Those videos are great for basic patterns. Now we're going to start getting into more complex patterns and you really need a press or power hammer. It's just not that realistic to be hammering 3" thick stacks with a hand hammer. Thanks for watching, Brody!
Love all your tutorials. I’ve got my basic equipment to start making knives. Definitely not you scale of equipment, but I’ve seen your videos where it doesn’t require a lot of money just to start. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to the Fantasy build off with your fellow TH-camr’s. Have a Great Weekend
Just pay attention to your thickness and allow for grinding into the pattern. This is one you definitely need to forge thick and grind thinner. Thanks for watching, Ben.
@@TyrellKnifeworks Got some twist going and rounded the edges like you said and worked great. Also after squaring I put more flat stock, forge welded and re twisted. Will repeat that process 4 times and see what it looks like :)
@@the_fafologist Sounds cool. I've never done a compound twist like that. It should be interesting. Send me a pic of the completed knife for Viewer Knives. 👍🏻
It was a pretty easy build, that twisting machine. It sure beats hand twisting. When I did the twist forthe Katana, I almost passed out! 🤣. Thanks for watching, buddy!
Non vedo l'ora di vedere come continua 😁sto provando il disegno a piuma ma farlo a mano mi si staccano alcune saldature quando arrivo alle W sarebbe bello se tu lo facessi
Yeah it sure does. I'm actually from Toronto so I know what fall colors look like but Jerid is native Californian so he was impressed with all the color. 👍🏻
Hey Denis -- great instructional video as usual. Learning a lot from this series and am actually in process of making my first sword and first Turkish twist. The blade will be about 32" long with three twisted bars in the middle and a bar of 80CRV2 above and below the twists for the edges. I went with the 5/8" bar as described in this video but am a little nervous about forge welding 5 high by ~20" long. Any advice on this? I planned on a few tack welds along the length since I will be grinding a good bit into the finished billet to expose the pattern. Any thoughts? Thank you Sir!
The hardest part is going to forge weld something that large. If you can’t hear the whole thing at once you’re going to build scale at the places you aren’t forging at that heat and it will be difficult. I would weld ALL the seams to prevent that. Tig weld them if you can, not just tack them. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
@@TyrellKnifeworks Thanks Denis, that makes sense. Going to take my time setting this one up. I don’t have a TIG but maybe this is a good excuse to get that $200 Vevor your reviewed.
There have been lots of episodes where many of the smiths are beyond my caliber. Remember it's a game show and the time limit is the deciding factor. They don't have unlimited time like I do to produce something. Some day I'll get on the show. 🤞🏻. Thanks for watching, Logan.
I have a stupid question. Why knives? Twisting together 4,5 or 6 bands of damaskus historically has been used for forging GUN BARRELS. Sometimes polygonal gun barrels. And at least two hundred years before Whitworth. P.S. This was rhetorical question.
That knife looks great love the pattern on it and I've seen your video on the spear a nother great job you need to get a hold of Tim Wells he hunts with bow and arrow,and spears because that spear you made looks like it would through big game and stick them in place and you axe great job on it and some of your other videos you do a very good job plus get a heat shield for it that it don't overheat ha ha have a Bless day and God Bless
What do you do about that borax on your dies I’ve noticed that stuff gets pressed so deep into your billet it looks like it bonds with the steel? And it’s super hard to get off dies. Any suggestions?
Once you start pressing hot steel that doesn't have borax, it tends to just burn off. If it doesn't, throw a bit of water on it before you start pressing and that will usually pop it off.
I didn't really do any drop forging by the definition. Twisting would be considered a different process. If I had patterned dies then maybe you could consider it drop forging. Thanks for watching!
@@TyrellKnifeworksto clarify, it's a joke. It's what we, in my shop, call it when we repeatedly drop the billet while we are trying to do something with it on the anvil. Sorry, my humor doesn't always translate well to text.
Sorry, I don’t take custom orders. I just sell what I make for the channel. My builds go up for sale to Patreon members first and only if not sold will they go to the public. Thanks for watching
I didn't quite finish this but I think you get the idea. You'll see it finished in a future build. Any questions about twist I didn't cover?
Real question: Is there a "max" twist you can get? IE: if you twist too much you lose definition of the pattern?
BS Question: Did Chubby Checker approve of you doing the twist? There's a whole song about it.
I am wondering why you ground only the sides of your three bars; when you welded them together the twist looked like two parallel lines running down the billet meeting each other.
@@brysonalden5414 Actually all sides of twisted bars were ground, but thats generally not necessary. You're going to forge them anyway. I was contemplating tig welding the seams so I ground them clean but then just ended up tacking them at the ends. All is well though, they forged together well.
@@isaacbenrubi9613 I'm sure you can twist TOO much. I would say that more than about 4 or 5 twists per inch and you're starting to get into that territory of too much. As for Chubby Checker, I'm sure he watched my videos and approves. 😜
so turning them 180 degrees over will have them looking twisted the same way anyway, that's cool
what if you hot cut and fold them instead? still same way twist?
Congrats on 200k! It’s a testament to how well done and appreciated your work is. Thank you for letting us learn from you!
Thanks for following the channel! ❤️
Hey Denis
I really like the beginner series videos where you made damascus with a hammer and anvil. I know they are a pain to make, but since I don’t have a press they really help. Keep up the great work!
Those videos are great for basic patterns. Now we're going to start getting into more complex patterns and you really need a press or power hammer. It's just not that realistic to be hammering 3" thick stacks with a hand hammer. Thanks for watching, Brody!
@@TyrellKnifeworks I’ll take that as a challenge
Great video.....and timely. I have been looking at trying this type of twist for a while here.
Time to give it a shot, Brian! 👍
Thanks again for all three great info!
Thanks for watching all these, Stephen!
Love all your tutorials. I’ve got my basic equipment to start making knives. Definitely not you scale of equipment, but I’ve seen your videos where it doesn’t require a lot of money just to start. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to the Fantasy build off with your fellow TH-camr’s. Have a Great Weekend
make sure to get the forge really hot before starting and remember to soak the billet (issues i had starting out)
Thanks for following the channel, Gina! I’m glad it’s been helpful for you.
@@zarathean8758 ty so much will do for sure
@@TyrellKnifeworks thank you 🙏🏻
Now that is way cool! I look forward to seeing that knife complete.
I may do part 2 for next week's video. I'll see. Thanks for watching, Brian.
@@TyrellKnifeworks Good deal. I'm sure it will look fantastic
Love the twist damascus cant wait for the finished build 👌🔥
I'm going to try to do part 2 for next week. Thanks for watching.
Actually the pattern I am about to do next, awesome video thanks again!
Just pay attention to your thickness and allow for grinding into the pattern. This is one you definitely need to forge thick and grind thinner. Thanks for watching, Ben.
I need to get some more twist going and see what kind of cool things I can make. As always you did an amazing job explaining.
Thanks for checking out this video!
@@TyrellKnifeworks Got some twist going and rounded the edges like you said and worked great. Also after squaring I put more flat stock, forge welded and re twisted. Will repeat that process 4 times and see what it looks like :)
@@the_fafologist Sounds cool. I've never done a compound twist like that. It should be interesting. Send me a pic of the completed knife for Viewer Knives. 👍🏻
These are excellent tutorials! And I’m digging that twist machine you made!
Thanks, Spencer! It was an easy build too! 👍🏻
another awesome video cant wait to try it out i need to make 1 of those twisting machines for sure thanks Denis Mark 😀👍👍
It was a pretty easy build, that twisting machine. It sure beats hand twisting. When I did the twist forthe Katana, I almost passed out! 🤣. Thanks for watching, buddy!
Excellent job as always. I almost feel obligated to make a turkish twist blade after watching this video.
Do it, Nick! Just peruse Michael Quesenberry's site and you'll be inspired! 😉
Cool as always.
Thanks for following along!
Love these videos!
Thanks for checking them out, Daryl!
Also great job on the billet and the camera work your getting really good at photography!
Thank you! I try to get better each time. I appreciate you watching!
Congrats on 200k subs!
Thank you!
Fun stuff! Thanks Denis 🤘
Thanks for checking this one out, Matt! I will finish this one and they you guys will see what it can really look like! 👍🏻
@@TyrellKnifeworks looking forward to it as always Sir. 🤘
Tyell, you're sure teaching me a LOTS. You copper videos got me starting forging some CuMia. Thank you for the videos.
Thanks for following the channel, Ken!
Got it, thank you.
Non vedo l'ora di vedere come continua 😁sto provando il disegno a piuma ma farlo a mano mi si staccano alcune saldature quando arrivo alle W sarebbe bello se tu lo facessi
Dimostrerò il motivo a piume come parte di questa serie. Grazie per la visione!
Really nice !!!
Thanks for taking a look!
It's awesome!
Thanks for checking it out!
Nice video🙂
Thanks for taking a look!
The Hudson Valley explodes with color this time of year.
Yeah it sure does. I'm actually from Toronto so I know what fall colors look like but Jerid is native Californian so he was impressed with all the color. 👍🏻
@@TyrellKnifeworks Across the lake from me.
This man’s so tough he could wipe sharpie off a surface with his finger
Ha, only sometimes... that shit seems to be more permanent when you don't want it to be! Thanks for watching.
Hey Denis -- great instructional video as usual. Learning a lot from this series and am actually in process of making my first sword and first Turkish twist. The blade will be about 32" long with three twisted bars in the middle and a bar of 80CRV2 above and below the twists for the edges. I went with the 5/8" bar as described in this video but am a little nervous about forge welding 5 high by ~20" long. Any advice on this? I planned on a few tack welds along the length since I will be grinding a good bit into the finished billet to expose the pattern. Any thoughts? Thank you Sir!
The hardest part is going to forge weld something that large. If you can’t hear the whole thing at once you’re going to build scale at the places you aren’t forging at that heat and it will be difficult. I would weld ALL the seams to prevent that. Tig weld them if you can, not just tack them. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
@@TyrellKnifeworks Thanks Denis, that makes sense. Going to take my time setting this one up. I don’t have a TIG but maybe this is a good excuse to get that $200 Vevor your reviewed.
Thank you 👍
Thanks for watching!
I would love to watch a Forged In Fire with four smiths of your caliber going up against each other.
There have been lots of episodes where many of the smiths are beyond my caliber. Remember it's a game show and the time limit is the deciding factor. They don't have unlimited time like I do to produce something. Some day I'll get on the show. 🤞🏻. Thanks for watching, Logan.
I have a stupid question. Why knives? Twisting together 4,5 or 6 bands of damaskus historically has been used for forging GUN BARRELS. Sometimes polygonal gun barrels. And at least two hundred years before Whitworth.
P.S. This was rhetorical question.
Ha, Damascus was used for knives and swords before gunpowder was even invented. Thanks for watching
good explanations and theory like usual. how much scrap should you plan for in twist as opposed to other types?
I’ve never figured out exactly but it’s probably 2x-3x more ground off than other basics patterns like ladder and raindrop. I hope that helps.
Thank you
Thanks for following along, Ryan!
That knife looks great love the pattern on it and I've seen your video on the spear a nother great job you need to get a hold of Tim Wells he hunts with bow and arrow,and spears because that spear you made looks like it would through big game and stick them in place and you axe great job on it and some of your other videos you do a very good job plus get a heat shield for it that it don't overheat ha ha have a Bless day and God Bless
Thanks for following the channel, Dale!
What do you do about that borax on your dies I’ve noticed that stuff gets pressed so deep into your billet it looks like it bonds with the steel? And it’s super hard to get off dies. Any suggestions?
Once you start pressing hot steel that doesn't have borax, it tends to just burn off. If it doesn't, throw a bit of water on it before you start pressing and that will usually pop it off.
Ok thanks for your advice as always!
Thank you, for theory
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
Would a higher layer count need more twists? Great video
No, not really. Higher layer just makes the lines a little finer. Thanks for watching.
The "Gold Standard" of Turkish twist is made by Jerry Rados. Jerry set the bar 30 years ago.
I don’t think I’ve seen his work. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for watching.
I introduced Kyle Royer to Jerry one time and Kyle said - "Jerry makes the Turkish Twist all the rest of us wish we could."@@TyrellKnifeworks
Denis, we call that drop forging and it's an industry secret, so, shhh! Stop showing people our super secret knife making methods!
I didn't really do any drop forging by the definition. Twisting would be considered a different process. If I had patterned dies then maybe you could consider it drop forging. Thanks for watching!
@@TyrellKnifeworksto clarify, it's a joke. It's what we, in my shop, call it when we repeatedly drop the billet while we are trying to do something with it on the anvil. Sorry, my humor doesn't always translate well to text.
@@bjornronaldson6017 Ohhhhh....I get it! I forgot about the dropping. hahaha.. sorry.
@@TyrellKnifeworks not a worry at all. My apologies for failing at funny!
Can you make the Zoro's Shusui from One Piece with copper damascus? always was made with painting but I think you can make a master piece
I don't really like to do replicas. Thanks for watching, Francisco.
How can I order a knife from you?
Sorry, I don’t take custom orders. I just sell what I make for the channel. My builds go up for sale to Patreon members first and only if not sold will they go to the public. Thanks for watching
I see what you did at 13:36. Naughty boy.
Thanks for watching!
Even tho it was twisted in the wrong direction, couldn't you just flip it over and the twists would alternate?
Watch the beginning of the video, I explain why that doesn't work. You can't just flip it over. Thanks for watching, Jonathan.
In the Middle Ages, while iron swords were used in Europe, the Turks were making steel swords.
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cooooool
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🦍
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Dident sees it if filming , bad camera positioning 👍🏼
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Awesome ⚒⛓
Thanks for watching!