Wow they are some beautiful fighting knives. That dagger is beautiful. After making a few knives. I really appreciate how hard it is to make a dagger. Those ginds to a point is so hard by hand . It really makes me respect the old knife makers. Nowadays everything is CDC cut then grinded. Only the finsh edge grind is sometimes done by people. Thats why i don't try to buy expensive knives. They really aren't worth the price to me. Heat treatment on a production knife is 4 points. So it could be good or junk. I wanted to tell you a few years ago i bought a Chinese knife A8 steel. It was a clone of "scrapyard knives" which is a Busse knife company. The Dog soldier 7in blade in kydex dangler for $70. I got it to try the design and id never heard of the steel. Let me tell you i love this thing. It's really amazing. The steel is supposed to be tougher then 3v by a lot. The edge hasn't dulled hardly at all. I wanna get some of this steel. It also hasn't stained or rusted. A small discoloration by the tip is the only thing. It's a very easy steel to heat treat according to the websites. (Of course everything is easy until you do it) it appears to be like doing a basic carbon steel nothing extra needed. Anyway i meaning to tell you about that steel on your last video. My girlfriend got to taking while i was typing and i never finished my thoughts. Lol😅. That sharpening by sharpal is working out great as well. Its easier to use then the work sharp pocket sharpener and sharpal works on everything better in my opinion. Have a good one 👍
Thank you. They are beautiful knives. I’m glad to know that you made some knives, it’s an experience I would always recommend to anyone who loves knives. I also find the process soothing. I understand what you mean about modern production knives. Handling a good hand made knife has an indescribable quality. I wouldn’t say a soul but the maker has certainly imparted something into it. This is how I feel about these two knives. I don’t know if my own knives have that quality but I hope they do to anyone that handles them in the future. I don’t think I’ve heard of A8. I’ve gotten fixated on a few steels for the longest time. I looked it up a bit and yes, it seems like a really good steel, very tough with good edge retention. I’ll look into it more later on, thank you for mentioning it, you were the one who mentioned 80crv2 to me and I’m glad you did. I don’t know if I’ll ever do my own heat treating in the future but it’s nice to know about some steels that I can start with if I ever do. Hope you have a great weekend.
Nice. I didn’t know about them until I found one in a flea market. So when I started looking for them on eBay they were already scarce. But now, yeah, you don’t see them at all.
Short rapier is a really good description since it’s predominantly good for thrusting and it has most of its cutting capacity at its point. What’s interesting to me is that I don’t think I have seen this blade profile before, like a stretched out Bowie. I don’t think I would have ever came up with this design myself.
@@totesmalotes it really strikes me how people back then did good designs in meh (by today's standards) materials. And now its mostly meh designs in good materials.
@@totesmalotes thank you. I finally made a knife for myself and im in love with it. It came out how it was supposed to. Its been 2 years since i made previous one for myself.
@@rtknifeandsword9618 yes, I wish I knew what knife makers in the past knew. I should probably study medieval knife designs but I’m afraid that it would affect my personal creativity too much. My other option for designing unique self defense knives would be to get into knife fights which doesn’t sound like something I would enjoy or something I could do long term ha ha.
Wow they are some beautiful fighting knives.
That dagger is beautiful. After making a few knives. I really appreciate how hard it is to make a dagger. Those ginds to a point is so hard by hand . It really makes me respect the old knife makers.
Nowadays everything is CDC cut then grinded. Only the finsh edge grind is sometimes done by people.
Thats why i don't try to buy expensive knives. They really aren't worth the price to me.
Heat treatment on a production knife is 4 points. So it could be good or junk.
I wanted to tell you a few years ago i bought a Chinese knife A8 steel. It was a clone of "scrapyard knives" which is a Busse knife company. The Dog soldier 7in blade in kydex dangler for $70. I got it to try the design and id never heard of the steel.
Let me tell you i love this thing. It's really amazing. The steel is supposed to be tougher then 3v by a lot. The edge hasn't dulled hardly at all.
I wanna get some of this steel. It also hasn't stained or rusted. A small discoloration by the tip is the only thing.
It's a very easy steel to heat treat according to the websites. (Of course everything is easy until you do it) it appears to be like doing a basic carbon steel nothing extra needed.
Anyway i meaning to tell you about that steel on your last video. My girlfriend got to taking while i was typing and i never finished my thoughts. Lol😅. That sharpening by sharpal is working out great as well. Its easier to use then the work sharp pocket sharpener and sharpal works on everything better in my opinion.
Have a good one 👍
Thank you. They are beautiful knives. I’m glad to know that you made some knives, it’s an experience I would always recommend to anyone who loves knives. I also find the process soothing.
I understand what you mean about modern production knives. Handling a good hand made knife has an indescribable quality. I wouldn’t say a soul but the maker has certainly imparted something into it. This is how I feel about these two knives. I don’t know if my own knives have that quality but I hope they do to anyone that handles them in the future.
I don’t think I’ve heard of A8. I’ve gotten fixated on a few steels for the longest time. I looked it up a bit and yes, it seems like a really good steel, very tough with good edge retention. I’ll look into it more later on, thank you for mentioning it, you were the one who mentioned 80crv2 to me and I’m glad you did. I don’t know if I’ll ever do my own heat treating in the future but it’s nice to know about some steels that I can start with if I ever do. Hope you have a great weekend.
Nice ones. Marek blades are definitely hard to find now but worth it. I picked up several back when they were showing up on ebay years ago.
Nice. I didn’t know about them until I found one in a flea market. So when I started looking for them on eBay they were already scarce. But now, yeah, you don’t see them at all.
That is elegantly wicked bowie. Seems like a rapier in a compact package
Short rapier is a really good description since it’s predominantly good for thrusting and it has most of its cutting capacity at its point. What’s interesting to me is that I don’t think I have seen this blade profile before, like a stretched out Bowie. I don’t think I would have ever came up with this design myself.
Oh and I saw the knife you made with the baby blue handles and the fuller on only one side. It is beautiful.
@@totesmalotes it really strikes me how people back then did good designs in meh (by today's standards) materials. And now its mostly meh designs in good materials.
@@totesmalotes thank you. I finally made a knife for myself and im in love with it. It came out how it was supposed to. Its been 2 years since i made previous one for myself.
@@rtknifeandsword9618 yes, I wish I knew what knife makers in the past knew. I should probably study medieval knife designs but I’m afraid that it would affect my personal creativity too much. My other option for designing unique self defense knives would be to get into knife fights which doesn’t sound like something I would enjoy or something I could do long term ha ha.
do you consider this s type of bowie knife?
I do. Bowie knife is a pretty broad term and I would describe this knife as a Bowie.