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Don't know when Eli is gonna understand that literally posting anything at this point is better than nothing. Just an entertaining dude with a cool job.
At this point the only problem is that I've had so many knife commissions that I can't afford the time to make videos about anything else, and I'm just sorta burnt out on knife videos at the moment. But the great news is, I've only got 1 more to make before I can get back to just doing fun stuff I love.
agreed, the man is hilarious so I don't mind waiting 6 months for a 3 minute video in where he and Nick are drinking a glass of water and talking about the grass length
I agree, love anything Eli uploads and usually jump on it the second I get the notification. However, I didn't get a notification for this video and it's been two days and I just barely checked the channel cause I figured I'd go back to watch some old stuff, and just barely found this upload. I wonder if the algorithm isn't happy with our favorite guy that makes totally normal sized things.
Dead ass when I got insomina back in high-school I didn't find anime movies as relaxing so like I couldn't just watch pokemon movies to fall asleep so I searched for a way to fall relax my mind and eventually I decided to watch blacksmiths and other types of building channels and his videos were one of the few that could focus my mind and clear it enough I could relax to sleep.
Over all these years, your content has stayed so consistently entertaining, enlightening, and hilarious that no matter how much time there is between your uploads, I always find myself looking forward to the next ZNA video and being elated to find that you uploaded, and I know a lot of other people feel the same way. You da man, Eli.
I'd love to see eli in a cnc shop. It'll either be pure chaos or he'd learn a lot. He already figured out calipers. Micrometer is next on the list right?
You have an amazing talent combining epic hobbies with hilarious humor and memes, and it makes you a one of a kind TH-camr. You can find hundreds of knifemaking videos, but none like this!
A new ZNA upload? Ya love to see it Also it’s both funny and unfortunate how many times your belt sanders blow out. Really starting to become a long family history of burny sanders
I've been watching you since quite literally the beginning and always get cheered up by watching your content. I do go back and watch you previous videos too from time to time. Thank you! I actually managed to save my marriage today so this particular video will be a personal favorite.
Eli, been watching and subscribed for several years now. These goofy, random videos of just catching up on projects bring me back to the early days of your channel in the best way. They're engaging, and still take us through your process. Love the content, keep up the good work.
I just wanted to congratulate you man. You got a new video out about one month after the last video. That's pretty good for this channel. That being said, no one can predict accurately what's going on in your life except you. So don't let the lack of uploads get you down. What matters is everything you DO upload is top quality. I can appreciate that.
Gosh darn it, I love this channel. In a purely platonic way. The waits are worth it. And so are the weights. But the latter ones make my body hurt. The former ones… just make my heart hurt.
My guy I've been watching your videos for years and I kinda fell off youtube for a bit, I coincidentally stumbled across this tonight on my birthday and it made me so happy you've come a really long way. Its been a blast seeing you grow and myself grow at the same time I'm really proud of you and how far your skills have come.
Dude, you’ve always been one of the coolest cats on this site. A humor style that feels so natural and effortless for you. You’re always gonna be on the list of people that are in a totally different league as far as being *cool*, and charismatic, all so naturally. It’s a breath of fresh air to enjoy your presence. A rare breed is ye. Wish I had friends like you. (Or friends at all)
Honestly the only thing this channel needs is more content. The videos are always great the unique sense of humor is something that makes you come back for more. I guess the next big step would be hiring an editor if at all possible
Primitive Technology just recently came back after taking 2 years off over covid. Honestly I don't care how long you are gone for I'm gonna watch the video when it comes out.
Just kinda dawned on me that I’ve been watching your videos for nearly a decade now, and you’re still my favorite youtuber Eli. Thank you for the years of entertainment:)
A ZNA damascus steel making video would be super fun (epic). The trials and tribulations would make it that much more entertaining. Wouldn't even need to make a knife, just a billet.
Just finished making my first ever shield. Big thanks to you man Eli, your video on the heater shield helped immensely with everything. (Shield is the sunlight shield from dark souls for those curious)
Eli, I’m not sure you partake in the ingesting of snoops bunion or not, but your videos are a stoners delight. The chill music and cool guy memes while making some quality blades is an art form, and the nord vpn ad that was actually entertaining was the cherry on top👌
What i learned from will stelter is that to fit uo the handle more easily and nicer, use a piece of leather as a buffer, that can compress and make an even tighter conection
Your videos are always super entertaining and I always thought it looked really difficult to put together all the different scenes, memes, cuts and music. After doing it myself for 2 months now I finally get it dude, you really honed your craft and I gotta It’s super inspiring watching you grow all these years. Im a big fan dude, I hope you’re still having fun doing this after all this time cause I know I am watching these videos 🤟🏽
You remind me so much of the weird stuff I would make when I was younger so really I don't care what you're doing, I'll always find it interesting and usually funny
Idea - what about a pair of fighting gloves? Ie tough material so you could deflect blades if needed, and some knuckle enhancement (metal, lead shot, etc) to protect your hands and make your punches harder. Would be a perfect addition to some of your other armour videos.
I know it would probably be a lot of work, but I would love to see a video that goes over your editing process. I'm getting into video editing myself and I find that watching others edit gives me inspiration or tips to improve my own work. Your own style of editing actions to the beat or notes in a song is basically what I dedicated my first real project to learn/do. Great video and MINTY FRESH KNIFE BRO, keep it up!
instead of threading the bottom guard, you should make a pommel/end cap type thing and thread that to sandwich it all together. Way easier to make sure everything stays aligned in the fit up without sacrificing any strength
Eli the Burnished has inspired me to get a lathe and dump an unreasonable amount of time into rebuilding it. Maybe i'll burnish my head and start working out too.
Duuudddeeee I’ve missed your vids! I don’t care if it’s knife or weapon or Barby doll or anti clause or whatever make a video you’re going to enjoy making that’s what we like watching. Stuff that you enjoy! Any way love the vid (also I do like knife making not that it’s a bad video lol)
TH-cam must be pullin some shenanigans for you to only have 7.6k views after literally 3 days. This is ridiculous. Great video, Eli! I always love your content.
Honestly man I love your content and I wish I was as talented as you are. If you're tired of making knives and swords and stuff like that go back to building or refurbishing old furniture. God I loved watching you build the barn door and even the end table you made out of a car jack was cool too. Do what makes you happy man really but just know I love watching work. Everything you've made this far has been beautiful do NOT stop making stuff.
those bubbles happen when you quench in oil and it comes from the oil moving around a lot differently than water. the surface of the metal, if quenched at a good heat, is almost melting and is extremely malleable and moves around with the oil. it literally pushes the surface around and makes that cool pattern which could be desirable if consistent and present throughout. at least, that's my opinion on it, if you don't like the spots, you don't have to keep them.
I wonder if he's thought of revamping the leg armor skirt thing from a couple years back. It was a cool concept but i think he could make one hell of a piece now with his leather skills
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Love your content dude, keep it up! Dont worry about feeding the TH-cam algorithm, people will come back regardless of Wojecki
Sword?
Two knives this is madness 😣😣😣
Where did you get the buble joke. Pure genius
Can you go over the draw weight of all your crossbows please.
Don't know when Eli is gonna understand that literally posting anything at this point is better than nothing. Just an entertaining dude with a cool job.
At this point the only problem is that I've had so many knife commissions that I can't afford the time to make videos about anything else, and I'm just sorta burnt out on knife videos at the moment. But the great news is, I've only got 1 more to make before I can get back to just doing fun stuff I love.
agreed, the man is hilarious so I don't mind waiting 6 months for a 3 minute video in where he and Nick are drinking a glass of water and talking about the grass length
@@ZNA_Productions yay, but I agree with op, you could literally post your Minecraft series again and I'd watch it
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I agree, love anything Eli uploads and usually jump on it the second I get the notification. However, I didn't get a notification for this video and it's been two days and I just barely checked the channel cause I figured I'd go back to watch some old stuff, and just barely found this upload. I wonder if the algorithm isn't happy with our favorite guy that makes totally normal sized things.
zna productions is good for falling asleep while staying completely entertained
The Bob Ross of smithing
its his luteous voice plus the sound of grinding metal
Dead ass when I got insomina back in high-school I didn't find anime movies as relaxing so like I couldn't just watch pokemon movies to fall asleep so I searched for a way to fall relax my mind and eventually I decided to watch blacksmiths and other types of building channels and his videos were one of the few that could focus my mind and clear it enough I could relax to sleep.
Well said.
Totally agree 👍 good tracks I can sleep to.
Over all these years, your content has stayed so consistently entertaining, enlightening, and hilarious that no matter how much time there is between your uploads, I always find myself looking forward to the next ZNA video and being elated to find that you uploaded, and I know a lot of other people feel the same way.
You da man, Eli.
I don’t think you could have put that any more perfect, you da MAN, Eli!
Agreeeeeeeeed! lol
11:48 totally expected "alright guys, I think this knife came out quite nice, thank you for watching" and the video would just end
Eli, the quality of your videos gets more epic every time. It’s the best part of my every month and a half
Man, I love watching people making knives. No cap, no joke, peak content is achieved when completing good looking cutting implements.
"Knife companies want to make this one simple hack illegal! Three easy steps to make a knife out of a knife!"
But seriously, great results!
As a machinist, I think I almost died watching you hand tap sideways, and then chase a thread on a non cylindrical diameter.
Haha yeah ikr. I know what these words mean.
I'd love to see eli in a cnc shop. It'll either be pure chaos or he'd learn a lot. He already figured out calipers. Micrometer is next on the list right?
@@samreddig8819 He might be able to do some pretty cool things on a bridgeport. Or even do some fancy engraving on a prototrak.
@@Mint_drake probably. Brigeports are how I started. As long as it's in good shape. Nothing feels worse than a poorly maintained brigeport.
@@samreddig8819 a poorly maintained lathe is scarier though.
You have an amazing talent combining epic hobbies with hilarious humor and memes, and it makes you a one of a kind TH-camr. You can find hundreds of knifemaking videos, but none like this!
Don’t worry another part will come out in about a year 👀
You're being too optimistic bro
Glad to see you gaining the confidence to break that buy-break-replace cycle. Good for the environment AND your wallet :)
i always love when you post you always make my day, finding you online was a blessing from God keep up the good content
the sandpaper part in 7:15 is such a beautiful detail and I appreciate how much effort you put into these edits ❤
A new ZNA upload? Ya love to see it
Also it’s both funny and unfortunate how many times your belt sanders blow out. Really starting to become a long family history of burny sanders
Eli’s yearly video, this is epic
I've been watching you since quite literally the beginning and always get cheered up by watching your content. I do go back and watch you previous videos too from time to time. Thank you!
I actually managed to save my marriage today so this particular video will be a personal favorite.
Eli, been watching and subscribed for several years now. These goofy, random videos of just catching up on projects bring me back to the early days of your channel in the best way. They're engaging, and still take us through your process. Love the content, keep up the good work.
I just wanted to congratulate you man. You got a new video out about one month after the last video. That's pretty good for this channel.
That being said, no one can predict accurately what's going on in your life except you. So don't let the lack of uploads get you down.
What matters is everything you DO upload is top quality. I can appreciate that.
Your videos are all so dangerously cozy. Absolutely comfy, basically blanky mode the youtube channel. Bless!
You never expect so many memes in a blacksmithing video.
Always loved this channel because you not only explain mostly how to do something, but WHY you do each thing for a build
Gosh darn it, I love this channel. In a purely platonic way. The waits are worth it. And so are the weights. But the latter ones make my body hurt. The former ones… just make my heart hurt.
Man I never would have known that you could make 2 knives using a workshop and 2 knives. Its magic
It always brightens my day when a ZNA productions video shows up in my notifications.
My guy I've been watching your videos for years and I kinda fell off youtube for a bit, I coincidentally stumbled across this tonight on my birthday and it made me so happy you've come a really long way. Its been a blast seeing you grow and myself grow at the same time I'm really proud of you and how far your skills have come.
Happy birthday cousin
I don’t know what’s better the knifes or the editing, great video man!
Dude, you’ve always been one of the coolest cats on this site. A humor style that feels so natural and effortless for you. You’re always gonna be on the list of people that are in a totally different league as far as being *cool*, and charismatic, all so naturally. It’s a breath of fresh air to enjoy your presence. A rare breed is ye. Wish I had friends like you. (Or friends at all)
Honestly the only thing this channel needs is more content. The videos are always great the unique sense of humor is something that makes you come back for more. I guess the next big step would be hiring an editor if at all possible
Primitive Technology just recently came back after taking 2 years off over covid. Honestly I don't care how long you are gone for I'm gonna watch the video when it comes out.
Primitive technology took off for a sweet book/media deal.
Just kinda dawned on me that I’ve been watching your videos for nearly a decade now, and you’re still my favorite youtuber Eli. Thank you for the years of entertainment:)
the day Eli stops making videos is the day i die. hes the only guy i know that can upload months apart and ill still be exited to see his new stuff.
These videos are oddly relaxing. Just good videos to chill and unwind with
This channel is always nice to fall asleep to. I get to watch the builds while I'm awake and get to listen to some vibin music as I sleep.
Every day I lust for tread plate armour.
I never get tired of seeing your cardboard mic.
P.s - your cat seems philosophical with a quote like that 😂
holy shit, is this home made bullet proof vest dude. He always chooses sweet beats for his vids
A ZNA damascus steel making video would be super fun (epic). The trials and tribulations would make it that much more entertaining. Wouldn't even need to make a knife, just a billet.
Just finished making my first ever shield. Big thanks to you man Eli, your video on the heater shield helped immensely with everything.
(Shield is the sunlight shield from dark souls for those curious)
Can't say enough how much I love the reaction gifs.
Eli, I’m not sure you partake in the ingesting of snoops bunion or not, but your videos are a stoners delight. The chill music and cool guy memes while making some quality blades is an art form, and the nord vpn ad that was actually entertaining was the cherry on top👌
What i learned from will stelter is that to fit uo the handle more easily and nicer, use a piece of leather as a buffer, that can compress and make an even tighter conection
Every night I open TH-cam and every night I close TH-cam. Tonight I open TH-cam and I watch a ZNA video.
Tonight is great!
Bro Eli’s videos are so feel good, just a genuinely good time
You randomly popped into my head today and I’ve just been watching your videos all day. Great stuff!
"I made a knife!"
"What did you make it out of?"
"A knife!"
Love the microphone, totally sold the rest of the show😂
“If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”
Unless it’s broke, then fix it.
I’m so happy you’re still going man. I love seeing new uploads
"gosh darnit i know a mini water heater when i see one..." hilarious lmfao
Sandpaper @ 7:15, gorgeous edit.
Your videos are always super entertaining and I always thought it looked really difficult to put together all the different scenes, memes, cuts and music. After doing it myself for 2 months now I finally get it dude, you really honed your craft and I gotta It’s super inspiring watching you grow all these years. Im a big fan dude, I hope you’re still having fun doing this after all this time cause I know I am watching these videos 🤟🏽
"They say he carved it himself... Out of a bigger spoon!"
😂
you knife making skills have increased dramatically over the past year or so
Honestly would watch the hell outta a livestream from the workshop some day
Dude we love literally everything you upload. Just upload! And God Bless.
You remind me so much of the weird stuff I would make when I was younger so really I don't care what you're doing, I'll always find it interesting and usually funny
Idea - what about a pair of fighting gloves? Ie tough material so you could deflect blades if needed, and some knuckle enhancement (metal, lead shot, etc) to protect your hands and make your punches harder. Would be a perfect addition to some of your other armour videos.
I know it would probably be a lot of work, but I would love to see a video that goes over your editing process. I'm getting into video editing myself and I find that watching others edit gives me inspiration or tips to improve my own work. Your own style of editing actions to the beat or notes in a song is basically what I dedicated my first real project to learn/do. Great video and MINTY FRESH KNIFE BRO, keep it up!
Excellent video Eli!
The Bublé “chestnuts” made me spit up my drink. Thanks for that
Finally nonlethalbychoice is back
instead of threading the bottom guard, you should make a pommel/end cap type thing and thread that to sandwich it all together. Way easier to make sure everything stays aligned in the fit up without sacrificing any strength
That little zna productions logo on the sheath was super cool!
"but eli" said the web developer who works at a desk all day. "Shouldn't you just tap a little nut to go on the end instead of tapping the guard?"
Eli the Burnished has inspired me to get a lathe and dump an unreasonable amount of time into rebuilding it. Maybe i'll burnish my head and start working out too.
My favorite person ever! Freaking dude is hilarious! 9:04 bahahahaha
I have no desire to make weapons yet I have been watching this man for like 4 years now
I saw the notification, got a bowl of cereal, and enjoyed the show. 10/10 would watch buff boi again
Duuudddeeee I’ve missed your vids! I don’t care if it’s knife or weapon or Barby doll or anti clause or whatever make a video you’re going to enjoy making that’s what we like watching. Stuff that you enjoy! Any way love the vid (also I do like knife making not that it’s a bad video lol)
Thinking quickly, Dave constructs a homemade megaphone using only a string, a squirrel, and a megaphone.
the timing on this upload goodness. I just spent an hour binging uploads i miss and now look at this.
I am a simple man. I see a video from ZNA, I like.
TH-cam must be pullin some shenanigans for you to only have 7.6k views after literally 3 days. This is ridiculous. Great video, Eli! I always love your content.
Really lookin forward to that sword completion!!
Always remember there's no such thing as a mistake elli just happy accidents
I started watching you before I started watching forged in fire. Keep building, keep overcoming.
that epoxy explosive fart sound effect really got me
Honestly man I love your content and I wish I was as talented as you are. If you're tired of making knives and swords and stuff like that go back to building or refurbishing old furniture. God I loved watching you build the barn door and even the end table you made out of a car jack was cool too. Do what makes you happy man really but just know I love watching work. Everything you've made this far has been beautiful do NOT stop making stuff.
I always love seeing new videos. I’ve watched your channel longer than I’ve watched any other channel
feels like way longer than a month, had to watch the last video again, no complaints loved rewatching it
Why are his edits always just hardcore fire!!! Another amazing job buddy keep up the good work! Keep doing the Lord's work my Boi!!
those bubbles happen when you quench in oil and it comes from the oil moving around a lot differently than water. the surface of the metal, if quenched at a good heat, is almost melting and is extremely malleable and moves around with the oil. it literally pushes the surface around and makes that cool pattern which could be desirable if consistent and present throughout. at least, that's my opinion on it, if you don't like the spots, you don't have to keep them.
I love your editing style so much dude, goodness!
I wonder if he's thought of revamping the leg armor skirt thing from a couple years back. It was a cool concept but i think he could make one hell of a piece now with his leather skills
best thing ever is zna making a video at last
Holy smackrel! I was actually waiting for part 2!
Bruh the tiny water heater killed me 🤣🤣.
“ oh man guys don’t get too excited “ It’s too late I’m already too excited
The Alpha has returned
the scream mp3 i think is my favorite sound of the past couple years
Yo Eli, what's your routine for working forearms? I can never find any good workouts besides just barbell curls.
I look forward to you doing some fresh new stuff that gets your mojo in high gear
I knew it had been too long since I’ve seen your videos when I realized you had a real anvil in this video
I feel like you could make lots of money sharpening and fixing knives, even kitchen knives from chefs in your area
only youtuber that makes the ad reads entertaining (that ive seen)
What a nice pair of boots ya got there, be a shame if someone were to drill holes into the sole and put some bolts into em
I think you should participate on the show forged in fire. Your blade work is awesome
man them knives looking super clean
4:19 wow, it's some new for me