Turning Rusty Small Files into a Sharp Dagger knife

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thank you all for watching.

[@noctismortis7349]

Could you do an in-depth presentation on your setup? I want to know what you use for a blower, the kind of fuel you use (I assume charcoal), how your furnace works, what exactly your crucibles are made out of, etc. Thanks! In any event keep making these crucible steel videos.

[@noctismortis7349]

also, what is that slurry and scraper you use to "sand" the knives?

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Cast iron lap

[@unknownperson6838]

Where did you get the materials for the crucible??

[@fz-makingknives3663]

the Internet

[@sambaggins2798]

All I can say is wow. That’s a beautiful knife. Being able to repurpose old files and have it all turn out so great. You are an artist!

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thanks 👍

[@퀀텀-e6o]

artist ~~

[@majesticbonsai6464]

I love your videos! Could you do a tutorial on exact products, ingredients, measurements, and temperatures for making wootz steel ? Your current videos on the subject are great but still leave some questions remaining. Thank you again for your wonderful videos and sharing your knife making skills.

[@weiyuan20]

Agreed!

[@charliebowen5071]

It’s not wootz or. Watered steel... sorry it’s a laminate bar...

[@Masterfighterx]

@@charliebowen5071 Can't comment on if it would be categorized as wootz or not, he takes files into a crucible instead of ore, but it doesn't look like he ever folds the steel, and the pattern in the steel at the end is how actual Damascus (Wootz) steel would look like, it's the alloys within the steel showing.

[@billhatcher2984]

I have never wanted a dager type of knife until this one it's beautiful

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[@vanillanut8908]

Can't believe that little ball stretches out into such a beautiful, long blade! Amazing, amazing!

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[@robvanza]

Very nice end result! Was surprised how nice the stained burl ended up! Very sleek design for quick results!! Well done!

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@dmw_cutlery]

The pattern in the wootz steel are awesome....Nice work 👍

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@DABBADAN666]

This would have to be the most incredible dagger I have ever seen. Most satisfying seeing that it comes from homemade crucible steel. Great job

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@dlbknives4869]

Love the pattern...you are unique here on TH-cam.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@mndlessdrwer]

I cannot overstate how beautiful the pattern is on this crucible steel that you're smelting. So lovely.

[@gurvinderkau1e5w18]

Beautiful dagger. Love the double edge👍👍🔥🔥

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@danielcordova2939]

That’s beyond beautiful. You take smithing to another level. Greetings from Ecuador.

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[@NicolaiTesla]

That’s a beauty. The burl wood handle’s gorgeous.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@thomaspaul311]

That burlwood grip is fantastic! Isn't it amazing how so many things in nature look like a camouflage pattern?

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[@toom4234]

well camo is meant to blend into nature so..

[@thomaspaul311]

@@toom4234 You don't say! ;)

[@toom4234]

@@thomaspaul311 woosh

[@lonelyplanet1080]

That wood you chose for the handle came out gorgeous looking... great job on that whole knife

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@PORSCHER911]

This is art! Amazing quality as usual.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@gordoxium]

Cant believe how satisfying actual smithing and forging is. Too many TH-camrs simply just cut out a form out of sheet metal and call it a day.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

👍👌

[@MarekTabi]

Another Nice job 👍😊

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@robiulhassan5803]

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[@markkhan2838]

Incredible! Love your work!

[@luizcarlosalvessantos7702]

Another jewel-level work. Awesome!

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thanks 😊

[@siem8160]

A superb design that mixes the ancient and the modern. I love it !

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@siem8160]

​@@fz-makingknives3663 Your work made me think of an ancient Roman dagger. It's impressive.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@DrDaveSalisburyPhDMBA]

Absolutely gorgeous workmanship…. But that handle… WOW!!!

[@richr7604]

Great job on the creating of your blades! Fantastic video!

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@aaref757]

You are such a creative knife maker ........enjoy watching your hand craft

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@mateusrodrigues1682]

Incredible work! Congratulations. From Brazil.

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Thanks 👍👋

[@Robin6512]

Simple a stunning WOW !!
This is beautiful.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thanks

[@petryshchenkov2008]

Great job 👍 Keep it up 💪

[@fz-makingknives3663]

👍😁

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[@joegutowski7782]

Absolutely gorgeous.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thank you 😊

[@RandomEngineer]

Great job Brother.Amazing.Enjoy a lot.Hope you also enjoy during making it

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@RandomEngineer]

@@fz-makingknives3663 Always Dear

[@vinn3327]

Love the Burl handle, have to try that with cherry red dye , beautiful work as always 👍

[@americanrebel413]

Very nice dagger my friend, Thank you. Great episode.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@olofekestubbe4659]

A really nice piece of artwork. Very nice.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@sleazy1drache]

Beautiful piece!

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@PourMeAnother]

Truly a masterful process!! I could watch you videos all day. I forged my first knife (not WOOTZ) yesterday. A few hundred more and I will be ready to try wootz, LOL

[@grabboyy3782]

One of best looking knife I've seen in a long time. Good work

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thank you ☺️

[@guillermoalfaro2714]

What's up, man? It's definitely a gorgeous knife 🔪 nice job 👍

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Amazing specialty the bulat steel pattern

[@fz-makingknives3663]

👍

[@preauxtip]

I'm just catching up to your channel and your results with crucible steel are incredible. In the few papers I've seen published on the subject it's often carbide precipitating alloy elements like vanadium that are believed to be one of the critical ingredients to forming the pearlite-carbide banding that is seen on classic wootz damascus. With your use of old tool steels do you know whether or not these contain trace amounts of vanadium or other alloying elements? Also I see you are adding additional carbon in the form of graphite during the crucible process to what I assume is already high carbon tool steels. Do you have any idea of the final carbon content of your steel?

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Yes. Our ingots have approximately 1.6 percent carbon

[@Petrovich-nord]

Файний ніж! Велике задоволення спостерігати за роботою майстра!

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Дякую

[@gthomas302]

That is such a cool knife.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thanks

[@thespectator2976]

Truly a piece of art.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@DavidsProfession]

Nice video you made...really liked it

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@markphillips3250]

Beautiful craftsmanship brother.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thank you 😊

[@joserodolfoaguirre4937]

Que excelente trabajo una joya te felicito 👌👌👌👌 gracias por compartirlo saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@fz-makingknives3663]

🖐️👍

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@chathurangapushpakumara9109]

Great job 👍👍👍👍sri lanka💐

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thanks 👍🖐️

[@Roman29.01.S]

Вітаю,вподобайка, гарний кінжал.

[@apadventure48]

That's a beautiful Dagger..

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thank you ☺️

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@dragonshadow3707]

Lovely work gorgeous dagger

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@albertdrover2604]

Nice work and a nice finish.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thanks

[@patrickdean9797]

very nice knife was not sure about tye dye on the burl handle it really brought the woods grain out very nice work you make some fantastic knives thank you for sharing them with us

[@kbye5323]

That is beautiful!

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

beautiful dagger

[@baboferro]

Grande lavoro Vitaly👍👍

[@fz-makingknives3663]

👍🍻

[@ДенисНовоженин-д1т]

Отличная работа!!!! Произведение искусства.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Спасибо

[@johnoconnor4941]

That is a beautiful blade my man. I got lost a bit when you blackened the handle. I thought why cover over the pretty Walnut like wood, but when you started sanding, oh my word what an effect. Just sub'd and ain't going anywhere. More please, I'm gonna sit back and go through your back catalogue.

[@skmunavvar]

Love you bro from India

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@scifi782]

Beautifully done, great job

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@scifi782]

@@fz-makingknives3663 thank you for sharing your talent and showing us how somethings can be done, and materials are used, looking forward to you next projects, may i ask, will you be making any sheaths or scabbards , display stands?

[@fz-makingknives3663]

👍

[@ВладимирБутусов-и2л]

Искусство. Подсел на Ваши ролики. Какая твёрдость у Ваших произведений?

[@fz-makingknives3663]

По-разному от 60 до 64

[@ВладимирБутусов-и2л]

@@fz-makingknives3663 Я заметил, рисунок на булате интересней, красивей получается из стали подшипника. Из сверл и напильников рисунок мельче. Браво художник! Жду новых шедевров и произведений искусства!

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Спасибо 👍

[@bryanduchane2371]

Amazed how little steel you loose when forging your blades. Very little impurities in your builds!!

[@guidobottos841]

Grande lavoro !un giorno cercherò di farlo anche io....grazie per la condivisione !
Saluti da Venezia, Italia !

[@fz-makingknives3663]

👍🖐️🍻

[@richardweilandt3315]

Beautiful dagger.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thanks 💪👍

[@eagleeatsmonkey3621]

beautifully done

[@JosueGOrtega]

Saludos desde Tijuana BC México!

[@larrybair8074]

Good job. You have a unique procedure for making Damascus.

[@caballitodehierro27]

Beautiful work as always

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@nickfish3545]

Beautiful piece of work

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[@sameguy6854]

Mutch love from Denmark

[@ElFelix-1-1]

Simplemente hermoso trabajo

[@thetigerstripes]

Very nice.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@suleymanalkan]

Thanks for your effort 👍

[@fz-makingknives3663]

👍

[@Handskemager]

Beautiful.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@АндрейСирый-к3е]

Очень изящное изготовление,смотрел с восторгом, что бывает редко.

[@marcelw6440]

Beautiful. Reminiscent of the Gerber Mark II.

[@ZyKnife]

Beautiful 👍👍

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[@butthedd0233]

BEAUTIFUL!!!

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[@paulorbuenod]

Amazing! Congrats

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@tinboy9626]

Cool knife

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[@JaskaranSingh-tt8jr]

Wow! Respect.

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[@oolabinside]

"Symply" the Best!!

[@appokenji2115]

I Like 👍

[@old-horse]

beautiful!

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

this is really cool.👍

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@icerazar713]

Beautiful work.👍

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@ТимурУмаргалиев]

Мощно, мощно!!!

[@sharkymax]

Nice work and nice product!

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@shanek6582]

I hope you’ll do a video on making those crucibles some day, subbed and waiting lol

[@fz-makingknives3663]

👍

[@Budivedder]

Nice work I like it

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@johncramer6305]

Great job! That's a beautiful knife. I just wish you did a sharpness demonstration to show off it's cutting edge.

[@maxdebastiani2543]

Wow, amazing work!

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@malnadwoodcorwingworks..7288]

Superb........

[@chandrashekarsrinivas8473]

Great job . nice dagger. Nice handle🙏👏👏👏👌🇮🇳

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@winkus8586]

The knife is just another good knife.
The wooden grip/handle are something.

[@sahabatkresek6336]

Amazing

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[@ройсджонс]

Вай красота какая! Шедевр 🤟👍профи молодцы.

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Спасибо 👍

[@123colinfrost]

Very nice

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@janerikkirkerud6804]

Amazing work

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@TCool-in2to]

You make the most awesome looking knives! I want to try something like this but I don’t really have the smelting situation figured out. Also need a good grinder 😔

[@omaralasmaee]

Nice and wonderful thing🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@custardthepipecat6584]

That’s great 😺

[@fz-makingknives3663]

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[@oneshotme]

Very nice but need a larger guard so not to cut yourself when plunging in something
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@fz-makingknives3663]

Thanks 👍