Make a Throwing Knife with Basic Tools!
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- In this video knifemaker Walter Sorrells shows how to make an extremely simple throwing knife using common tools found in most home shops.
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Yesterday, before I had seen this video i made my own throwing knife, using the same techniques as described in this video. Only I used a file and a waterstone for the edges. It was made from scrap metal and I also haven't heat threaded it. The next knife will be a little better thanks to this video! Thanks Mister Sorrells.
Mr. Sorrells is the cure to my knife making sorrows. Honestly! Thank you sir and keep 'em coming!
Nice design but there is use for that middle hole except of breaking the knife,) Definitely dont recommend do that next time ,)) Glad you tried that though
Your one of my favorite you tubers please keep up the good work.
Robert Maurin he’s not tho
@Robert Maurin he's knife throw expert and he just giving an advise bro.. I'm pretty sure he's not being mean at all
Thanks for the video, I work in a steel-cutting factory and I might try this in my breaks with some leftover scraps.
I just finished makeing my very first Throwing knife. It is a little rough to look at, but my third throw i hit the bullseye. I have never really made anything like this before and i am pretty excited i could do it. With your help of course. Thanks
I always freehand, thanks for the advice with the wood block
Great video! Throwing knives is how i got into making knives, they were too damn expensive to buy so i decided to try and make my own!
Pretty cool tips! Awesome project!
"Harder on your weak hand side" is an understatement. Even a well known knifemaker like the late Jody Samson had notoriously (some would say "trademark") uneven grinds.
If I knew the finish knife weight it would be helpful as I've got some coil spring for building several .About drilling in the start is smart. Big THANKS for teaching
You are a master of your art sir, it's a pleasure to see your work!
This was a great informational video. I really enjoyed the way it was explained!
Always fun watching you work.
Not a knife maker yet, just blacksmithing. Really great video thanks for sharing.
This video is more satisfying to watch than any movie I watched in 2022 😊👌
Woodprix is nice for that.
I really liked the ending theme music Walter, the knife wasn't too bad either!LOL JBAWA starts out "Just being a", you can finish it from there,I'm clicking the thumbs up! I always enjoy and learn from your videos.Gabby
Until you killed it. The knife or the tree?
Nice work. I don't have them tools. I do things the hard way with hand tools. That's all I have at the moment. Thanks for the tutorial
Just a comment on your presentation. It's very easy to listen to you. Have you ever considered voice over work, in general? I think you'd be very successful.
thanks walter, knew pretty much all you went over except the keeping the guide true, I caught your appearance on forged in fire last night! i was devastated in the outcome mate you seemed to be cruising it compared to everyone else better luck next time, cheers from down under.
Thanks a bunch, the hints you gave will surely help me along!! Even making one from a lawn mower blade.
Hey, did you ever get that one made out of a lawnmower blade? I've got an old lawnmower blade that I was thinking of working on this week end.
Thanks! Due to recent events in a country near me (Syria) I might need these.
Ironclad lol get fucked I love living in a safe country
Ironclad Not sure a knife will help with explosions but yeah sure... Whatever makes you feel safe xD (jk, seriously hope all goes well and gl)
Better trade your chiken for a ak74 on a market.
Some people...
duck and cover bro, if you have to get close enough for a throwing knife I hope you're well practiced. Additionally, make your self a machete, if their close enough to use it it will take them more time to swing their gun around a get off a clean shot than for you to chop off their arm or head. Hope it does not come to that for you and your loved ones. Prayers.
killer!! you are the best!!!!!
ive been making throwing knives out of saw blades they work fine im getting my hands on some better steel from the njsb and some new black smith cole for my forge. cant wait to get back out to the forge, this winter has been the worst. lol
looks like Bruce Willis. sounds like Philip Seymour Hoffman and you make knives... what a life you have.
Hey Walter, I wondered if you have any Admiral Steel Hitachi steel. I have 72" and the six that I decided to experiment with was 100% failure rate, forge welding it disintegrated inside the wrought iron jacket and forging the flat bar into a leaf shape at the tip it split. More experiments, me and dad watch you once a week together. Trappers, me and him feel your knives are practical for skinning.
Have you ever used a Filing jig? I've been making knives with files for a bit over a year & get pretty good results. Definitely easier for beginners than freehand grinding on bench grinder.
As usual Walter I always learn something from you.
Thanks
Looks like a good profile for a no spin thrower.
Hey Walter, I know you have a background in Sword making. Can you show how to forge a blade shaver and how to use it?
good tips thanks
Awesome series! cant wait to see cnc method
Feel like a kid again, how I miss those days. I was wondering if its possible to grind brittle steel and skipped the heat treatment process. As soon as I have the space, equipment and the time that was logically stolen from me. I will give it a try.
Great video! Very instructive.
Considering a file is hardened so it can cut other metals, it's also brittle. So a knife made from one should be tempered in an oven at a temperature of 400 degrees for one hour. Air cooled for ten minutes and reheated for another hour at 400 degrees.
So you going to show us your throwing style in this series Walter?
I'm a handle grip, no turn thrower myself.
Jack Dawg depends on the target and the distance for me. I throw with a spin but it is a calculated spin. most comfortably I throw from the tip.
Guys, i got a question.
When we throw something, does the heavier end tend to be at the front or does the lighter end tend to be at the front?
thanks again, Walter!
I literally just bought steel to make throwing knives yesterday! I'm teaching my mother to throw knives and she loves it and wanted to make her own knives..
QUESTION: Will "Plain steel" work for a thrower? I just grabbed what Lowes had a which is a 2x36x3mm flat bar labeled "plain steel" Obviously I'm not looking for edge retention but do you think it will break or keep a decent tip?
P.s. have you ever made throwing stars? I'm working on some K shaped ones for my mother, and I'd love to see you make a video on them. You always add a cool unique take on everything you do and I bet they'd be amazing!
Thanks, as always I learn a lot from you Walter and hope the best for you.
do the spark test mate, if you grind it and the sparks come off and explode at the end of the spark its high carbon, it should look like a sparkler crackle, if its soft steel it will just fly off no explosions.
Corey Townley Hmm, I've heard of that but never tried it.. I'll give that a go! Thanks. I have no idea how I'd heat treat this mystery steel so I'll have to just be careful not to "burn" the steel and anneal it.
like walter says use a magnet, when it stops being magnetic go a little bit further and then quench in warm oil, remember only to heat treat the blade and not tang, the tang is soft steel to absorb shock without it you will have a higher chance at shattering your blade on a throw. being such a short blade there is zero need to normalise the steel
Corey Townley Yeah but if it is file hard it will chip and break, it's the tempering I'm worried about. I'll just experiment with some smaller pieces and see what happens and after more knife making practice I'll buy some decent O1 or something easy to work with like that.
Thanks for the help, do you make knives?
danteelite it will bend the tip pretty quickly
A corded drill! I haven't seen one of those for a long time...
Very nice
I saw a cool vice on etsy that will hold any shape
i wish there were knife making classes. id totally sign up.
Donald Cho you just attended one..
Great video.
-- Wish you'd post the dimensions of the blanks you started with - especially the thicknes.
-- Would it be possible for you to trace the outlines of your knife and scan it into a PDF for download? Or after tracing the outline on a blank piece of paper, lay a ruler next to it and take a picture?
-- Can I quench with motor oil?
-- Any idea what the speed was on your bench grinder? The slowest so as not to heat up the blade?
Great video Walter!
How thick was your stock that you started with?
This mans and his HWEELS
Thanks for the great ideas ; don't laugh yet - this weekend I'm going to try my first build. I'll get my son to show me how to do the video , so I can send it to you - I'm old school ; then you can get your laugh on . Just don't be too hard on me . Like you said ; "it'll take practice...
Not to be needy, because this video as is was really helpful! thanks for this video!
awesome video.. thank you for sharing
What happens if you attempt to harden the same piece of steel more than 3-4 times?
Seeker85420 walter torches you with his oxycontin torch while saying "weren't you listening all this time!"
Bad dog. Go lay down in your corner.
Absolutely wonderful!!
Awesome! I was just doing this myself and was hoping you would make a video about it. I'm making mine from a cheap crowbar.
Tommy Walker make sure you have a scrap peice of the crow bar to test the hardening of the material. heat up a peice that is about the thickness of the blade and quench in oil. lock it in your vice and hit it until it snaps or bends. if it snaps, heat treat in oil. if it bends, try water quenching. if it still bends, you got the wrong steel.
Brandon Hobby Thanks, for the advice. I will do that.
Brandon Hobby thanks from me too, that's why i read the comments!!!
Oh, okay, you make throwing knives.
I was throwing a jack knife at 7, back in 1960.
Mr. Sorrells, thanks for putting your experince out here for those of us trying to learn the art of knifemaking. I just watched your making a throwing knife wideo. Your use of a peice of scrap as a grinding guide was a great inspiration, i have had troubles with getting my center ridge even and centered. I have noticed that as you progress with the grind, due to the devolping bevels, how the edge contacting the guide changes degree. What do you do the compensate for this? Just switched to freehand now that i had a flat to work off. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Experience*
Would a railroad spike be suitable for making a throwing knife out of?. I was not thinking to make the blade thin at all, just flatten the sides down a little
Great channel, love your videos! I'm really interested in Roman history and I'd love to see you make a Roman pugio. I don't know if it's your kind of thing but I'm sure you'd do an amazing job.
i like your vids a lot could you use regular mild steel or old lawnmower blades these are the things easeir for me to get also trying to locate some old leaf springs i like the way you put every thing in detale
nice work
Thank You Great Video 💪🔪❤️🙏
nice simple project ,,,, still dont overlook the humble flap disc in a 115mm grinder
awesome video as usual.
Damn you , now I anna start making knives. your videos are entertaining and educational, and I love to hate your skills
Awesome 👍 Thank you so much ☺️
2:20 Cutting oil wouldn't go amiss lol
You wasn't joking about how you used to throw knifes as a kid was you!!
He sure weren't! 😉
Hey Walter, Thanks for the great video ! ! One question though . . . . . why would you want to bevel a knife that requires a certain amount of weight for penetration. Do the bevels aid in the flight of the blade ? ? Just wondering.
Pretty damn cool, Mr. S........
won't the bevels be differnt because the grinding wheel gets worn away as you grind?
We're you stationed at ft carson? (Your shirt is from colorado springs ) your channel has got me into knife making. Thank you from a retired joe with nothing better to do with his free time. The ascent is an ass kicker. I try to get to the incline and barr trail a couple times a week.
This is definitely NOT the knife to choose to attempt to make for your first knife. The double bevel is nerve racking and by the time i got them remotely even, i had rounded off the tip.
Throwing knives may be in your blood, but if my past builds are any indication, there will be a bit of blood in my throwing knife.
You dipped the hot knive into an oil? Is it okay in every oil?
Could you anneal a vehicle leaf spring, work it then re-treat it?
Making the process a lot more complicated than it needs to be.
If the heat treat doesn't result in proper hardness, do you have to normalize the blade before re-treating?
Nope. When you reheat it to hardening temperature it will be softened some time ago. No need for normalizing.
DahVoozel am no expert but if you failed, would that be akin to normalizing it?
Cool young man
I need the will to do this
How about doing a video on how to throw a knife for us Kid's who want to know how. Thanks for the great video. Jim
Hey Walter, I like your videos. I was wondering if you could tell me why you make the throwing knives so short. I also watched your video on bo sherikens , I think you said to make them about 7" long. Again, I was wondering, why so short? I like my throwing knives that are 14" long the best. My 12" ones are about as short as I like. I even like my 16" throwing knife, but, I have a little bit of trouble with my targets. Yep, the problem is they just don't last very long. I don't really understand why people get so close to their targets, 15 or 20'... I just don't see much of a challenge or excitement in that. I am much more comfortable throwing from 45 or 50' away, a minimum of 40'... any closer than that just doesn't seem like I'm accomplishing anything, except maybe dodging my knife if I get a bounce back. I don't worry about that though, they don't bounce back anywhere near 40'. I just put 1/4" thick, oak scales on one of my 14" knives. It is still out in my garage, so the epoxy can dry over night, before I even go around it, because I'm going to want to throw it first thing.. I sure would like it if you let me know what you think about the things I was wondering.. one reason I like longer knives is they seem to fit with the mechanics of my arms. 1 have a reach of @ 32"... im about 6' 4" .
Been watching your videos, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
This is definetly going to be on my list of knives to make.
Are they center weighted? You throw a mean knife.
I hear people talk about steel holding a edge all the time. What is a good steel for holding a edge?
Is it the video tricking me or are you running that grinder speed slower than a 'normal' bench grinder? And if I can't slow my grinder down, should I just use less pressure and keep quenching the blade more frequently to keep it cool? Also, with the angle grinder, are you taking care to keep the heat down there as well, or is it not too important? Sorry for the noob questions. Dave.
Where can I get the pattern?
That crate will never harass you again.
+Walter Sorrells, I love the shirt! I'm making my third attempt at the Pikes Peak Ascent this year. What year is that from?
I have been trying to find information online for tempering temperatures of different steels but have been unlucky so far. Any thoughts on where I could find Tempering Temps and times for various steels?
Travis Layh I'm using .9 to .97% carbon steel. oven at 400 for 1 hour. let it cool naturally on the stove top and then back in the oven for another hour. but I am sticking with simpler metals, not super steel plate quench air hardened stuff.
What is the footage that you Charlie and I from
Cool! You did it!
What weight did it end up being, is there a special place where the balance point needs to be for throwing?
Walter..do you sell or make knives for customer's? If so how much would a bush craft knife run me?
I've got a hammer. Can I use it to make a throwing knife?
Hi Mr. Sorrells. Thanks for doing this video. This is actually a project I've been excited about doing for a long time. But question about the heat treat on this knife. Would 5160 benefit from normalizing before hardening? Or would that be unnecessary for a throwing knife? I'm looking forward to the remaining two videos. Keep up the fantastic work.
Nathan Johnson normalization is generally used when forging not stock removal. hammering the metal to shape creates "stresses". stock removal doesn't "upset" the material used.
How many watts is your bench grinder?
i thought grinding which produces heat destroys the hardness or temper of the blade... unless your using a water based grinder..
didnt see you heat treated it at the end ...
whats with the blow torch?
16:10, why does he remind me of Daniel Craig? James Bond?
Hi Walter, Can I make knife with K460 Böhler steel? I have some flat stock lying around. Thanks. AK
Looks promising, give it a go :)
Piran, Yes I'll try cheers. It's an oil quench steel and I think it's kind of tool steel hence very hard. AK
If it's hard now it may be already heat treated so be careful not to damage Your tools :) From info online it supposed to ba a typical steel for industrial cutters and dies, about twice the carbon content the steel from this Walters video :)
I'd buy some of those throwing knives if your selling them
very good LIKE!!!
Hey Walter, are you going to the "Forged in fire " show?
He already was! :)
Which episode?
S3E14 "Naginata"
That was massive bad luck for Walter - -"