I like watching these for encouragement. You do all the same stuff I do, but your knives turn out 100X better :D At least I know what mine could be like with enough practice.

awesome knife, a big hug from brazil 🇧🇷

Beautiful blade great work

I literally stumble uppon this and just saw is a Walter Sorrells project. Im excited to watch the result

Man I would absolutely love to get a Walter Sorrells knife for my wedding gift! Beautiful!

that handle scale material is absolutely stunning!! I had no idea I could be so moved by nice wood grain and figured wood, until I started into blade-smithing!! I guess its G10 material, as you explained while I was typing this comment... but my statement about beautiful wood grains still stands! :)

Good looking knife with great narration as always.

As always so crisp and clean on the grind. Beautiful work. Really hope at some time to meet you in person to thank you. You’ve been a huge inspiration for my work in knifemaking and would love to take a course in your shop and hammer on some steel sometime.

Anyone else think of butterbeer when you see the scales?

Nice jig!

That one’s a beauty

I will be at your grand opening 🎉

Why don't you use a bandsaw to remove the excess material from the blank of steel and then use the coarse belt grinder to get down to your layout line? For my way of thinking it would be much faster and a lot less small particles flying around.

Great video, Walter, thank you! do you use cpm steel for your work?

In Appalachia it's considered bad to give a knife as a wedding or housewarming gift. The recipient may turn out to be your enemy. It's an old Scots-Irish idea that still exists.

how do you avoid belt bump when using the surface grinder attachment?

I am Persian and I approve this Persian fighter knife, absolutely beautiful. Although you can’t trust Persian women near that knife.😅

Pointy cutty shooty type things.... yup got it.... perfect gift coming up 😂

⭕️with all your knowledge and skills... if you would... which stock removal steel do you recommend for a "rust-less" blade (or as close to it as possible) to make a self-defense blade as an EDC ? i jus got my first delivery of 1095 and figured i would ask the professional. thank you sir.

How does that laser work on other steels like 80CRV2 or 1095 etc...

Your grind lines look really good. Those are hard to do.

Walter I don’t understand why you wrapped the blade in the “foil” during heat treatment

Walter, you should sell those simple bevel grinding jigs, i would buy a couple for, say, $40 each. Jusy sayin, you could make a killing on those. Yea I know, too much time spent for a measly fotey, okay, $50. I would still buy at least one. Good luck, and thanks for what you do.

Hay in first/ David UK

At 11:45 what do you use to clamp your handle scales into the vise with? I assumed that you would do all the drilling before shaping so that the clamping surface would be square and solid, but you evidently have a solution for thin irregular shapes. I have seen fractal vises, but that didn’t look like one

@liquidrockaquatics3900

9 ай бұрын

If you couldn’t tell, this is my first knife making video

@LZP123

9 ай бұрын

I'm a complete noobie but to me it looks like he just used some parallels (from machining/milling) in a drill press vise (the parallels holding it up in the vise). Or his drill press vise has a step in it.

A fighting knife for a wedding present? Hmmm... LOL!

You know they do a knife dance at Persian weddings?

I like the inventory from Pops, but the shipping cost stopped me from ordering. I'm out west, so a place in Utah with free shipping on orders over $35 really works better.

@reddogknives

9 ай бұрын

Im in Az and feel the same way about shipping. Wher are you ordering from, if i may ask. Thanks in advance

@murraymakesstuff

9 ай бұрын

@@reddogknives Alpha Knife Supply

@scottbluewaspknives2300

9 ай бұрын

I live in WA..I thought that too before..however the shipping charge is an estimated cost..they will refund the difference.. the actual shipping cost is like always less..

As an eating knife, sure! ^^

youve never made a Persian fighter? wow. I've never ever heard of one lol.

Nice. My mom would’ve wanted to make sure you ‘sold’ this gift to the recipient for a penny as not to superstitiously sever the relationship.