Antique Rusty Knife Restoration

Restoring a rusty knife I found with a metal detector. The process involved a lot of hand crafting by a skilled artisan cleaning the blade, welding it and shaping the knife. In the end the artisan turned a piece of rusty metal into an incredible knife a viking would be proud of!
Craftsman: Chris Cadman from www.willslockforge.com

Пікірлер: 24

  • @milanfanas
    @milanfanas10 ай бұрын

    This is not a restoration, this is a new knife with a few grams of old pitted metal attached

  • @war7334

    @war7334

    10 ай бұрын

    My thoughts exactly.

  • @MollySato

    @MollySato

    9 ай бұрын

    Ha, I was just about to wright exactly the same thing!!!

  • @sisaktamas

    @sisaktamas

    9 ай бұрын

    Right.

  • @Nookerz
    @Nookerz10 ай бұрын

    Seems like this is less of a restoration, and more of a replica made from about 40% recycled material.

  • @MASI_forging
    @MASI_forging10 ай бұрын

    Another great restoring 😀😀

  • @iteerrex8166
    @iteerrex816610 ай бұрын

    Unless it has sentimental, historical, or some such value, there’s no point in restoring it, because there’s very little metal left.

  • @walterwaller9784

    @walterwaller9784

    10 ай бұрын

    Made for great content though!

  • @iteerrex8166

    @iteerrex8166

    10 ай бұрын

    @@walterwaller9784 Came out decent too.

  • @war7334

    @war7334

    10 ай бұрын

    @@walterwaller9784 If I wanted to see a replica knife made out of scrap metal I would have tuned into Forged in Fire.See the judges test it out.

  • @markgordon4368
    @markgordon436810 ай бұрын

    To be fair it was entertaining, if it was made of three or more of these original bloomary blades to make a whole that may have been a little more satisfying, nice final product, I wouldn't let trolls detract from a good bit of content 😊

  • @thomasmchugh1448
    @thomasmchugh144810 ай бұрын

    Just curious as to why a san mai style wasn't used. Would have preserved the original metal throughout the forging, and used it for the cutting edge. But these are differences of style, and I respect the talent shown here.

  • @outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699

    @outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah if he wanted to use modern steel to add to the old steel then the san mai method would’ve been best

  • @HarlemGreatest
    @HarlemGreatest10 ай бұрын

    You didn’t restore anything. You just made a new knife…

  • @chrisstephens6673
    @chrisstephens667310 ай бұрын

    Im not denying the skill involved but question the morals. Rather like the famous axe that had three new handles and two heads but was still the original(?).

  • @milavargas1031
    @milavargas103110 ай бұрын

    It was a learning experience, it has some of the old metal which makes it special nonetheless.

  • @hopeliveshere1121
    @hopeliveshere112110 ай бұрын

    Can we get an update on the cat that was restored. Did it make it?

  • @Luckypuk333
    @Luckypuk3333 ай бұрын

    How much of the original knife was left after grinding?

  • @MmmmmmmmTaters
    @MmmmmmmmTaters7 ай бұрын

    The crazy part is is the knifes not even really in this final piece and I bet you they charge them an exuberant amount of money

  • @walterwaller9784
    @walterwaller978410 ай бұрын

    Very nice work!

  • @skylordianandy2644
    @skylordianandy264410 ай бұрын

    Thats not even a knife anymore. Its a rusted lump.

  • @erikwinkler
    @erikwinkler7 ай бұрын

    It was painfull to see

  • @sean5996
    @sean59969 ай бұрын

    Promo*SM 😥

  • @DisgruntledGrunt
    @DisgruntledGrunt10 ай бұрын

    Not a restoration at all. Would have been better off cutting up what was left of the blade and adding other metal in either a canister Damascus or crucible steel billet.