Thanks Kevin for sharing your knife making process. I picked up a couple old kitchen knives at the recycle centre a while back, I just finished making a carver similar to yours. Used it today, works and feels great! Thanks again for the videos and the inspiration for me to get back into carving.

This is one of those light bulb moments. You are teaching much more than carving. Thank-you.

@KevinCoates98

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Loved your video. Fascinating. Discovered your videos posting some of my own. Just started posting them. Really enjoyed watching it. Going to start watching them all. Look forward to learning more of your style.

Learned a lot Kevin. Thanks again for sharing.

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Happy it helps Dale

Happy new Year Kevin and thank you for all of your videos on the old one. All the best, Júlíus

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Julius and a Happy New Year to you also

Thx for all the tips in 2018, hope the new knife serves you well in 2019 Happy New Yaer from New York State

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott. Happy New Year to you

What a great idea i had to give up fishing after second hip replacement had to sell my boat so started whittling im now going to remodel all my fishing knifes thanks for your videos set me on a new venchure just love it had i started whittling first i would never have time for fishing.

@KevinCoates98

2 жыл бұрын

The old fish knives are great for carving. I have a green river. Not sure on the other couple

I am a new fan thanks to another youtube woodcarver who recommend your channel. Great video! That old fish knife that had been rattling around in a drawer for years that I had very little use for now has a new useful purpose!

@KevinCoates98

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. These old fish knives are great

I have a 30 gallon tote full of old knives like this, I see me making several new carving knives, thanks, new to your channel but already a fan!

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Lucky you to have all these old knives. I have 4 of them now. All fish knives. I would never part with them. Thanks for watching

Very simple. Very basic. Excellent!

@KevinCoates98

8 ай бұрын

Thanks

Really enjoy your videos. Thanks for all your time and talent in making them . Have you written any books? I've been looking online, but haven't found anything.

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank. No books. Not yet anyway.

You’ve set a new standard for carving knives!! A long time admirer and follower of your carvings and ability.......now we know the rest of the story on your knife.......good video.....thanks!! Glen

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Glen. These big knives are great to use

Nice job Kevin, looks like a good bit of steel there going by the spark pattern - blade appears about 3", so excellent roughing knife. I make mine by re-purposing all manner of blades as long as the steel is good quality - you soon find out if it's not. Thanks and have a great new year.

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. The most of these old knives are of decent quality. I wouldn’t part with either of mine. Happy New Year

A buddy of mine is going home to the lower north shore in the new year . He's suppose to bring me a fishing knife . If he does I'll be making a carving knife like that . Thanks for the vid Kevin Happy New year.

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Glen. Hope it works out with the knife. Happy New Year to you too

Thanks Kevin. I have my gram-pa’s old fishing knife. I think I will see if I can’t fashion it into a similar carving knife. I love your videos! I’m just getting started carving after 40 years of woodworking-making furniture. Health has gone way down hill but still love to work with wood. I can still sit down and carve. You are a very creative carver. Your work is amazing. All my best to you and your family in the new year my friend. Cheers!

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Laurie. That’s a lot of experience woodworking. A sharp knife and some good wood. The chips will fly. Happy New Year to you and yours. 👍🏻

sincerely.. this is the most famous knife on youtube...

@KevinCoates98

Жыл бұрын

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Hello Kevin, recently I found 2 used Victorinox pruning knives on-line. One of them was pretty " used" so I decided to repurpose it much the same way you did the fishing knife. I took a liking to Victorinox knives. I don't quite have it as sharp as I would like just yet but I can tell I'm going to enjoy using it. One day maybe I'll be half as good as you ! ( probably not)

@KevinCoates98

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Sean. I’m sure it wouldn’t be much a problem to match skills with me. Just keep on doing it. The knives sounds interesting. I’m not familiar with that kind of knife but no doubt it’s the best kind.

What are you stroping it on? Looks like compound on a piece of timber.

Awesome, thanks for sharing.

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark

Kevin that knife is really high carbon steel looking at the amount of sparks coming from it!!! Since you inspired me to do the same, I have made three knives like yours by similar methods, but still yours seems to be the best! Good one Kevin, Regards from John in England

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. These kind of knives are the best. In my opinion of course. 👍🏻

Nice repurpose of that old fish knife. I have an old (1950s) "Forgecraft" kitchen knife, made from an old saw blade back in it's day. Repurposed it as a carving knife now- and it's great and one of my favorite carvers. The Best to you in 2019 !

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

I have an old saw here that I considered getting a knife made from. Don’t know if I know how to do it. One way to find out I guess. All the best to you

Your the best.how long is the blade? Thanks bob

Nice ;-) I tried with a stainless steel one out of the draw pos it was no good. I will try and find an old carbon steel one. Happy new year Dave

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave, the one I had for the video was a Dexter knife. Happy New Year

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@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

How often do you sharpen/strop your blade?

@KevinCoates98

4 жыл бұрын

I use the stone about every couple weeks. I strop fairly often

Happy New Year Kevin enjoyed

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Thomas

I love repurposed knifes for wood carving

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Archie, me too

I made my own using an old high carbon steel filet knife by following this video. I didn’t use a fish hook sharpener but instead used a similar Dremel grinding bit and my 1 x 30 sander to reprofile and then sharpen. Can’t wait to put it to work roughing out. I’m sure I’ll never be able to do a finished character solely with it like you do. Thanks for the instruction Kevin.

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

These old knives are great. With some practice you may surprise yourself with what you can do with it

Hello Kevin. I wish you a happy new Year and hope to see more of your videos in 2019

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year to you August. Will try to keep the videos coming

Thanks Kevin for the great video, is that yellow pine I see you carving in your other videos?

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy. It’s eastern white pine I use

real nice job Sir - i have an ole broken off Providence cutlery sheefied steel knife i was gonna try this with - you seen to use a real flat cuttin angle but hard to tell - wondered if u cud give me an idea of the angle or how much to raise the knife up off the flat position - if it aint too much trouble thanks and take care

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It’s no trouble. Do you mean the angle on which I cut it off?

@brianve7jyd943

5 жыл бұрын

@@KevinCoates98 no Sir - the cutting angle that u sharpen the blade at - it looks like a real flat angle like 10 deg or so - im havin trouble gettin it rite and thot id ask thanks

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

It’s pretty flat. Maybe you could fit a dime under the back edge.

@brianve7jyd943

5 жыл бұрын

@@KevinCoates98 thats great Kevin - thanks for the help

Można bez wielkich szlifierek?

Is there an advantage or purpose to having a curved blade vs. a straight one?

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t think. Not to me anyway

@otter68CO

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

What type of sharpening stone/steel are you using?

@KevinCoates98

4 жыл бұрын

I use a little $10 diamond stone meant to sharpen fish hooks. I use compound on a woodblock for honing

Year

Your the best,how long is the blade? Thanks. Bob.

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob. The blade is just a little over 3”

Does it keep its edge? Was wondering about sharpening my pocket knife like that but does the heat spoil the treat? Cheers

@davogifman542

4 жыл бұрын

There wasn't enough heat going into the metal he was using a lite touch. As long as you don't see the steel change colors it will be okay. An in my opinion a little color is still alright. It would start to get a yellowish straw,or hay like color,and then rather quickly go to blue then blue-purple. As long as you keep it in light-yellow it's alright,but really you should quench it every few moments.

@timleaning6695

4 жыл бұрын

Davo gifman Cheers

Outstanding work Kevin! I follow your carving religiously and need a rough out knife like you use so well. Off to the thrift store... Happy New Year and keep posting.

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve, Happy New Year

Can anyone else smell the drimel. Like the not smoke smell it gets from working awhile

Jesteś bardzo cierpliwy.

What type of wood do you generally use when you carve?

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

It’s white pine

@davelevee7385

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Coates thank you!

What kind of stone is this to sharpen your knife a stone or a metal thanks

@KevinCoates98

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a little metal one for fishhooks

I hope this makes sense. It appears that on one side of your blade is done with a flat edge and the other side is rather a chisel edge. Am I right? One person said to use a flat edge and this was the first time I have seen both used. Flat edge is like 15 degrees and a chisel edge is like 25 degrees....hard to put to words, but hope you understand.

@KevinCoates98

3 жыл бұрын

I understand what you are saying. I try to keep both sides the same but there maybe some differences between them

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A good place to find knives like this is your local thrift store. They have the knives by the counter in some places.

@KevinCoates98

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure it is. There should be lots of these old knives around

I really want to get that electric cord out of the way

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

It’s not as close as it looks. Maybe a foot or more away

Thanks for the video!! I was wondering what kind of knife you were using

@KevinCoates98

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a repurposed fish knife

I didn't know you could strop on a plank of wood!

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

That’s all I ever used

What kind of stone is that?

@KevinCoates98

3 жыл бұрын

A little stone for fishhooks

Thanks for the link and demo from the other carving video.

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

No problem. 👍🏻

Great video! One of these days I’ll learn to sharpen my carving knives correctly. Currently, when I “attempt” to sharpen, my knife comes out even duller. Fortunately, I can blame lousy carvings for this problem. So, there’s definitely an upside to being an idiot at sharpening.

@KevinCoates98

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I’m not the best at sharpening. I just try to do the best I can and hopefully get better at it

@r22jeff

4 жыл бұрын

I think that it is hard to learn to sharpen knives and chisels and gouges just from watching a video, and the best way is to learn from someone that has sharp tools. Everyone does it slightly different and you will develop your own style as time goes on once you learn the basics.

Found an old knife in the road last year Hmmmmmm

Hi Kevin.....I live in Spaniards Bay and I have never seen old knives like this in the second hand stores. After watching your videos I have been looking for some of them. Could you please tell me a good place to look for some. I'm not sure if someone in the family knows someone who works at a fish plant. Thanks

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Rolf, I had two of them for the past 30-40 yrs. The one in the latest video someone gave me recently. There should be a few of these knives about. Where to is the question. You can get a Green River boning knife on Amazon. They did have them a few months back. It’s the same as on of mine. They cost $20-$30

@rolfoehrlein9875

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kevin . I have asked the family and friends to keep an eye open for me. Thank you so much for sharing your videos.

I see you're not a metal worker. That blade is tempered. No Dremel tool will cut it easily. Don't forget to oil your whetstone before sharpening.

@KevinCoates98

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Как глупая кошка

Took 4 minutes to get through the blade xD? Seriously?

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

I could have cut it in a few seconds with my big grinder. I didn’t what to get it too hot. The thing is I don’t know a lot about cutting metal so I took my time. I got the job done so that’s all that matters. Another thing, I don’t like cutting with these little blades full speed. I had one break on me before and I had a piece pierced my face

@darrellallen7931

5 жыл бұрын

Riding Japan you cut too fast, the blade gets too hot and you ruin the temper of the knife.... Kevin did it correctly

Gosh you couldn't have made cutting of that knife take any longer if you tryed. Nice reuse of the knife though 👍 you truly have a gift with whittling.

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Took my time. Didn’t want it getting too hot.

@rumahbenavari5157

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Coates I should of thought about that.

Move the bloody cable.

@KevinCoates98

5 жыл бұрын

The cable is not as close as it appears in the video. It’s about 12” away