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@roomwithapointofview

2 жыл бұрын

I used to plate steel parts. The first tank we would put the load in was the soap soak tank. A heated tank with water and soap to lift any oils. Oil doesn't like Dawn© dish washing detergent. Then we did an acid dip, water rinse and into the plating tank. I've seen a few attempts at parts like these, and the contaminant always seems cause them to not properly weld.

this is knifemaking in a nutshell.... solving problem after problem and deliver something beautifull in the end. Kudos my friend!

Boss: "why did you stop loading that sheetrock" Me: "cause green Beatle posted a new video"

@ColdHawk

2 жыл бұрын

Boss: “Wait… really? So soon after the last one? Oh man, where did I leave my phone….Err, uh… I mean, get back to work!”

Another great looking blade 👍👍

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks! I've been amazed at the transformation your new house is making, man. Great series of vids as usual.

The pattern looks dope AF and it being made from an aircraft carrier arresting cable takes it uniqueness to another level. It could straight up look like one solid homogenous piece of steel and the story would still make it a badass knife. Talk about a conversation starter. Like the Seafood Buyer for Sysco told me, "its the story that sells".

@irritablearchitect

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I thought the "splotches," that came out in the end looked pretty good.

I admire your honesty compared to other makers. You actually show and address the challenges that stand in your way as you progress through a project. I appreciate the realism!

Holy crap, Steve. I wish I could "fail" into beautiful pieces like that one. That's a winner.

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

ty!

One of the things I enjoy about your videos is how you work problems out and talk it through so we can see. Another great video sir!

I love how he shows all the problems he comes across so you know what to expect from what steel

This channel is unmatched in quality and wit

The intro explanation was heart warming and exciting.

Really appreciate your honesty in these vids buddy, sometimes things dont work out and I think it helps us when we see that and get an idea of why. Cheers man

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that

You did a wonderful job rescuing the blade and it looks rather stunning. If you had not explained the issues and what you did to rescue the knife I would never have known that it was a rescue and not a deliberate design choice from the outset of the project.

glad to see you back! love your material

You are human. And honest. This is why we love your work. Sometimes things just don’t follow the plan. But something great always happens. Starbond is indeed a great product.

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that

I know you said it didn't turn out quite how you wanted, but I think you made a truly beautiful thing here. Thanks for sharing with us

Oh, I like that one! You have a great eye for what a knife wants to be.

That is a Beautiful knife! Love how all your knives are so traditionally unique hand made.

I wouldn't be disappointed at all with that knife. It's a beautiful piece.

I like the handle shape very much. And your patience with the cable was 👍

Hey Green beetle, I'm from sweden and currently studying culinary arts and hospitality at university in sweden. I've been following you for years and your videos inspired me to start crafting my own knives. So far I've made 2 outdoor knife and 1 kitchen knife. I only do handle through due to a very limited budget. Well, thanks for the inspiration. I don't know If I would have strarted this amazing hobby without you.

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

👌

Thats another beauty mate, cool story with it as well.

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

Ty!

Love to see a review on your favourite woods you like to use on knives

Love how well you show your process and your thinking. Thanks. Bjorn

14:27 Wow !!! Great knife !!! Chic damascus 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍

A very nice looking knife, and unique as well.

Amazing job. Beautiful knife. True, there were a couple of setbacks. But there often are ( too often, really) and yet you turned out a striking piece.

rad as hell mate! still come out looking wicked.

Appreciate your trials and tribulations, its a knife I would be proud to own, its beautiful.

"With grease in the middle, it has nowhere to go in a canister, we can't use flux in a cannister, and I don't want flammable stuff in a sealed container, cause that's a bomb 💣" 😂

Gorgeous knife! You keep stepping up your work. You are really good at making work arounds turn into masterpieces. More please.

It's a really beautiful pattern in the knife. Like it a lot. And the handle looks really nice too. Great work Sir!

When I was an apprentice fitter I had to do time in the blacksmith shop. I enjoyed it so much, I nearly changed job to smith but their money was rubbish so... However, one of the old boy smiths used to make knives from haulage/winch ropes.Crude in comparison, but they worked and worked well. We used them in preparing hydraulic hoses where replaceable knife blades did 1 hose end only. The smith made knife,crude though it may have been did a shift before needing touched up. Oh yes, these knives were made using a 16lb hammer, a 3lb hammer and a few appretices...

You don't seem completely satisfied. Well I think it's gorgeous. Crazy random pattern and a beautiful handle. A tough project given you had no idea what kind of steel you were working with.

looks beautiful!!! the first damascus i ever tried was cable. it had defects all over from dirt rust and grease. its not a perfect medium. again, excellent work!

Nice little chef's knife. It is amazing the way you're able to create that with all the difficulties you ran into.

gotta say, it looks like you meant it to be that shape, so good job

Hey Steve, nice job. I do have to agree the ironwood does look really nice, and your pattern shows up much better then I thought it would since the material was so "tight". I guess I'm just a sucker for a good cable Damascus. Take care my friend 😉

A fantastic piece. It really is.

One beautiful and elegant knife mate 👍🏻

Oh man, I have a few pieces of scrap cable lined up so I can do this! Thanks for all your great videos!

It's a beautiful knife for sure!! eep up the great work and looking forward to your next one with this cable! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

Well, it turned out really nicely

Your “friend” could of had Shurap make the knife, but then it would have just been another knife. Now you on the other hand, you never know what your going to get and that’s exciting!!! Beautiful knife even thou all of its challenges!!! GREAT job Mr.Beetle ❤️🙏🏻💪🏼🔥🔥🔥👍🏻🦄

Once again…. Well done sir!

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

Ty

As usual what a beautiful job you did thanks for sharing

I really love the look of the knife that u ended up with it really sleek the shape is perfect well done till next time stay safe

Great looking knife with interesting cable patterns 😊😍

Modified a experamental kunai i made (with a spike tip) to unclog glue bottles and make a bottle so i can wet my anvil if i am doing damascus...god i am jealous of your press.

Gorgeous knife. Always a joy to see your fine art (and process!)/

Simply beautiful, simple but great vids. Love the minimalist editing too! Very humble content sir ! #3Dpattern #stillwaitingnforit 🤗

The Trojan horse vice is amazing for working on facets. And the guys who make them are really solid and good knife makers themselves. Also another great video!!

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll check it out ty

Awesome blade !

Amazing job! Weyland-Yutani approved!

Amazing knife! It "looks" hard, solid, almost like a polished rock.

I know you had some setbacks on it, but I'm glad you finished it. It came out beautiful!

Wow. It turned out great.

Gotta say I'm always impressed with the magic you pull out of your hat, hahaha.... Hope all is well, take it easy.

Thank you for sharing another learning experience.

Despite the setbacks, it turned out great. I like the handle shape and it works well with that Kiritsuke shape.

Great video as always

The pattern looks great! Nice work as always.

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

Pretty knife, mate!!

For getting rid of the grease or whatever is inside, can you bake it in an electric kiln for a relatively long time?

Great video 👍

Beautiful!!!

I think it turn out very good

Incredible knife, love it. If you're open to an idea about getting any oil out of the cable, I would weld it on two sides and split it down the middle to have more access to the nooks and crannies of the cable. Just an idea, might work with the canister.

Beautiful job! I recently got into cable Damascus making and I found cleaning with diesel works great! And when you put it in the forge at first it leaves a nice layer of carbon which seemed to help with the forge welding

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

Guy who sent them soaked them in diesel I think next time I need to unravel it.

@lukelofgren4108

2 жыл бұрын

@@GreenBeetle I found unraveling it helps to bring the pattern out better because of decarb. Stronger ferric chloride etching process helped me also. I haven't tried re-stacking it because I like the pattern I get with just tightening the twist. I will be trying to make a taco with the billet and maybe 80crv2 or just plain 1080 soon.

I love things made from things that are not commonly available, and that mean something, like centennial value, like the arresting cable, I guess it's just high grade cable, but you don't see it everyday. This knife 🔪 can be something passed on to generations 100's of years from now, you should put something on the tang, describing when made!! Awesome work, I want to make knives do badly,

Really fantastic work, dude! 😃 Beautiful knife! Well done!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Very nice Sir 👍👏

Despite the setbacks along the way, still a damn fine looking knife 👌

Most enjoyable!

Very cool!!!

Nice knife in the end, I guess you could say it’s arresting ( puts on sunglasses, loud scream) No Steves were hurt in the making of this vid. One was singed, another got a scratch, but they were asking for it.

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

😎

Still came out a beautiful design.

I have done this with log skidder cable and I usually start a good fire, toss in the cable, pile on more wood, and let it burn until it goes out. That seems to get all the grease and shit out of the cable before trying to forge it

That K03 is like $600 which for a pro make sense. Beautiful work GB! I’m looking forward to the canister build!

Beautiful knife, man I could hear the struggle in your voice. Maybe not what you were looking for but a beautiful outcome

I use star bond gap filling CA (super) glue and I can attest that star bond makes amazing stuff

Two thumbs way Up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s soooo beautiful

Don't be to hard on yourself, I suspect a bit of a perfectionist at heart but thats why you make beautiful knives, and you made another beautiful knife 👍( the pattern was great)

It still turned out beautiful! ^_^

From what I've seen most people either forge the barring steel at a lower temperature or canster or some completely melt it down into one bullet then forge it out at lower temps.

Beautiful pattern! And yes, forge welding 52100 to itself is difficult at best. I'd much rather just get bigger balls to begin with.

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

🤌

hola Y acá estamos... excelente video está Genial muy bueno 🤜🤛👍👏👊

Freaking loved it.

I actually like that tip, even if end would be good and still have cutting material I would think about removing that sharp end, it just look better without it and in kitchen you dont really "stab" much things so there is no need for such pointy end. Also love the handle, it look great with those colors.

From watching Forged in Fire. You want to open the cable up by twisting it open or just banging it on end to open up the strands to burn out any contamination...

Ok this is just not the best knife this talented guy ever made, yet still a beautiful one

Beautiful as always. I would love to send you some AR steel to mess with. Im curious to see how refined it can be after thermo cycling and how hard it can get. Im only seeing 51-53 hrc for the AR550 variety

Welcome to eutectic steels 🤣 52100 is a bugger like that, wootz is very much the same when you over heat you can set the steel aside let it cool and start again and you *might* be lucky to be able to keep forging, otherwise you end up with the "wet sand" fracture as we call it thats hurts the heart stings when it happens. The knife turned out awesome I hope the new home it goes to treats it well 🤘🤘

Hi Steve, I'm sure you have much more experience than me but when I work with cable I first heat it up and un-screw it let it cool then soak it in acetone, I then blow it out, heat it up, flux it then twist it tight and Bob's your uncle. Thanks Bruce

@GreenBeetle

2 жыл бұрын

i don't work with cable very much having only done half a dozen blades with it. so this is a great idea. i need to get the outside strands to weld up better somehow. some loss on the outside seems unavoidable but i see others do it much better this attempt.

Wow amazing and the tip wow

Great knife, great video. I'm doing something similar and having trouble figuring out how to cut the high aspect ratio hole for the tang. Where did you get the saw to cut the handle mortise? What's it called? I looked up the name you gave in the video and couldn't find anything. Thank you!

So beautiful

you could add your own steel cable to it to stabilise the metal grain to make it less prone to bending OR forge weld it drill a hole and stick a high carbon steel rod into it to get the same effect

nice rustic little knife