You are such an artist Elijah

@FireCreekForge

5 ай бұрын

Thank you sir

Next time you use cable for damascus, simply use the stick welder to melt/cut through the cable at the length you want. This will not only accomplish cutting it, but it will weld the end in the same action without having to fuss around at the vise while the strands try to separate.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@nateand3

3 жыл бұрын

A welder i work with does it that way

@catank1672

2 жыл бұрын

1111111111

Looks amazing.

Looks like it would make a heck of a good thrower.

Very nice.

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

I like how you beat the cable on the floor to open it up.

I once had a glowing hot 1/4” by 3/4” rod jump into my 6” boot after cutting it on the hardy. I’ve never unlaced a boot so fast.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

wow, that's no good. I guess I'll keep my pants over my boot tops!

@chuckhightower2730

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge uniform was shorts. Apron didn’t help.

Interesting piece.

That's great videography. At times it was as if I was playing a first person forging game...in vr

Looks like a mini Gladius.

You have just done something I have thought about for a long time... cables should make for an easy way of doing Damascus steel blades..... of course, you expertise and experience made it look easy! Great job!

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yep, cable damascus has been a popular deal for a while, I've done it a little bit

Good stuff man, I like using cable for san mai cladding

Dang that cable is so much cleaner than the greasy mess I got. Nicely done👍🏻

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I like this method the best, I think. Don't even worry about trying to clean it, just heat it up, knock out the crud, and go from there. Somebody on the channel here gave me the tip. Also, I learned that some manufacturers actually puts asphalt in the cable to hold the grease in, so cleaning it is tough.

dude the end with that giant ring on it would be neat to forge weld then grind some cross hatching into. This one is your eureka moment attempt. Everything went smooth as butter. Also I'm super jelly of that badass swage block lol

The ductape band aid, almost as good as the electrical tape band aid.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Totally

@ianprososki6804

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing beats the super glue band-aid

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

@@ianprososki6804 haha I've tried that too

@nateand3

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge tried both? I've done all 3....several times lol ik, not funny, but very true

@mattbob666420

3 жыл бұрын

Aka the MANd-aid!

Nice

sweet Boss 🤘

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

when you started smacking it on the floor, i was like "wtf is he doing"

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, yeah worked pretty good!

@nateand3

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge i thought the same thing, but yes it did

@StArFuRyZz

3 жыл бұрын

I just figured it was a new forging technique I hadn't seen before.

Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls God Bless Ya 🙏

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

loving you keeping some of the original coil marks - well done mate

cable dmas is one of my favorites love the pattern in it

One day take slices of the cable and layer that horizontal. It looks like a flower 🌸 blossom and that would look nice down the center of a layer blade. Might have to make a canister to start it but it would look awesome! Idea submission complete- I Silver Smith but secretly I love black smithing!

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Neat idea!

beautiful job Elijha i just tried my 1st cable damascus yesterday and had success im excited to finish it and see how it looks after etching 😀👍👍Mark

Top demais parabéns pelo seu trabalho 👏🏻👏🏻👊🏻❤

Absolutely gorgeous!

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

That’s Awesome!!! 👍😁

Impressive cleaning of the raw material.

Beautiful blade!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

Amazing work!

Pretty tough looking dagger!!

Thanks for sharing. Awesome video.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Beautiful, I would have shaped the end of the handle into a skull crusher point, but I’m a retired soldier so go figure.

Duck tape first aid.!!! Lol we all do it!

@FireCreekForge

Жыл бұрын

you bet!

You need to make a twist bar. Ive always seen Cresent wrenches with a bar on the wrench end to help grab material and easily twist. It looked very difficult to grab with that wrench.

So freaking cool

cool

Interesting technique (slapping it on the floor) I have always just unwind it in the vice. Thank for the video

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Tried a technique for knocking all the crud loose, seemed to work

Cool !!!

Great video man 👍

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Perfrect no spin knife for me 🥰👍🏻

I’ve seen cable screw drivers in old logging camps...

Bwahahah, love how you flip it around for fun before work

Nice. has a "primordial" look to it

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice work, I am your new subscriber :)

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@wolfparty4234

3 жыл бұрын

Marek, I’m your new subscriber 🤣💪🏼💪🏼🔥👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💯

@Coleman77

3 жыл бұрын

Subbed too!

One of the things on my list, unfortunately not near the top, is to build a forge. Great video, i will subscribe and learn.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Awesome boot knife. Indescribable handle....damn near

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. I was actually going to call it a boot knife, but then figured it might be a touch heavy

@nateand3

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, probably so, but it still has a huge cool factor

Wow man looks really good.. great job!

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@anthonystrunk5360

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge oh no thank you for posting great videos..lol

Nice looking knife, nice job with the grinding, looks great! Missed the commentary, it’s good to hear your thinking and opinion about the project as your making it . Regards from Down Under.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Ignore the trolls and do things the way that works for you. Awesome cable damascus.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jamesball7322

3 жыл бұрын

Says the blank channel 😉✌🏽

Love your projects! Really hope you open up some kitchen knife commissions soon!

Great work congrats 👏

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Furrituga

3 жыл бұрын

You welcome, you deserve it

That came out nice

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I made a few cable blanks I just gotta shape them into blades I'm not sure how strong and durable the steel is but I'm gonna find out

Gonna give Ole Roy a heart attack using flux that way, that's not laundry and the Forge isn't a washing machine. Just a light coating all ya need.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Probably didn't need quite that much...

@astormofwrenches5555

3 жыл бұрын

But its magic fairy powder that will fix all faults and failures!

Cool dagger. Hope your finger is ok

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! yep, healed up

If you put a hose clamp around the wire before cutting it, it won't unravel.

Muito bom !

Just got off your livestream. I figured I’d check out this video before I head to bed. Great work Eli!!! Ps. Hey. Please 🙏🏻 just remember when your making my 2nd hammer, to make sure it looks like the 1st one you made Thanks maaaan!!! Your the best???

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You bet

You know and see the cable roots of this knife and also know and see the attention to detail in the making of the knife. A blade for those with refined tastes who want a simple efficient tool with a measured amount of artistic expression built in. I feel like the buyer of this drives a blacked out Audi 48 ten cylinder ala need for speed...

Never to much Flux when working with cable lol. Like your method for cleaning the debri out too lol

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was a tip I tried, seemed to work pretty well.

I'm new to this channel, I must say awesome work 👍

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome aboard!

also can you tell me the model number of your evenheat kiln pls? I have some glass fusing pattern stuff I want to make and it's the perfect size to melt small rectangles of sheet glass into billets. Also is it household voltage?

B E A utiful.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Okay I have watched a lot of videos about making Damascus but you are the first one I have ever seen whacking it on a concrete floor lol. what is the reason for that?

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

That's to knock all the crud out before fluxing..

I wonder how it would go ‘disassembling’ the cable, and then redoing it with alternating ‘strands’ of 15N20 or some other metal.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

neat idea!

@SergioPena20

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the way I was taught to do a cable knife. Taking the strands apart individually, cleaning them and then twisting them back together.

you should make a knife with the wire but take center winding out and replace with bearings or copper cable just for a different patterns

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Neat idea

@Ravnknight.firstorder

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge could be a cool piece and you would be the first to do it :) ... love your vids ... very cool knives :)

Top práce 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Just found your channel. Your videos are great! Just curious, was that Dr. James White talking in the background at 6:06 when you are putting the knife in the tempering oven?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yep it was

That turned out very nice, a handsome piece. That is definately on the list of things I want to try. What type of cable should I look for, and where would you suggest I look for it?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Stay away from anything galvanized, otherwise figure out what you can. Cable is usually classified as improved plow steel, extra improved, and extra extra improved I believe. The xximproved is basically 1095 with a tiny bit of chromium. How you will know what is is, is another story. I'd just start trying a piece and see how it acts.

@astormofwrenches5555

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge thanks!

Super cool! Did you consider boring out the handle for weight and balance?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, no I didn't but neat idea

That's a beautiful example of your work. Was that a water quench?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! No, Parks 50 oil

What kind of cable was that?

Dang! You forgot to slice a paper like every knife maker does.

now do some forged-in-fire style testing!!!

What’s the thick metal block with hole and groves on the side called? I’ve seen it in these videos and others But I do t know what it’s called

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Swage block

Hi dear friend What is white material that you add to hot Coble? Is that Borax? Why you add it? What work Borax do?

bruh at first i thought he was talking about the show lol

i love watching the art of forging, but as a curious viewer have you ever stated a youtube project that failed during the process?

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

$0 in gloves $2 in bandaids $20 in steel $15 in Propane $476 in Borax

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! You've figured out my secret formula

Where do you source high carbon cables

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

I have purchased some from hightemptools dot com

what powder was sown on the hot metal?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Borax

What is the white powder he is sprinkling on ? I AM NEW TO ALL THIS.. LOL

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Borax, for flux

I would've liked a wooden handle. But great job

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Don't mind the trolls. Awesome job. Just recently tried it myself. Not nearly the same result but next time I'll do better.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Let me know if I can help

I just watched the episode you won on forged in fire, what was your favorite part of being on the show?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

There were lots of neat things about it; meeting some cool guys; working on the builds was fun...

@dylanwolfe3833

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge my tongs arrived, now I'm waiting for the forge

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

@@dylanwolfe3833 exciting!

I have watched many videos on forging and knife making videos.... But why is it while forging do you have to use flux... And it is just borax correct?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Flux is for forge welding, when you're joining two or more pieces of steel together.

@inverted311

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge Why is it necessary?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

@@inverted311 it's only needed when the steel is exposed to the atmosphere, or needs cleaned. If you have clean steel that is shielded from oxygen, such as in a can or tightly stacked billet, flux isn't necessary

@inverted311

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge Thank you 🤙

What is the white powder for at 1:40?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Borax; it cleans and protects the steel for welding

How much cable did you start with?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

8-10" I think, still had a little piece left over

Ok I am fascinated by these videos and please be nice cuz I have no clue what I am talking about but......... what is the powdery substance you sprinkle on the hot metal??

@wrightfamily5625

3 жыл бұрын

Borax

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

That's borax, it cleans the steel and protects against oxygen which would create scale. Thanks for watching!

@davidwolford4655

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge thank you and always enjoy the videos

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidwolford4655 you bet, thanks!

carino piccolino.

Am I hearing it bang around? Nice dagger though

I think the blade was not ready when u r que quenching it definatly has soft spot

serbuk apa itu yang di gunakan?

What the name of white powder ?

@FireCreekForge

Жыл бұрын

That is Borax, for flux

This cable has also metal in the middle?

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

Yep it is

@trezx7155

2 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge thats perfect ! What kind of cable is it?

@FireCreekForge

2 жыл бұрын

@@trezx7155 I don't know for sure, it's from an equipment hoist type thing..

Can you make a blade from bisalloy 80 to see if it works.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you could make a blade from that, but it's a low carbon steel so wouldn't provide very good characteristics for a knife.

@systemsrenegade9888

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge what would it be like if you soaked the bisalloy 80 in coal dust to add carbon to it.

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

@@systemsrenegade9888 to add any relevant amount of carbon you have to do a process known as carburizing which is basically soaking iron in carbon (charcoal) at about 1800F in a sealed container all day. Depending on how you do it, you can get a thin layer of high carbon steel with this process.

@systemsrenegade9888

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireCreekForge ok

How much you sell the knife for?

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Link in the description

Quella polvere, cosa è?? Chiedo scusa x l 'ignoranza.

Being a bearded guy myself, how does that mask help, mine is so so

@FireCreekForge

3 жыл бұрын

Mediocre... I also use my dust collector so that helps

@samcoon6699

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting you ask that as I picked one up from harbor freight just the other day and it works really good for me. I don't have a huge beard but it's enough for a gas mask to not seal properly. That being said I used my respirator to pick up some VERY stinky dog poop in my garage. I didn't smell a thing! So it was very effective for me.

nice work, but cable is low carbon steel