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You're pure class. No cussing and swearing and jumping up and down, and no giving up. If not a lesson to us all, definitely a lesson to me. I love that you went ahead and made the knife that was in your mind, regardless of the path you took to get there, in fact, that knife is more personal for the story behind it. As always, thank you for your generosity in sharing.

Bummer about dropping the Damascus one! I like the concept of showing the hammer techniques to achieve what you want! The final knife looks amazing!

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

I got the idea from you bro!

@m53knives8

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aleeknives yea,,,from Tyrell,,we can learn a lot

I love that you show the mistakes and tragedies along the way it is completely true to the craft

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

🤜💥💥🤛 thanks man!

When plan "A" doesn't work out... just knock plan "B" out of the park! It turned out awesome Airin.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Erick! I had to pull one out of the hat to still have a video 😁

Aaron , I think the exercise was a success . I am grateful for that as I am in my baby steps in forging. You don`t need to apologize. It is relevant for a real workshop, such things happens.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

I forgot to show pictures of what the finished pattern looks like so I will post it to my community tab

NNNNnnnnnnnnOOoooooooooooo!!!!!!!! excellent second one. thanks for the video!!!

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Had to show a finished knife!

Great lesson on moving steel. Thanks so much for sharing.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Tour welcome Dan! Glad you enjoyed it!

Like how you ground out that finger choil using the belt overhang.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Quick and dirty!

I bet that’s one heck of a cutter! 😎😎 🤜🏻💥🤛🏻

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man! It is a slicer. Cut right through a pinic😂🤣

@sudo_nym

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aleeknives 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻 Glad you’re still enjoying them. 🍫😋 If it were me, I’d have got through the care package already!!

That knife is beautiful

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill

Love the way that the handle worked out!

Oooh man! Yeah it happens. I had a San Mai ready to quinch, in the oil and PoP one whole side delamed like a roll in a rug. But like you I had to get up and make another. Great work man

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

It happens to us all! I had 3 fails in this project before I started over and had a win! Thanks for watching! Cheers

Thank you for this was desperately needed

I really like this one thanks for the video

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Tony! I am glad you liked it! Cheers

Epic build mate

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adrian! I appreciate that!

Thanks for the information...

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

Shame about the drop. You should take the remainder and grind out a short razor from it. Love the videos, man.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

Nice recovery, nice knife, nice open sharing of the oops moment!

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Putting it all out there man

you dropped it,,so what,,you make another one in 2 sec :) looks nice

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I didn't want to put out another video as a total failure! Right after the previous failure ! I learned the grain structure looked really good😁😉

He seems like a handsome and gentleman. Very good work, congratulations Airin.👍👌🙂🙌

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers to you and your family!

There is a saying that smiths dont make mistakes. They just make smaller knives. While technically that is true. There is no denying that some actually are mistakes.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

100%

As a relatively new knife maker I've just started my journey from using mono steel to pattern welded steel and I've struggled to move the metal where I want/need it to go, this is the first time I've seen it explained on how I need to achieve that. Thank you and greeting from here in the UK.

It turned out beautiful, it's too bad the damascus broke, but every maker ever has broke a blade.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir this is not my first unfortunately

Great explanation of how the process works of drawing it out. Tough luck on dropping it. I really like the design of this. I'm not usually a fan of harpoon style knives, but this one works for me. I was sitting here sketching out knives yesterday before making a couple neck knivesfor the first time, and I appreciate the inspiration.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

That is fantastic Jeremy! If I was any inspiration at all I am satisfied

Beautiful! Definitely would have loved to see the Damascus variant but yep! Shit happens unfortunately 😕. Have a awesome day. 🤘

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It happens man, no use getting all tied up about it

@mcrich1978

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aleeknives no crying over spilt milk. 😂

Would still like to see the pattern on the broken knife after all that odd angle hammering.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

I will post some pictures on the community tab! Thanks for bringing this up!

You are the man. Way to not give up!!! Your the Dustin Johnson of knife making. Cool calm and no one will ever no your upset!!! Did you use the tung oil for finish???

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

I cut the part where I kicked the garage door🤣😂🤣 yes I used tung oil, it is my go to oil finish most of the time

@jeffreydauterman

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aleeknives shhhhhhh don’t tell the Behind the scenes secrets!!!!!

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂

I like the knife you made at the end, but why not go for a hidden tang knife from the original piece of steel? Admittedly, I am biased to hidden tang. I come from puukko-land, so it's the first option in my mind, and I find it aesthetically pleasing.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

No particular reason I could have but I didn't

I freaking love your videos. You have inspired me to do better with my beginning journey of knife making and have just completed my best one to date and I am happy like a kid in a candy store today

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Best compliment this week Nick! Thank you! I am glad your on your journey!

@nickminderman7380

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aleeknives yep I messaged you about helping with my handle but I said NO I’ll just watch the video over and over again. Haha. I’ll email you the pics :)

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Totally feel free to message me anytime

Nice video as always ! But I'm curious, why didn't you forged it to shape, or at least closer ? You could have saved a mot of material and having a bigger knife in the end, and since the patter was already distorted I don't really understand why you chose to grind it to shape. Too bad the first one didn't make it...

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I didn't have a plan for the shape when I was forging it. So I forged a billet and then drew a knife inside of it

@lamproknives

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aleeknives oh okay that makes sens !

You should have saved that mammoth for a berry nice piece of super steel or feather Damascus the like

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

I have more to play with😉 thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed the build video! Cheers

Hard luck on the blade break. Little tip, if you can put a sheet of plywood or fire retardant matting under your forge and quanch tank it will stop the blade from breaking if you drop it.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

That's a really good idea!

Some forged in fire contestants should watch this video…. Some of them have no idea how to work steel.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Some do, some don't but that's what makes a good show I suppose

@erikcourtney1834

2 жыл бұрын

You have a point. I forget sometimes that it is a Tv show.

What oil did you put on the handle ?

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

This was a tung oil finish. I will continue to apply coats for the next week before it is totally finished

nice recovery from a problem there, come out really well, love that handle, has real visual impact and a really good choice and construction. The broken one can still become something, easily enough steel there to make a small kitchen knife and with the smaller bit a scraper or tool for wood carving, and you are far from alone with the snapped blade, just one of those things that happen from time to time, s5*t happens as we say here

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir! I will probably break it into smaller peices and do some canister Damascus later on

@andyc750

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aleeknives sounds a good plan

Well, if it couldn't survive being dropped from 2-3ft onto concrete straight after hardening- it probably wasn't going to be very good knife anyway :) Just with the thinner steels which I have a love-hate-frustration with on a daily basis, found that if I leave a little section about 1/4" high by maybe 1/2" long around the tip all through the grinding and heat treat stages and then once I'm ready to form the point I'll just grind-dip in water, repeat until the tips nice and sharp. That sort of tends to help it survive heat treat/oopsies and make for a lot less paring knives which are strangely wharncliffe points

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

This reached it's full potential of hardness. The grain structure looked like a factory heat treat. It didn't even break at a stress point. It literally hit just right when it landed. I went ahead and tempered the peices and did a vise bend test and they reacted just as they should. Just super brittle after the heat treat! Bummer but life goes on

@krissteel4074

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aleeknives Oh it most definitely super sucks when stuff breaks. There's so many things happening in blades from a chemistry-physics perspective that sometimes its just going to happen and it'll happen to the best of us. At least its replacement worked and the handle is a beauty

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kris! I appreciate that! Cheers

Caption this video!

@who5348

2 жыл бұрын

Mistakes to great makes

@jjppres

2 жыл бұрын

Oh S*%#

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

I like that a lot!

Do you you use your Twitter account?? I need some help. I sent you a some pictures of a knife I am working on.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

No I don't use Twitter I gave up on it a long time ago. You can try me on Facebook I'll be more than glad to help airin lee

Shame it broke. been there done that. Did it bring a tear? You manipulated that steel perfectly to get what you were going for. Potential problem for any of us is whatever you do don't drop it just out of quench.

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Very true! These can be extremely brittle before tempering back

Nice recovery but not looks really nice

@Aleeknives

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!