We can easily forget how much work goes into forging a knife. Thanks, buddy. This has been great so far.

May be the start of a new series... What if I call it "I Forge A Knife Under Pressure"? 🤪

@cavemanvi

Жыл бұрын

You not talking on a video is the weirdest thing that’s happened on KZread. Lol keep up the great content 🪲

@custardthepipecat6584

Жыл бұрын

Sssh!! 😸🤙

@muledeerdude

Жыл бұрын

Hmm... I'm not sure if that will make the cut. Perhaps a pun?

Thank you so much, I'm planning to start my first knife journey soon. I've been sharpening steel for 25 years, however finding the best knife has made me hungry to produce my own.

There is something relaxing for me hearing the ring of steel on anvil. This video format transports me back in time when I was a toddler. My grandma has a scythe and blade business and she has several smiths employed. I would be awoken by the ringing of the hammers and it is a comforting sound. Thank you, Green Beetle for reminding me of my childhood and my grandma.

Now young Padawan you are a true blacksmith you have made a knife by true blacksmith ways , may the power of the Forge be with you always.

It's good to show how much muscle goes into forging a blade to this extent. If it were easy, everyone would do it. Well done.

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

Ty. I haven’t forged a lot recently and when it happens I use the press. One forgets what it takes to hand forge something.

Great forging demo, Steve!

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

ty!

Always a pleasure watching a knife coming to life 👍

it*s cool to see a proper forging from flat bar to profile, it's allot more work than a rough forge and cutting out the profile. love your content.

Appreciate the effort of hand forged bevels vs grinding from a billet. cheers for the vid.

I love how this is shaping up so far!! The profile looks really nice. I am excited to see what else happens under pressure:)

It must have been said before, but I'll say it again. Watching your videos is amazing, the detail you create, the tempo and all of it.. It's so therapeutic to watch. Thank you for the upload =D

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

🙏

I’ve been worried about you steve as I haven’t seen anything from you in so long now I was Thinking about dropping by to check on you , but then I remembered I’m in Australia and other than you being in America I don’t know where you are so I’ve had to be content with crying myself to sleep each night

@bevenwarland5029

Жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not his only Aussie fan lol

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

🥹

Does what it says on the tin. 10/10

Really nice shape on the blade. Oddly meditative video.

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. People ask for forge sounds only videos so I’m giving it a try.

I really appreciated and enjoyed this video even if I did miss your commentary.

No way would I have my bare-ass hands out if I were doing this lol, Great video!

Beautiful lines.🙂👍

That's looking really nice so far.

I appreciate the focus on how to forge and what parts of the process are the most important. This is cool. I do like it when you explain yourself as you go, but this did not need words. Well done!

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Thanks, for me that was an excellent fforging lesson.

Very nice 👍 And only took 10 minutes!

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

Yep! Thankfully grinding, sanding, heat treating and handling only takes 8 minutes so this thing will be finished in no time. 😁

Yay, hand forging on KZread! Now will you please take a grinder and clean up the edges of your anvil? 😉

Good to see someone going back to basics

A few days ago, i made i knife almost look like this...that i saw from Pinterest

Great commentary and impeccable audio 😉😁🤘

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

🧐😂

Absolutely loved this video. Thank you!

thank you

Fantastic work, Steve! Nicely done! 😃 I just shared your video, you won't believe it... In an astronomy group on Facebook! Because... Did you notice that the metal loses temperature faster exactly where you hit it (putting pressure)? Yeap, that's what happens in the nucleus of big enough stars... They create metal, but then they don't have enough pressure and heat to make it fuse into heavier elements. So, it starts to accumulate... Until it has too much mass, collapses and the star is gone. Boom! 😬 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

Woah 😮! Ty

Awesome video

Man, that is a beautiful profile. Can't wait to see the finished knife.

Very nice. I look forward to seeing the next stage

Good hammer = no fish-mouth. Nice.

Nice clean forging. Keep them coming. I enjoy it greatly.

lovely work, inspiring !!!

Cheers 🍻 Steve. We love ya ❤️

Now that's a knife!

You should make a Damascus Knife made out of failed Knives

Really enjoyed this. Reminds me of Andy Rawls-type woodworking videos

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks!

I love how precise your work is. calm, deliberate hits with not too much nor too little force behind them. your videos always calm me down :) I was wondering - what tool in your shop is your overall favorite?

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

press

More like “only forging a nice one”. Am I right!?!? I’ll see myself out.

It is nice to see you on the hammer again. I was concerned that maybe you had some physical damage from hand forging all of those beautiful blades throughout the years and had to rely on the press more from necessity than for convenience which would be a shame because you are an absolute genius with the hammer. Great video as always. Thank you for sharing.

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

I do have recurrent tendinitis in my right elbow that flares any time I forge more than a few minutes. 😞 Tip to the young guys - this stuff will catch up with you, treat your body right!

Nice one Steve👍 even tho I am still unlikely to try this voodoo, without a single word or reference/deference to fictitious paper towel entities...that was prrobly one of the most informative forging how to's I've ever seen🍺

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

👍. TY.

Knowing me, I probably forget that it was hot and end up touching the blade while trying to get it, right

Always a pleasur watching you forge a beautiful knife. But missing your voice-over. But you can´t have everything. Great work on this one.

Been a while since we've seen something like this on the channel Bonus points thought for originality on this channel in that its actual piece of bar stock and not some rusty, busted arse chuck of stuff you found :)

A video devoid of GB's humor seems so strange.

He grabbed the junky hammer to purposely hit the edge of the anvil on the second swing, or maybe “purposely” would be the proper term

you scale fish as to not dull thee Fillet Knife

is charcoal good for basic steel forging?

@GreenBeetle

8 ай бұрын

It can be done, you’ll want a blower to get it hotter, it will burn up pretty fast.

Thank you for what you do. What was the total time for this knife?

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

About 60 min forging? I didn’t keep track.

@wyattp9152

Жыл бұрын

That's faster than I would have figured. I assume that's just the forge work?

noice

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

ty!

.... It certainly wasn't clickbait

@drstrangefart

Жыл бұрын

But it was a nice video. Very tranquil.

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

Yes, some people leave feedback they just want to hear the sounds of the forge.

Sorry, but it's not the same without the witty voiceover. That's one of my favorite things about your channel.

Forging a knife by hand is becoming a lost art. Many people today grind to shape, and call it art, when in reality, all they are doing is cutting a knife out of a piece of metal. They will tell you that, "Grind to shape is actually better because when you forge the blade, you induce stresses in the steal." This is true, forging induces stresses in the steal, however, there are methods to take the stresses out of it. The most popular one is to thermo cycle the blade. Therefore, the only real difference is that people don't want to do the extra steps like forging to shape, forging bevels, thermocycling, ect. I do want to point out that I have nothing against grinding to shape, especially if they are making knives for business, however, when it comes to art, the individual should put as much hand work into it as they can, to establish a human connection to the piece. If they neglect this process, then the machine is making the product, and not the craftsman.

Hm. Today I watched some guy forge a knife traditional style out of bar stock. It couldnt have been Steve. Steve talks a lot and is really funny and makes knives out of really weird shit.

cool video and great process but I actually miss you talking....

First like and comment !

@beezo2560

Жыл бұрын

Byaaaaarrrr! Thee cookie be yours for thee taking.

Needs more talking. Where's Steve? Where's he gone?

@GreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

😎

@samziegler4957

Жыл бұрын

@@GreenBeetle 😂😂

I miss the witty banter