⭐ Make sure to VOTE HERE - forms.gle/SkQJZcKHMLk9o64s5 .... and watch all the other builds! We have some amazing works of art in this challenge. Cheers!

@williamburns-uw2gf

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the link friend and loving the pattern and style of the chopper.

You did that ol' sledgehammer proud!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I like the mustard patina. I think it came out nice and gives it more character. Over all a beast of a knife.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! It grew on me a little...

Sweet, beastly is right. Works for me

Easy job to make a perfect chopper with a complete useful equipment good job

@RedBeardOps

11 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Beastly is the word, nice job

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ian!

Knife is a beauty!

I'm blown away with how that mustard patina turned out. Simple and a unique finish. Nice build!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Cheers

@williamlevey8712

Жыл бұрын

I also like the mustard knife it's a winner in My book am going to have to try that tecneek on my first knife that am going to make some day

@RainyDayForge

Жыл бұрын

@@williamlevey8712 did you watch my submission?

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

@@williamlevey8712 Very nice! Thank you

Very nice video I like it tanks for sharing ❤❤❤❤

Well, I can say this. If you don’t win it’s definitely not due to the lack of tools. Very impressed with your tool arsenal sir!!!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir; it's been a slow accumulation. Cheers

@tomgarner553

Жыл бұрын

@@RedBeardOps you’re welcome sir.

What a weapon

My name is David from Arkansas and I think you have a good kind of knife and I think it is just the best the way it is

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you David!

I am totally stealing your 2x4 C-clamp sanding jig idea! Genius.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Cheers sir!

Get to the choppa!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

GET TO THE CHOOPPPAAA

Sweet chopper!

Amazing work. Never I was seen it

Love the mustard patina! Great build!

Wow. ❤ Amazing ❤

It's unique idea, so few give repurposing a chance. It turned out otherworldly. The trend of forge presses really takes the soul out of the game.

Great job brother

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony!

This is a beautiful knife. Great work as always. 👍👍

Cool concept!

NICE, I love the "swoop" of the tip - it gives the chopper an assasin-look. 👍👍🌞

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Hulk!

The entire time i was like when is he gonna do the Damascus folds.....🤔🤔 why ain't he folding the steel.....and then i saw the mustard and i understood....lol nice work man really beautiful work.👍

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Lol, cheers! Glad you enjoyed it!

Great work there!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you James!

Holy smokes! That is a beastly blade! Great to see a new video and a dangerous chopper challenge entry!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Victor!

Wow, that's nice, brother, like the mustard trick not too bad.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers

Amazing chopper! This video really flowed well too and it was fun to watch. Great job!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

Beautiful knife

@RedBeardOps

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I like it :) First glance i didn't think I would but end product looks great and the patina actually works IMO, adds to the overall well. Good Build.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers! It's growing on me

Right on man! Nice work!👍🏻

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir! Your axe was epic!

Now that is a knife! Best of luck in the challenge. Thanks for sharing!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephen!

I would call that working and usable chopper. Good work.💪

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you greatly!

Waw good 👍

Not what I'd consider a chopper, but a large kitchen knife. Well done tho, turned out well.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Miller!

Great craftmanship. amazin ❤

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Брово мастер класс 👍👍👍👍👍

I haven't been a fan of the mustard patina but yours won me over. Nice build!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bryson! It has it's applications for sure

I definitely like the style and angles I totally want to see it out to the test

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice Damascus!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

LOL

a nice stencil to lay the mustard , would have made the mustard thing look more uniform, well done either way.

Awesome work Red!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

That's a f@cking chopper alright 😳 Well done!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video, man. Still going through the videos, but you are in the lead for my vote at this point.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah, cheers Charles

Fruit ninja!!! Great job James 🙏🏻🇬🇧🇺🇸

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Oh... I'm a fruit ninja for sure! LOL

I concur! A beastly zombie chopper! Fantastic work sir!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful and great knif. Looks like Uzbek pichak!)👍

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

The quality and effort you put into your blades is always breathtaking... This is no exception. Beautiful work! 🤘

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words sir! Your Bone Chopper was a unique work of art my friend. Your channel is one of the most under appreciated; I'm excited to watch your growth

@PJTForging

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Good luck with the competition! :)

Subbed. I was a little late to the dance for the chopper challenge but I've watched all the vids nonetheless. Love the channel. Personal preference but I enjoy the fact that there's no thumping emo music over everything you do. I enjoy hearing the sound of work. And, you had me at mustard lol.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

Very cool build!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

I knew you would make a beautiful knife. 👍👍

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Dude that beast whittled down a friggin tree trunk!!! Love the taper on the handle too- awesome build!! 😃🤘🤘

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you greatly Smitty! Cheers my friend

@SmittyTutDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely- and man I gotta get a respirator like yours, all this hair and beard that thing looks super effective

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

@@SmittyTutDesigns It's effective for sure... pricy... but I figured so are medical bills

@SmittyTutDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha so true!!

Very distinctive and charming knife. Nice to be able to participate. Greetings

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Leandro; you make some awesome knives!

I like the voice overs. Don't get me wrong. I like all your builds but I like to learn from you as well. Thanks and keep up the great work.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you greatly Mike. I will sprinkle in both. I was under a time crunch for this one.

I thought that the slightly longer handle brought good proportion. The patina was refreshing. I liked your video!😃

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you greatly Harry! Cheers

Looks great man! With mustard, do multiple sessions and give it a light scrub with 0000 steel wool between sessions. About 3 sessions will do. Then give it a quick dip in ferric ( maybe a minute). Final scrub with the steel wool and your done. I’ve had good results this way.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips! I'll give that a go next time

See now thats what these old school bowie knives looked like I use to find at stores when u could buy em anyplace a heavy thick blade wide good for bout anything now days can't find em like that

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Cheers sir! Glad you enjoyed this one

Beautiful forgeing brother.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers

Berry good Jovi.i loveli..

@CarlosMocci-bu5ue

11 ай бұрын

Corretor meu e louco..

@RedBeardOps

11 ай бұрын

Que bom que gostou da construção!

Oh Man, I was hope you will chop this wooden log in half😂! Very nice looking "Chopper Beast" James!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

I got tired! LOL

that would made a great kukiri

Some how my comment was at another video sorry about that. Lot of work forging that hammer great handle & tang, been awhile since your last video great fan outstanding video 👊🤙👏

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you greatly! Happy you enjoyed this one... Yeah my pace has slowed a little bit for sure. Don't worry; I'm not quitting any time soon. Have a great weekend!

Very good chopper. Now all you need is some bbq beef.. One thing about the chopper ya don't have to swing it too hard to get it to cut.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Aint that the truth! Cheers will

very nice knife. kind of like a bbw, but a bbk LOL

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the build!

That's pretty cool! What kind of steel do you think that sledgehammer is made from? Or, true temper tools in general? Thanks for the video, mustard patina is something you don't see every day.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John! The most common steel used for making sledge hammer heads is high-carbon steel, specifically 1045 or 1060 carbon steel. These types of steel offer a good balance of strength, durability, and impact resistance, making them suitable for heavy-duty applications like sledge hammers. Honestly I really don't know what True-Temper uses... but I bet it's one of those.

keep learning

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

I'm doing my best!

I live in a suburban area with houses about as close as they are from you, from the looks of your videos. I've been leary about hammering on an anvil because I don't want to make my neighbors mad. What are your thoughts on in town blacksmithing?

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Hey D Patt, I haven't had many issues to date with any complaints. Probably depends on your neighbors. If they're outside on the other side of the fence trying to have an event or relaxing evening; you should likely use common sense. Really depends; sorry hard to say.

Great vid man. I've been busy lately so i might not have been checking as much. But i feel like i haven't been seeing you drop as many videos lately. Maybe ill check the channel after this to see if i just ended up missing them.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Yeah... My output has been slower... Sorry about that. I'm not quitting though; don't worry

@_BLANK_BLANK

Жыл бұрын

@@RedBeardOps all good man. Still great to see the videos you do put up

Looks great. Tapered tangs confuse me. How do the holes for the Corby bolts line up?

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

They confuse me too. I drill the holes before tapering so that they're straight though. There are a bunch of fancy jigs to use to drill the scales. I need to make one...

Love it. How long does it take to fire the mass so it can be worked, and how long can it be worked until it has to be fired again?

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

It took a while with this large hammer head. Maybe 15-20 min. Then I'd work it for about 30-60 seconds at a time

Honestly, excellent and elaborate work. It produced a very beautiful and powerful cleaver. Please, what is the length and width of this knife, because frankly, I want to make one like it 😊

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

I have a PDF of the template on patron if you're interested www.patreon.com/posts/yt-chopper-81886773?Link&

Man this looks AWESOME. What about cover edge with a nail polish and then do a ferric chloride bath and a stonewash to really finish this patina?

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

That would look cool for sure! Nice idea Michal

Muito bom

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Obrigado!

How long does the original firing take? And then how long before refiring, that is, how long can you work the metal before it has to be refired?

@RedBeardOps

11 ай бұрын

Not very long between heats. Depends on a lot of factors though

Good job. Not damascus, but cool knife with hummer

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Is sledgehammer hardenable to decent hardness

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

I'd say.. decent, but not as good as 1080. It's probably 1060

Maybe I lack imagination but I didn't care for the tip or the patina. I do think it could have been a beautiful Bowie. At any rate it is FAR nicer than I could do.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the thoughts! Always trying new things over here

“It’s perfect”

Verry nice Knife. 0:19 Is that a German license plate on the white Car in the Background?

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

It's a diversion tactic ;)

@torroknives

Жыл бұрын

@@RedBeardOps that looks like a License Plate from Stuttgart Germany. That's only a few kilometers away from me 😊

Do we know what kind of steel hammers are?

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

I think they're either 1045 or 1060

This is really beautiful. Just one thing: why that shape of the top? It's a little useless a tip like this. Sorry, I'm a kitchen chef..! I thought with the mind on my job!

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Just for some flair! lol

@tinglithongerstm1629

Жыл бұрын

Yes absolutely that top shape makes the knives prettier ❤

🤫

using a Coconut to cut hahahaha

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮👏👏👏👏👏👏

Bummer to do all that forging and then just cut the shape out.

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to disappoint you

Try to make Kris

What a weird design to use…. Just looks weird

@RedBeardOps

Жыл бұрын

Sure is!