I found this channel this year and I have been trying everything I can to make stuff I see you making. Going back to the first video you made it is amazing to see how far you have come. I love your stuff and please never stop. - Dylan the plumber

I love watching creator's first videos 👍🏻

As a creator as well i love watching peoples first video... gives me hope lol

@John_Malecki

4 жыл бұрын

Hell ya Brad! keep crushing it!

I mean this as a compliment, your videos have gotten so much better!! good work

Very cool piece, John. Love watching that shape come together. I never though of using a flap sander on my grinder. Might need to check that out.

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

+Fix This Build That flap sander works great for shaping wood in a multitude of uses!

@louismuss5856

8 жыл бұрын

getting ready to do a kit knife, don't have all the tools u have but I think I get the idea ,thanks

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

Good luck !

Watching your first video is awesome. I am a "maker/creator" myself and have always wanted to post videos of my projects. Seeing how far you have come gives me hope that I as well could turn my passion into a full-time gig. Keep it Malecki. I'm a sub for life.

Just bought this kit as I'm thinking about picking up a little knife making. I see I have all the tools you have so hopefully it comes out as nice as yours does. Thanks lots for the video. :)

Amazing how much I've learned from these videos, for that Mr Malecki I thank you! Keep up the good work!

refreshing to get a good tutorial video like this. Off to Rockler I go!

You know what? I really like your channel man, it took me a long time to find it but the good thing is is that I follow you on IG. Thank you for explaining this, I see a lot of videos for knife scales but no one explains it, they just do it and expect a noob like me to do it.

Inspirational!

Love it, this is the most beautiful knife I've ever seen

That's a Beautiful piece of wood right there! Great Video.

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

+F-Knives: Custom Blades And Handles Thanks!

Nice quick tutorial - thanks!

Thank you for sharing I learned a lot

Good step by step instructional video. I like the high speed.

you are the very nice wood shaper of the universe

Very cool result!!

Looks great

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

+Jay Sybrandy Thank you sir!

drum sander is sick

Great wood color.. 👍

@John_Malecki

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Nice work. Thank you!

@John_Malecki

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

wow!! sure wish i could sand that fast!! :) seriously tho', great job! i learned a lot. thanks for the vid!

Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls

Awesome; thanks for the diy info.

@John_Malecki

7 жыл бұрын

+JRWahrhaftig you're welcome !

This seems like a completely different person from who just moved into his own 10k^2' shop a few months ago! Pretty cool on the knife kit too. I don't know if you'll ever see this, but maybe do a kit like this from time to time - something people can get started with...

Best how to video I've seen yet,thanks man

@John_Malecki

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it Brian !

Even younger John was obsessed with double sided tape.

Your production value has certainly come a long way but the content has always been great. Thanks for keeping these videos around.

@John_Malecki

2 жыл бұрын

im so sorry you went back and watched this my friend hahah

@pureunboxingchina

Жыл бұрын

@@John_Malecki hahahaha :D there are mire if us who wanted to know how it started 😂

@MuddyElbows

7 ай бұрын

@@John_Malecki this is a great beginer video

Wow. This is inspiring. I just started posting my projects on YT. I wanted to look at your first videos and get some inspirations (big fan). Low and shy voice, dark shop, regular tools, just like how I am right now :)

You should revisit this video and do a comparison or competition for your staff

i had no idea this was john, until the end =o

very good video.

what an awesome job you did and nice choice of wood. I attempted to make my own knife a couple of years ago with a homemade forge. the blade came out ok, although a lot smaller than I first wanted, but I totally botched the handle.

@John_Malecki

6 жыл бұрын

These kits are great and easy to learn with

@walte99

4 жыл бұрын

Knife makers don't make mistakes, we just make smaller knives😉

You sound so enthused lol. This video compared to your vids now shows the progress you’ve made. 👍🏼

The pins are supposed to be rivets. If you get all of your shaping and rough sanding done, before reinstalling the pins, countersink the pin holes just just about 1/8 below the surface, using a bit or countersink that's just barely larger than the pin. Then install the pins with ca glue and cut them flush with the surface. Then, laying the knife on a steel surface, use a small ball-peen hammer to pound one side of each pin til it flares out and drops below the surface. Then flip over the knife, and using a small steel ball on the underside of each pin, peen the upper-side of each pin til it is below the surface and snug in the countersink. The steel ball is important, as you need the bottom of the pins to be resting on a hard surface. I like also the way it con-caves the tops of the rivets.

@John_Malecki

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim that is good advice!

Nice work really like how the knife turned out! Keep up the good work!

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Jacquin Thanks Robert!!

@ProtektorPL

8 жыл бұрын

+John Malecki Are you of Polish ancestry?

@harry3338

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProtektorPL No he is Italian!

@ProtektorPL

2 жыл бұрын

@@harry3338 Ok, thanks for the reply after 5 years :D. His last name sounds like a Polish one.

@harry3338

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProtektorPL You are welcome! It mightsound like a Polish name, but he made a video about restoring old tools and then his grandpa came down who is Italian!

great job John, just subscribed. keep going strong 👍

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

+martin godsell Thank you sir! Much appreciated

@MsGepo

8 жыл бұрын

Hello ... please tell me where we bought a blade ready ?? Knife ..napishete my site or seller .. thank you.

I would like to know at what temperature you heat it with a brewer or until it blows. And at what temperature you put it in the oven and how long

You can use a radius router bit to do the edges….good job

Ran out of videos so I’m here now

Nice

Good knife

@John_Malecki

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, Fun easy little build

no issues with not stabilizing the scales?

رائع

no reason to pull the pins. just set them in with the epoxy. i will cut a few grooves in the pins before assembly to give the epoxy more purchase.

Is it just the epoxy that holds the pins in place or am I missing a step? Thank you for the video, very helpful, and well done, beautiful knife.

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

just the epoxy!

@aharanha

8 жыл бұрын

Ok, thanks!

Looks great man. Is there a reason to not drill the holes before splitting the blank?

@John_Malecki

7 жыл бұрын

It is easier for me to get everything to line up this way

Great!! awesome like always. ¿What wood did you use?. I couldn´t listen well when you name it. Regards!

@John_Malecki

5 жыл бұрын

Its Padouk wood

@zeroa6

5 жыл бұрын

@@John_Malecki Thank you very much!

You know you are used to spending time in the shop when duct tape is your choice of bandage...bahaha! Red Green would be proud...

Awesome vid. your editing skills are very good, just spend some more time with the audio. can't wait for the next one!

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

+Quinton Bergeron , yea I just winged this one, need to get a better microphone set up and that should help! Much appreciate the feedback !!

@IntoTheDirtshop

8 жыл бұрын

+John Malecki www.amazon.com/Blue-Microphones-Snowball-Microphone-Textured/dp/B000EOPQ7E best one for the price

@bergeronstudios2

8 жыл бұрын

+John Malecki also, what fence system do you use?

Nice job on the handle. What kind of steel usually comes in those kits? If I were to put that kind of effort into the handle I certainly would want the blade to be worth it. Thoughts?

@Skate4ypg

4 жыл бұрын

It's actually titanium not steel.

@brucesims3228

4 жыл бұрын

@@Skate4ypg Nice!

can you show how the scales match up where the spanish notch is? It is not visible in the video..

"Here's the finished piece " ... and I can't even see it through the ads to see it.

@John_Malecki

7 жыл бұрын

I think they make glasses for that.....

Is the blade any good?

hey people tell me please which epoxy do i have to use for handle?

@John_Malecki

6 жыл бұрын

any two part epoxy

Please say you have this "First Video!" Knife still laying around somewhere.

Very good! How much money pay knife? best regards, Serbia!

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

+Danilo Jakovljevic it cost me 20 bucks!

what was the stuff called at 8:13 to remove the dust of the handle?

@d37senracer

8 жыл бұрын

mineral spirits

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, mineral spirits

I use all hand tools

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

nice!

@CraftTheBlocksYesGaming

8 жыл бұрын

which hand tools?

I had done this a few days ago , I would say mines a bit more ghetto let's just say I have a nice comfortable sturdy grip of electrical tape haha 😂 .. love The video though very cool and informational , possibly next time I'll do it a little more like this !

great handle it's a shame about the scratches on the blade though "the ricaso " and along the spine

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

+Lee Michel yea I gotta be better on the next one!

@kmcgovern2012

8 жыл бұрын

+John Malecki you want to tape the scales together without the blade and finish the end that is at the ricasso. that way you wont scratch it up when they are on the knife. Also, mask that area with scotch tape (dry fit scales with pins and cut tape to profile). That way you can keep the oozing epoxy from sticking to that area as well. As you found out, it is pretty much impossible to clean up that area without scratching the blade.

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated. I will for sure keep that in mind for next time.

What kind of tape is that?

@nikolaipopov213

5 жыл бұрын

Double sided duct tape

Hello ... please tell me where we bought a blade ready ?? Knife ..napishete my site or seller .. thank you.

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

Rockler.com

С таким набором станков, грех не делать ножи.

Dig the wood

damnit.. completely lost on the interwebz again..

@John_Malecki

7 жыл бұрын

+Groundbreak Games good luck with that

The video was great, but he needs to slow down the camera, so I can grasp what he is doing.

Could BARELY hear u until half the vid

@John_Malecki

6 жыл бұрын

Ya sorry. Old video before i knew wtf i was doing

@tooljunkie555

6 жыл бұрын

John Malecki I hear ya on that bro..no need to apologize tho.ive been there done that..lol

@tooljunkie555

6 жыл бұрын

John Malecki Anand thought I was subbed at least a yr ago but Apparent laying I somehow got and subbed that's been happening a lot lately so just resubscribe and look fwd to seeing what I've missed in the past year or so..lol

Your band saw blade is tooo loose.

Puras maquinas 👎 Y lo artesanal ? Adonde esta ...

Chiacchieri troppo!!addio

lol half bilion invested jn machines

you could not sound more bored

@John_Malecki

7 жыл бұрын

well that isnt very nice

Thickness. You mean same thickness. Width would be the other way...

no issues with not stabilizing the scales?

@John_Malecki

8 жыл бұрын

+Phillip Rowland its a dry hardwood, shouldn't be an issue!