you are not only a you tube star but a t v star also saw the show you was on i was rooting for you the whole time your still my hero

Nice version of an old wood working marking tool. For center finding on an edge I use an even older version. Take some flat stock drill a hole at the center of length through it's face. Then drill two holes either side of that center, equidistant. Put pins in those holes and scriber into center hole. Put the scriber to your working stock and twist the bar until the pins ride on the working stock. Slide it down your edge and instant center line.

He's always so happy it's amazing and uplifting

Another very informational and helpful video. Great work Walter!!!

i love this guys sense of humor, hahaha keep at it Walter!

You are such a talented craftsman. You never act like you are superior to us who are not as skilled, but you always have an alternative method to achieve results. Thank you.

Awesome build, thanks for the video!

Thank's for sharing a well of knowledge on knife making Walter. I still have to make my first knife, but as I feel this is an excellent place to gather the most basic information about tools and techniques I need to get started, I found it to be a good idea to subscribe.

I appreciate you and your channel!

I've been watching your videos for 2 years and always wondered where you got your scribe!

Love the content so much help

Made one , works really great ,

It is amazing how easily you can get information about projects in this time. Im glad I started knife making now and dont live in a generation in which you have to buy books and DvDs. Just by watching your videos and Gough Custom's vids I am now able to make a knife. Thanks!

@NKG416

7 жыл бұрын

Yes,we must be grateful

@Jotexican

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel 12:4 Increase of knowledge in the end times.

For finding the center of the blade just take your best guess then scribe it.Then scribe from the other side of the blade.The center of the two lines will be your center. Just remember to make your guess close.

Just spent a afternoon making one thanks walter

Nice tool.

Hello Walter, nice video, as usual. Another great source of carbide scriber tips are the electrodes from TIG welders.

@WalterSorrellsBlades

7 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

Hint for tool improvement: If you tap the brass scribe holder with a fine thread on the end away from the scribe as well, and put an appropriately sized nut on it, you will have either a repeatable stop for scribe position and/or a micro height adjustment.

Nice one

Cool, cheers.

good video. good tool. thanks. R.

I've been waiting on this for some time glad it's here

@dornob6568

7 жыл бұрын

Me too

@bearriver685

7 жыл бұрын

Chase Garrett Me three. This is really great content from the channel, and why I am a subscriber.

How do you accurately find center with it?

Love your videos. You said you can make these without big power tools. Can you do that in one of your videos with hand tools please?

Nice!

Could i make this by replacing the brass or aluminum stock with wood?

Made an ripp of version with an big bolt and a nut ...drilled a hole in the nut for the "axle" that is brass in the video and a broken drill as scribe...it does not look as good but works :) ..did not have any taps for thredding ;)

so after I've made something like this, what's the best way to measure the depth of the scribe to make sure it gets a line down the center of my blade?

Hey, Walter. Do you think that you could make a drawknife one of these days? PLEASE?

Awesome! Bit of a randy rhodes tone near the end there.

worn out tig welding bits make great scribers

With basic shop tools (Files, drill press, small belt sander) how long do you see this project taking to complete? Thanks!

Hi Walter, I started making knives because of you and I’m now working on my 7th blade. I decided to go with a forged Nessmuk style skinner. I love this tool you made and plan to make one tomorrow but while watching this video I began to wonder how I would use it, or any other method to find the center of my forged blank. I’m at the point where I’m ready to start grinding the bevels and just realized that I’m not sure exactly how to proceed. Any suggestions? Thanks

scribe line thingy works though!

Thanks dad!

what is the hand drill that you used called

You should try using alcohol of some sort when tapping aluminium. Denatured or vodka, it all works great!

what's the distance from the block to the tip of the scribe? Also do you always start with he same thickness on your blades before scribing,what is that thickness?

what's the best angle to sharpen 3cm thick knife

If you have access to a surface grinder you can make your own parallels

Walter you're perfect person God will rewards you for your good deeds.

@robinturner2300

7 жыл бұрын

Amr Elsheikh or failing that your Patreons will

You can do this with simple tools. Tools get progressively more and more complex

but how do you find the center of the blade?

I have no doubt I could scribe a line somewhere with this. But isn't finding the center the point of using a drill bit (of a known size?

Love the ps1 sound clip in the intro lok

How do you only have 300,000 subs?

how do u find the exact center with this scribe tho

@stretchmfe4913

6 жыл бұрын

minor scribe from one side, then the other. Adjust as necessary

You said the symmetrical grinds diminish the likelihood of warping during heat treating. But aren't a lot of Japanese knives ground with the bevel on one side only? That's about as asymmetrical as you can get. Do they always warp? How do they deal with warping?

@dieselstruck

7 жыл бұрын

Sam Harper Some knife makers heat treat and temper before doing the bevels. A chiesel grind would absolutly benefit from that technique.

@erwinli6962

7 жыл бұрын

They're usually done with an iron core so they when the blades inevitably warp, they just hammer it back to flat. Walter demonstrates this in his sushi knife video.

I wanted to join but hate monthly payments. Can you have bulk payments too

Yes I just realized that I have a hand made wooden version out of my dad's woodworking tools.

So you measure the thickness of the stock.......... then you adjust this extremely precise tool by hand. It isent set up like a digital caliper to be some what exact? Just use your eye and hand, is that correct? I mean that's a pretty big let down. You want a tool to help you find the true center line, so you buy this and then you do it by eye and hand. Unless I'm missing something, but like amazon this video really dosent show how it's used. So I'm trying to figure out if theres more to this than what I have figured on up above here.

Walter, is sticking something to a brass rod, using a brass filler, soldering, brazing, or welding? I'm pretty sure that it isn't soldering, (although brazing 2 pieces of steel, IS soldering. (An adhesive bond.) Welding USUALLY involves steel, but wouldn't joining 2 pieces of brass? Sounds like welding, to me. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldering steve

@WalterSorrellsBlades

7 жыл бұрын

In different trades, you'll find different answers to that questions. The general notion is that soldering is a low temperature operation (around 500F) and brazing is a higher temperature operation (typically above 900 F). In both cases, however, you're using a second (generally) dissimilar metal with a lower melting temp to join to other pieces of metal with a higher melting point, whereas welding involves actually melting the pieces which are being joined.

@steveskouson9620

7 жыл бұрын

Walter, I was arguing semantics. Is attaching 2 pieces of brass, using brass filler, welding or brazing? I'm saying both. :D steve

Don't use oil on aluminium when drilling or tapping. The oil could cause the tap or drill to gall.

@chrishenning8829

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely not true. Aluminum is soft and will clog the flutes. It needs lubrication. Even WD40 works

You need to get yourself tapping collets for your mill sir.

@TheRoadhammer379

4 жыл бұрын

Considering the amount of quality tools and machines that he has, I'm sure he has the collets.

Or, you can just use a felt pen and a Vernier caliper to scratch the center line.

Jesus, get a metal cutting bandsaw!

I love these 'easy' project videos... Proceeds to use thousands of dollars worth of equipment. You can do it with simpler tools, however it will take forever and end up a piece of crap...

@gamer2101

2 жыл бұрын

I am sure you can make it with hand tools and it would work fine. Now how many times it takes you to get it right who knows. I love this channel but wish he would just use tools everyone had available. It’s easy if you have expensive tools but not everyone has them.

Frankly pretty high IQ stuff...hahaha!

I'd probably guess that 75% of the average knifemakers do not own milling machines...much less CNC Routers. It would be nice if you stuck to the basics. I'm sure those with advanced machinery can figure it out!

@MJ-tb1ws

7 жыл бұрын

Mark Clark He explained how to do it with common tools, if you had the fancy tools you would use them too. It doesn't take a genius to realize the machines just replace a little bit of patience and elbow grease.

@thewarriorpig3151

7 жыл бұрын

Mo Jo Of course I would...if I knew how to use them! That would require a 6 month internship (or longer) to fully understand how to use it. Now, "parallels". I've never heard of those, either! So, I have to research and view videos for hours to figure out what THEY do! All I'm saying, is "Keep It Simple Stupid Stupid" (KISS and the millworkers can do their own thing!

@WalterSorrellsBlades

7 жыл бұрын

If you watch a lot of my videos, you'll see that I try to do a wide variety of projects with a wide variety of tools. In some videos I do projects exclusively with extremely simple tools and in some I use much more complex tools. I could do every single project with a file and a hacksaw and a hand drill, but I view part of my mission as not only showing how you can do a job with the tools you have, but also introducing a glide path for makers to follow as they get more serious about the craft of knife making. I think a lot of viewers enjoy seeing tools used that they don't own because a big part of any hobby is imaging things you might do in the future!

@rickchargois9322

7 жыл бұрын

,Mark Clark, while Walter does not need anyone to defend him, I feel compelled to do so on this point. I have watched almost every video he has made regarding knife making, sword making, shop set up, tools, etc. He has been making videos for the knife making crowd for a number of years now. If you look back at his videos there are a large portion of them dedicated to making knives with very simple tools. He takes great pains to show both sides. I usually don't comment on these kind of things but your comment was shortsighted and not well researched. He really does go the extra mile to make sure that anybody can make knives with whatever tools that one has available. Also it was many years before he ever asked for any financial support to do so. He has invested thousands of dollars into teaching others without the expectation of any financial reimbursement. If you want to learn how to make knives and swords this is the man to watch.

@allanwolfe6071

7 жыл бұрын

I for one appreciate the insightful perspective Mr. Sorrells gives. His advise was around good practice, whether with a machine or by hand. Who cares to watch a speedup of 10 minutes worth of hand filing? I particularly enjoyed the tip around using the parallel bars and how to source them!

I'll give thumb down for every one of your posting accompanying your horrible tunes! I think, many will agree with me! we like your videos...only,

@WalterSorrellsBlades

7 жыл бұрын

One thing I've learned is that if you assemble any group of human beings, you will never, ever, ever, ever have agreement about music. I put on classical music, somebody complains. I put on acoustic guitar, somebody complains. Metal, here comes another complainer. So I just put stuff on there that amuses me and that I don't have to pay royalties for.

@ronin4711

7 жыл бұрын

Walter Sorrells Walter, first I appreciate your response, meaning you care. I agree with no one will be happy, so, how about "no music"? not all videos are music accompanied an are just OK. thanks.

@skinhead-ej8ff

7 жыл бұрын

Walter Sorrells use whatever u wanna use man. you got this far doing what you do, how you do it. why stop now ?

@TheRoadhammer379

4 жыл бұрын

Always one man-gina in the crowd, smh