nice touch with fancy cam shots

Got a like on this one purely for the title of the video!

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

🤣 your mind is in the gutter... Just like mine 👍

Top work Skye.. workshop time getting me through this lockdown... 👍👍👍

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Craig, yea gotta keep busy and get out the house, can't wait till it's over 🤞👍 All the best mate.

Thanks for vid, keep videos coming quality man. 👍👍👍

I found the easiest way is to crush the plastic part in a vice, great vids, Thanks

Weird, but every time I watch your videos I smell burned wood! Lol

Great project

Well done!

Nice job. I like it 👍👍

I'm doing the same thing but with a beautiful piece of fatwood. I'm going to make it over-sized in case there's ever a need for emergency tinder. I don't have any fancy wood working tools so I plan on just using a knife. It's going to look rustic. Yours looks great...thanks!

Beautiful! I gotta get me one of those special Skye rigged grinders :)

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, yea they're great, little bit dangerous but if you're careful it's fine 👍 All the best. Skye

Nice

Great Job On This Skye ! Custom It Is ! High - 5 ATB T God Bless

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

High five Terry! 🖐️ All the best mate

Cool video I need to give that a try... thanks.

Very nice , going to have a go at that 😊

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, have fun mate 👍 All the best Skye

Subbed after I watched your Morakniv pimp vid😆. Of course you can get ferro blanks, Bayite seems to be the best compromise between the hard sparky variety and the dragon snot slinging softer ones that are higher in magnesium. Chuck up a square hunkof High speed steel lathe bit material like this, and it gives ya 4 edges for running a ferro, and a nice matched set. Save the knife spine for the SHTF in the woods stuff

great video, inspiring to make my own one, looks so much better, thanks!!

Thank you!!

Lucky for me, I just decided I will consider getting my flooring done. I may choose otherwise--we'll see. But oh well ;)

Good tip. Envious of your man cave, mate!

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Barry, yea my workshop and the woods are my favourite places 😁 All the best mate 👍 Skye

Thank you!

Nice it helps me a lot, thanks❤️

So glad you've started making videos again. Top work.

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris, yea I'm happy I've got my motivation back, got some cool stuff planned this year 👍 All the best mate. Skye

great job that's a nice looking handle. take care

Nice mate,gives most of us on lockdown something to do 🌳⛺🔥👍

This is exactly the video I needed 👍🏼🙏🏼

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aggy, all the best 👍

Nice work Skye :)

Nice drill. (:

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Still going strong 👍💪💪

Skye, thanks for all your vids; the wife and I are chilling from the sofa (in the warm!) throughout our lockdown afternoons by binge watching the Valley on the big TV - keep them coming! I'm hoping for a few less arctic days sometime soon, so I can get back in the workshop and make a little sheath for my Hults axe without freezing my toes off; I'll be stealing some ideas from yours, obviously. Hi as well to Colin, and the rest of the Swamp family and friends too. Great to watch your interview with Yankee the other day!

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, that's so awesome to hear. I'm uploading every Wednesday now so I'll keep em coming 👍 comments like yours really motivate me and the guys, thanks again. All the best to both of you. Skye

Very nice Skye 👍 👌

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Ray 😁 not quite as cool as the stuff you make but hopefully it'll get a few people started 👍 All the best mate.

Cool. I use Crepe Myrtle for carving spoons and walking staffs. Now I get to try this! Thank you.

@johnchastain4351

3 жыл бұрын

I make walking sticks from Crepe Myrtle also. I have not tried it for spoon carving. I have been thinking about using it for a ferro rod handle but I have not tried it yet.

@volleytheory

3 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind to start carving when and while it’s green. Very hard wood, great for crafts. Best of luck on the handle.

@johnchastain4351

3 жыл бұрын

@@volleytheory Thanks. Most of what I have is very dry. Have you tried carving a spoon dry? I saw someone do it with poplar. In shaping walking sticks I have found that it was not too hard to work with. However splits will run out on you. It is also a great wood for burning designs into the walking stick handle.

After the epoxy has set you can fasten the ferro rod into your drill and spin the ferro rod to shape the handle with a piece of sandpaper in your hand or on the bench. You can easily control the speed and sand at a rate that you feel safe and comfortable with. This method also works well for sharpening punches or awls if you get my point, no pun intended. Stay safe!

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, I've tried that but I find it's hard to sand evenly, especially close to the ferro rod where it's really thin, I think on a lathe it would be easier but I don't got one yet. All the best mate 👍 Skye

Thanks Sean Connery

Nice video. I have been using branches from trees in my garden (we say yard in the US). I let them dry for about six months first. I have cherry, oak, hawthorn, pear, holly, redbud, and crepe myrtle. I basically do the same as you have shown. I do the major part of shaping with my Mora and then finish off with hand sanding. Mine have worked better than the plastic handles. I now just buy the rods off of Amazon and then add the handle.

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, sounds like you've got a nice yard 👍 Yea I just buy the bars too, it's crazy I've got about 20 ferro rods now and I could probably light fires for the rest of my life with 2 or 3 big ones 😅 All the best mate 👍 Skye

@johnchastain4351

3 жыл бұрын

@@SwampValley Do what I do - make them look nice and give them as gifts. They work for Christmas and birthdays.

hi Skye. Great demo of a how to do and, even better, I have the excuse to buy an angle grinder! Stay safe in these troubled times. ATB. Nigel

Love it, some brilliant videos here, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Nice! With a little piece of brass tubing for lanyard it looks even cooler. I made my few years ago, still in good shape.

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

That's a nice touch, I've actually got brass tube for doing that with knife handles so I might have to do that for the next one 👍 All the best mate. Skye

You could also just buy the rods with the female end on it n save cutting them just a thought

Hi Swamp Valley, n I've just found your channel and subbed to you. Great intro. Where in the world are you? Love your animations. Have a great day and stay safe. James

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks James, were in Ayrshire, Scotland. All the best mate 👍 Skye

Another great video Skye, loving the grinder like that might have to steal that idea mate, I’m defo away to have a go at this once I finish up this job at the end of the month. Atb Wullie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@SwampValley

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, yea the upside down grinder is awesome for this kinda thing and sharpening axes 👍 All the best.

You are a good ole boy handyman like me. I whine about a minor imperfection and my wife says stop competing with God!

nice finish thank's to show I just finished my first handle for completely handmade Ferro rod and I made similar notches to you in my Ferro Rod I make video on that you can go check and if you caan tell me i make something rong or all is good for you i appreciated Thank's God Bless you

what size dia is your ferro rod

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