Practice, practice, practice. Then you'll still miss the odd one, LOL. Nature of nail making. Thanks Sam.

😂 it's very ugly. Is it the Flynn's razor?😅

Awesome video with deep dive into details. Subscribed. Keep up the good work.

This is not hunting arrowheads

You don't know me and i still feel picked on :P

An integral bolster kitchen knife is also a kind of compound taper. I like compound tapers for my kitchen knives for exactly the reasons you said, although i don't go to the point of doing a full integral bolster (also they show the limits of my bladesmithing :P )

You said I am not going to chamfer it too hard, I am just going to go in with the flat disk! Holy cow, chamfered it wasn't, brutally damaged with that angle grinder. Way beyond an even aggressive chamfer.

Damaged the anvil around the Hardie hole. Yes, electric tools are easy, but they can be difficult to use for fine adjustments. Oh well. I appreciate the information presented.

I sent a picture in hope I got right email.

What do those two dots over the number six mean? 🥸

2 years late, however, I was wondering how long did this whole process take you to do in real time with heating included? Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us all godbless and good health.

Why not use hot cut tool

Started forging mine today.

few questions, do you want photos of the whole process, or just the final product? also what info should I send along with the photos? just a name?

2:40 nah its perfect to have 2 groups doing the same challenge, it means i only have to make one knife 😂

Awesome man keen as!

I have several chunks of Damascus scrap that I have been saving. If I cleaned some of these up and put them in a canister with powdered steel and made a blade from that, would it count as ‘scrap’? I wouldn’t even twist it to hide it - I could just forge weld it and draw it out so you can see all the various, weird patterns in the blade. It will be weird, but also interesting and absolutely unique.

Awesome theme for this year! I am excited to start my build and see what everyone else comes up with!

This is a great idea mate! "rugged and raw" Looking forward to seeing the result and keeping across of your efforts too Best of luck to all those who enter!

Does the whole knife have to be made out of scrap or do we just have to incorporate at least some scrap into it? Hoping to give it a try this year!

Do my unfinished tongs count as scrap?😂

Woohoo

best one! excellent. much useful factual information thank you sir !

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Nice one! I made mine as well! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5jcYYiKobutepYsi=SuxFwovm_obkxtTR

Awesome 💯💯💯

I'd like to see a change in the testing - the 90 degree bend is a "trick" requiring a bladesmith to do things they would not do to a knife they want to sell, i.e. blue back the blade and make sure the bend point is clear. Find something meaningful to test to. I'm a hobbyist that learned heat treating as a metals processing special in the air force, I know how to make metal bend like a spring and come back to true - and no one uses a 10 inch knife to chop two 2x4's. Seriously, what a silly test. Even the 2 year or 3 year 'thing' is flawed. Really, pay a couple thousand and take a class that takes a year off the time? How about PUBLISH the knowledge on a PUBLIC forum.

Great stuff! Thanks again Sam! Appreciate you! 👊

Excellent work! That turned out REALLY nice! 👊

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Hey mate great video 👍

Nice tip! I just picked up a 2x72 and haven't gotten to play with it yet, but looking forward to utilizing this tip.

Thank you soo much, have been trying to figure out how to make one and you just made my life a lot easier and my wife a lot happier (I was looking at a $3k plus kiln).

Amazing video! Exactly the info i was looking for. Thank you. Subscribed

Great video, lots of good information, most of which was new to me 🥃

Bit late to the party with this one. Great video, useful information. 🍻

German Belts - very clever!

This one is very helpful

A link to get the guillotine tool?

Lots of good info, this helps! Now i just need those huge arms and i'll be all set 😆

Sam! Your blades are amazing! I’ve been listening to your podcast and I finally found your channel haha! I love your work

This is great Please tell me if you never did the last part would that pass as a scandi grind? Hope you get back Thanks

Very nice work sir.

What kind of hammer are you using? I have one I bought estate sell but both ends are mushrooming out. I’m thinking about grinding on it. Hopefully I’ll not ruin it!

Really enjoy watching a pro! P

I’m just learning to forge. Thank you. Out of all the information I have been soaking up. This hammer lesson has been the most valuable for me. Your explanation of the fundamentals of hammer mechanism was so clear.

Nice work. Thanks for the video👍

Sorry to bother you but what’s the name of the white finishing belt? The experimental one from Italy?