You are correct my friend. I work with a coal forge and heat/speed are the heart of the weld. I have to go slow and start in the center with overlapping blows to get a good weld. Then practice, practice and practice some more. Great lesson and advice, thank you.

Beautiful job man 👏

Just now seeing your videos. Sir, we have common aspects of our lives. Are you still making knives and videos? I would love to be able to visit, as I am well acquainted with pain. You are now on my Prayer list.

Im doing an acid soak on a $120 billet of 1070,1095,&15n20. Had one end shift to the side. The acid works well

I'm looking into something like this, I just found out this exists. I may have ankylosing spondylitis, not confirmed. My back pain has been going on for nearly 24 years, and I have experienced electrical shocks through my body, as well as burning sensations in my fingers. No, I'm not diabetic. My neurologist is gonna talk to me about a trial tomorrow. What should I expect, and can I drive with it?

Можно попробовать между пластинами стали прокладывать листы железа, а также для сварки использовать пресс. А уже потом готовый пакет ковать и обрабатывать.

Awesome vid mate

What church do you go to?

How long did it take you to build from start to finish

Great video. Great dad.

..could have, should have, would have.... in the end, as here's the case, true craftmanship delivers a beautiful knife, despite the hiccups along the way. Thanks for sharing your skills and the process with us

Sorry, buddy. This could have been a real gem of a video, so interesting. But, you dance the camera around so much it is hard to watch. That and zoomed in tight too much. Very disappointed.

Wow, beautifully done!

Coil springs usually go through tons and tons of stress before they're salvaged. To get ahead of the problems that creates, heat and slowly cool it several times before working it. This isn't my first hand knowledge, but what have gathered from others with knowledge and experience. Makes sense to me though for what it's worth. I believe it's called thermocycling or normalizing. More likely, thermocycling is the process used to normalize, which restructures the grain, repairing microscopic cracks that weakend the steel. I'd love if anyone could confirm or correct me. So far I have forged half a dozen sets of tongs from mild steel and rebar, and so far they've held up great, not counting twice when they cracked where the reigns meet the boss but that was defect in workmanship, not material, (and useful lessons). I just got two monster coil springs that will be the thickest and some of the hardest stock I've worked with as of yet. Over the next couple days I will be heating it up and then burying it in ash to cool, several times before I start trying to work it. Fingers crossed. Thanks for sharing.

i got my first first stimulator in2009 that one was the St.Judge brand, wicth i got s lot of success from and it was easeier to to operate,i wore it from 2009 til 2022. July 10-24 i received my Nevro Stimulator since then i am experieceing deep back soreness , and also i developed exema, my face was pale in color my scalp was icthing and my arms and legs was flaky, i immediately contacted and got an appointment to be seen , the Dermotoligist diagnose me and gave me a cream for both legs and atms, one for my face , a cream for my head, and one for my back as i had developed Metal dermotology from this prcedure the icthing on my back has been an experience , my care has been above reproach but i wish this on no one,But i must say after all is said and done i am glad i went forward with the second implant, i do not like Nevro Brand like i liked St. Jude brand.🌻✌🏽🌻✌🏽🌻✌🏽🌻 🎚️🫶🏾🎚️🫶🏾🎚️🫶🏾🎚️🫶🏾🎚️🫶🏾🎚️❤️ t

Brother, you can’t be mad because the people on your state are so anti gun that companies are scared to do business. You just gotta either suck it up or move out of that hell hole before it’s too late

Amen brother! Well said. 🙏✝️🕊 I also suffer from chronic pain. I have heard similar comments from my fellow believers about faith and healing. Some laid hands upon me in prayer for healing. My simple request, pray that God will give me perseverance, not relieve my suffering. I am a better man through the pain. I have been humbled and dependent on God. My faith has grown greater through the experience, and I am now embracing pain as a blessing in my life spiritually. As my body declines, my faith and dependence on God have increased. All praise, honor, and glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

I’m about 2 minutes into the video and I had to stop to say, that is a beautiful anvil.

Was the other unit an Abbott unit?

I wish you would have tested a Larue trigger as well.

Just got a used one for cheap - excited to put it through its paces

Bro, a trigger scale is $20 on Amazon...

Turned out awesome. Gorgeous knife. Gave me the confidence to do that scarey tang peening. Thanks for the upload!

Great, Thank you

Take a grinder and open up the seams where it didn't weld fire up the forge.Apply flux before the billet gets too hot when it turns a red set your weld then re flux. Bring it up to forge welding temp tap tap re flux you'll know real quick if it takes or not.I had an old billet i tried this method an it worked.

Thanks for the video. I have a mil spec with the JP light spring but am interested in the two stage for long range. I thought you were going to weigh a large mouth with that scale.

Hi I'm north of buffalo ny , did you sell the anvil. Thanks Tom Wilkinson

*Garbage* *I'd be amazed if it was still in one piece*

Nice job man. Nice job. Love that handle.

Hopefully michigan doesnt get as anti gun as NY !

Thanks for the video. Hopefully you got out of New York by now!

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Any teeth left on blade? That’s crazy amount of time. There has to be a better blade to get you more speed.

Appreciate it.

⭕️same surgery... only it looks like they did a better job on yours....

I haven’t been making Damascus for a long time, but everyone I have talked too about Damascus says to just lightly tap it to set the welds. If you start really pounding on it in the beginning it will weld right where you hit, but the rest will pop open. I have found this to be true. Also I like to use 2-3 heats of setting the weld to just to be sure. The final piece of advice I have been given was to “flux the heck out of it, bordering on wasting it” Hope this was helpful

If you get light primer strikes with the Geisseles it’s not going to be because of the pull weight. The pull weight measures the trigger spring, not the (separate) hammer spring, and the hammer spring is what dictates the force of the hammer hitting the primer.

Dope AF knife, @WJBlades! Now you've gotta stitch up an equally dope sheath for it!

Dope AF results, @WJBlades! Now it needs an equally dope sheath/scabbard to complete the package!

Thank you for the video brother

Интересное видео.Кузница нод старину прекрасно,так как я люблю большинство всё самодельное👍

Singe stage triggers generally will have less travel than 2 stage. This is because a good single stage has no pre travel and is already at the wall. Really good triggers in general should have basically no overtravel meaning single stage will have almost no travel at all and 2 stage triggers will just have the takeup (1st stage) travel.

Sadly, I've learned that that character flaw, impatience, can still goof up damascus billets when I'm using my press. Glad you got the 5160 figured out!

loved the video! i am really interested in demo's from Gary Hinman. I cannot find any info on facebook or the internet. I would love to see him working in his shop. Thank you very much.

Thanks for the video,Don’t worry about the tax it’s only money. Have a great New Year.

I enjoyed your video. Like you I was all hand forging until I made a forging press. I made mine for around $1000 and it has been a game changer. I have a how to video on how to make one on my channel if you are interested.

Awesome build brother first time seeing your videos awesome work brother

Love the handle

What is the thickness of the Damascus pommel

Nice piece!