Avoid These Mistakes: Simple Little Life Build-Along #4

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Had a lot of fun making this knife, can't wait for the next one!

[@droopydawg]

Use your 1×30 , I use mine for inside curve blades , karambit, hawkbill pruners, tracker styles, the narrow belts are awesome for that , affix it to a jig with the two high points even & then "hug" the outside edges of platen a bit.

[@HoneyEDC]

What 1x30 belt grinder do you use? And also what's the price?

[@droopydawg]

@HoneyEDC The WEN was a gift , the harbor freight runs between 50-75 depending on sales

[@HoneyEDC]

@@droopydawg alright, thank you.

[@willw7595]

The Claw, good build.

[@Simplelittlelife]

Thank you!

[@fredb7814]

Cool knife.....I Like Neil Kamimuras Kukri build....He explains how to Grind curved Blades pretty Well...

[@Simplelittlelife]

Thanks. I’ll have to check that video out.

[@trainwon5699]

Awesome video as always my friend and yes that is a challenging curve to grind for sure.

[@Simplelittlelife]

Thank you so much! I appreciate that. 👍

[@MASI_forging]

Great work dude 😘😘

[@ForgedIntheHills]

I used my Palmgren 2x42 with the flat platen. As I pulled the blade across the belt, I followed the curvature, bringing it upwards towards the tip. It made it feel more natural for the bevel grinding. I tried using the bottom wheel as a contact wheel like you, but I had the same problems you were.

[@Simplelittlelife]

Great tip! Thanks!

[@ForgedIntheHills]

@@Simplelittlelife no problem. I was talking to you while watching this like you could hear me 😂.

[@bartblack8054]

I wasn't able to get my knife finished. As of today, I have everything ground, shaped, hand sanded up to 320, holes punched. I'm hoping I will be able to normalize and heat treat tomorrow night or on Friday night, and start working on the grips. Hope to be finished by Sunday. I did everything mostly by hand, had family in town, and waited forever to get all my materials delivered. But I'm close. I'll send in some pics when I'm done, although you'll probably have released the video. Looking fwd to seeing other people's submissions, but not until I finish mine....haha. Will try again in March, or whenever the next one is.

[@Unclelarry766abc]

Thanks for the video. I did submit my blade, but messed up the subject line (it was the orange paracord blade) and the tag in instagram. Hope I still made the cut

[@sudo_nym]

Great shout out to James!

[@RedBeardOps]

Heck yeah sir! Glad to be of service. 🫡 - I’m not sure I’ll make the deadlines for the build along due to some family commitments; but this knife will be on my list for sure 👍… I'll need to try some gator piss!

[@bartblack8054]

Recently came across your channel a few week ago. Great content. I subscribed. Been watching a lot of your content now too. Thanks!

[@shawngummoe195]

Hey brother, would help with the grinding of that blade to use a smaller wheel and attack it vertically instead of horizontal???

[@lifeonroad4412]

As per Neil Kamimura's Kukri build video you need to use the edge of the contact wheel rather than the full surface of the belt.

[@timallen4511]

So when you were lasering your logo you said you didn’t like it and switched to a different laser. What laser was the first one and what do you change it to?

[@billyicon2806]

Should do a butchers breaking knife for the next build

[@juanboyd2895]

what is the oven called and place to check it out

[@richardbranton190]

I just etched 2 Damascus blades in gator piss and I wasn't happy with the finish. It says you don't have to coffee darken but I did it anyway and they turned out great. I kinda like that little knife 👍

[@NixOutdoors]

First💪

[@Simplelittlelife]

woohoo!!! 👍

[@nurs.zumabaev]

It turned out well, but it seems to me that if the handle were made of wood, it would be better.