Blackhawk Bowie - Part 1

[@garyverduzco9025]

Love seeing this kind of video showing the process of troubleshooting and development. Keep up the good work Tim

[@REAPER85151]

You could cut along the tang and bend 90 degrees that way you have plenty material to make the guard

[@notabrit3025]

I belive this is called an integral guard/ bolster.

[@zacharylott7376]

I believe you are correct

[@CaptCorpMURICA]

You are

[@muledeerdude]

That is what they're called. They're fairly common in knife making, I'm kind of surprised he had never heard of them

[@somekindofography]

I wonder if instead of a full tang, you kept the bolster thick and the handle keyholed into the bolster. And it could mimic the lines on the base of the head on your axes. Love watching your videos! Seeing repeatable parts being made with tooling is just so cool.

[@cherenkov_blue]

The music and the forging hammer sync up for a bit at 2:49 and it's hella satisfying

[@jessecunningham3878]

Really nice forging, love the tooling for the press, just really smart creative work.

[@stevealford230]

A lot of people have done it for many centuries, Tim. It's called an integral guard, and can be in many shapes and varieties from cruciform to D to crazy octopi.

[@marknelson7451]

Thanks!

[@FarmsteadForge]

Nice job with the fly press - one of those is next on my list!

[@Vikingwerk]

Always interesting developing a new process!

[@Stealther]

I’ve been waiting for you to do something like this! Make sure that you record a proper Forged in Fire style strength test!

[@jeffsalsbury8984]

I love your idea and if no one else is in line, I will be your first customer for it!!

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Awesome job Timothy. Can't wait to see more videos soon my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep forge lit. Keep making. God bless.

[@joshclark44]

Proud of you for branching out Tim! I know swords and knives are sort of a stereotype with blacksmiths and you guys do a lot more. I think Alec Steele had the same issue with it at first but now it's his main thing. I do love the axe making, nothing wrong with that, but maybe this will broaden your audience and get you more viewers and sponsors! Can't wait to see how you figure this thing out. This is going to be so cool!

[@northernironforge]

Looks fantastic! A good source to look at for integral stuff is Lin Rhea. Not sure if that’s how you spell it or not. He’s the king of integral knives and does some amazing stuff. Things like bowies with integral guards and a blacksmiths knife style handle.

[@dragonwing4ever]

i was gonna suggest him aswell, if he wants a forged knife an xray bowie would be the way to go

[@NineWorldsWorkshop]

Isn't there a feature in the upsetter (that you don't currently use) that was for some part of the jackhammer bit making that required upsetting along the long axis of the bit? I have a vague memory of you discussing it in one of the restoration videos but because it doesn't make sense to use with the axe process you either didn't get it working or just don't use it currently. Unless I imagined that all it might be perfect to use instead of the flypress for the tang contouring.

[@Gefionius]

Oh no, I have to start saving my pennies! I love my hatchet, and I love Bowie knives. Damn.

[@bigbird2451]

Perhaps it's just me, but I'd love to see the curve under the guard with a way bigger radius that mimics the curve where the axe handle enters the head. That with a nice sharp shelf above would look really good I feel.

[@AlanW]

With the guard as it is, I'm thinking dagger instead of knife! That might be a fun idea!

[@LanceMcCarthy]

I've got need for an axe, but I would TOTALLY get a 1917 train rail knife with or w/out an integral guard

[@Karlos0412]

Hi Tim. I'd love to see you try Wootz steel. I reckon your coal forge is capable.

[@davidwright4363]

Alec Steele has made an integral guard bowie

[@braylon3233]

Alec Steele did an integral guard a while back, might be good to look at his technique

[@Btines01]

The handle material looks to be plenty for a full tang. A 6mm thick tang would draw out my best guess from how it looks in the video, you would get 14 cm easy.

[@evank7113]

Man this is great very excited for this series

[@dogboneknives7938]

Wil Stelter, Sam Towns, and several others make knives with integral bolsters. I hope this will help you out.

[@MAGO048]

Nice texture its like a lunar soil

[@carbon_no6]

Can anyone tell me (perhaps Timothy himself) the reason for not incorporating a flooring material? Concrete and such.

[@TGODHUMMELS]

call the knife the "DEMI-Hawk" to align with the black hawk series

[@Derrk94]

I'm definitely with the people that have already mentioned that the upsetting feature on your axe making machine (I can't remember the name) might be really good for doing this in a production style

[@nickbrooks5136]

SAW THIS AND THOUGHT OF YOU AND WHAT YOU DID WITH THE OLD USED AXE HEADS. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP GETTING THEM. CHEERS

[@Zogg1281]

*please read* The wording for the knife you're making is a "Bowie Knife with Integral Guard". Knives with integral guards or bolsters are quite common, but I haven't seen anyone trying to mass produce them the way you are. Just to complicated your life a little, I've also seen a Bowie knife with an integral guard and pommel. In this case, you would need to use handle scales instead of a solid wooden handle. Have fun 😊

[@brysonalden5414]

Clearly an important design consideration for this process is repeatability. Sure, you can cut the guard material out of the tang, but the result will be different each time. Not a problem for pure custom knives, but if you're trying to build roughly identical knives a repeatable process is critical, IMHO.

[@smacksteel708]

You can watch Liam hoffman forge out an integral gaurd on his channel (one of his older videos)

[@blackhammerartisan]

shocking ending.

[@Demon_02]

I'm definitely going to buy one when they are available I've already bought bother the hatchet and axe from the 1912

[@justinwilson4454]

What I’ve learned from all these blacksmith channels no one does it the same

[@madsvesth2465]

Split the end of the martial in thee so you have the finger gard and tang. And then i seulet the blade

[@brandonc2870]

I think if you contacted Will Stalter he could probably help with this

[@nofunclub]

Yea Part 1

[@bas17h4]

Just cut two tabs off the blade end and bend them down

[@Solid_Punch]

If you want to see how others done this, type "making integral bolster knife" on KZbin.

[@hulkthedane7542]

👍👍👍

[@CalebStewartPhoto]

look up lin rhea

[@fearghaldunne4340]

second

[@spasmoo]

First 😊

[@madsvesth2465]

Bad at right ind English sorry

[@Sajuuk]

When are you going to finish the knife eh?