BLADESMITHING | Freestyle Forging | Truck Spring - Part 2

[@patrickwoolery6000]

I wish I had something clever to say, but I don't. Instead, I will just give a very sincere thank you, Jason, for this series. I think it is wonderful to have you doing this. Not least because there is a lot of bad information on YT and you have the cred to counter some of it. And that's really valuable to hobbyists like me. Again, thank you.

[@Raycefan]

I cannot express to everyone watching this what a great, lovable, intelligent, humble, genuine man, father, and guy Jason Knight truly is. I consider myself blessed to know him.

[@alexanderartman4449]

Excellent brother. doing the work of the bounty hunters guild. thanks for taking me back to the days in your shop.

[@reneedecoux8649]

Nice knife your craftsmanship and style for knifes is on a high level

[@joarflesja1516]

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the next video👌👍😊

[@robgoodenough5649]

Fantastic job Jason. Nanu Nanu!

[@JacksonUW]

These videos are my go-to content to watch between my welding classes at school. Your wisdom and experience is priceless my man, plus your sense of humor has me laughing out loud, literally. I can't believe you don't have more subscribers. Thanks for all that you share!

[@connormcnamara7007]

I learn something in EVERY video you release Jason. Thank you for providing this series. I can't wait to see what the Forged series has in store.

[@hirayaman246]

For me, it`s like a travel back in time - my great grandfather was a blacksmith and worked at a mill, all i got left from him is a leg vise just like yours, it`s more than 100 years old and it`s still working....i can never do the things you do, and i don`t have your experience but i enjoy so much watching you, you make it seem so easy though i know it`s not- that`s true art and craftmanship.....plus a lot of personal feelings involved.....great man, great work....

[@hirayaman246]

@@JasonKnightMS Well said...but people from US also have a saying : you can't teach an old dog new tricks.....so my great grandfather was best at what he was doing, you are perfect at what you're doing ......if i even try to forge, it will be only maybe to weld or shape something, but making knives and all that stuff will never be for me since that takes experience....and you cant buy experience...

[@jollyjiggler]

Its like a free class👍

[@TheMongo1357]

ROFL Love the humor you inject into your videos Jason! Keeps me interested, while learning valuable information at the same time! I'm ready for the next one...

[@wkp1973]

Thank you for the tip on the drill bits. I work at a hardware store and was buying Milwaukee cobalt bits at $7 a piece. They were not only expensive, they weren't giving me the results I needed to be more efficient. I just ordered some F bits from MCS and paid $2.14 each with free shipping. Thanks for saving me time, money and headaches.

[@pascualvasquezjr.6285]

Very happy to have discovered your you tube channel. Enjoying your very informative videos with some humor along the way. Keeping it simple in action is what I savor the most.

[@allendean9807]

Love your content Also, you were the best of the master blade smiths on FiF.... they should give you all the money to come back, and talk shit to contestants!

[@wiley979]

I completely agree, this series along with the live streams are an incredible resource. Jason is very good at explaining those little things that are for him instinctive but make a huge difference in the final products. Thanks Jason and crew.

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

This series is so awesome!!! Thanks Jason.

[@terrytaylor9206]

Thank you sir for explaining the "why's." It matters. Very much appreciated.

[@NMiller_]

Can't wait till I move, the new place will have enough space for me to setup my little propane forge again. Watching your videos helps pass the time and stoke the fires until then.

[@fishboytroy]

Tomorrow is yesterdays today!

[@GodseyKnives]

I wondered why I sometimes had to sand my pins or file the holes The drill bit info gave a answer to that Thank you !

[@stillwatersforge3957]

I'm learning so much from these videos. It helps me to be more efficient in the shop. Thank you!

[@jeverettrulz]

thank you, as always, for the great content, information and generosity in giving such insight!!! Getting your Forged series from the wife for my birthday this month!

[@jeverettrulz]

@@JasonKnightMS thanks! Really looking forward to watching, learning and getting better!

[@bluuper321]

You sir are amazing! And you have a way of putting things that I can understand! Thank you. As a collector and being one that appreciates a good knife, I can’t wait to get one of your designs.

[@shanewismeyer6611]

I'm glad you mentioned the whole "grind to at least 120" before the quench Myth. I grind everything to 60 grit before the quench and haven't had a problem yet. Thanks for all the info in all your videos. The online course was priceless and will be reference many times over.

[@zivac1976]

Extremely educational video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge sir. 🙏🏻

[@OrionsAnvil]

Great info on the drill bits.

[@fizzix4]

I am using 5160, trying to learn everything I can about, eventually want to move 80CrV2. I have heard it behaves much like 5160 when normalizing and hardening, I am using my forge right now, saving form a salt bath, but here is what I do: heat to above non magnetic cool, heat to just non magnetic, then just below. Would this work for 80CrV2? I bought you elemental knife course and love it and the videos you are doing here. Thanks a million.

[@blackcatmetal]

Just tried the clamping a quenched blade in a 2x2 method, works great! It's a keeper!

[@Mitchasauraus]

Awesome video. Cant wait to see that beast of a knife all finished up!

[@Zach-ku6eu]

Your heat treat and wooden cool down clamping! I can't believe everyone doesn't do this after seeing this, I know that I sure will.

[@snake2261]

I Have a Ruana hunting knife!! They are very well made blades. Loving the videos and all the great information! Thanks!

[@fabianherr2750]

Greetings from Germany

[@09harleyfan]

love your videos always looking forward to the next one!

[@bryancorbett8]

Another great video. Just showed BIL Ward Patrick about you. Thanks for the content.

[@tim1338]

Hey Jason I’ve got a question, when you did the last normalise and straightened it in the leg vice. Wouldn’t that speed up the cool rate compared to letting it cool in air? Is letting it cool in the vice as effective as letting it cool in air? Thanks heaps for all the content I’m really enjoying it.

[@ReignForever]

when talking about the drill bits making a triangular shaped hole, its MOST noticeable with a bigger bit when you first start the hole. before you have any depth to the hole, you can really see the 3 side angles that make a sort of triangle.

[@JohnnyCreighton]

My dad just gave me his old ruana skinner that he got from his dad! Pretty neat.

[@joshuaabbott7498]

Thank you i have never learned more

[@GibClark]

👍👍👍👍Great tips on bits. Never realized weren't round, guess thats why machinists use reamers.

[@jacechatman2703]

Love the content and keep up the great work and time travel can be a bit tricky at times.

[@Noahlochner0]

excellent videos Jason, keep up the good work!

[@justinevomail]

My Ruana knife is a fantastic blade. Use it every elk season. Built an hour away from me.

[@stevecaptin007]

Great video, jason can i ask, what sort of blade thickness do you do the quench and heat treat at, i'm always worried i will mess it up if its to thin. But watching your methods on keeping thing straight has given me more insight and confidence, thank you.

[@BamaDanKnives]

Loving every show thx!

[@asentimentalman6655]

I have a ruana blade. Left to me by my grandfather. Really spectacular blade.

[@muriellivermore2560]

Lots of help! Thank you!

[@dwaynegibbs8371]

Great video. For some reason the audio cut out on me when you were talking about the blocks and post vice, are the blocks aluminum?

[@michaelrobertson8795]

That's pretty cool Jason. I've been picking the brains on my truck trying to figure out an issue. Mostly the O2 kit

[@skipwatson5258]

Really loving these videos. I'm just a couple miles down the road from Biedler Forrest. What do you think about Cypress for scale materials? There's a bunch of it around here.

[@lonewolfforge7603]

Good shit, brother! Sheathing in the future?

[@thedarwinexperience5312]

I do have a question. When you're tempering do you have it go from room temperature, up to not quite 400, and let it soak at that temperature for the hour and a half, then turn the heat off and let it go to room temperature slowly or just take it out of the oven and let it go to room temperature that way?

[@ryanschreiber5979]

What's the difference between thermocycling and normalizing??

[@ryanschreiber5979]

@@JasonKnightMS thank you sir! I'll be buying your forged series soon. Need to up my game. Thanks again!

[@rw3035]

Inspirig. Makes me want to make one!

[@the68gabn]

I am curious. I understand your background a bit and love your work. I am a retired soldier and I'm looking for a good solid knife. One that is a cross of a fighting knife and a bushcraft survival knife. Somthing that will fit on my belt or vest and will function well in a tactical role, but will also function in bushcraft. Baton wood and the like. Suggestions and or could you do a video making one. Thank you sir.

[@joeingles5854]

Opinion on stock removal? Is it worth trying that first before investing in more knife making tools.

[@WinterXI]

well for stock removal you need some type of grinder and a drillpress unless you wanna use files and a forge, but youll need those things for forging too, so why not just start at stock removal first then get your anvil and other stuff if youre into it. anvils are expensive too unless you can find one somehow second hand

[@jasonburns956]

Great vid mate I'm heading down to your mate mark Sinclair's place today to ht my second knife today (first proper build) wish me luck

[@jasonburns956]

@@JasonKnightMS quench was all good mate its alittle wonky out of first temper I've shimmed it and going for round 2 can't wait to sand it up and see if we can pull a hamon out of it

[@warrenharwell7576]

I made a knife when I was 14 under the strict tutelage of a master blacksmith he could do anything. You know the first thing you made me do learn how to forge weld good God I had about 4 Model A or Model T leaf springs I managed to make one knife out of all four of them. he made you run numerous normalization Cycles. he made me go to 60% finished forging only. when I wasn't cleaning up the shop and doing all kind of dirty work but it was worth it he actually paid me $0.50 an hour when I wasn't working on my knife. He was crazy but I still got that knife. And it held up well and Lord knows I abused it

[@warrenharwell7576]

@@JasonKnightMS I wish I could have kept up with it I really love doing it

[@sheepdogpleb1509]

Look up twister drills they are 3 flute drills I run them on Cnc but I’ve used them in drill press and they are amazing and you don’t have to peck as much I get them from western tool. I’m not sure if they ship to all USA but hey check them out if you like very nice drills. Your videos are awesome thank you for you hard work getting videos out to us 🇺🇸👍

[@ReignForever]

my most recent blade has a tiny warp in it too... I annealed the material before shaping the profile, and I normalized twice before hardening. still got a little warp just in the last 3/4" of the blade. I think I can fix it by just surface grinding one side of the piece because its still pretty thick. its a Kiridashi, so the bevel is only on one side. if I heat it up to straighten it, would I have to harden it again? this is blade #3 for me. I am a newbie. I was thinking I might be able to grind it out, since I still have to grind scale off from quench hardening, and its still probably close to 1/4" thick. the warp at the tip curves up towards the blade bevel

[@MnPfan]

I actually do build helicopters and was laughing at the "triangular hole" because it is 1000% accurate

[@shaunnaude5190]

Hi Jason.Shaun here.Instead of using the 2 wooden blocks could you use aluminium blocks?I have used aluminium on larger blades in the past but am not sure whether it has a negative effect on the steel. Regards: S

[@bogower4216]

C'mon Jason, everyone knows you don't have enough spice to fold space...Great video, bud!

[@robotfrank5171]

I wonder if he can make a blade from a sandworm tooth?

[@jeremypeterson7171]

Being that Im in Johnson City, I need to get over there some time.

[@jb8086]

Freaking great video man, really appreciate the tip on drill bit sizes. Would love to see what your talking about that you do to your hidden tang knives. A big thank you from western NC

[@jb8086]

Looking forward to it, thanks

[@phaledax3661]

I like how he broke down an old-smiths tail (120+grit abrasives) and probably guessed spot on what really happen and that the smiths tail did not at all make sense.

[@Hunter30394]

Great content as usual. Just curious, what kiln is that you are using for heat treating? Looks like it would handle a large blade or multiple blades at once easily.

[@Hunter30394]

@@JasonKnightMS Thanks man!

[@georgestevenson830]

Lovin it keep it comin

[@emiledeschenes7370]

Hey Jason! Incredible videos. I'm wondering, after forging and before you started the pre-heat treat grinding , did you annealed the knife in ashes during a certain amount of time? I'm not talking about the normalization cycles before the quench. Thanks!

[@emiledeschenes7370]

@@JasonKnightMS Can I know the reasons why? And, if I may ask also, what's your thoughts about cold forging?

[@emiledeschenes7370]

@@JasonKnightMS Thanks a lot for your time and your knowledge. I truly appreciate it and oh god, I enjoy these weekly videos!

[@MrKamakazy01]

Are the drill bits you use cobalt?

[@olddustybones]

I had a good laugh when you said you can bend space time, or split an atom haha. Your videos are super helpful for me, and they sometimes make me laugh . Side note, I have split atoms. It was cool but forging is better 🤘🏻still trying to figure out how to bend space time

[@АлексСибирцев-о9у]

I agree with you. high carbon steels and alloyed, high alloy steels should be normalized to eliminate internal stresses after forging. These steels are considered strong and forging is stressful for them.

[@АлексСибирцев-о9у]

@@JasonKnightMS I completely agree with you. Without harmony in metal, it is difficult to make a thing of truly decent quality. And this is impossible to achieve without knowing the metal.

[@caseybrown6531]

Haven't used Hitachi 1085. Why Parks AAA instead of Parks 50?

[@ouej8717]

what is the bgm,it sounds very feeling !!!

[@lancelandis227]

I grind and sand to at least 220 just to make it easier to finish after the heat treatment and temper. But this is what I do.

[@michaelhorner912]

Man your wisdom unparalleled, one problem I saw which shows poor knife handling you ran your hand down the blade about 50 times. Now if you were distracted picked up the wrong knife with an edge. Easy injury. Good content. Just be careful. 🙏

[@lymanw.-nf8bw]

Thanks

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

Great insight

[@Exmoorblades]

Loving your videos, Almost as inspiring as Conan 😉

[@Exmoorblades]

Can’t believe you replied, You helped start me on my journey😀

[@mercuryrising9174]

@JASON KNIGHT...how old are you brother i got my equivalency in 98 Thats what happens when they want you to leave lmao !! . youde mentoined being in high school in the 90's..also can you show some of the sheaths you either make or use ?

[@mercuryrising9174]

@@JasonKnightMS cool brother.. Sounds like you have had a very interesting journey

[@bobhaehn5470]

Engineering standard for an "F" bit is .257

[@bobhaehn5470]

@@JasonKnightMS Gotcha. ;-) Put it up as FYI for viewers

[@jamesBGgarner]

Love ur work. Would give a kidney for one of your knives

[@jamesBGgarner]

@@JasonKnightMS I have the money and if I could get on ur books or whatever.. Just a big knight style chopper custom that would be coolest thing to ever happen to me. Sure your a busy man though thankyou for replying mr knight.

[@northmanlogging2769]

Me being self taught and kinda dumb, I would forge to near finish, harden, temper then grind, while I've broken knives (cause shit happens) its never been because of the grind, if anything its from improper heats

[@dustinholland4002]

There's a guy named seth . He has a channel where he forges. It's Amazing kk daily. He quenched everytHing in water and there are times that his work piece is hardly at a orange heat. Is he even getting a hard blade? Is it likely that he is just getting a art blade that is littered with cracks. I understand that some metals can be when her in water, but I see him use spring steel a lot. Doesn't spring steel crack in water. What can I tell me about his process. Is it wrong or right.

[@onehappydawg]

TARDIS...haha...I just got finished watching the latest episode of Dr Who before I watched this video. 😁

[@stressmasterbk4294]

I still think you should make a affiliate amazon account and post links to these drillbits etc so you can earn a bit more $

[@Atom_Alchemist]

John Rambo wants to know your location

[@josephrector8735]

I kan haz sexky knive?

[@critiuzcastle4842]

whoever what press "Dislike", isn't a Maker.