Blacksmithing - Forge Welding A Knife From Marker Flags

[@skiptracer8703]

You Sir are the Bob Ross of blacksmiths, love it. Jim

[@Foon2Death]

+ this comment, Bob Ross is the exact feeling Chandler inspires in me.

[@skiptracer8703]

I figured I was the only one old enough to remember Bob Ross Jim

[@SSGGUTS]

Boss Ross is pretty popular among the younger generations, his videos have reached cult status.

[@DuNdAlALa]

It's that soothing happy little tree voice

[@lorddeathfiend]

he's making a happy little knife

[@wolftower9705]

One thing I've learned from watching you, Chandler: when you say "I don't hate it" we know you're on the right track. Keep up the fine work.

[@OgMandin0]

Never forged a washer in 60 years of life. You make it look interesting. Experience's taught me first time successes are rare and practice makes it almost second nature.

[@joshrummel1780]

I just want to thank you chan..... I've been following your progress video by video. It's very impressive to watch . black smithing is a skill I always wanted to have ,but unfortunately I was recently injured by a patient in my place of work. and after two neck surgeries with possibly more in the future I am resolved to understand I may never get to put a hammer to hot steel.... You are an inspiration to me. these videos keep me going through the tough times... Thank you!!! Keep up the good work, Josh

[@johnathancrook2287]

awesome I have learned more from watching you than all the other blacksmiths claiming to be experts thank you

[@SharpWorks]

The pattern looks really cool! Thanks for showing us all different things you forge together and try to make into a knife. It's really interesting and educational

[@blindarchershaunhenderson3769]

congratulations on three years, that's an apprenticeship chandler

[@steffankaizer]

wow chandler really seems to be a cool guy to be around. i bet the people who work with him really like him. keep up the great vids

[@glennwiebe5128]

Love your adventurous attitude. My suggestion would be to take one of those old rusty wrenches lying on the floor behind you and forge out a thin slip to add to the billet as your cutting edge. After you've finished all your fancy (schnabby) folds and have come to the last one, put the tool steel slip in between and forge weld the three together. Then grind as per normal. You'll have the pattern welded steel on the outside with the tool steel at the core. Beautiful and functional!

[@BornIn1500]

Probably my favorite KZbin channel. Awesome stuff, Chandler.

[@thrivingscout8404]

Chandler your videos help me out a alot with my forging of peices

[@patrickellefson6517]

Congrat's on your third year of forging Chandler!!!

[@GadgetsCrafts]

thanks for the videos, i never watch videos that long, but your's are worth it, the patern looks like wood. good luck

[@GrantButler]

this was a really interesting video. I liked the way that it came out, with the lines in the side. I also liked your rain bell video. It was super interesting, and they hand a much nicer ring to them when they were done than I expected. Especially since you said it was all an experiment anyway.

[@jasonskinner1555]

I was surprised when you said you only have three years experience! You have amazing talent

[@jamesmcmillen4828]

Forge weld the billet onto a high carbon bit for the cutting edge. That'd make a sweet little cutter. Enjoyed the vid as always, Chandler!

[@Buckrun11]

OK I'm not an expert, no I haven't done it. I have watched videos on forge welding. I've also been watching your videos from almost your blacksmithing beginning. I don't always comment but should. I am always impressed with your work. Thanks for taking the time to bring us along.

[@pinkfluffycats28]

i've been binge watching all of your videos. so cool and so much talent. Keep up the good work

[@joshlewis5065]

It wasn't a failure! You learned

[@randomconsumer4494]

sure as hell looks like he forge welded a bunch of flag wires into a pretty nice knife...

[@joshlewis5065]

i was talking about the rain bell things

[@randomconsumer4494]

ok well... they sure as hell sound like lil bells.

[@shanek6582]

You can knock the flux off of Inconel welding rod and twist it into cable Damascus, it would have looked good in this. It doesn't etch and has a bunch of nickel so it shines up like a mirror and creates great contrast.

[@rom65536]

Maybe add a couple of old, dull drill bits to the bundle, too.

[@shanek6582]

HSS wouldn't work out.

[@sydurgraham7760]

your creativity is inspiring. I think it represents a certain style of blacksmithing. upcycled metal work

[@windsorforge5922]

Hey Miss Dig placed those flags in my yard so I don't hit a Gas line when I dig post holes for my deck. shoot where are they...

[@loul7239]

Keep on forgin' Chandler

[@loul7239]

Oh, Chandler, I meant to tell you that I have been using nut coal as you do but switched to pea coal and won't go back. You might want to try a few bags of it experimentally. It makes getting work into and out of the fire much less destructive to the fire and seems to burn more evenly.

[@chiwizdu1]

i just did the same thing and came up with a pretty decent kitchen knife, I cut about 50 flags into 6 inch sections, wrapped the ends in duct tape, and put liberal amounts of mig weld on both ends and a stripe of weld in the middle, soaked in wd40, covered in thick clay slurry, covered in ashes, wrapped in paper, covered in clay then ashes. after all the clay was gone just sprinkled hardwood ash all over it for fluxing, took about 8 welding heats total. Anthracite was used as fuel with a hairdryer blower in an 8x8x3.5 fabricated firepot

[@kaih.4509]

I love your videos in wich you are making difrrent things into knifes keep up the good work :)

[@stevesyncox9893]

Incredible the amount of advise from the arm chair. 🤣

[@Lawyerboyleslie72]

this was an interesting video and enjoyable as well

[@DuNdAlALa]

Hey Chandler, take that wire and make a bunch of awesome looking bracelets and pendants. I made bracelet to comemorate me finishing my first blacksmithing build in my sculpture class out of some mild steel and a bunch of people want bracelets and pendants. hell i want to try that wire flag forge welding for some bracelets builds maybe even some pendants. hell you gave me a good idea for some forge welding practice for myself and the material is pretty cheap.

[@alexonder1545]

Maaan you can make a knife out of any metal... Good job

[@shawnhennings217]

More videos bro. Fall asleep watching your videos. Probably why I'm so damn tired for work.

[@ianstradian]

Pretty cool pattern, you could try adding some straightened strands of cable and a few strands of .040's safety wire together to get a more visible pattern. Make 1 in 3 safety wire. I am just learning but safety wire is stainless and I'm not sure if it would weld or not.

[@BattlesBlades]

i really enjoyed this. next forged in fire challenge and participant....

[@tropifiori]

That is really cool. I enjoy watching you work.From a buisiness point of view i would suggest you would be better off with defined steels. O1 and nickle cost more up front, but in the time you did that you could have had a foot long billett you could have made 3 small knives out of. The heat treatment is more predictable as you can look up the hardening schedule. The quality of the product is reproducible from the stand point of the steel. You certainly have figured out the forging. Keep up the good workFrank

[@stevesyncox9893]

Art doesn’t do so well with business. The creativity of this man is incredible. Fuk business. Respectfully.

[@Captain_Mike82]

Your camera tends to auto focus on your face, when doing close ups of items maybe side step out of frame to show better detail. Cool knife! Keep up the great work.

[@WVTreenWorks]

Another great video!

[@paintballnsk]

Hey Chandler. Since you asked in your video: I was taught with cable to use the 90 degree corner on the horn or a swage and turn it while tapping and repeat until it starts to feel solid. But with that bundle, I'm thinking it would be the same idea. May be worth a try on your next one. Ah but I just got to the end of your video and saw it wouldn't harden. Bummer. I've had the same problem with cable. It passes the spark test, but I had to get her pretty hot to harden.

[@workwithnature]

Hi Chandler not an expert but the fine wire was a good way as you did not put it into the fire for it to burn. But if you want you can get a thicker piece of metal and make it into a ring and have it in the fire. Done it and it works.

[@tasatort9778]

I tried basically the same thing with clothes hangers. Took 3 strands and twisted them together, then repeated the process until I had about a dozen and then twisted that together. It being only my 3rd forge weld I ended up with some delamination but the pattern was interesting.

[@lunchboxcupler]

I've done similar with old old reclaimed barbed wire try twisting it up tight like if it was a cable. basically make cable out of it. yes your pattern comes out different, but a nice tight twist helps squeeze the air out before you start welding

[@MrGunPilot]

Good job man. Keep after it.

[@craignicholson505]

Keep the effort up chandler loving then will tip u at end of month

[@TheHotEndChannel]

26:07 is the only (about 1 second) glimpse of the pattern, looks good to me! You can always fold it and add a high carbon blade and use the lower carbon spine... ;)

[@ldc0214]

you should work more on the shop dust steel

[@justinhockstead3551]

personally. I tried the same thing. but I did smaller stacks and then once those were fully welded, I forge welded the stacks together

[@msblades5382]

-Chandler Yea, figured you were busy. time is money and money is good so you keep on doing your Thang and we will see ya soon. thanks in advance, Shannon

[@msblades5382]

Chandler Yes another great learning experience thanks for the video. Oh and we almost sent out a search party for ya. It must have been a couple of busy weeks for you. hope so anyway. as always thanks for the learning experience and I would agree if you added that stuff to a cable or some sort of high carbon steel and maybe a few Nickel sheets you would get a great looking pattern could it be labeled sandwich damascus. haha just throwing out the food terms for a pattern welded bilit. lol. Again thanks for the video Martin and Shannon at M/ S Blacksmithing and Blades

[@beccasweightloss3417]

Love your vids man keep it up!!!

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

The type of billet you made with this thin wire would look great as jewelry. It has a fine enough patter to work on small things like rings and earrings.

[@akivameola2558]

I'm sure you saw the other comment but just in case I would love to see another railroad spike knife but with a high carbon insert for the blade, maybe farriers rasp or leaf spring

[@alphapennsylvania9439]

You should try making some fish/frog gigs for shows they'd be petty easy it was the first thing I ever made.

[@derloX]

Great video as usual! Btw, you should think about getting a patreon page since the support button only work in 4-5 different countries right now. I believe you have many fans outside those supported countries that would like to toss a pence or two in your tipping jar - like us here in scandinavia. Keep up the great work! :)

[@ShadeTreeGarage68]

I went to his channel to look for the support button and couldn't find it. I clicked on the "about" button and the support button was there. Not sure if everyone has to do that or not.

[@derloX]

I know it is supposed to be in the about section, he said so in an earlier video. The button is only available in France, Spain and UK here in Europe.. That's basically excluding hundreds of millions potential donators. And that's just in Europe! Not that everyone in Europe is a fan of Chandler though - but you get my point haha.

[@adirtyscoundral]

Nice work!

[@jimzivny1554]

Good video, I've never tried forge welding thin wire, considering the possibilities for errors you did good. It may be a form of spring steel but the quality is questionable. Nice shape and pattern.

[@monkeythe1st]

I watched a video of a blacksmith forge a spanner into an axe. I was thinking it would be interesting to see you try something like that.

[@jimkaletaBuffalo]

Cool project

[@colsoncustoms8994]

If you take the grind a little too high, say fuck it and go for a full flat or a zero-convex.

[@Onetwoone1]

haha Bye..no..come back soon...i mean hold tight haha Love your videos man!!!

[@davesimpson85]

What if you use those rods and mix in some high carbon rods? Give it a good twist.

[@michaelbuttram9495]

mabey try a canister with it ? btw grats on three yrs keep it up you rock.

[@The.AsianCowboy]

I believe a hada is a Japanese term for the cut and fold method of making damascus

[@Psycho_Yoshi]

I heard you could make some really good blades with steel from old tanks. I saw a 20mm tank barrel at a scrap yard and I bet the steel is nice quality

[@BendeleTech]

try branding and welding steel. It will probably be tough but I am told it looks beautiful.

[@JETWTF]

If you want a good hard edge and flexibility when pattern welding/folding is to insert a hard steel strip in the middle for your last weld. When you sharpen the blade the hard steel should only be exposed on the edge with the softer steel on the flat of the blade.

[@form_52]

Cut the length you want, tac the ends together, bring the whole thing to a weld temp and put a really tight twist on it. Then go into the normal weld process.

[@teddharris]

That was going to be my comment. Twist those wires with flux at welding heat. The beginning weld will be the tight weld, and the billet will hold together.

[@Makebuildmodify]

I just picked up a 100 lbs anvil. I'm going to build a stand for it soon. What is a good height for the top surface of the anvil? Also, do you have any suggestions for the base?

[@WorldBuider]

The top surface of the anvil should be at about the height of you knuckles when standing up straight and making a closed fist. The best way I found to tell if the height is right is not simply make a closed fist and stand next to the anvil. If the end of your fist is more than about 1/2 inch away from the anvil then it is to low. If you have to bend your elbow very much to get your fist on top of anvil then it is to high.

[@Makebuildmodify]

Thanks! That makes a lot of sense. I was thinking of using an old cedar stump for the base. What do you think?

[@akivameola2558]

when your arm is just lower than a 90 degree angle while holding a hammer the height of the hammer is the height of your stand with an anvil on it

[@jamesmcmillen4828]

I second *pretty much* what WorldBuilder said. Old cedar stump is a great choice. I measured my anvil+stand height by the knuckle method, then I lowered it about an inch. Why?...you're going to naturally bend down just a tad when you're working (or at least I do). I've rarely seen any blacksmith stand straight while they work. Experiment with different heights and see what works for you. If you get your stump a touch too short, place thin rubber mats under the anvil until its the right height for you. Good luck and enjoy smithing.

[@Makebuildmodify]

Thanks!

[@GranTorino49]

Great pattern...too bad the hardness isn't quite there. Excellent job as always

[@casey197930]

love how you go for shit and help us all learn. thanks man

[@Th3Cr1spy0ne]

Great video! Just a thought, have you tried forge welding in your propane forge? Since propane burns more cleanly and produces less scale you might get better results.

[@clivekibbler4578]

great to watch thank you

[@kdktwelve6142]

that was a long couple weeks. cool stuff mr.dickinson. looking forward to that floor dust knife.

[@DorkasaurusfluffyRex]

that would be a great pattern for a straight razor.

[@aulibarri79]

nice work!!

[@coreyshier7526]

It may not make a great working knife, but if shaped longer and thinner it could be an interesting Letter Opener.

[@jaysanders7472]

I am going to give that a try but I think I want to weld about an inch on both ends then do a tight twist.

[@GreatSmithanon]

You should forgeweld the rest of the flags together, then make jellyroll damascus outta the billet, and then cut and stack that..

[@Tehbigsexy]

Lol this is gonna be fun. Keep em comin:D

[@palomino13]

Chandler, what knife whould you make with that curved open ended wrench on the floor? i am a beginner and that wrench is needing something special. i saw the sword you made with a straight wrench, damn, that w3s awesome..thanks for being awesome and sharing your experiences

[@runkurgan]

Those rain bells looked amazing! Too bad you used the wires for the knife. I love the rough look. When it's too shiny and polished it just looks like you wanna impress or something.

[@Tehbigsexy]

The pattern is neat

[@jeramylawlor3890]

Any chances of making a leaf spring knife?

[@wolftower9705]

I don't know if it is leaf spring steel, but Chandler used a drag tine to forge an arming sword some time ago. Like many of his projects, we (the viewer and Chandler) learned quite a bit.

[@CharisWilliams]

I like your work :)

[@dylanzrim1011]

I would have gone for a full bevel, good cover-up when i bugger up a small bevel

[@TheAgkangas]

What advise would you have for someone looking to start their own forge?

[@jalex1873]

The "springiness" in the flag stems most likely comes from the steel being cold drawn, it probably has a pretty low carbon content.

[@dalelamont1361]

Hey man that would probably look good in your pendants ;-)

[@hollowgamer187gaming8]

should also try a few twists and then cut and fold a few times to see the patterns that appear

[@garthor]

I think it was green beetle has some videos on how to carburize steel... I wonder how this stuff would do with a process like that...

[@ianstradian]

I'd really like to see what pattern a 4 wire braid would make after welding. Make half the wires of a high carbon and half of something else.

[@stagrye228]

I've been watching your videos and even though I'm not a smith, I like to watch. I'm wondering if by chance if I may ask you what would you think about making a knife for me. I'm a Merchant Marine that likes watching. Please let me know what you think.

[@RonRay]

You're the master and I'm a little more than an idiot, but I believe that if you cleaned and soaked the wires in acetone (and used protective gloves) before the process, those wires would have forge-welded better. But being that they didn't produce the substantial hardness for a good knife blade anyway, I guess it's a moot point. Thank you for sharing your mastery with us.

[@zoke101]

Quick thought: if you'd twist the strings (like a wire) before you hammer it, what difference would that mean to the welds?

[@karm65]

maybe mix in some 7018 welding rod with the coating removed this would harden it and maybe make a nice contrast

[@grayem76]

hey mate just wondering is there other things that can be used for welding you used sand and failed what about crushing all the flux off some arc rods or other laundry detergents such as omo or surf or cold power i know i can buy oxy acetylene flux but im interested in alternatives

[@TheMrkylester101]

u in aus

[@grayem76]

yes

[@c6q3a24]

Just making sure you know borax is cheap and commonly available in Australia? You can pick a kilo up from Bunnings for $10.

[@grayem76]

ok thanks that helps

[@thecycleof]

You could twist the wires before consolidation

[@justdan4466]

Man I wish I can forge this guy is willy good

[@CabbieJoe68]

well you be doing any festivals near Dayton, Ohio?

[@dtj41]

Are you still using the Harbor Freight motor on your belt grinder? How has it held up?

[@DukeLukeEm86]

Chandler, I've been a hobbiest smith for about 3 yrs now and looking to advance my smithing Esp with welding... what is it that you use to etch? I know u say it in several vids, but having a hard time finding it.

[@casualcanna1151]

Why do you brush the hot metal after you hammer it? And what kind of brush is it? Im trying to learn as much about this as I can so I can start my own forge as a hobby.

[@jarroddraper5140]

It's to remove scale and it's a just a wire brush

[@casualcanna1151]

Thanks a lot

[@makmyszyn12]

Albo what do you do to avoid your products from becoming corroded ? sorry for my englisch