Competition Chopper! With Hamon!

[@zoggrog8823]

I love your channel. I learn something EVERY time I watch you. Thank you for your contribution to modern craftsmanship.

[@justgarethsphone9663]

What a beauty sir, I’d love to purchase one

[@londiniumarmoury7037]

Just finished the video, your chopper did good, it dug in deep and created an instant pit without breaking through layer by layer, that's what you want, whoever bought that will be happy with it in his contest.

[@duncanjunctionsthemadman7418]

even after all these years I still like watching your videos.

[@randallkelley3599]

This style blade is my fav, and Sorrels is by far my fav maker. I have one of his blades from his web site, and it is super sharp, very nice!

[@LYLEWOLD]

4:05 to 4:20 it's like tiny bullets bouncing off of 1950's Superman :-) great video, as always.

[@MikeJones-vb1me]

Nice! Thanks for justifying 220 as a perfectly acceptable utility blade finish 👌

[@maltafire360]

Happy birthday Walter

[@theColJessep]

@Walter Sorrells You remind me of my dad so much! Love your videos, thanks!

[@jerrystark6766]

A beautifully symmetrical grind line -- on a slightly curved ten-inch blade. Impressive!

[@darksentinel9304]

Except the knives you buy at his store the grinds are not symmetrical and kinda shoddy

[@graphixkillzzz]

it curved after the grinds were basically done.

[@jadekayak01]

fantastic work. thanks for putting up "your way" and all those little secrets you have developed over tge years

[@gregf8167]

Nice video Walter. Love the knife, your hamon videos are great.

[@monkpato]

Tons of great tips in this video, thanks!

[@osirisbladeworks6219]

I'm actually about to use some 1095 for a hamon on a straight razor so this was a nice refresher! Thanks!

[@SC-mq1eh]

Cool build! Hamons seem to me would be ideal for a chopper!

[@lamproknives]

Damn that handle.. Looks amazing

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

awesome knife

[@Fernando31ish]

Love this video Walter!!

[@johnkennedyswenja]

I learn something from every video, thanks.

[@congruewoodworks1474]

looks great!

[@infiknives8905]

Nice job

[@64t120r]

The precision ramekin really made the video for me. Hahaha! Good one.

[@DanGoodShotHD]

Great stuff as always Walter. Keep them coming! Always appreciated.

[@billmccaffrey1977]

I have watched many of your videos over the past couple of years and I can't ever remember seeing anything on silver solder work for pommels, guards and bolsters. Can you do a video covering your process for these topics.

[@dcross412]

Great tips on glue-up, I wish i would have seen this video before I tried and failed so many times.

[@sbjennings99]

Awesome informational educational experience Y'alls

[@Amon4109]

Another piece of art, as expected :)

[@jessefrosland9273]

Have you ever used the mill to machine the blade edge by using a tilt top make your angle and just a carbide cutting tool ? That’s how I made my big chopper

[@tippytailmckitty2658]

Alec Steele is making a competition chopper too. Must be popular.

[@SatanSupimpa]

Freerk Wieringa has one on his collection too.

[@yehudah.718]

Maybe there is a competition soon. For chopping. I guess

[@coolhandluke5388]

Or he just saw Alec’s video, that’s definitely more probable .

[@extreamemineing]

steele vs sorrells chopping competition

[@theColJessep]

Wait for it, next week Cody from Cody's Lab is making a mercury competition chopper with liquid nitrogen or something... xD

[@gurk2k]

Really nice vid!

[@guns4funcajanajustin]

Great channel my friend. I will check out the website

[@scottmichaelharris]

Nice, safet T-shirt for grinding.

[@Viktor_Johansson]

Thanks! I was gonna try making a hamon with 1095 anyway! Now I will try this heat treat method with water and oil. Also great you mention the temp range. Thanks!

[@false-set]

CPM M4 seems to be a popular steel in todays competitions

[@DoggoWillink]

I got scalloped 1” belts and the first time I used one it cut a near quarter inch gouge in a handle within a second or two. I don’t know if you have to break the edges a lot before using, or what, but I haven’t touched it since.

[@jason561120]

What are the factors you consider doing a hand guard or not? Thanks for your input.

[@neilconway3693]

I've got a 10inch chopper too ! My wife isn't that keen on it any more though... funny thing tough lots of other people's wives love it.

[@tsstarlin]

I like that shirt!

[@housevollmer9106]

Why not use a super fancy steel for a build like this? Also why no angle in the handle for sweet spot shift/growth??

[@housevollmer9106]

Beautiful knife and awesome video!!

[@hardshellconstruct]

Hi from nz cld u please tell me roughly bevel angle plz I want to make one cheers

[@mannyfilmsinc]

I love your videos, thank you so much! On min 4:12 , is that a correct belt tension? Is it because the spring has given up? Can you explain why ? Thanks

[@Steve_Just_Steve]

Another great vid. Any reason you elected to mark out the profile rather than glue a to scale print out to the stock since you went to the bother of the CAD model?

[@WalterSorrellsBlades]

The CAD that you see in the videos is actually more or less a dummy that I just use as general a guide. Truth is I was (semi)-making this up as I went along. As often as not I go back and re-do the CAD to fit the way the build actually worked out. The only reason I do CAD drawings of most of my projects is so I can post the plans on my Patreon site. Otherwise, as you say, I wouldn't go to the trouble! I will say, I've gotten to where I can knock them out pretty fast, though.

[@Steve_Just_Steve]

@@WalterSorrellsBlades I see, makes sense. Thanks for taking the time to reply and make these great vids.

[@duesing6]

Great video as always Walter. O yea where's that Walter Sorrells discount code for combat abrasives? Sure would be nice.

[@Luiz_Alberto.P.K]

Hi Walter! Great video. Always learning something different with you. Can you make a video about forging and grinding tapered Tang knives? I'm thinking about try one of those but I don't really have much knowledge about it

[@tristanberke8759]

walter has plenty of forging videos, but check out Simple Little Life on youtube. he has a tapered tang knife build.

[@londiniumarmoury7037]

He's not joking about the clay/cement (Whatever you use) comming off the blade on the quench. The first 2 times I tried differential hardening on a blade the clay literally exploded off the surface of the steel with the bellow of steam. It actually left a slight hamon, but you could tell it wasn't thorough.

[@patrickhance7211]

True Daniel Crawford there was a different method powerhamer ,stokremovel .⚒️pat from Belgium 🔪

[@jonnorman7948]

Where did you get the T-shirt you were wearing on this vid?

[@pasquale78]

Another great one Walter! I wish I had the funds to buy and ship your knifes to the Netherlands :-(

[@budimanheri3274]

For compettition chopper u need hole for lanyard near the blade

[@DG_427]

Would you be insterested in creating something like a skrama knife? I would like to see more bigger blades like this.

[@LHR10mm]

How come you dont put a makers mark on any of your knives ?

[@philochristos]

When I grow up, I want to be able to grind lines as straight as yours.

[@timjackson5555]

better eat nothing but spinach, then carrots for dessert for the next 50 years

[@jamescatania]

Uses bottle cap for cool and relaxed measurement cause "you can" , goes to using a DRO to find the centre.

[@patbiggin644]

personally I live using 80CrV2 for heavy choppers. Not arguing against walter here, just stating that 80CrV2 is also a good tough steel for choppers. I believe most bladesports use M4, 52100 or other high wear steels

[@vpsihop1]

Bad ass.

[@smailly1]

Hi, inspired by Walter's videos I am just beginning to make knives with my son out of old saw blades and files. Stuffed up last night with a file knife, forgot to temper it before putting the handle blanks on with 2 part epoxy. Does anyone have a simple way to soften the epoxy so I can remove the blanks and do things properly? The wood is really nice and I don't want to waste it. Thanks

[@aslob9321]

Show Us Your Pics + Heating the blade should do it.

[@dennisfischer9930]

Nice shirt! ;-] ....and knife.

[@DanGoodShotHD]

I got to ask. What happens with all the random knives you make in these videos??

[@garethbaus5471]

With some of them he keeps them(I remember a video where he used a family heirloom t make a knife from). In others he seems to be documenting the making of a custom knife for a specific customer. I'm not sure about this video though.

[@ahvavee]

HAMON CHOP!!!!!!!

[@patrickhance7211]

Jes Alex steel did it 3 times . Walter Nice doing .pat

[@danielcrawford7315]

Well true however there is the little part about actually forging in forge and power hammer as well as a bit more temperamental 01 as opposed to 1095. That said not a knock to either Smith. Just figure one should compare apple to apple. Tiny bit of difference between forging a blank and stock removal system is kinda the point. Feel pretty sure Mr Sorrels would concur

[@Steve_Just_Steve]

@@danielcrawford7315 Agreed, but I'd say a fair bit more than a tiny bit of difference. Not that Walter isn't fully capable of forging this blade, it just wasn't the purpose of this vid.

[@danielcrawford7315]

+@@Steve_Just_Steve , exactly. He even said as much in beginning. Hes a great knife maker theres no doubt

[@A-GUY-AND-HIS-TRACTOR]

4:13 taking sparks to the chest like Superman taking a machine gun burst.

[@NRiggiKnives]

Did you make this to compete on Knife or Death??!!

[@guss1470]

THAT'S what you should have made in Forged in Fire.

[@jamesball7322]

Not to bad buddy

[@madsillywilly4408]

Finally less of that annoying guitar thing that you had all the time. I'd prefer if it was only ones for each video tho. Great work as always. Resubscribed.

[@brianjohn9333]

You should of made that on forged in fire

[@ALEX-xd7ko]

Man I restarted the video 3 times and still never seen you forge anything. Is it your norm to use blanks and just grind or do you actually forge blades.

[@scottvines4093]

I know you're in the South but man you are brave doing that in shorts, lol.

[@graphixkillzzz]

i prefer convex grinds. specially if i'm going for a durable edge.

[@ciromrl]

they use natural stone to reveal

[@Bynming]

I do the one thing differently and therefore the way you're doing that thing is incorrect

[@DragoChronicSmoker42]

but can you make a knife with ham'on and cheese?

[@larrybair8074]

It’s gonna take a long for that shirt to get worn down to what is expected you to wear.

[@BalticBlades]

It will kill

[@jun5836]

I thought it was the hamon from jojo...

[@Jun-Kyard]

Hahaha

[@illusionist1872]

You ain't the only one

[@kovamaps9379]

You lost in second round in Forged in fire, you knife were good but aaah he broke. Is this time for redemption? :D

[@alecmcjarison999]

Grind to shape :/

[@Steve_Just_Steve]

He demonstrates all different kinds of methods for all different skill levels. The purpose of these vids is not to show off, I mean shit, the guy can forge amazing freakin' katana swords man. He's tries to offer everyone a little education, inspiration, tips and tricks regardless of their accessibility to tools or level of expertise throughout his vids.

[@Harryacorn2]

iS ThAt a jOJo RefReNCe?!?!

[@mealex303]

Just a kitchen knife really nothing competition about it?

[@justgarethsphone9663]

Who are you? Who are so wise in the ways of science?😁

[@mealex303]

@@justgarethsphone9663 you want a full flat grind with zero Bevel and a lot more weight in the blade this is close but would be better in the kitchen

[@fredel2858]

This seems awfully simular to waht Alec Steele is doing

[@crackers_are_great_with_am9572]

So?

[@ElementalForge]

Hail Satanite!

[@fishyRh]

this video felt like a sellout

[@censusgary]

Satan-ite? ... Hmmmm.

[@yakuzalo8904]

Not strong enough to cut wood

[@CalebMcFadden]

YAKUZA Lo890 lets see you make a better knife

[@brenthernandez3632]

Why don't you actually do blacksmithing

[@Divine_Serpent_Geh]

Uhh... dude, Walter hand-forges some of the most beautiful Katanas I’ve seen. Believe me, he can do blacksmithing, and very well.