Damascus From Worn Out Bandsaw, Forging A Kitchen Knife, Pattern Welded Blacksmithing, Knifemaking

[@williamhart4896]

Nice looking kitchen knife

[@fnafplayer6447]

The desert ironwood handle is my favorite aspect.

[@metubewot]

Love the nickel coastline.

[@jamesfield5346]

Turned out beautiful

[@dustingary-ps9ek]

I have always loved your knife skills

[@jbowerman50]

Great looking pattern, I could definitely put a blade like that to work at my BBQ SMOKER!

[@thejudge51]

Love the Canadian tuxedo lol

[@loyd5074]

Always like watching your vids

[@whiterhyno3574]

Very good job my friend

[@jwaterous224]

An exciting pattern in this blade.

[@michaelnorman4476]

Nice knife!

[@jamieaulbach5120]

One thing that makes interesting videos is taking absolute crap like those belt grinder shavings and turning them into a master piece.

[@piranaha157]

This knife is very cool. It would be a great add6to my kitchen.

[@fabresebrooks9958]

Make a blade from the shavings cool idea

[@fifis101]

Surely you've got to make a blade or two with all those grindings!

[@bruceb51]

Real nice Thanks

[@glitched4070]

Nice work 👍👍👍

[@Corkies-1985]

Nice looking blade!!

[@ronland1821]

Turned out great.

[@aaronkreger1891]

Very nice!!

[@edclarke292]

Came out pretty cool Brother!

[@Germz4U]

I am commenting just to try and help out! I have nothing of note to say other than nice job! Thanks for sharing

[@6Sally5]

Beautiful!

[@rhodie33]

Great video as always.

[@markspc1]

Good looking knife, A+ 💥💥💥💥💥

[@Fambamm-ib6pw]

Thanks for sharing this with us 🙏

[@caseyjensen8758]

Most bandsaw blades are 15N20. Made several billets from metal bandsaw blades and they worked great. Harden and hold an edge well!!!!

[@gidi1899]

Beautiful

[@minnesotatomcat]

Old lawn mower blades usually seem to be made of good steel. I go through a couple sets a year so it’s nice to have a second use for them.

[@thomaslindroos1667]

A couple a year!? What are you mowing? Bedrock??

[@minnesotatomcat]

@@thomaslindroos1667 huge lawn, old farm site, probably 4+ acres of grass. Takes 3 hours to mow with a 54” deck at about 7-8 mph. They go dull fast so I sharpen about every other mowing to keep it cutting nice so I can go as fast as I do. They only last so long.

[@unclejedsiron7618]

Mower blades are typically 1045. JD blades are 1080.

[@dustingary-ps9ek]

Nice, I will try to make a video or two on my knife making skills in The future

[@hulkthedane7542]

That is a beautiful knife. I prefer those more random and dynamic patterns over the more controlled ones (stars, explosions, dobble us, twists..). 👍👍

[@Anderson-HandForged]

another beautiful knife Elijha i love it Mark 😀👍👍✌

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you sir

[@thefamily_ak1863]

Sweet , thx

[@46kvolt]

Beauty! First one of your vids I’ve seen. Built my boy a forge a few years ago, he got into it a little, I want to start forging soon. He’s now in culinary classes, I’d like to get him one of these from you.

[@abelolsen9656]

Which steel is the most darkest when etching, and does coffee makes it even darker?

[@tw4231]

Dayum! That's a knife I'd be proud to use in my kitchen! That really turned out to be a unique and beautiful blade.

[@kennethwatson4489]

What I like about your channel is, you make it like I'm hanging out with a friend. Just BSing out back in the shop building.

[@stevesyncox9893]

Cool piece man, as I eyeball the stack of bandsaw blades in the corner…..😉

[@Mdg87]

What are all the flakes that come off when hammering? Is that metal, do you lose a lot of metal during the whole process?

[@nicholaseedy3244]

That nickel move really paid off. Great video, really loved the shape of the blade.

[@AaronBosterMD]

🔥

[@stephenjohnson6841]

Wow! The pattern in the blade turned out amazing! As others said the contrast between the cladding and the nickel is gorgeous! Thanks again Elijah!

[@Auxend]

Are the bucket shavings reusable?

[@lukelofgren4108]

That cladding turned out very cool. Reminds me of wrought iron in some ways. I also like how the nickel and cladding were spotted through the edge steel but not quite on the edge. I'm working on a hjartum style axe with 1045 body with 5160 edge.

[@GalloPazzesco]

I really enjoy your channel and watching your process. Upvoted, shared, commented (obviously), subscribed, bell rung and liked .... may the algorithm gods smile favorably upon your channel. 👍🏼👍🏿👍🏽👍🏾👍🏻

[@gringo427]

excellent work

[@brysonalden5414]

Nice! I agree with your decision to use known steel for the core. I do suspect that eventually your grinder leavings are going to find their way into a canister with some 1084 powder . . . .

[@TalRohan]

ooh what a lovely blade , it goes beautifully with the ironwood grain too

[@406751]

Amazing job!

[@noahnipperus7320]

Great video, thank you for sharing! I would love to see you do what I've heard referred to as "dinosaur/trashcan" Damascus

[@jamielamont2026]

I really like the nickel foil. It really pops.

[@searchBLOC941]

Holy smokes! What an absolute art my friend, excellent work.

[@lowbudgetbob1155]

You can tell that the forge was heating the material much hotter than before by the color. Looks like the forge is definitely working.

[@jjeckerm06]

Beautiful, and the commentary is, as always, very informative!

[@nickneander2136]

Cool pattern, neat how you got little islands of the cladding.

[@bunk822]

Nice knife

[@DTWeebz1]

Beautifully done sir!

[@willemmaas9813]

Nice balance between the blade and handle.

[@henningkemner1833]

You could make a neat knife with the shavings from the bucket.

[@older-wiser-better]

Wow, that came out really beautiful !

[@williamkacensky4796]

Excellent presentation. You're truly a gifted individual.

[@OverkilledUnderdog]

Mad skills. Thanks for sharing your knowledge 😊

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

5:00 I only knew of the dragon's breath drug from Columbia, not the carbon. 7:18 You would be more comfortable if that power hammer sat a foot higher. You really bend over a lot to use it. That nickel really gave a cool-looking pattern to a cool-looking knife.

[@krissteel4074]

That's a very good looking bunka for sure, depending on the supplier you can sometimes end up with some 15N20 in band saw blades or more rarely L6.

[@Jey_Ace]

Can you make a blade out of those shavings? It be a nice project/ video to make in the near future

[@scottlanghorst1483]

The pattern kinda looks like the Japanese islands. Really nice looking knife. 🤜🤛

[@akknight1971]

Absolutely gorgeous. Fine work.

[@NorristopianKnifeGuy]

I did this once to make damasteel. Turned out great these blades are great steel to use. And as always awesome work!

[@justinjordan7449]

I would like to see you make a knife out of the steel grindings that might be pretty cool and a way to reuse some of that metal

[@HeavyForge]

Looks awesome!!

[@madadhliath]

Vraiment magnifique.

[@douglasramsey1303]

such great work!! 😊

[@christianborghi7544]

I tend to go high heat for welding it just adds a safety factor and you can see in the vid that your getting much higher temps with new forge , new blade too , my wife wants a matching set of kitchen knives and I think one like that one will make it into the set

[@NOTSOSLIMJIM]

Offer still stands to teach you to Tig weld when you're ready.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks man

[@brandonwilson896]

We have a knife maker at our job and he claims that the bandsaw blades are m1. Our blades are for cutting aluminum. But I think it's the same stuff

[@fogogin]

I figured you accumulated grindings, but thats way more than I imagined. Thanks for showing that, interesting stuff. Also the sound of the hammer hitting the steel sounded way softer than I remember, guess its that higher heat.

[@jackstrange186]

Could you make a blade out of bandsaw blades and fish hooks?

[@Hopeknives13]

Beautiful knife 👍🏼 When do you stamp your knives during heat treating? And does it cause any warping? Thanks

[@robert.brokaw3829]

I was wondering if you could make anything from the bucket of shavings after a grind or is the material not viable enough for making something. Stay safe.

[@dalevodden1359]

When you welded the bandsaw blades you blocked the ark of the welding with your hand a lot of people don't do that they don't realize that that light from the welding can still affect a person's eyes watching video God bless and have a blessed day

[@JSaltyfabricator]

Like others have said, bandsaw blades are usually 15N20 and heat treat well. You can always test harden a chunk. Generally, if a piece is as thin as a bandsaw blade and has a good spring to it, it should heat treat fine. Nice work man!

[@sigurdurhannesson5779]

all the lenox saw blades i have checked on our OES were around 1030 carbon steel..

[@russakasuperman]

9:59- I've always wondered if that stuff could be used for Iron powder or smelted into an ingot of some kind.

[@williamburns-uw2gf]

Great video as usual and love the way the nickel turned out too, one for a future project and a question Fire Creek Forge: Wouldn't it be that little bit easier if I used a mortice chisel for hidden tangs?

[@HorribleDonkeyHoof]

That blade makes me want to clone a brontosaurus, just so I can butcher it.

[@wannabetall2000]

::slow clap growing::

[@Bandit151]

What in the welcome to jurrasic park fuck did i just read lmao

[@shookings]

Fill your catch bucket with mineral oil or similar, something that isn't especially combustible. Then, when you've collected enough, make canister steel from your grindings.

[@pixelpocket8679]

As always...great video. Could you show your new forge in detail? I'm about to build one myself and am curious about yours.

[@robohippy]

I am wondering which bandsaw blades you use. I use the Lennox bimetal blades. The teeth are M42 high speed steel. No clue as to how it would forge or weld together. I use mine for cutting up bowl blanks. I am into wood in this life line. In another life line, I would have been a blacksmith...

[@matthewdancik5515]

❤‍🔥

[@drewcagno]

You should do a canister damascus from the water bucket debris...... disregard, you already did that video lol.

[@DTWeebz1]

I wonder if all that waste material from your grinding (when you cleaned out the water bucket) is recoverable and maybe useful for some other project that doesn't require a high quality steel?

[@rhinotec72]

Can't you use the steel shavings in a canister build for a knife, a hatchet, or something, as the main steel or in place of powdered steel?

[@FireCreekForge]

Yes I believe so

[@asdfjoe123]

"Damascus"? No. A pleasing-to-the-eye pattern welded steel? Yes.

[@terenceblakely4328]

So, could you make a blade using the grinder shavings?

[@nickscott478]

As a non blade smith I’m curious, are the shavings you pulled from the water bucket usable for a future project or are they useless???

[@BALDA8511]

Хорошая работа! Но использовано так много газа. Это дорого, у вас ведь кризис...

[@2112theoden]

Just a thought. Those shavings you threw away. Why didn't you dry it out and then pull out the steel with a strong magnet? It would litterally be powdered steel? Or close. Just seems a waste.

[@AlirezaGhazanfari]

Hi dear friend Is that white powder that you add to hot metal is Borax? Why you add it? What work it do?

[@martinwinther6013]

Damascus this, Damascus that.. Howabout; I hammered an old bandsawblade into a kool looking knife? "Damascus" have lost its value as term-- Like 10 years ago

[@andrewneilson227]

I tried this once but realized I had bi-metal blades. They didn’t really weld well, and I think it’s because they were not monosteel blades.

[@FireCreekForge]

Yes I think so

[@paulym5814]

So you you take orders for knives to be custom made?

[@FireCreekForge]

I take orders on occasion, mostly I sell ready made product on my website.

[@reverendfawkes6138]

As beautiful as this blade is, it looks like three millimeters of the very tip has no core steel and is all jacket. Wouldn't that affect the functionality and integrity of the blade? Just curious.

[@lukelofgren4108]

The other side of the blade shows the edge steel going to the tip. And I'd be willing to bet Elijah tested it out. He is not a corner cutter. I would trust any of his blades with my life if needed.

[@FireCreekForge]

Yes, it is a tad bit off center but the edge steel is still right there, as seen on the other side...