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

[@scottlanghorst1483]

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

[@roncameron7461]

I very much like watching you work your steel and knives. I once was a fairly serious knife maker, working with Devin Thomas quite a bit over the years. I finally burned clear out and closed my shop for almost a decade. Now I'm fully retired from my "career job" and am getting ready to jump back into knives. Watching channels like yours is really a big help, thanks so much for putting out great content!

[@FireCreekForge]

Nice, thanks for watching!

[@Anderson-HandForged]

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

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you sir

[@Germz4U]

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

[@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.

[@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. 👍🏼👍🏿👍🏽👍🏾👍🏻

[@jamielamont2026]

I really like the nickel foil. It really pops.

[@edclarke292]

Came out pretty cool Brother!

[@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.

[@metubewot]

Love the nickel coastline.

[@fifis101]

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

[@dustingary-ps9ek]

I have always loved your knife skills

[@stevesyncox9893]

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

[@whiterhyno3574]

Very good job my friend

[@glitched4070]

Nice work 👍👍👍

[@loyd5074]

Always like watching your vids

[@jwaterous224]

An exciting pattern in this blade.

[@michaelnorman4476]

Nice knife!

[@Corkies-1985]

Nice looking blade!!

[@MASI_forging]

Excellent work. 👍👍

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks!!

[@piranaha157]

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

[@fabresebrooks9958]

Make a blade from the shavings cool idea

[@jamieaulbach5120]

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

[@ronland1821]

Turned out great.

[@butthedd0233]

Nice build. A popular blade shape lately.

[@rhodie33]

Great video as always.

[@nickneander2136]

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

[@fnafplayer6447]

The desert ironwood handle is my favorite aspect.

[@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.

[@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

[@searchBLOC941]

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

[@nicholaseedy3244]

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

[@caseyjensen8758]

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

[@noahnipperus7320]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@TalRohan]

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

[@markspc1]

Good looking knife, A+ 💥💥💥💥💥

[@willemmaas9813]

Nice balance between the blade and handle.

[@aaronkreger1891]

Very nice!!

[@chewyakarieckenicholas6049]

That turned out beautiful

[@hulkthedane7542]

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

[@6Sally5]

Beautiful!

[@abelolsen9656]

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

[@thejudge51]

Love the Canadian tuxedo lol

[@DavidEricWilliams]

Beautiful work as always

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks!

[@williamhart4896]

Nice looking kitchen knife

[@tjs6558]

Beautiful

[@zooobidooo]

Wow, that came out really beautiful !

[@StitchJones]

That came out fantastic !

[@Fambamm-ib6pw]

Thanks for sharing this with us 🙏

[@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 . . . .

[@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

[@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.

[@jjeckerm06]

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

[@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?

[@Jey_Ace]

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

[@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.

[@bruceb51]

Real nice Thanks

[@Auxend]

Are the bucket shavings reusable?

[@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!

[@jbowerman50]

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

[@OverkilledUnderdog]

Mad skills. Thanks for sharing your knowledge 😊

[@ozarkscarguy540]

Im so happy you made this video. I have a bunch of sawmill bandsaw blades from work. Ive been tempted to use them. However i use them until they break. So im sure the steel has all kinds of cracks in it.

[@gringo427]

excellent work

[@douglasramsey1303]

such great work!! 😊

[@henningkemner1833]

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

[@brianwestveer9532]

Very nice

[@HeavyForge]

Looks awesome!!

[@406751]

Amazing job!

[@akknight1971]

Absolutely gorgeous. Fine work.

[@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.

[@williamkacensky4796]

Excellent presentation. You're truly a gifted individual.

[@NorristopianKnifeGuy]

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

[@bunk822]

Nice knife

[@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

[@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.

[@russakasuperman]

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

[@jackstrange186]

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

[@neilgillmore]

Nice blade width.

[@ryanblystone5153]

Thank you

[@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..

[@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

[@madadhliath]

Vraiment magnifique.

[@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.

[@thefamily_ak1863]

Sweet , thx

[@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...

[@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.

[@NOTSOSLIMJIM]

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

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks man

[@Hopeknives13]

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

[@terenceblakely4328]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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

[@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?

[@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???

[@AlirezaGhazanfari]

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

[@drewcagno]

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

[@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.

[@willemvonmohlman2635]

What advise would you give someone that wants to go into blade/knife making

[@FireCreekForge]

Start with whatever and however you can!

[@willemvonmohlman2635]

@@FireCreekForge Oh okay thank you because I want to go into blade making

[@FireCreekForge]

@@willemvonmohlman2635 if you go back in my videos I have a series on building a knife with simple hand tools like an angle grinder, hand drill, etc..

[@willemvonmohlman2635]

@@FireCreekForge Thank you I will go and have a look