DIY Blacksmith Forging a Rebar Skinning or Feasting Knife with Hamon

[@alexnorton]

This was great, Nick! I'd love to see you do a whole "medieval cutlery set" with a fork and spoon, too, all out of rebar!

[@BackyardBowyer]

Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox That sounds awesome! Thanks for the suggestion.

[@JackSilver1410]

Working on doing something like that. Got a knife from a railroad spike, a simple fork from some mild steel round stock, maybe some rebar for a spoon.

[@bibbabibba1975]

Make a fancy spork

[@salvatoredicarlo1]

Eric Kelly pour gardois

[@tillzett671]

I really like that you know what you are doing. There are so many people on youtube “forging“ knives out of everything. One example: there are people “forging“ knives out of spoones (stainless steel) and afterwards they try to harden it by quenching. Keep on the good work man!

[@CellanKnight]

He always shows a really nice set of craftsmanship forging stuff. Regardless that using "debatable" material. With a piece of HC steel of the same size he would do the same good job

[@jamesroberts4233]

Good work nick I learn alot from your videos. Thats saying alot cause im 50 years old and been living in the country tinkering with stuff like this for years.

[@rileyquin8235]

I am only a twelve year old but since I don't t have any expensive tools I love the way you only use simple tools great job good luck

[@air_]

Since 2 years have passed have you made a knife?

[@highlandrab19]

for those wondering the reason the sparks change colour is because steel is pyrophoric and the hardened steel portion chips into smaller pieces exposing more surface area to the air causing it to glow brighter Untempered steel chip tend to fold or roll up meaning their is less exposed surface and thus less to react with the oxygen causing a different coloured spark.

[@anonymouse7074]

Your dwindled skills are better than my can ever be

[@JesseCohen]

Thanks so much for this Nick, been missing your vids of late. So far, you are the only knife maker I watch consistently (5 or so) to explain the spark-hardness relationship. Perfect visual cue, I found it invaluable. I plan to begin knife making/smithing myself before the year is out, and I figured rebar was a great place to start. You printed a book on knife making too, yes? Loved the wire brush finish, with the hamon resembling big cumulus clouds. Very appropriate for where I live as well. Keep up the great work, and all the best to you and yours!

[@G41wal]

I love your videos Nick ! You've taught me a lot on how to make knives and forging in general . Keep up the awesome work !

[@walmarket11]

Really enjoyed watching this knife build! I think i'll try this build myself. Glad to see you're making videos again.

[@jacobdotson194]

This would be my first real knife and I had a spare price of rebar and thought I would give it a try what you did makes me want to do it even more

[@Zippr123]

OMfg, i love that you lowerd the volyme settings while hammering

[@AnonYmous-ii4tc]

That’s exactly what I was going to say! Way to go Nick, and Zippr for noticing it (3 years ago, lol)

[@irekirek123]

Great to see you back Nick

[@arrudawakening]

Another great project, Nick! It's great to see your take on traditional weapons.... However, I would love to see an original design of your own. You seem to be a really artistic guy, so I'd be really interested to see what you would come up with!!

[@appiehappie7923]

Like your video's a lot, Nick! Nice and simple! They inspire me! Greetings from Holland.

[@marijnmollee8823]

Seeing you in my recommended list again made my day thanks nick!

[@krustysurfer]

Great Stuff! so many say don't bother with rebar however its super inexpensive to practice with, thanks for the video!

[@loupanella9632]

I really enjoyed this video! So cool to see something functional made from a simple material..

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

Great video. You always explain things so clearly. What a fantastic knife too.

[@lyub4o76]

Hi Nick, I realy liked your video and I have two suggestions for you for the next rebar knife:first instead of flat grind do a convex grind for resistance and second- do a hardnes cutting test!Anyway-GREAT VIDEO!!!!

[@NotonlyWood]

my blacksmithing skills have improved a lot since you got me started doing it 😃

[@schmiedepeter3881]

The knife looks great! You´ve done a good job.

[@KageStelhman]

Hey Nick, another thing you can do to prevent edge cracking when producing a hamon line is make narrow lines of refractory clay extending into the edge (I forgot the name for them in Japanese) it also gives you an interesting pattern. As for exposing the hamon without etching you can use the wire brush like you have been doing, but I've got really good results by going all the way through my polishing grits (150-400 and that's hand sanding) and finishing out with a scotchbright wheel, or failing that I use an ultra-fine steel wool pad... you'd be amazed with the results

[@TristanDare]

Great work Nick i've been watching you since you had about 5k subs, and you still make great videos! I love the work you do, keep it up!

[@mateoaguirre1816]

dude I love your channel! very original and to the point!

[@boanoite7155]

Nice knife Nick, how about a new bow model? Love your vids, good job

[@sudo_nym]

Great work, Nick!

[@thesteelwolf5230]

your work usually turns out to look like prison shanks but I love your methods... plain, no-fancies and brutally simple... Keep it up dude... :)

[@hcoyhis]

Hey man I've missed your videos. Glad to see you get back into it. You should try forging a slingshot from a railroad spike. split the shaft in half and those would be the forks for the slingshot. Awesome video keep up the good work!

[@BackyardBowyer]

Hunter Coyhis That sounds awesome! I really like that, never thought of making a forged slingshot. I definitely need to try making one of those. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching!

[@TrikeRoadPoet]

Great practice form on this small knife. Would love to see something along this line of making a blade, something like a thrower with its slightly different hardening to make it more resilient to impact for throwing.

[@ianholmen888]

I'd love to see you make the black ops 3 zombie Bowie knife. It has a very interesting blade design and a cool finger guard as well.

[@rorydonaldson2794]

If you wrap a large chain around the base of the metal of your anvil it can reduce that ping sound you get after striking

[@MtnBadger]

When you face the edge to get into the good sparks, it'd not just hardness but you're actually removing the material which has burned off carbon. As our get to the material with more carbon, it's harder, as you say, it's the part of the edge that can take and hold an edge. If you try to sharpen the edge without this "pre-grind" it'll never be sharpenable. Good job. You're showing learned knowledge and skills usually taking more years to develop.

[@letsdoit3893]

Good Job Nick!

[@TheNicholasRennerShow]

Love ya man you inspired me to start blacksmithing

[@ericseegers6038]

That's a cool lookin knife Nick. Keep up the good work.

[@yoshyusmc]

Beautiful work from rebar~!

[@BackyardBowyer]

Thank you for watching!

[@joehammond222]

I'd like to see your take on making a 2x72 belt grinder and here more about how you made your forge. Cheers

[@MrSIXGUNZ]

Great work Sir!

[@thorsonknivesdalepattison8641]

looks great Nick.

[@danieleduardotorresdeluna4964]

Thorson Knives Dale Pattison 😕😂👍

[@Traderjoe]

Nick, I was wondering. You know how with the axes how you add a higher carbon piece to the center and weld it together? Could that be done on the small scale with the rebar as the body of the knife and a small slab in the center in high carbon and then forge weld them together for better edge retention?

[@jurassicsurvivor9204]

Really good nick!

[@javierbritezayala963]

Buenísimo trabajo, siempre sorprendiendo

[@MiguelMartinez-pn2wu]

Great videos! Keep them coming Thanks

[@BackyardBowyer]

Miguel Martinez Thanks for watching!

[@EternalBeingOfficial]

Nice to see you again :)

[@TonyUrryMakes]

Nice hammer control. You made that look a bit easier than it really is.

[@sandydennis8644]

love the video Nick. Very informative. As for a suggestion, maybe some information on your forge? I think you have a video or 2 on forges but maybe some more would be nice. Honestly though, whatever you make a video on is fine with me. Hope all is well with you and your family.

[@Nillaferilla]

I would LOVE to see you make a knife or dagger from a Rail Road Anchor. I hear they have higher carbon content than a Rail road Spike.

[@BackyardBowyer]

+Nillaferilla Thank you for the suggestion!

[@eightgeorge]

You should go on "Forged in Fire" I think you will make a good competitor, I think you have come a long way. Cheers mate

[@chris-zt7eo]

He isn't of apt skill yet. The people who attend Forged in Fire are masters of their craft. He is essentially a guy like me. Someone who dabbles in knife making in their backyard.

[@eightgeorge]

Not all of them are Master blacksmiths, I've seen people who have only been making knives as a hobby like him. There was a young guy of 21 years old before.

[@PTMOFF]

I think they'd need to see some longer more intricate blades, such as swords, etc for that to happen.

[@nicor.7816]

eightgeorge there was a guy I watched that was only 18 years old and he won forged in fire against master blacksmiths

[@Dunsparce1265]

he did a kukri

[@guitim24]

Nice knife Nick!

[@BackyardBowyer]

guitim24 Thanks!

[@dragontattooee]

Nice work Nic , got your knife book on amazon recently

[@danieleduardotorresdeluna4964]

Brian Sheehan 😕👍

[@TimAdams]

Nick, looks good, bud! Would love to bring my first attempt at knifemaking for any tips, since we both live in the same metro area.

[@quackhead1975]

Nick Can you do a video on making a Cedar selfbow?

[@jacobashbury]

Can you make a video showing your forge?

[@salvatoredicarlo1]

pousse dadoise

[@juliangutierrez9679]

Que buen trabajo ... bonito cuchillo ... me suscribo. Saludos

[@robertpothier1861]

If your up to it I bet everyone would like to see a video about how to carbonise low carbon steel. To be honest I forget how it is done, but I do not remember it being too difficult to do.

[@HiddenBrick22]

Robert Pothier green beetle has some awesome videos on that.

[@robinhood4441]

I was wondering if you could do Demarcus with rebar and flat stock steel would be great to see that if you could I'm thinking about trying it myself so if you could it would be great to see it

[@grayem76]

nice work mate

[@nicolasoviedo9495]

Good work buen trabajajo saludos desde Argentina

[@BackyardBowyer]

+Nicolas Oviedo Thank you for watching!

[@xavierdirker8935]

I was just wondering what you use for your anvil. Thanks!

[@coalsauce4457]

Xavier Dirker he has a vid on how he made his 'anvil'

[@cosimusprime9379]

great video! you could try to make a bow-knife hybrid ^^ it can be used as a ranged weapon and as a close combat weapon at the same time! I know it's challenging but I would love to see a video like that 👍🏻

[@Brandybuck2000]

very fun to watch and quite interesting. you do you boo keep it up bb

[@JackRobin86]

Nick? It's your buddy Kyle Germann from Facebook. I'm very glad to see that you're back to forging again, brother! I was wondering...could you make another sword? From, say, 01 high-carbon steel? You can get it on Amazon. Also, could you PLEASE make a drawknife? That would be so awesome. Please?

[@iphonemusings]

Very cool knife, thx for sharing :)

[@gertkriel5764]

Bro the weapons you make is sick.

[@thirteenpixelz7365]

Can u forge a wakizashi?

[@thewildguide8173]

Could you try a Spring steel bow ?

[@karmab2567]

Love your knives u where the person to infusion me in making knive love your videos make more

[@graphixkillzzz]

if you use rebar for a knife, you can crush up some tums, forge the bar into a rough knife shape, put the tums powder and knife in a stainless steel canister with the top welded on, heat it up to 2000f for about three hours, and it'll get hard af on the surface, and have a nice low carbon center for flexibility.

[@IIDASHII]

Or one could just use good steel to begin with and save oneself mounds of time and effort...

[@graphixkillzzz]

and spend a lot of money unnecessarily on a hobby.

[@PTMOFF]

Baking steels at 2000f for hours is more costly than steel. A 36"x2"x1/4" piece of 5160 is like 20 bucks. Cheap.

[@chris-zt7eo]

Even less if you hit up a scrap yard. Grab some leaf springs for like 5 bucks. I've got an axle and six leaf springs and that cost me $20.

[@IIDASHII]

leaf springs are great for practice, but if you are looking to up your quench failure rate, by all means, use steel that already has stress fractures in it!

[@p-nut3411]

I would like to see a 3 piece matching set. knife, spoon and fork.

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Nick, great knife. Have you made a spear before? How about an ancient Hawaiian spear?

[@119vs155]

Nick..nice job did you Temper that knife by chance? If so how did you do it?

[@DonylynKnives]

Do you know how to make a 'David Carradine' style flute?

[@davejoy1330]

Hey man I'm starting a new KZbin channel called backyard forger and I take some inspiration from what you've done, I have limited tools and a lot of free time. Thanks for the videos.

[@WarpedLegacy]

Nice hamon. I've never done one. I just might have to try in a future video. How's your thumb? Looks like you got a pretty decent cut. Keep up the good content. Define Your Legacy!

[@BackyardBowyer]

Thanks for watching! My thumb is fine now, just caught it on the flap wheel.

[@alexmcalpine6667]

Thats cool :) what delt grinder are you using there

[@dloc116]

Awesome video

[@robertward2286]

Great Job.

[@mariososa7666]

hi how are you my name is mario sosa i enjoy waching your videos thanks fror the videos about the pvc bows i never told about that i live in buffalo ny close to canada im going to try to make a pvc bow whit yours instructions is a lot small games in this are thanks i let you know how came out ones again thanks mario sosa

[@gurseshalil]

perfect job !

[@renegaderetiree60]

I come across 1 inch round rebar. Would that have the same results as 1/2 inch after much more pounding?

[@jayellz8909]

Hey bud was just what grit flap wheel you used on your bench grinder? Thanks

[@gunny4029]

enjoyed , very much, maybe i can do this one day

[@TheTikibuster]

what kind of funace cement did you use to make your hamon? and where did you get it?

[@johnlorenz6889]

I think it will be cool if you did a tanto

[@owengrant7694]

What kind of forge do you use and how much did it cost? I have a homemade charcoal one but i like the gas ones much better

[@theDugonator]

Does rebar have a high enough carbon content to harden? I would’ve thought it wouldn’t, but I always see people making knives out of it. Also excellent forging on that man.

[@baltikumer89]

Great craftmansip

[@tryzentv3316]

I know this is an old video but do you just quench your rebar blades with no temper after, or do you temper it after?

[@alexvasquez5598]

hey Nick can you tell us what tools for flintknapping and plzzzzz a tutorial because when I saw your flintknapping video doesn't help

[@DrunkSpidey1]

I would recommend that you throw a magnet on your anvil. it helps cut down on the high range ringing. It will save your ears in the long run.

[@ильятолстунов-е8ъ]

жаль английский не знаю. но даже так просто приятно смотреть видео!!!

[@Brainchild69]

Nice work. It would make a good steak knife. Or skinning knife.

[@ryansy7060]

You should try making a rock sling.

[@FrostyEditsOG]

what type of belt sander is that? is it good for stock removal?

[@coalsauce4457]

so happy to see a vid :)

[@sethjones5078]

I'd like to see you make a barong

[@BernieFromTheInternet]

every peice of 1/2in rebar i have encountered had been fully water hardenable.

[@mattiazanini7495]

bellissimo coltello !

[@kennethhudson8013]

smart feller! where you from?