Father's day Mastering Transitions - Knifemaking Tips and Tricks

[@Aleeknives]

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[@adelacour]

Heres a tip, " Keep knocking out the videos", you are helping a lot of people. Thank you.

[@Aleeknives]

Thanks Andy!

[@Pitbull1701]

Great tips man, fit and finish is what separates knife makers. Those that go the extra mile are the ones that are successful.

[@Aleeknives]

Totally agreed

[@brysonalden5414]

Your video is the best Father's Day present I got today! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@Aleeknives]

Thats awesome!

[@mnoun8871]

Very informative, and we'll learned wisdoms, shared for many, thank you for creating this for us.

[@Aleeknives]

You are very welcome!

[@ericmoore2236]

Thank you for your inspiration and informative videos 👍 Happy Father's Day 👏

[@Aleeknives]

Your welcome! Thanks

[@jimpartridge9634]

For draw sanding I made a little block. Used 1” aluminum square tube, cut it to 4” long, and filled it with epoxy. I cut a slot in one side, and use that to insert a little 4” wide sandpaper.

[@barryburas5670]

You! my friend are an excellent teacher!! Keep them coming!

[@Aleeknives]

Thank you Barry! I am working on a fun one for this weekend! See you there

[@barryburas5670]

@@Aleeknives I'm waiting!

[@jeffreymoore5037]

Great videos! Been making stock removal for a year and your tips are very helpful. I have been struggling with every tip you provided. Greatly appreciated 🙏

[@Aleeknives]

Glad my videos are valuable!

[@yusufmirza1757]

Mindblowing handle brother 👍

[@sudo_nym]

Here’s a tip: never be too proud to think you can’t learn from others, and someone else doesn’t have an improved way of doing what you already think you have perfected. Good video, Airin. Lots of great new ideas! 👊🏻

[@Aleeknives]

I learn everyday Pete! Unfortunately sometimes it's the same lesson I should have learned previously🤣

[@sudo_nym]

@@Aleeknives We’re all the same! Sometimes we don’t listen to our inner thoughts that say “what are you doing!? Don’t do it like that!”. 🤣

[@Aleeknives]

That's right

[@TyrellKnifeworks]

Some great info on this video, Airin! 👍. Happy Father’s Day!

[@Aleeknives]

You to Denis! Cheers

[@volkangunyeli]

Hello Airin, I like your videos, your work and your explanations. Celebrating Father's Day with my son and his friends on the beach.🙂👍🍻

[@Aleeknives]

That's awesome! Enjoy my friend!

[@ClydeBuilt]

Great video. You taught me a lot of stuff in a little time. Thanks.

[@jumpnjack8686]

Tip: Watch Aleeknives! Watch more than once! Listen, watch, study technique and learn. I always enjoy these videos and my knife making has improved. Most importantly SLOW DOWN, do it correctly the first time and it will save you time in the long run. Happy Father's Day. Cheers.

[@Aleeknives]

Love this comment!

[@GARYMANDIEVAN]

Awesomeness in this video

[@reddogknives]

Always great content, keep it up I learn more everyday. When I was young an old man told me, learn something new everyday. So I strive in my everyday life to do that and I think I'm a better person for it. Keep up the good work, love your Channel, just my two cents Tucson

[@Aleeknives]

That is awesome!

[@mnoun8871]

"Smarter every day" says that too, some things are entertaining and informative

[@pup76]

Great tips for beginners like me and even for the more experienced makers, good video bud. 👍

[@Aleeknives]

These are some tips that I hadn't seen in anybody else's videos

[@gurvinderkau1e5w18]

Great video. Full of infomation . Cool set up of tools👍👍🔥🔥🔥

[@Aleeknives]

Thank you! Have super day!

[@andyc750]

c heers for that lesson, much to be taken from sharing your knowledge, appreciated very much by us beginners

[@Aleeknives]

Thank you Andy!

[@BamaDanKnives]

Thanks for for the tips!! Has helped me a lot!! Thx again!!

[@Aleeknives]

You are welcome! thanks for watching and commenting!

[@fouadjaber4111]

Thank you for the amazing content

[@Aleeknives]

You are welcome!

[@millersharp5443]

Excellent tips!! You’re right, it’s almost impossible to freehand seamless edges

[@Aleeknives]

I have tried and tried but could never perfect it

[@larrylee5778]

This is one of my top 3 handle/ blade configureations you have shown. Don't know if it is known that the handle material is dried paint from an auto paint booth. Cool stuff.

[@Aleeknives]

Man I love you dad! Happy Father's day! Cheers

[@mnoun8871]

I was wondering where he got that handle from, thanks for the mystery solved. 😊

[@robertguerrero8009]

Great pro tips, gracias hand..

[@Aleeknives]

Cheers

[@harryvanniekerk7269]

Hello Aaron, I think it is what makes the difference between good knifemakers and the best knifemakers. Not to guess. Actually iThink that was amassive problem in my knifemaking. Bless you.

[@Aleeknives]

It was a process for me to work through also

[@jjppres]

Great video. Thanks!

[@Aleeknives]

You are welcome Jim!

[@NjordArtisan]

Great video! I just repaired some handlescales for a broken knife of a friend of mine and noticed just the slightest bump around the pins after sanding. Wish i saw this video before that. But I‘ll definitely try this with my current project And that fordite handle still looks absolutely amazing!

[@Aleeknives]

Thanks man! I do love some fordite!

[@mikeboone4425]

Great informative video keep on with your urgings. Happy trails

[@Aleeknives]

Thanks Mike!

[@alphaomegasurvivalsupply6548]

Awesome tips thanks for sharing, keep em coming!!!

[@Aleeknives]

Will do! Thank you

[@TexasKayjun]

Great video!!

[@Aleeknives]

Thank you Shannon!

[@RibeyeReaper]

Very helpful thank you.

[@Aleeknives]

Awesome Austin! Glad you liked it

[@mcrich1978]

Awesome video and you're absolutely right. 👍 i love these informative videos 🤘 keep it up brother!

[@Aleeknives]

Thank you!

[@krissteel4074]

A few things I try to do on full tang knives if they don't have filework or inlay on them- Distal taper the tang from the ricasso all the way through to the butt, same as you do the bevels on the knife, just in the opposite way. It knocks a heap of weight out of there, saves you drilling dozens of 'speed holes' through it and just do enough to let the epoxy get into either side and if you want, get the small wheel out and knock in a couple of hollows either side. Distal taper on the blade for when you're knocking weight out of it for finer blades, start at the tip and work back and stop at where the ricasso begins, very handy on chefs and filleting knives to keep them lighter and easier in the hand. Not so much for big choppers of course Break the edges on your spine- there should be no sharp bits on it apart from the edge, even if its just a quick deburr with a scotchbrite belt will make it a much more finished look and on something like a chefs or skinner where people choke up on the blade that area in front of the handle and bolsters should be well rounded in a 'D' shape for user comfort. Dovetail your bolsters onto the handle scales, usually 30degrees is enough to apply good downward pressure on them and if you're doing end-cap bolsters as well, same dovetail on them to add a big compression forcing the scales hard up against the tang and then pins to make sure there's no horizontal movement of the scale. This is a right pain in the arse to do consistently unless you've got a jig or adjustable tool rest on the grinder, take it slow, make sure they match up where they all need to be. It takes longer, can drive you insane but on big choppers, cleavers and so forth its a sure sign of a quality handle construction the user can feel confident in the strength simply by the workmanship that's gone into it Some of these things are important 'selling points' as I like to call them, they make your work look more professional and will stand out miles away from a mass produced knife on the table when people take note that there wasn't a machine that made these and ultimately its your workmanship they're coming to buy

[@Aleeknives]

100% agree

[@henryknight7876]

great advice I'm glad I watched this one, solid 90 degree profile awesome. What about a 2" x 72" grinder that rotates 90 degrees ?

[@Aleeknives]

100%

[@dmitryk754]

but dedicated grinder works 100% better if you have the budget

[@Aleeknives]

Much faster to walk up to a Dedicated machine rather than flipping one and changing the setup each time

[@henryknight7876]

@@Aleeknives I concur, but money might hold me back a while

[@JoeyClanton3721]

Thank you for the info.

[@Aleeknives]

Thanks Joey!

[@DTodd12011]

Nice Fordite.

[@Aleeknives]

Good eye! Barely anyone even knows what it is!

[@DTodd12011]

@@Aleeknives Guy at the local Sharpening Shop used to work at Ford. Not in the paint shop but knew about this stuff and can source it now an then. Pretty stuff when it's done right.

[@Aleeknives]

Cool stuff for sure!

[@johnwilliams242]

Great video, very informative... how do you like that AMK Horizontal grinder? Was thinking about getting one...

[@Aleeknives]

Love it but if I had to do it over I would get the Revolution from Brian house!

[@trainwon5699]

Good job thanks

[@Aleeknives]

Thanks Don!

[@ninah1748]

Where did you get the scales for this blade? It's incredibly beautiful!

[@Aleeknives]

These are fordite scales, it is hard to come by because it is limited supply always. Search around to find some

[@dom_raphaelo]

Dear God, I will change the way I was grinding the spine and the handles. Always by "eye"...Great tips, I bought some sanding drums, similar to a small flap wheel and will try on the drill press. And what about if the spine and the handle are rounded and not flat? I`m doing my knifes in that style...

[@Aleeknives]

Interesting! I don't think I have ever seen that style! Send me some pictures please @ [e-mail] . I love seeing new stuff

[@awangsulaiman]

Good method

[@dmitryk754]

spine is one problem, but what about pins? I feels its more of a challenge to make those flat on a handle, esp with acrylic materials and metal pins

[@Stillpoint23]

I found out the hard way regarding the hot rolled steel... super drag sanding my butt off trying to get the thing flat! Never again.

[@Aleeknives]

I used it for a long time till I ordered from the new jersey steel baron! Then I never went back

[@Stillpoint23]

@@Aleeknives it sounds like njdb is the way to go. Although I did get some precision ground 1084 from Texas farrier supply. All of the steel I have from alpha on the other hand appears to be hot rolled. I'll check out the steel baron next time I need steel. I guess I'll move through the hot rolled that I have first, maybe I'll put it aside for a rainy (not many of those anymore in northern cali!)

[@clayedmonson3056]

I have looked all over for precision ground carbon steel, but all I can find that's precision ground is tool steel, which I'm not really interested in using.

[@Aleeknives]

I use new jersey steel baron. Even their regular steel is cold rolled and water jetted so the edges are precise

[@clayedmonson3056]

@@Aleeknives Thank you very much

[@nickminderman7380]

Are you selling that one

[@Aleeknives]

This one is already sold. I really wanted to keep it for myself but I let it go

[@gregchapman2634]

sounds like more justification for a surface grinder LOL!

[@Aleeknives]

YES!

[@Aleeknives]

Who has a tip for me?

[@mcrich1978]

I see ya still have the Jekyll Hyde. Would love to see you attempt what you were trying to achieve with that build again.

[@Aleeknives]

That would be a great video wouldn't it!

[@gamer2101]

Just keep doing what you do!! Thank you so much for all the work you do. I have learned so much

[@bobgore1962]

Great video with a lot of valuable information! Thanks Brother! 😎👍🏻

[@Aleeknives]

Thanks Bob!