Ferrum Forge Knife Works: Part Breakdown and Makers' Choice Preview

[@lucacadianalbert]

and this is why I love FFKW knives so much. Keep up the great work guys!

[@wgollyhorn]

Great video! I happen to have your Archbishop and love it. Would love a torture test video to show how well it holds up for all the operators out there!

[@stevewelborn8744]

Amazing what we can learn when we listen to someone who knows what he is talking about.

[@VicariousReality7]

Marvelous wisdom, i never knew the pivots only job was to keep the blade from falling out of the handle.

[@CrazySharp]

Hmmm ... I wonder who could possibly have caught their knife on a car door and broke the screw... And then lost the screw only to have his wife step on it later... lol

[@MindAkerKnives]

It's amazing how many problems I've had thinking a CNC machine could do bearing pockets to the precision and parallelism needed for a smooth flipper.

[@wgollyhorn]

Since you've been using your current lock interface system, have you had any fail on your where you needed to replace the lock insert?

[@colew6529]

Quick question for you guys regarding the pivot, since the pivot is a "Free Spinning" pivot. How do you guys keep it from spinning when youre trying to remove the pivot screw? I'm sure there is a trick that you have when you get a knife in for warranty that has loctite in the pivot.

[@jdmbeaner182]

Cole W put some lateral force on the blade to lock the pivot in place. As for the loctite just heat it up beforehand.

[@dylanclark9437]

"we have a very special video today" by that they mean they actually uploaded a video

[@tyroneshoelaces9742]

Holy cow guys! Just put the knife together! Haha ha.10 min in and you are still talking about it. Guys? you are killin me here! Get enthused

[@rekozma]

I think 20cv is totally under rated and way under used. I myself like it. with well over 200 knives in my collection and more steels then you can shake a stick at it's in my top 5 to care for a edc steel. I could list 20 reasons why but there would be someone that would list 20 reasons to use a better super steel. I have better super steels and I do use them still like 20cv as a edc steel.

[@hampfi747]

Man it is really annoying that you keep going on about how you thing everything through but don't manage to grind a freaking detent ramp into the blade.

[@FerrumForge]

Umm, we do cut in detent ramps and have been since 2013

[@KkAaDdEe]

ohhhh burnnn

[@CrazySharp]

Hahahaha... Nice Elliot...I'll be by the shop when I get back ...

[@nofaithjusthope8714]

I think what he meant to say was the ramp has a very abrupt transition and depending how each individual knife detent is set it can be a very hard transition, I have noticed that myself and my knives have the detent ball set pretty shallow just for that reason which helps a little. The transition could be and IMO should be less pronounced...less like a step and more like a ramp if that makes sense.

[@FerrumForge]

Now seeing how much thought goes into every part of our knives might it be a logical step to say that I have considered this. But once again I can only bend the laws of physics so much. Let's talk about inclined planes that get you from one height to another. In this ramp scenario we have a a couple of variables that that have mutable values. The length of the HRD's protrusion is not a fixed parameter and while we set them for a best-of-all-worlds kind of feel, people change them so we have to keep in mind end user adjustment with regard to how deep the start of the ramp is cut to. The second variable is the length of the ramp, its run. But the run has confines: if we cut too long a run and the end user changes the protrusion depth of the hrd then there is more opportunity for the lock bar to be contacting the blade in its opening and closing rotation negating the effectiveness of the detent's friction reduction in the first place. Part of good engineering is accounting for some of the of the potential end user interference in any given system and in the case of the detent ramps we cut they are designed to maintain the primary function of the detent even with end user tweaking. It was a lesson learn through experience and not just some bullshit I'm making up. There is also that we think knives that fall closed are inherently dangerous and we see people cutting their thumbs all the time and think that is just silly so we like that there is a defined stopping point at the end of the ramp that all but requires you to get your thumb out of the way. Safety and science.