Forging a 100 Year Old Horseshoe Into a Custom Knife With a Moose Antler Handle

[@wing7534]

So awesome man!!

[@shawnhulke7385]

Awesome job Liam. Beautifully executed!!!

[@LiamJPenn]

@@shawnhulke7385 Thank you

[@mrkiks32]

Awesome love how it turned out

[@SonoraSlinger]

The most overused, yet still perfect forging joke of all time "drop forged". My other favorite is "broaching out my tang hole". Beautiful build man

[@shawnhulke7385]

Awesome knife. True craftsmanship.

[@taterbug70]

That looks 19th century. I didn't realize the blade would have that appearance. I like the effect of the wrought iron.

[@IanSebryk]

beautiful work. I love the brute finesse of it.

[@giboron]

nice work

[@donhudson3252]

That’s a fine looking blade! Keep it going.

[@alextoledo4241]

Congratulations. Ypu did a great job with this knife

[@DirtyOldPatchExhibit]

That’s nice work ❤

[@mikestewartakastewie5685]

Very nice dude!!! Attention to detail!!!👍😎

[@richardbryant7972]

Very nicely done

[@knittl666]

Sehr schön. Danke für deine Videos. Liebe Grüße Gerry

[@richardtrumbo164]

Thank you, sir, for the great video. Wonderful knife!

[@yunghiga3556]

Unique knife!

[@Innlandetknives]

Excelent rustic looks

[@JustinTopp]

Dang nice knife Liam

[@LiamJPenn]

Merci mon ami!

[@Edwinthemountainman8454]

Great job man looks amazing

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you!

[@Llamadosalvaje]

Beautiful knife!

[@LiamJPenn]

Thanks

[@diyresttube]

awesome work dude..you have a nice skill....it winter out thre

[@lancemillward2462]

just found your channel, loving the content

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you!

[@PPworkshop]

Great knife, I like the little details. The cooper spacer fits really well into the overall look.

[@user-rm5rq3ix8p]

I really like this knife

[@NagelHausForge]

Great blade man! Really enjoyed watching your process on the whole thing!

[@LiamJPenn]

Thanks man!

[@cadena06]

A very nice piece!

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you

[@net-twin-de]

Someone should claim again that young people lack experience, expertise and talent and that they cannot be excited about anything except video games. Liam makes her an excellent little knife very professionally and absolutely technically correct. Great performance, good work - keep it up. Oh by the way - I love to work with 80CrV2 - its my most fav steel for knifes, easy to work with and easy to harden.

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@nickinthefield4202]

Very impressive. 👏

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you!

[@kenledson]

Sweet knife! Thanks for showing

[@LiamJPenn]

Thanks!

[@icerazar713]

While I'm not a big fan of antler handles, I do have to say that you really did a great job on this. Beautiful blade.

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you!

[@en136]

Sehr schöne Arbeit.

[@kewacurdo856]

tnx for sharing. as usual great work and masterful skills...

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you!

[@lovejcdc]

Dang dude that is a seriously awesome blade. Very impressed

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you

[@thomasslikkers253]

Excellent job!

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you!

[@niklasfischer3915]

Awesome. Very good video. Was very enjoyable to watch.

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you!

[@Watford4321]

Its a lovely knife. I'm having my first "bash" at it seriously tomorrow when I rent my blacksmith space for the first time after doing two knife making courses. Whisg me luck, I'm doing the same, wrought iron san mai with spicy white in the cutting edge. This vid helped a lot! (hopefully)

[@johnnyd.682]

Nice job! I'm look for wrought-iron

[@Take_And_Make]

I really like how it turned out! Knife looks truly amazing, I enjoyed thee vid too. You've got another sub!

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you! 🤘🏼

[@CreativeDailyWorks]

Awesome work 👍

[@DonNguyenKnives]

Nice work man, fantastic video work as well.

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you Don!

[@cybervore]

Thanks for explaining the wd-40. I've seen it used in a few videos lately, had no idea what it did.

[@espadasartesanaismedievais3288]

Parabéns Belo trabalho. Isso é talento. E arte 👍👏👏👏

[@Pfarley]

Nice process, beautiful knife. Just PSA that a respirator while cutting antler is a good thing especially if one uses a grinder wheel. The antler particles in the air are real nasty for your respiratory system.

[@celebes88]

love that pattern ❤️

[@billwoehl3051]

Agree, made a dever antler handle for my tri-file, anything powered used on the antler, or burning in the tang, I recommend nose plugs😜😁

[@elirobertson2324]

Im a new smith still learning a lot. Something that really caught my eye was the way you forged that tip....i saw you hit the tip over the side of the anvil. Ive noticed some other smiths do that when forging sickles. I was wondering what advantages that technique offers? Where you isolating the tip so it didnt get drawn out further? Id love to know!

[@LiamJPenn]

By keeping the tip right at the edge of the anvil I can forge all the way down to a point without striking the anvil with my hammer

[@elirobertson2324]

@@LiamJPenn I see! So it's made thinner on the edge and side of the anvil rather than the main surface as to not mark the anvil. It looks like the odd hook sort of shape the tip takes after doing that is blended back in to the rest of the blade after. Correct me if I'm wrong! I appreciate the reply!

[@LiamJPenn]

@@elirobertson2324 The tip gets forged so the blade curves towards the edge side, that way when the bevels are forged, and the edge material stretches, the blade curves back to straight. otherwise the blade would get banana shaped after forging bevels which is a little trickier to fix. Check out josh weston´s video "managing your mass while forging a knife" was one of the most helpful videos when I was getting into forging.

[@elirobertson2324]

@@LiamJPenn makes total sense. I've seen a few smiths doing that and I didn't quite understand it at the time. It's getting more cemented in my brain now. Mostly seen japanese smiths use that technique...rather than breaking flow and trying to control where the whole mass of steel is going the whole time. Thanks so much for your generous time. I'll certainly watch the video too.

[@robertcalzadillas8224]

What's your forge made of please do a short on your forge thanks

[@LiamJPenn]

These is a video on my channel already where I show how I made the forge 👍🏼

[@robertcalzadillas8224]

@@LiamJPenn your gas forge

[@LiamJPenn]

@@robertcalzadillas8224 older video but here’s the link if it’ll work kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZXXnIJuqq5rjsUsi=WFm3k_qN1pSahHQN

[@antoniocpereira9360]

Lindo trabalho, Parabéns

[@MarcelTeugels]

Impressive!

[@LiamJPenn]

Thanks!

[@retireddec04]

Nice rustic knife that is finely crafted. What do you use on wrought iron to deter rust?

[@joshuatichota5046]

Great job. How much does moose antler go for? I’ve only bought deer antler

[@LiamJPenn]

I’ve never bought it, just get it from hunters. It’s just about my favorite handle material. Can be used so many ways

[@johnrizzato9192]

“Dropforged “😂😂😂

[@Самсебемастер-ш5с]

Маладис, малай👍👋

[@johnrizzato9192]

I’m about to build a quench station and was wondering why yours is so tall?

[@LiamJPenn]

My quench tank is for swords, can be a bit awkward so I also have an ammo can of oil for smaller stuff

[@johnrizzato9192]

@@LiamJPenn that makes sense

[@KARAMBA.5111]

Пацан магёт!!!👍

[@hawk5148]

Very cool

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you!

[@rhedskiddel2282]

finally, some good fucking knives

[@WJBlades]

Great job man, that wrought iron looks great. I don't watch a lot of other people forge blades (I don't want to be too influenced by other people's art.) However, I had to check out this video. Much respect my Alaskan brother!! 😎

[@LiamJPenn]

Thank you!

[@thierrypasquet1503]

Magnifique.

[@MrWTPunk]

16:18, it looks like the tip isn't high carbon steel only...

[@LiamJPenn]

The reveal is less, but there is 80CrV2 all the way to the tip

[@MrWTPunk]

@@LiamJPenn happy to hear that it would have been a pity

[@billwoehl3051]

My sharpening stone is the rough edges of a ceramic pot, dish, or tile, any part that's not glazed

[@roge4018]

Wow that's turned out great! How many hours did it take?

[@LiamJPenn]

I wasn’t counting but maybe 15-20 ish? It’s hard to know because I worked on it over a long time

[@antoniocarlos-yn5pn]

Gostei do trabalho. É para vender?Qual o preço. Obrigado

[@marcsenteney3160]

Well done sir! Where did you learn to make your projects?

[@LiamJPenn]

I was first introduced to bladesmithing by Steve Morley, and I’ve also learned on my own and from a few other classes

[@selvamnarayan764]

I want to buy Any information

[@LiamJPenn]

This one is sold, but knives are available on Instagram, or through email. [e-mail]

[@HeavyForge]

Nice work!! And yeah moose antler smells horrible!🔥⚒💪🏻

[@LiamJPenn]

It was pretty bad 😂

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

Cool👍

[@joachimfuchs7061]

Beautiful. Like it. See you... abo

[@widneyburton5559]

I'm sure you've heard this alot, but, you really favor Carl from the walking dead lol you sound like him as well. Super weird off topic comment, but, everything I watch your videos, my mind goes "oh hey it's Carl" lol

[@LiamJPenn]

Hahah I think ive actually been told that a few times before lol

[@widneyburton5559]

@@LiamJPenn yea man it's pretty close lol BTW man I love you're work and enjoy watching your videos. How long have you been bladesmithing? Are you registered with the ABS?

[@LiamJPenn]

@@widneyburton5559 I’ve been making knives for almost 3 years. I’m not signed up for the ABS but I probably will at some point

[@widneyburton5559]

@@LiamJPenn that's awesome man! I'm in the beginning of my second year right now. Unfortunately I'm stock removal only at the moment, at least until I get a good anvil setup. Anyway, thanks for uploading. I learn alot from videos posted by guys like you

[@ThrashingBuddha]

Great knife!! But i'm a bit bummed out about the video quality. Although it being in 1080HD, the quality was very grainy and looked more like a 480p video. The bokeh and everything else on your video was great, though. Also, you should work a bit on better lighting if you can. I'm not trying to bash you, young man. Just trying to give some constructive criticism. Keep up the good work and have fun!

[@LiamJPenn]

Lighting is a problem in my shop, but the video quality must be an issue on your end.

[@darrellford3279]

I really enjoyed the video! You do VERY nice work! I like that you peened the butt plate on.....really tight! You showed cycling the blade three times at three different temperatures. Can you explain why? Is it due to the 80crV2 material or the wrought iron on either side?

[@LiamJPenn]

The forging process can leave uneven stresses in the steel, so after forging I did a few cycles (around 1800f) to even out the grain and relieve stress. This makes even, but big grain. Then I do three cycles (1650, 1500, 1350) to reduce the grain size. Finer grain will make for a better blade

[@darrellford3279]

@@LiamJPenn Thanks for the explanation Liam! I'm still learning and it's ALL self taught and UTUBE university!! :)

[@LiamJPenn]

@@darrellford3279 sweet! I’m happy to answer any other questions you have

[@vinshanestrickland4179]

Good work young man .. get that hair tied up and back..

[@michaelrobertson8795]

🔥⚒🔪👍✌

[@SchysCraftCo.]

👏🏼

[@bulentkaraca4296]

👏