Forging a BOWIE KNIFE PART 2

[@bearfootknivesgunforge9183]

Bowie is coming along nicely. Glad to see you're challenging yourself and tryin new techniques. Onward and upward. God Bless

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I figured the best way to learn is to try, if I mess it up try again until I get it right. Thanks for watching I appreciate it!

[@bearfootknivesgunforge9183]

@@Mysticmountainforge That's the best way. I learn same way, if it fails just teaches me a way not to do it.

[@dgundeadforge17]

Beautiful work. I just started forgeing knives. I have lessvthan 30 hrs but each time i make a small knife i learn a lot. It feels surreal, just a month ago i was wishing i can forve, now after makibg a makeshift charcoal forge , im very happy.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! That's a lot like the same way I started out, I had an old coal burning rivet forge and a blow dryer, every time I lit the forge I learned something no matter if it was a failure or success, I learned something Everytime. Still do with each project I do today. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it! Hammer on!

[@fafa-tx7hi]

Wery good👍👍👍

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks, I appreciate you watching!

[@GUNSLINGEROUTDOORS]

Looking good..🇺🇸🤠

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks!

[@CavemanActual11]

Well made knife, with a dope soundtrack

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks, I appreciate you watching!

[@lawrenwimberly7311]

good looking blade brother

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks, I appreciate you watching!

[@hannemannironworks1651]

It’s looking really good!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks!

[@JourneyNorthAK]

Looking good! That bog oak is nice.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks!

[@MyroCraft]

Good job! Good video with good music👌👍

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

[@BBForge]

First and very cool that is a B.A.K

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you stopping by, Take care and have a good one!

[@gurvinderkau1e5w18]

Grinding puts soul into the knife. Nice profile there. Well forged out Bowie.👍👍👍👍

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! It does bring the blade to life!

[@PREPFORIT]

Really great detailed work. Looking fwd to the handle scul[ture/finish.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

[@douglasfathers4848]

Looking good mate I'm always up for a challenge and may I say your doing a great job . much better than most .cheers.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching, I figure if I never step out of my comfort zone I will never learn anything.

[@edmiller4468]

Do you have to buy new drill bits all the time? Just wondering if I'm the only one???

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Yep, all the time, the cobalt ones don't even last that long anymore. I have switched to using carbide tip bits for a lot of my work and they seem to work better.

[@exceptionalideas2947]

Could you make a knife without using a forge. Maybe a ring knife.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

I will look into it, thanks for watching!

[@robertbeecroft5570]

What is the tool you’re using to mark the blade called? I’m getting into blade smithing and would love to have one of those!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks for watching! I think it's awesome that you're getting into the craft! The tool is called a height gauge, I bought mine from grizzly industrial, here is the link. www.grizzly.com/search?q=height+guage

[@kensmapleleafretirement]

That was a great lesson in craftsmanship. I enjoyed it greatly. I do appreciate your time and knowledge. I was thinking of making a knife and it made me laugh out loud for a second. Thanks a tonne for the video...

[@Mysticmountainforge]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, I appreciate you watching.

[@garyhiggins4315]

I can never understand why you guys don't sculpt your crossguards in putty, then cast them in brass?

[@Mysticmountainforge]

That is something I have been looking into of late, it would save a ton of time, I have a lot of scrap brass and copper. Thanks for checking out the video, I appreciate it!

[@garyhiggins4315]

@@Mysticmountainforge check out a video called the Gunsmith of williamsberg. That shows how it was done in the 18th century. I do not know about brass, but with pewter, I have cast the metal actually round the part I wanted to join it to! You can't get a better fit than that? You would be either able to cast exact replicas of fancy historical crossguards, or design your own? 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@ivyironworks6698]

man I want your grinder... i'm working with a tiny piece of crap cool lookin knife

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks for watching! When I first started making knives it was on a grizzly/harbor freight 1x30, I love my new grinder especially with the VFD drive, it makes things a lot easier.

[@jaggedmountainknives]

hey just wondering how are you getting soo many more views than I do? what do you do to do it?

[@Mysticmountainforge]

I promote my channel through Google ads, you rack up a ton of views but not all counts towards your watch time, for example I have over 4000 watch hours in a month and 100k views but I only have around 1400 watch hours that count towards my monetization. Before my other channel was hacked I had 500000 watch minutes. Google ads helps most with helping get your channel out there which will help your Sub numbers and ultimately increase your watch time. It can be expensive 300 plus per month if you use it all month long. I also had over 2500 subs before getting hacked and a lot of them have found my new channel as well.

[@jaggedmountainknives]

@@Mysticmountainforge that makes a lot of sense i was wondering how you were climbing so fast and racking up the views, I just thought your vids must have been a lot better or something. Thanks for the info