Forging a hidden tang Bowie knife Part 1

[@TheNothingNetwork420]

This is a true art form!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

thanks! I appreciate you stopping by and watching!

[@PREPFORIT]

Looking very good so far.!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks!

[@MrSoloun]

Looks good, looking forward to part 2.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I really like how it turned out, part 2 can be found at kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5XPZoStmLl8jcU Thanks for watching I appreciate it!

[@gregpassmore7716]

Cool blade

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you checking it out!

[@DuaneT64]

Lookin really good

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks!

[@JourneyNorthAK]

Hell of a nice profile!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I like bowies with some curve to them! I appreciate you watching!

[@exceptionalideas2947]

nice progress. in one week your channel has almost doubled.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I have been working hard, I had 2200 subs before I was hacked so still a ways to go. Thanks for stopping by I appreciate you watching.

[@GeorgiaTrappingandFishing]

Looking great so far!! Good job 👍

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

[@hannemannironworks1651]

Looks great man!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks!

[@drewbert420]

This was good to watch I would of like one of these

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

[@Kurogane_666]

Amazing work no chance for a sketch of the profile?? I'd like to imitate it if possible lol, want to try as my first blade

[@jasonbailey9837]

Man I really like the way you work. Very helpful, nice forging as well 👍. Thanks u have another sub

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate the sub and I appreciate you watching!

[@billwoehl3051]

That tool you used for marking where the blade is out of flat, center if the spine and edge, etc..with the dial guage..... whats it called and how much are they?

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Is is called a height gauge, you can find them at www.grizzly.com/products/igaging-0-6-digital-fractional-height-gauge/t21576 and at amazon www.amazon.com/QWORK-Aperture-Measuring-Magnetic-Standing/dp/B08YCXYBFD/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=height+gauge&qid=1695835778&sr=8-6 they range from 25.00 USD on the low end to several hundred dollars.

[@billwoehl3051]

@@Mysticmountainforge awsome, and affordable, thank you very much. 👍

[@kensmapleleafretirement]

Just a question. Do you find that spring steel has a memory. That is to say that once straightened, might it tend to want to return to the original bent shape? idk, just a thought..

[@Mysticmountainforge]

I usually let it anneal overnight in the forge after the initial forging, I also run several thermal cycles before heat treat usually 5 or so, I haven't had any trouble with it wanting to curve back but I also only do an edge quench which seems to also help prevent warping. Thanks for watching I appreciate it.

[@kensmapleleafretirement]

@@Mysticmountainforge I made a few punches some of them took to recurving on me. I will try that next time I straighten some spring. TTYL... Thanks..

[@y-notforge8913]

..i wish they would have given yall this to work with on your episode of FIF. You would have been in the running. my brudder-outlaw wants me to do this for him, nope aint gonna try. i told him to look at you, i don't do knives. don't count on it tho, he's a tightwad...!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

I would have loved to do this on FIF, I can't wait to get this one wrapped up, I sold my last one but this one I am hanging on to for sure! Thanks for watching!

[@GrampyCampy]

What would it cost to have a very good chefs knife made for me like a really balanced sharp French knife 🔪 probably a lot and I am low income disability anyway just wondering?

[@Mysticmountainforge]

I usually put them up for sale on my Etsy store when I have them available, I stopped doing custom orders because of being left hanging too many times. To find my Etsy store just type Mysticmountainforge in the search bar and it will pull it up. Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate you watching!

[@billwoehl3051]

I dissagree, sometimes to much material is a bad thing, for instance, a canister demascus pattern thats kinda like a panorama and you want the whole scene on the blade.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

I would treat it differently with canister or regular Damascus, this being 5160 it didn't matter so much.