Forging A Knife From Arresting Cable #2

Let's go another round with this aircraft carrier arresting cable and see what we can come up with this time! An integral blade with forge finish is made with stabilized curly acacia handles. Darth Vader weighs in and Steve laments Siri's dad joke prowess.
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[@user-dl6iy7rd2y]

That's some cutting edge technology

[@barrymccaulkiner4232]

😒 have your like.

[@rndmfella1874]

love when calm and unity contrasts the chaos in damascus, or vice versa. This knife is a bit messy with both handle and blade being chaos pattern.

[@bjf10]

I dunno man, that first knife looked pretty cool to me. The final knife is indeed super rad. Well done! You manage to do all this cool stuff while raising human larvae? Jeez.

[@gushlergushler]

I dont think I ever was this early to a green beetle video. Looking forward to this.

[@RooMan93]

An arresting cable knife, for a captive audience. Thought I'd throw a dad joke in.

[@GreenBeetle]

🤌

[@b2bogster]

To be honest you are probably my favorite bladesmith. Your always interesting and I learn things on pretty much all your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@minnesotatomcat]

Another good way to use cable without having to do a canister is weld the ends of the cable to help keep from coming undone then heat it up good and hot and flux it generously and use a vice and pipe wrench to twist the cable real tight then you can draw it out into a billet. Makes cool patterns.

[@kevintucker3354]

That is a beautiful and heavy looking knife! I love your work! You don’t leave out your learning process and that helps other people feel welcomed. I’ve been watching you build knives from a chemist/metallurgy point of view for at least 5 years now, maybe more and still enjoy every one! Happy new year Green Beetle!

[@GreenBeetle]

🙏

[@michaelmarsh4013]

Gorgeous and interesting as usual :) I'd love to see you tile the other bits to get that floral pattern onto a blade!

[@maddmaxx6730]

Very cool, my job in the Air Force was Airfield Management, we had to inspect those cables twice daily.

[@Aaron-mv1kd]

And now ones a knife

[@maddmaxx6730]

@@Aaron-mv1kd a really good looking one too.

[@Aaron-mv1kd]

@@maddmaxx6730 I dont think the deck chief is gonna like this

[@shanek6582]

I knocked the flux off some incolnel welding rod once and twisted it up in some cable before I welded it together, turned out neat looking but som of it ended up on the edge so I didn’t complete the blade. Also, if you forge weld cable round, then grind off about 1/8” , then forge the blade, it leaves cool looking spots instead of lines.

[@wilhelm117]

I love your experiments!👍👍👍

[@hanelyp1]

If you left the oil on the cable I'd expect it to do some combo of 3 things as it approached welding temperature: - boil off - burn, reducing oxygen in the canister - carbonize, adding carbon to the mix. Flip side is the hydrogen, which is not so good for steel.

[@joshschneider9766]

Still looks pretty cool. Reminds me of a quartz vein or a nice piece of petrified wood. I think the remaining material would be pretty cool contrasting material against a brighter steel.

[@ryanblystone5153]

Another beautiful creation!

[@xxxdiresaintxxx]

Loved the results, I'm guessing some sort of contamination in the cable for the spots. Hope you and the rest of the Beetle family are having a wonderful Christmas. Looking forward to more breakdancing forging projects next year.

[@GreenBeetle]

🎄👍

[@ericmoore2236]

The handle material is very beautiful and the knife looks great too👏👍

[@ddayinvader6487]

Absolutely amazing as always!!!

[@GreenBeetle]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@zetaalpha7200]

My first thought on the pattern on the knife was the planet Jupiter. Cool knife all the way around including the handle of course.

[@larrybair8074]

Love the handle.

[@brysonalden5414]

Well, it's beautimous, as always. Thanks for sharing your process.

[@ColdHawk]

Steve, my father-in-law, god bless him, knowing that I like knives just gave me a Huusk Japan “knife” for Christmas. I did not have the heart to tell him to watch your video! He called today to say he had liked the look of it so had ordered one for himself too, but now that it had arrived he was really disappointed with it. BTW, with that “hand down” joke you just slayed Siri and claimed immortality for yourself in the field of Star Wars Dad jokes! She can never hope to match that sublime subtlety. Happy holidays to you and yours! All good fortune in the New Year!

[@GreenBeetle]

Still got it 😎

[@krissteel4074]

All the best for 2022 The rusty-damascus reminds me a bit of the Big dog forge experiment with it, sort of that bright spots through the metal where the oxide might have burnt off its carbon or some other weirdness.

[@DasBootsDaddy]

So for a billet like the second guy, with the cable lengthwise, maybe try twisting it 3-4 times, re-squaring, then tiling? That could be pretty neat. Might wind up with weird squiggly guys in there? Maybe?

[@zirconia21]

Twist the billet like you would a cable forge weld maybe? Might be cool if not super hard to do. I mean if you weren't worried about the edge material.

[@sevenarchers5953]

Hey Steve, great job. That pattern was definitely a pleasant surprise, not what one would expect from cable damascus. The curly acacia was a great match, it looked like it was showing some chatoyacy, Very cool! A great way to finish out the year. Take care my friend and God bless.

[@oolabinside]

Well detailed, nice result! THX!!

[@dilligafdude9434]

I actually really liked the grain pattern of the first blade.

[@kenglass1980]

"has me neat, hand down" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@ironhammer3734]

Beautiful finished product, great video as always!

[@the_sharp_carpenter]

I think both look great, the first one has a nice wrought iron vibe going on.

[@pauljs6112]

That is hand down the best looking bacon Damascus i have seen so far

[@airsofter9266]

Try using an orbital sander to help compress the powder some time if you've got one. It's quiet a bit faster than the jigsaw you're using.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Nice work Sir 👍

[@emilnord]

Beautiful knife as always. I liked the first one to. Happy New year 🎉!

[@joshsmith9558]

Its the iron oxides I'd say. As the canister heated up they flaked off and migrated through the billet during the forging process

[@BeardManTimLaird]

Looks great!

[@simonhopkins3867]

Great work bud. Looks awesome 👍🏻

[@kennyhagan5781]

Really nice job. You're a bit hard on yourself. That's a great knife and the little flaws that you think are there only add character to the blade. 🏆

[@bodeanholler]

Good use of the vinegar. I've never used it in a can like that but have used it on cable to a great effect.

[@aner_bda]

I like the pattern, very nice indead.

[@Kratos_God_of_50_BMG]

Came out bomb diggity!

[@SWebster10]

2:08 Forbidden Twizzlers

[@amazingrestorations9190]

Amazing knife Good job 👍

[@gamingenius]

That'll teach those cables to rest on the job. That's a really cool pattern! It'd be neat to see if you could straighten them out to see if you could get the banding across the entire blade.

[@elijahmcgeorge5198]

That’s amazing nice work and Merry Christmas

[@Lucas12v]

Really cool looking knife. I actually liked the first one too. It had a kind of wrought iron look.

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Spectacular !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ChrisR676]

Gday Gday, classic crocodile Dundee!!

[@professionalidiots101]

Turned out great 🙂

[@howler6490]

Rustic...but cool. Always is a problem when the material is unspecified...handled it well. Well worth watching...

[@angusmclaren6257]

You should chat with Alec Steele about damascus patterns. He's gotten quite good at working out how to get the best results and patterning from unusual materials.

[@jamesball7322]

Man you should know by now what steels and combos make not so pleasing patterns Cable is one of those animals ,.either way keep the experiments coming

[@Uncle_Farts]

This guy is literally my favorite KZbinr

[@GreenBeetle]

🤌

[@Uncle_Farts]

Honestly it I could I would give u 200 mil subscribers :)

[@TalRohan]

Seriously pretty knife

[@Juzzy520]

Luvly indeed 😍😍

[@caveofskarzs1544]

Petition to put a highly detailed handled on just a piece of cable.

[@evaderknives]

Hope you're having a great holiday season & Merry Christmas(if applies)... Looking forward to the the new year & what's to come. Hope all is well, take it easy!!!

[@MCsCreations]

Really beautiful work, man! Fantastic looking knife!!! 😃 You definitely should try that inner part! Merry Christmas, happy new year and stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@GreenBeetle]

And you, ty.

[@RyJones]

Glad to see the next evolution of this project!

[@jaypearman9528]

Thank you so much for making great content, you can show the handle making process also ever step with you working is great brother Steve 👍

[@tat255987]

Nice handle

[@trueherbsman]

thou art masterful in thine art! thanks for what you do. happy new year

[@GreenBeetle]

Happy new year!

[@willroberts6777]

Nice work on the video, and awesome work on that blade!!! Beautiful knife!!!

[@adamwally3427]

Love the content, and hope you've had some great holidays my dude 😎. I wonder how the cable pattern would look with a raindrop Damascus?

[@knifethrower9733]

Well I loved that Dad joke 😂

[@TheGunf1ghter]

(Negative Nelly here) think you missed an opportunity by not doing a tile mosaic. Make a Japanese style chef knife with it. It would look like cherry blossoms in the blade.

[@TheNickZajac]

HAND DOWN. decent reference :)

[@homeyshlitz]

I wouldn't say that the first one was not good. To me it looked like some cool looking wrought iron.

[@Kurogane_666]

I would love to see you do the same thing as you did with your second canister but twist it I'd love to see what comes out and I've been trying to figure out a pattern for someone they like the wolf's tooth pattern but they want more flamboyant I just said you want a dragon's tooth I'm having a hard time figuring it out lol

[@Pablo668]

Nice work as per usual. Er....G'day? Really? Oh, and Merry Christmas and all that!!

[@bearfootknivesgunforge9183]

Came out nice Steve. Happy New Year brother

[@GreenBeetle]

Happy new year!

[@bearfootknivesgunforge9183]

@@GreenBeetle Thanks Steve

[@dragonfreak480]

You could try to do Forged in Fire on History Channel. If you like. seeing all the blades you've made you got a good chance of winning I say.

[@Alexander49586]

This is all very impressive, but can you forge an arresting cable out of a knife?

[@stephenwilliams9292]

I was watching some of your old videos and was struck with an idea. Can you make a canister Damascus knife from your off-cuts or small random pieces? It would give a very chaotic pattern especially if you used multiple types of steel. Just a thought, love your videos and appreciate all you do.

[@GreenBeetle]

I’m collecting them now

[@whitebeard420]

Killer knife dude! That is awsome, the demascus is really really kool and that chatoyant wood is a really really nice choice. Looks like your an expert at cable demascus and making billets from it man, and from what I've seen on FIF that is not an easy thing to do.

[@jamessnodgrass7360]

Interesting pattern Steve. I like it. Have a great New Year.

[@GreenBeetle]

Ty!

[@STUFFWEDO]

Awesome!

[@tonyjoezee]

Need to get an ultrasonic bath to get all the stuff out

[@codyrose1511]

I really want one of your knives. It would easily become a great Family heirlooms.

[@jinxit]

Beautiful! (I wonder if the look wouldn't be slightly better if the handle didn't protrude past the line which extends the cutting side of the blade; I would myself probably try to make the end of the handle protrude exactly to that line...)

[@sithlordjeffbledsoe651]

I hope you had a merry sithmass.

[@GreenBeetle]

Boom

[@cbcothren]

from what i have seen, cable works best when you heat and twist it.

[@sghost128]

You always start off spooning in the steel powder then realize “fuck it” pour it in.

[@CthulhusDream]

nice chatoyance on that handle

[@lunkydog]

I was hoping for a Ferry flip.

[@oneshotme]

Beautiful knife and a masterful job making it! Love the handle as much as the blade Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@GreenBeetle]

Ty

[@oneshotme]

@@GreenBeetle YVW 🤣

[@NORTHBROOK1978]

Didn't know that about vinegar ... 🍻

[@donnyc9430]

Lol I see what you did pretty good

[@DanHelfond]

Happy New Year!

[@GreenBeetle]

🕺🍾

[@Dont_Poke_The_Bear]

Siri do you have better dad jokes than me? Siri: That must be a real kick in the wrinkle beans.

[@GreenBeetle]

😆

[@michaeldixon3562]

You shouldve twisted it then drew it out JS

[@monke7919]

Now we just need to add some gears and we will have the prefect fnaf weapon

[@monke7919]

So I saw i got a heart and I need to ask did you get the reference or just thought it was funny?

[@rufusblair7623]

That’s cool 😎

[@christopherconkright1317]

Idk if it’s cheaper but I saw a guy who uses a stainless canister instead of foil.

[@GreenBeetle]

I have some stainless canister material I’m using right now. It’s more expensive but less hassle. Some stainless will weld if you’re not careful.

[@danthemakerman]

Looks cool, really curious to see the tiled version. Random question, has anyone ever used a high carbon steel tube to make canister damascus? Would there be a benefit to that?

[@GreenBeetle]

You wouldn’t feel as obliged to grind it away I suppose if it got stuck to your billet.

[@ColdHawk]

@@GreenBeetle - Is that a way people could do a version of san mai? Try to get a good forge weld with the canister walls, grind the surface oxidation away after rough shaping it with a hammer and hey presto! It would give you a boring flat of the blade until the bevel gets deep enough to reveal the pattern welded steel. If you used nickel alloys you might get a really interesting contrast between dark grey or black flats of the blade and a cool pattern on the bevel when you etched. That would be wayyyyyy beyond my skill level but it would be interesting to see someone who knows what they are doing talk about it and what the overall advantages and limits of canister welding are. Especially interesting to hear it in practical terms - like, sure I understand that it gives one beautiful results, but how often do problems emerge that result in a “shorter knife than intended,” or blades with flaws that make them vulnerable to cracking, etc.

[@whitebeard420]

@@ColdHawk well after it was a solid billet you could cut it in half long ways and forge weld the billet walls back to eachother. Then you would have the hardenable steel canister walls in the center as the cutting edge and the canister insides as the patterns on both sides of the knife.

[@ColdHawk]

@@whitebeard420 - nice! I know that’s the way it usually done with the (better) high carbon steel in the center. I was thinking of using a lower carbon steel in the canister and wondering what it would look like with pattern welded high-carbon steel alloys emerging as the bevels deepened toward the edge, and perhaps as a strip along the spine. I have never seen a knife like that. Maybe getting it symmetrical in a flattened billet would be too hard to do - though easier than if one was cutting and rewelding the billet multiple times as a lot of people seem to do with great success. Anyway, just one cut up the center of the billet and forge welding the outside walls, of the same steel, together to make the center seems a lot easier to manage than many processes I have watched. Maybe someday I will be able to think of giving that a go. Cheers!

[@ncktbs]

titanium fleck from the case flaked off into mix?

[@bfg1637]

i would have done a latter or rain drop. Great work always love your vids.

[@curm1778]

Make a spear. A boar spear. Come on. You know you want to.

[@laurenttremblay3178]

Dang you saved me a lot of money by saying that the white dust is borax, I was about to contact a dealer for a few pounds of cocaine... Wouldn't have been cheap I assume..