Forging An Heirloom Knife From Hammer And Trowel

[@donscottvansandt4139]

That's a pretty badass handlesmoosher you got there bud ! Lol

[@JamesBellangee]

Of all the knives I’ve seen this is truly the one I would most want. I’m old and can’t afford much but if I had the money I would surely buy one just like that one!👍👍👍👍👍

[@donaldgeezer]

Nice knife but you broke my heart tearing up that Estwing hammer. Those are the best

[@minnesotatomcat]

Beautiful knife, I love the use of reclaimed steel and a raw chunk of wood! Greatness isn’t always expensive 👍

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks man

[@lukelofgren4108]

I love that bold pattern! The more bold random patterns are so much more eye catching for me. I need to get back in my shop/barn and forge something. It's just been too hot in TN.

[@toddfessenden2102]

By far one of the best paterns I've seen you come up with to date, Awesome job!!!

[@ShannonHonnery]

These are the videos I like not a lot of talking strate to the point good job sir

[@roberttresemer8226]

I watch a lot of knife making channels. I have to say that this is definitely one of the best knives I have seen. Beautiful pattern.

[@TysoniusRex]

Beautiful piece of work and 100% functional, too!

[@MrDoss89]

It's definitely one of your best. I'd be proud if that was my work.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks a bunch

[@7jackaloper7]

Gorgeous knife! Nicely done!

[@MBishopsBlades]

Elijah, that pattern and blade turned out great! Thanks for sharing!

[@timd5758]

Absolutely gorgeous!!

[@Mr16bit]

Looks great!

[@jamesrogerson7482]

This knife is beautiful in concept and form.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you!

[@randomritchie]

Well done sir

[@lowbudgetbob1155]

Interesting use of every day tools. That pattern came out nice!

[@jacquesb8927]

Beautiful!

[@roncameron7461]

Very nice work! Thanks for sharing...👏

[@bretttaylor5608]

Awesome pattern

[@brysonalden5414]

Clearly, twisting the billet added serious differentiation between the steels. Beautiful.

[@scottappley2626]

Awesome build!

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you!

[@d.mitchell8596]

She's a beauty! Love the craftsmanship. Saying hello from icy cold Melbourne, Australia. Keep producing this great content!

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you!

[@ExiledPiasa]

Nice! Couple of ideas for u… A blade from old keys A blade from castiron bronze

[@Marines_6711]

Wow!!! Beautiful!!!!

[@فيصلالوزان-ح4م]

that is a very beautiful and practical knife honestly I like it a lot… well done..👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@clifbradley]

Wow that came out nice. Love that almost pistol,grip design

[@jasondundom1390]

Wow ! Turned out Beautiful, like blue flames 😁

[@kzarnold3678]

Nicely done 👍

[@Jeffrose_]

I've seen you struggle with forge welding in the past but this sir, is a win. Blade looks amazing.

[@thefamily_ak1863]

sweet knife ,

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks!!

[@MWBalls]

Beautiful.

[@6Sally5]

Incredibly gorgeous! Chopping manzanita is no joke…that wood is HARD! Happy Independence Day, sir!

[@coltmiller4127]

Was a pleasure meeting you and your family today at the market. I apparently have followed your channel for a while and didn’t even put 2 and 2 together. I hope to purchase a few more knives from you soon. Best wishes!

[@FireCreekForge]

@@coltmiller4127 thank you sir!

[@HeavyForge]

Excellent work! That pattern actually came out looking awesome!

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks man!

[@MikeMarley-r9s]

Portland Rose Trowels are the best trowels out there,too bad you screwed that one up.They are getting hard to find.

[@SnakeGamer79]

Gran trabajo 10/10.

[@SweetTooth8989]

Beautiful pattern and blade. Almost like a fire and water pattern. That's a gorgeous big camp knife.

[@stephenshowalter387]

That’s a really nice knife.

[@latemcire8387]

Cool pattern

[@frankcrabbe6464]

Thats just steel at his finest!! Awesome knife brother!

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you sir!

[@chrisoliver1327]

Super nice!

[@richardbryant7972]

Quality build for sure

[@johnharris3390]

Always fun to watch your videos. Great work.

[@FireCreekForge]

Glad you like them!

[@brandonlarison3703]

Gotta say you do Make some beautiful knives

[@yo.aj6391]

Omg! That is awsome!!

[@MASI_forging]

This turned is beautiful 👏👏

[@josaonline09]

Loving it

[@glennbayley5863]

Very nice .

[@billhatcher2984]

That's one of the best pattern steel blades I have seen you make great work

[@ddoherty5956]

Thats a real beast of a blade, i wondered if you knew what you were doing when you clipped the front with the Grinder but at every step you have impressed.👍🇬🇧

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you. Yes sir, that clipping or cutting of the end of the billet is an old pre-form technique

[@hulkthedane7542]

Cool build. Another nice, silent video. I am a big fan of you making silent videos as well as ones with talking and ones with hardcore metallurgy. That mix is very pleasant to watch. 👍☀️👍.

[@justingoodman5600]

Wicked pattern! Not sure what brand that trowel was but I’m pretty sure the Marshalltown brand was a hardened steel. My brother was a commercial brick and block layer his whole adult life and trowels were his favorite tool. No kidding I watched him use them as knives and machetes when needed, cutting whatever needed it on the job-site. He would cut the steel band on pallets of brick and never had an edge deformation. Seeing you turn one into a beautiful knife brought back some memories! Thanks for the videos

[@MB-lr5fp]

You have some serious skills. Great looking pattern

[@donscottvansandt4139]

It's beautiful!

[@TalRohan]

very cool oceanic pattern and very choppy, Awesome piece ...I was surprised at how floppy the trowel went, wasn't expecting that lol

[@ragincajun9359]

That Blade sir is Fire !!!

[@joaquinsoto4909]

Oof!!! Beautiful blade!!!

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks a bunch

[@ShaneEstabrooks]

Very nice.. ❤

[@FireCreekForge]

Thanks!!

[@mbeat28]

A really beautiful piece of work. Great job man. ❤

[@FireCreekForge]

@@mbeat28 thank you

[@michaelstrauss6587]

excellent

[@raphaelnova2976]

I liked it, firstly, you didn't show the welding arc, secondly, I thought you were having unnecessary fun cutting and forging good steel, but an interesting pattern came out, and thirdly, and most importantly, you created a solid piece of knife. Realy god job

[@diogenesstudent5585]

Wdym show welding arc?

[@raphaelnova2976]

@@diogenesstudent5585 i don't know,maybe never see them on video

[@ryanblystone5153]

Thank you

[@ВасилийЛукьянов-е4м]

Сделано очень хорошо! Прекрасная работа!

[@leatherface711]

beautiful blade

[@kenpalfrey9233]

quality finish brother

[@stevendease4054]

Lovely

[@TheOGfrenchy]

That knife is absolutely stunning 😮 this is similar to what my face looked liked at the end of the video When it comes to knife and blade content on KZbin you are legend! Great work Elijah ! 👊

[@scottlanghorst1483]

Great knife as always, Elijah. Can you make a video using this technique, I used for the Canadian nickel coins. Using a canister and magnets. Put the nickel patterned pieces in place, with the magnets holding them. Fill the canister with steel and powder. Make a blade. Use star and half moons, Xmas trees or whatever you fancy.

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you. Thats a neat idea!

[@ToddAMARANDO]

Love it , came out great , the pattern is awesome. Wish I could send you my old stuff and make me a knife like that. Let me know if you would be interested

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you! Shoot me an email.

[@patginni5229]

That’s pretty.

[@PhunnyPhill]

Dude! That is sweet!!

[@mitchelleherholdt6815]

Liking this a lot !

[@mikemeinders5419]

Love the blade man keep up the great work.

[@markgraham6127]

Love the Bible Thinker cameo there.

[@DoyleWyatt]

Sweet Blade Man

[@garylanders1470]

Love it!

[@Pianosmith375]

Awesome!!!

[@mattkessler-revelo]

Extremely cool.

[@DavidEricWilliams]

Cool knife, cool concept. Always entertaining

[@PaulGriffin-ox1gp]

Having all of the power equipment is far easier to make knives out of steel that you turn into damascus than if you try to hand forged with a hammer and muscle.

[@FireCreekForge]

@@PaulGriffin-ox1gp very true, and like most guys I started out with nothing. By nothing I mean a file and a hacksaw. But you know, you work at it and build up and what do you know 20 years later you've got some equipment.

[@allansneddon5442]

always so cool

[@robertparker3969]

Beautiful blade.. missed an opportunity though, should've made the scales out of the wood you was whittling on

[@FireCreekForge]

Thought about it, but I don't know how seasoned it is yet, can't risk shrinkage on the handle scales.

[@owais146]

SPLENDID

[@morgandellerue5216]

Keeper!

[@OsmiusVA]

The towel can be made into a Chinquedea dagger!

[@redrover1565]

Glad to see it's cooler down there than here in southern Oklahoma. Impressive build.

[@killerkane1957]

Extra points for handle removal.

[@tonybryan737]

Oh man well done what a masterpiece…Tony uk

[@draggngmac386]

Very very awesome knife 😎🦾

[@andrewneilson227]

You just gotta flex that you have a press….using it for stuff is regular joes have to do by hand like breaking old handles. KIDDING. Great work per usual

[@elvispusley3515]

Pretty cool guy

[@FireCreekForge]

@@elvispusley3515 thank you sir

[@clifbradley]

My dad made trowels. He worked in poll finishing doing marcite work. He needed sharp, thin, flexible high quality trowels so he made his own forge and made his own trowels. These were the rounded top and bottom model. All different lengths. He pounded them out, then ground them down, used an apparatus to get the right edge profile. They were wicked sharp too. One of his trowels was used in a self defense case when some crazy neighbor attacked guy that worked for another pool finishing company and all he has to defend himself against this guy weilding a machete and a hatchet was a trowel and a hawk as a shield. So he did and sliced the guy up and then slit his jugular. He lived. Needed 3 surgeries and 123 stitches and the pool finishing guy got cut once

[@tangozulu]

Thats not a knife... this is a knife!

[@FireCreekForge]

For sure

[@ghostdog662]

That hammer took a lot of punishment before being willing to be reshaped

[@johnferguson40]

😊

[@442kid]

Awesome knife!!!! do you stabilize your wood?

[@FireCreekForge]

@@442kid thanks! I just started stabilizing some stuff

[@robert.brokaw3829]

It appears you have a new forge. Stay safe.

[@stephenjohnson6841]

Another awesome piece Elijah! I noticed you added a lot of badging to your equipment. Are there people trying to steal your content? Anyway thanks again for sharing!

[@FireCreekForge]

Thank you! There was some foreign channels ripping off my content a while ago, yes.

[@stephenjohnson6841]

@@FireCreekForge that sticks that there are so many dishonest people!

[@michaelh2797]

Great looking knife as always. I’m curious, do you know what kind of steel you have when using scraps etc, or can you tell the quality by working with it? Also, I’m certain I heard you say last year that you were moving back to Idaho. Is that a thing. Or did I dream that lol?

[@FireCreekForge]

I don't have a way to tell for sure what kind of steel, but that's partly why I put it in the body of the blade and not the edge, so it's not as important. I expect it's some kind of medium carbon steel. We did have plans to move, but those plans changed for the time being.

[@Brighter0129]

Incredible blade my friend. Also I really dig your bracelet. How can I get my hands on one? 🙏🏻🤙🏻

[@FireCreekForge]

@@Brighter0129 thank you! I purchased the copper bracelet, but don't remember the brand