Forging A Knife From A Coil Spring

[@chuckkillawood8229]

Dude NEVER apologize, for natural sounds of work, it is without a doubt the craftsman's harmony,

[@stanley.watson6406]

I would gladly accept that as a gift thank you very much. As much as you put it down it still showed it’s beauty.

[@TVFB28]

From a guy who just started forging, the narrating helps a ton. So many skilled craftsmen on KZbin, but you're the first I've seen to explain your process

[@billwoehl3051]

John Switzer from black bear forge, Daniel Moss from Trust me I'm a blacksmith, Roy Adams from Christ Centered Iron works, Alec Steele, Tim from Big Dog forge, Jason Knight, and Yamez from island metal forge.

[@billwoehl3051]

For sharpness test, only True test is can it filet onion skin paper and not go through?

[@harryvanniekerk7269]

I found it inspiring, because that is exactly the issues I come up to. I also found your honesty refreshing, but you did not need to be apologetic. As some one commented, I also love watching your videos and often out of the box thinking. the shape of your knife really appeals to me and the wood is lovely and pleasing to the eye. Thank you so much.

[@DanGolag]

The end product looks beautiful, and I think the cheeky little handle hack actually enhances it.

[@HardcoreSlot]

Hey man, a cool trick to drilling round stock like that is to chuck the drill bit in upside down then lower it down and clamp the bit in the vise. Then chuck the round stock. Kinda like a lathe. I was able to drill an 1/8th" hole in 3/16” aluminum.

[@amigi968]

Fricking great idea! Thanks for that.

[@attioc360]

why didnt i think of that??

[@larrywhite2862]

Matt Steers awesome

[@larrywhite2862]

Awesome

[@allanlavallee7171]

Damm good idea

[@bobloblaw9302]

I've been watching forging/knife making videos for about 1.5 years now, and yours is one of the most honest down to earth (not constant talking) enjoyable vids out there. Great stuff. Subscribed.

[@rocksandrocks]

I LOVE this knife. Work of art. Brass, leather, bird and trout style? Wonderful.

[@LoganCrouch]

I watched this video back to back again. I love his videos more than anything on KZbin.

[@stacybrown3714]

I love that knife. For a crappy learning knife it sure turned out beautiful. I for one would be proud to have it in my camping kit. Please keep these videos coming they mesmerize me. Thanks

[@Hrafnhistorical]

Your attention to detail is fantastic, your patience must be saintly!

[@cobboGHS91]

you know how many videos i've searched looking for someone making a stacked leather handle in the style of the kabar or the camillus with the big nut as the handle tap? countless, countless hours. awesome video.

[@scottcarse6844]

I like how you talk your way through it, unlike some other videos that just speed there way through it without any explanation, good job by the way...

[@MrWdabeast]

It has been a blast, watching your journey in smithing. Your work just keeps getting better and better. And too thick or not, this is a beautiful knife

[@ColdHawk]

Toaist saying of the day: The mark of the true master craftsman is not that his work is free of mistakes but that after years of hard use one is still unable to find where he repaired them.

[@jjvanrensburg]

@Green Beetle One of my favorite videos of the year!!

[@andrewnelson4496]

Not only are you extremely entertaining, but your knives are absolute works of art! I'm certainly proud to own a couple!

[@lunchboxcupler]

These two videos really helped me, I dont know if they are applicable, but they really helped me with drawing out stock and squaring up round stock

[@ShadowPoet]

That’s quite an attractive knife. Lovely form and the handle looks very comfortable. 9/10 👍🏻

[@adriananto5499]

WHAT DAT? NEW GREEN BEETLE VIDEO? AW YES!

[@ginoasci]

From an automotive spring to a beautiful knife. What's not to like. Amazing.

[@hoseeyndabighi9751]

سلام ...ساخت چاقو زیاد دیدم ولی فقط کار شما برام قابل قبول هست چون دسته چاقو را چسب و انتهای آن را پیچ کردی احسن به شما کارت عالی بود

[@congruewoodworks1474]

Looks Fantastic. Gotta say I love your commentary, very amusing and educational. One of the best.

[@showstopper540]

Beautiful blade. Excellent craftsmanship, nothing to be ashamed of for sure

[@Fireatank]

Nice ... to address the possible dips etc caused when gringing, I was advised by a knife maker buddy to use a disc sander ... I use an 8.5 inch diameter disc to allow you to use 8.5 x 11 inch sanding paper. A trick is to glue a cork backing to the disc, approx 1/16 inch thick. Once the cork is dry, trim it flush to disc and now you can spray a tack on the cork, place the sheet of sand paper and trim around the disc. Use trimmed off paper for hand sanding or finishing. If you have slight wavering from grinding, the disc sander will take care of it. Once you play with it, this process is awesome. Cheers, great video.

[@mistertoad5286]

This is probably my favorite knife you have made so far. Thanks for the vid

[@veltruski]

I think you underestimate yourself. This knife is a work of art. And I'm not saying this lightly, like I like the knife. No, this is truly a beautiful item. All the curves, edges and shapes are right. Congratulations!

[@GreenBeetle]

veltruski ty

[@teun7923]

YES my favorite knife maker, is back :)

[@igetbored5600]

the black epoxy as gap filler looks cool as hell its like a really thin black ring

[@mikedrop4421]

Wait, you're not using 1k RC car springs or 100k Bic pen springs. Just an actual car spring? You never cease to amaze.

[@123vaw123]

Haha. I want to send him all the springs I have from dies... gotta be decent quality. With 8000kg plus smacking 3mm tolerance, 20+spm

[@powaynubs5625]

Alexander Helton you still looking to give those to someone 😂😂 fr tho send them to him, see if he can make a railroad spike or something out of them lmao

[@esmithiii2003]

Gorgeous knife, and thanks for the candor on the overall process. Amazing work. Thank you for sharing this.

[@shrimuyopa8117]

I am loving that curly redwood...

[@rogersrabbithole8417]

That's a beautiful piece. I like the way the handel compliments the whole knife. Well done !!!!

[@lanehill6123]

Fantastic job. Great usage of car scraps. I love the knife.

[@electrikjimmy608]

Man! That is beaitiful!!! I've been trying to figure out what knife I'm gonna do next,and this really helped. There are several things in this video I haven't tried before. Thank you so much for the quality content.

[@Steve_G88]

i watched in reverse and now i know how to make a spring from a knife!!

[@timbirch4999]

Aww, man. I need some springs - and there are some cheap knives going in the pound-shop this week. Make a video and show us the method please. Thanks! :-)

[@ximoa.2399]

LOL

[@garethbaus5471]

It would be pretty trippy at the very least.

[@FlavioGasparino]

@@timbirch4999 ⁴¹

[@guilleizquierdo9015]

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[@moderntentcamping]

Beautiful knife. That shape looks great for the kitchen.

[@Dorelaxen]

I actually like the leather spacers. My favorite knife is one my granddad had with a leather handle. That's just plain ol' ingenuity, not bad work.

[@phatbassanchor]

I'd just call it a beautiful all purpose knife that can do a lot of different things. Great looking piece that really performed well.

[@wesch6354]

This looks like a great all around kitchen knife to me.

[@user-xg7ed9fy9f]

Just a quick tip for drilling (mostly) round stock... load it in your chuck, then center your drill vice on the lowered work. Release the chuck, insert your drill bit and drill that center. As long as your pedestal drill doesn't have a ton of play you should be spot on every time.

[@ozlozano9470]

Yes. Take it from someone who’s worked in a commercial kitchen for 25 years I like a knife not too thick seem to be the fad now. This is a nice looking blade.

[@krazmokramer]

As a consumer, not a knifemaker, I think this is a beautiful knife! Great lines and that handle is sweet regardless of whatever name you finally decide to call it. While you added the brass and leather to cover a defect only you could see, they make a handsome addition to that handle. Well done! Oh yeah...the video was interesting too. Thank you!

[@defectivewerewolf5215]

Really digging that handle material, and the leather and brass look amazing with it. Always looking forward to your videos.

[@maknifeandrods7701]

Beautiful knife. Burch bark works so nice. I have used it to make a whole handle (50 pieces).

[@clauslindemann]

Like the leather brass details, the handle is awesome.

[@RobFomenko]

I think its a amazing knife from a old rusty car spring. Love the handle.

[@MrSchattengott69]

I really like the handle, the wood and the rings great job.

[@Ironraven001]

Beautiful results man. Love your work, glad to see you back!

[@lanaholmes7098]

I was straighting out coil spring yesterday an I've got no togs just plairs I've turned into tongs, the peice came flinging up and hit me across my right eye. Thank God it just left me alittle bloody.

[@SNIPERsam15]

Diggin this one, really useful all purpose blade shape.

[@Boz1211111]

Yeah almost like a mini chefk ife

[@austinmkelley]

Dude. You continue to impress. You have an awesome eye for lines, and the skills to back it up.

[@GreenBeetle]

Hey thanks man

[@austinmkelley]

@@GreenBeetle I'm serious man. I love the humility, but sometimes I want to reach through KZbin and shake you when you say you aren't a pro.

[@Pseud0rand0m]

I think this knife came out awesome! I would not hesitate to sell something made like this to someone. You do great work GB!

[@SeemsLogical]

This is pretty cool. In Nepal they make khukuris out of leaf springs so its cool to see it done with a coil spring too.

[@lizzieminerva4364]

The black leather and brass looked really good even if it was just a fix for the fit.

[@caltirius]

I don't see the issue with the leather. It's simply a design solution, that makes the knife more extraordinary and beautifull. ^^

[@glasspar63]

very good and it shows coil spring steel is workable for a knife and you adapted very good working round stock

[@nathandunning7150]

Great knife and Ilike the way you problem solved with the leather. Nice job

[@MrClickbang357]

The knife came out nicely - I'd have to call it the small game coil knife!!!

[@southronjr1570]

I use reclaimed steel almost exclusively (still learning and don't want to spend a bunch of money on my screw ups) and a tip to straightening out coil springs is to use a torch, I use my cutting torch to conserve on gas but a rosebud could do the job if needed. I simply heat the small area up to be straightened then put it in my vice or my hardy hole, get it passable straight and then move on to the next section just above it. After I get enough material relatively straight, I then put it in my forge to get it perfect.

[@CMoshdotcom]

My favorite knife you've made sir. I've watched this video about a dozen times !

[@redstone71]

Loved it. Glad to see a new video!!

[@Lmr6973]

Good looking knife and the handle is perfect.

[@raymondclark1458]

Beautiful craftsmanship sir. Beautiful knife.

[@jebowlin3879]

all defects aside, that leather and brass is a nice touch

[@owenlewis8944]

Really like your leather idea. Nice piece of wood too!

[@christurley391]

The shape is much like a roach belly knife. Nice project. Thanks for posting.

[@kirkhenry3867]

Beautiful!! Very wonderful work all the way around!

[@timhvac6869]

Excellent work as always. I've missed you and your work glad to see you back

[@pooslipper]

Protip for centredrilling short pieces of round stock: load the workpiece in the drill chuck and clamp the drill bit below. It self-centres much more readily when the workpiece is spinning and the drill bit is static.

[@GreenBeetle]

Ty, will try this

[@travnicek]

I willalso try this. Thanks. Kind of makes sense what with how much better drilling works on a lathe.

[@ceoofzimbabwe5936]

In this video a master of the craft of knife making beats any knife i made in an exponential fashion while not even knowing the exact steel

[@SharpWorks]

I don’t know why, but I can watch your videos all day

[@jessizthebess4590]

This is a whole new genre of content i never knew existed!

[@Kratos_God_of_50_BMG]

I like that you were open and honest about everything going on. I still think it came out looking/preforming pretty sweet! New Sub 😁👍🏽

[@eatenkate]

Ohh that is a very pretty non-specific knife. Also in awe of your tomato.

[@AmericanMarseillais]

That knife looks awesome and I don't mind the leather. Thanks for sharing :)

[@jsnfrey]

Great Video - Great looking little knife from an easy access material, I am going to try to make one myself. I think you're selling yourself short on build quality, looks amazing to me.

[@hicksteryt6617]

Hey man, I’ve been around since about 40k subs, and I wanted to say that I think this is one of your most elegant and just overall best looking pieces. Only criticism is I wish you’d upload more lol.

[@allanknives]

It definitely has personality. Great video!

[@richardmccreery]

That is a nice looking knife. I really like the look the died black leather and brass give with the wood grain and color tones of the wood handle. The screw you made for the tang would look good in brass if it's possible. I would buy one of these knives from just the way it is, leather and all. Nice work.

[@scottmccarroll2618]

Hi mate I’ve watched this build 2 or 3 times and really enjoyed it every time,, it’s a great knife thanks for sharing......

[@OutdoorShellback]

This vid is a year old tomorrow, sorry I got there so late. Gotta say, that's a very smooth and nice looking knife! Love the commentary as well!

[@Shab-z]

That tomato is gorgeous

[@0ctothorp]

I'd pay for a Knife like this, partially to have a cool knife, partially to have the video of how it was made like this.

[@jmsmith1767]

Octothorpe I won a knife in a giveaway from a channel called Nu man xplore and I use that knife all the time and I have a video forever on how it was made. Very cool

[@TTURBOVOLVO]

@@jmsmith1767 wow thats cool!Make sure to download it. Too many of my favourite videos get taken down or get private for whatever reason.

[@thecountbassy_]

Love the geometry of this one, and it's beautiful as always.

[@N3de3rland1]

Looks beautiful! Love the integral bolster

[@brown56765]

"Is what it is" Most beautiful knife I've ever seen XD

[@ieatcaribou7852]

So glad you’re back! I was starting to suffer from beetle withdrawal. Glad to see you were able to overcome the dreaded knife proof 🍅

[@heesanoice7637]

Nice work. Gives me some ideas. I'm slowly transitioning from exclusively producing bushcraft and survival knives to some fine kitchen cutting tools. Thanks !!

[@longbizzle77]

That's a beautiful knife. I really like the blade profile.

[@ernhrtus]

I think I an going to have to try this after the show. I really like it

[@msblades5382]

Green Beetle, I have been watching your videos for a very long time and can say you have come a long way on your work. It's always a pleasure watching you creat something sharp... Martin M&S Blades

[@GreenBeetle]

Hey thanks, man!

[@courtneesdad]

I’ve watched hours and hours of your videos. You do amazing work. Great job 👏👏

[@FilipHuzjak]

It is beautiful. To me it looks like a nice kitchen utility knife.

[@bevanward8787]

Stunning knife and excellent video - thanks

[@gutpilegame7657]

I’m glad I stayed for the spittle! Great vid! Beautiful knife!

[@jr602908]

Here's a tip I picked up from Ray Kirk when you start isolating your mass with the guillotine tool don't go halfway. Just set it down enough to have a visual of where that junction is, I use a Czech hammer with a well crowned face for pulling down that transition. This give you more meat to pull down directly from the transition rather than having it drop down further away. I used to use a ballpeen hammer to bring that heel down further but now I just use the czech hammer for it. Sometimes I a rounding hammer in the middle of the blade to spread it out much further with much less deliberate strikes with a cross peen, cuz with the rounding side ,no matter how you hit (within reason) it'll quickly spread that steel. I typically forge those out from 3/8 round in about 15 mins but then again I spent a lot of time trying to make it work until Ray showed me some very simple shortcuts. Another trick I use for aligning the spine with the tang is to use a block of steel with a radius ground out for the round stock to set in and then a couple of whacks straightens it out, I only slap the spine of the blade on the face of the anvil for much larger blades or blades that are wider than my block is tall. Sorry for the long comment but I hope it makes sense.

[@khavvrin]

You should do a video of these tips!

[@jr602908]

@@khavvrin I just posted one today.

[@kenseaaaron1241]

Took you long enough! Worth the wait though. P.S I use home depot round stock all the time and it's usually just the end that is deformed,I think it's the way they cut the bar.

[@jerradcampbell74]

The knife looks very good. I would definitely pay top dollar for that. Keep up the good work. :)

[@stevesammut499]

Beautiful knife as usual. Great video.