How to Make Your First Bowie Knife | Simply Knives Ep. 5 | Knife Making

Welcome to the 5th episode of Simply Knives! Want to make your first Bowie? We've got you covered. Already made some Bowies? Check out the video anyway because there are tips aplenty for even the advanced knife maker.
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[@marcelopizzutipes2695]

Nice work!

[@idwolverine1867]

Nice one! Time to grab one of my farrier rasps and make a Bowie!

[@we_build_it]

Yes!

[@christopherckarkson5605]

Hello, from the U K. Nice blade. Thanks for taking the time to film and show.

[@we_build_it]

Thanks for watching!

[@MarkSmith-eu3hf]

What a beauty!

[@we_build_it]

Thank you!

[@horseiron337]

just watched the video little later to the party lol thanks for the mention

[@vdsmade]

Super robota 👊🏻😎

[@robertguerrero8009]

Very nice, well done mate, thanks for sharing, cheers..

[@we_build_it]

Thank you!

[@leatonbridge3523]

A nice job

[@augustclaytonschlomach7178]

I like it

[@jamesball7322]

Pretty good bud

[@we_build_it]

Thanks!

[@VictorRodriguez-rd5xl]

😅 great knife amigo... thanks for the tips. You really turned it loose on the sheet of paper 😅

[@jimtaylor6663]

That blade is beautiful! I'm inspired. I couldn't find a site for Horse Iron except a Facebook page. Is there another way to contact Dale? I assume they're used rasps? New are like $40.00 a piece. Thanks guys! Awesome video.

[@we_build_it]

probably just leave a comment on his page or facebook. Thank you!

[@redwolfknives3174]

Very cool blade! Did you anneal the rasp before grinding the teeth down?

[@we_build_it]

You can, I don’t. I order these super cheap 60grit belts for stuff like this , I have a lot of them.

[@redwolfknives3174]

@@we_build_it heck yeah. I’m still rocking a 1x30. I might try a cheap belt before trying to anneal

[@damonnoland8226]

If I may ask, what kind of anvil are you using? Is that one you built/made or are those commercially available? Also, I've read that many files these days are only cased hardened. Do you have any advice on how one might be able to tell if a file is hardenable? Thanks.

[@we_build_it]

atlasknife.com/product/atlas-anvil/ as for the seeing if a file is harden able there are multiple schools of thought. Cut off a piece and test quench it and check it. Mostly the way we tell is by brand name. I use Heller rasp, or Nicholson files. The one in the video is a Heller rasp.

[@damonnoland8226]

Thank you sir! I appreciate your help.

[@khildrak]

What angle did you grind the bevels? Looks good though!!

[@we_build_it]

I think they are 15 degree (ish) 🤔 just the way I learned to fill flat grind.

[@capthappy345]

Like the size and shape

[@we_build_it]

thank you!

[@jdgoade1306]

I always heard rasp steel doesn't make a very good knife steel.

[@we_build_it]

long conversation, depends.

[@user-zf5jg3go7p]

อยากได้มากเลย❤❤❤

[@we_build_it]

Gracias

[@johnreavis5024]

Where did you buy all the rasp??

[@we_build_it]

We have a farrier friend

[@s.e.d4561]

Where did you buy the box elder?

[@we_build_it]

TNT wood works, terry dunn.

[@s.e.d4561]

@@we_build_it Ok thank you

[@leroywoolam9895]

I like it very nice blade to Will you sell it to me name the price

[@we_build_it]

Here's the link to it on our website, you can purchase it here. Thanks! www.brackinbladesforge.com/product/The-Texas-Ripper/226?cs=true&cst=custom

[@user-zy9mx7mb9t]

Всё неплохо, но где же отпуск стали, тем более это рашпиль. Что-нибудь твёрдое рубанёшь или наизлом боковая нагрузка и конец ножу!!!

[@we_build_it]

The Knife is not going to break, trust me we make plenty of them and test them. I didn't have time to put it in the video but we did chop antler with it. thanks!

[@JamesMPogue]

Cannot hear you, the forge is drowning you out.

[@we_build_it]

Because its an awesome forge, working on getting some mics. Thanks!