Knife Making: Forging a knife from scrap

[@gregnuckols1055]

Beautiful result and beautiful work! Among many other things, I learned much about careful forging and skilled use of the cross pein from watching. Thanks!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

[@ForgedEdge]

I love that handle. I'm going to have to grab some of those scales

[@Mysticmountainforge]

They are fairly cheap. You can find them on etsy, but they probably have them on their main site as well. I appreciate you watching.

[@TangoDownProduction]

That turned out amazing!!

[@Little_River_Forge]

Never misses, the finish on your composite handles 👏 perfect

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you checking it out. I really liked how this handle turned out, I was very surprised with the color after buffing, it had a lot more depth than I expected.

[@Little_River_Forge]

@@Mysticmountainforge I get my scales like that from AAOCustoms, they always have a surprise in the center after you get them shaped

[@briman1234ify]

Great video! One of the best I've seen for forging a blade by hand.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@RRINTHESHOP]

The blade came out awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@bernardstevens3613]

Beautiful work Matt! The handle material is almost like looking at the night sky, and the stars! ((((BEAUTIFUL))))

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@НиколайА-щ6м]

Great job !

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@mulepowerforge]

awesome! i love the simple design and the handle material

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@timkaelin8911]

the Black g10 pins where spot on !! very nicely done

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@cybernetic_crocodile8462]

Good job. Have you ever considered making a handaxe for a video? That would be cool.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! Thats a great idea! I appreciate you watching.

[@richardbryant7972]

Very beautiful handle and nice knife over all. I learned something on how you buff epoxy, thank you for sharing.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@johnnysmall4206]

That chicken said it turned out good! ✌✌✌

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Right on, he usually always has to give his 2 cents lol. I appreciate you watching.

[@Obsidian1022]

Beautiful work! Have you ever thought about adding checkering on the scales of your hunting/skinning knives, like they have on gun stocks?

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching. It is something I have been thinking about, I actually have some DVDs that show how to do it, I just haven't had time to watch them.

[@kennethomeara9848]

Very nice. Thank you for the video.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@RVsbladesnthangs]

Looks good

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@RustyBlades56_]

Whereabouts in SE OK. Nice job, grt vid!!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching, I am in the Tuskahoma area.

[@nightwalker2830]

Beautiful knife be great for someone collection

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@thewhimsicalwolf7214]

You amaze me. You do such beautiful work .

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@cledisonrafael4804]

Ótimo tratamento térmico

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@6Sally5]

Those scales are absolutely gorgeous! Beautiful match with the “rustic” blade. What I particularly enjoy about your channel is you forge your blades where most just do stock removal from flat steel. Not to take away from their efforts, but I appreciate more hammer work to near finish. I try it and it’s damned difficult to do. Are you still in AK?

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching! Forging is my favorite way to make a knife. I am back in SE Oklahoma.

[@kevinreilly3369]

Like the way you’re still forging from start to near finish……So So much better looking with character. Impressive how Fancy meets rustic. (Hybrid) seems to work well on most knives ect👌🏼 Keep it up and keep it in!

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@chewyakarieckenicholas6049]

That is a beautiful knife I really like the handle scales and I am also curious about what speed do you run your drill at for going through 5160

[@Mysticmountainforge]

Thanks, I appreciate you watching. I normally run mine around 2500 rpm for a 1/8 inch drill bit. Even then some say that's a little slow, and that I should be running it closer to 3000 rpm. I started drilling the tang in the video with an older worn-out bit which hit a hard spot and pretty much gave up, you can see when drilling the second handle pin hole closer to the blade it did much better with a new bit, 5160 can be a pain sometimes no matter what you do to anneal it.

[@chewyakarieckenicholas6049]

@@Mysticmountainforge that is exactly why I asked about the speed because I keep burning up bits

[@RyanBarnes]

So, for this handle, you're replying on the epoxy to hold the scales on, not so much the pins? Pins here are also g10 did I catch that right?

[@Mysticmountainforge]

The pins are 1/8 inch g10 and the handle is resin. The epoxy and pins both will secure the handle scales, and the epoxy also helps protect from water getting down behind the handle scales and rusting the tang which can cause separation. I appreciate you watching.

[@thefitnesshutch8903]

Got into a right Smithing hole today lol.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

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[@pedrocravo1322]

5160 is not scrap... the piece in the beginning show us that... not scrap. FAKE.

[@Mysticmountainforge]

This is forged from scrap 5160 I have laying around my shop from some old leaf springs, if you took time to watch some of my other videos before commenting you would notice I use this type of steel in a lot of my builds. Accusing someone of being fake is pretty ridiculous, especially when you know absolutely nothing about them, I run a blacksmithing and bladesmithing business professionally. I have a large client base and many people who would be more than happy to vouch for the quality of my work, KZbin is only a very small part of my overall business so to fake something for views would be beyond ridiculous. Either way, it is easy to see that you posted without taking things into consideration, so oh well. I appreciate you checking the video out and wish you the best.

[@jusme8060]

Different definitions of scrap I hope.

[@NSNorse]

5160 is a type of steel.. has nothing to do with "scrap". Scrap is defined as a small piece of something left over after the main portion has been used. So, ironically, a piece of leftover 5160 from another project WOULD be scrap. So you're either a troll looking for attention (I hear your mommy is free, with milk and cookies for you), or you're just an idiot. I pray for the first one.. the world needs less stupidity.