Forging a Damascus Steel Knife from Ball Bearings

Watch as a master blacksmith transforms ordinary ball bearings into a stunning Damascus steel knife. Starting with heating the bearings in a forge, he hammers them into shape with precision and skill. The highlight of the process is when he twists the glowing hot metal to create the intricate and beautiful patterns characteristic of Damascus steel. Witness the artistry and craftsmanship involved in turning raw materials into a functional and visually captivating blade.
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[@megawega6370]

This guy makes incredible works of art...and doesn't ramble on and on about it. In fact he doesn't even talk. My type of content creator. You earned yourself a subscription.

[@roberttresemer8226]

Absolutely beautiful job. I have never seen a knife maker polish Damascus before. Gorgeous knife.

[@George-tz1cv]

Love the pattern. Great knife. Once again excellent work with the angle grinder. This was however, the first time I’d ever seen the can left on to become part of the pattern. 👍

[@simonblanchet1022]

I still instinctively close my eyes when I see a welding arc. Haven’t been welding in 20 years

[@francisflood8921]

A true artist and craftsman!!

[@scottnorman5057]

Good to see all of the “ keyboard knife makers” showed up 😂😂

[@mikesilverton2309]

It's a pleasure to watch your projects. Thanks.

[@rolandobustos58]

very good finish. It turned out perfect

[@knivesproject3349]

tnx

[@BigWillSD]

Turned out nice. I really like the rustic look of the handle design

[@stevel6895]

The man is a master craftsman!

[@PokeVault8]

Awesome

[@user-zd2ho7cv4p]

The trick with the bottle was awesome!

[@PourMeAnother]

Canister Damascus by hand. Impressive!! Excellent looking blade as well!!

[@yldrmcs]

Great job, sir! Beautiful knife

[@osvaldogorgoroso9540]

hermoso cuchillo damasco lo felicito por su trabajo muy profecional mis respetos hacia sus creaciones un abrazo apretado desde uruguay

[@johncapurso9313]

What a guy! No need for wimpy American safety regulations.

[@cos6907]

I enjoyed watching you work, you are truly an extraordinary craftsman, excellent work. Please wear a mask as well when grinding, breathing all that dust can’t be healthy

[@alialmahanawi8409]

A wonderful piece of art, thanks for your time and effort master 👍

[@SavageArt1110]

Потрясающий нож😍🔥

[@alexlefevre3555]

Very rustic and unique. Very well done!

[@dronetalia8012]

Tek kelime ile: MÜKEMMEL !!

[@budduggly7781]

In a world of "takers" and "makers"... you sir, are the latter and an inspiration to this old man.

[@user-wr3od1dc4z]

Шикарный клинок 👍👍👍👍

[@darrenpautzke3795]

Very nice. Like the pattern on the blade.

[@jcows12]

You twisted the can into your billet? Was it mild steel?

[@jawaddn]

Artist. Beautiful job.

[@jeanclanche5740]

MAGNIFIQUE !!!

[@cooper19673]

lovely knife. absolutely lovely.

[@tjkoker]

Wonderful craftsmanship. Would have like to see the blade stained in coffee. Cheers.

[@CajunCoyote88]

Incredible craftsmanship

[@mattbarrett41]

I didn’t see you peel the can of the blade. Did you miss filming a step or did you incorporate the can?

[@user-sr6di4ks7r]

Всевышний дал ВАМ замечательные руки.Мир ВАМ и вашей семье.

[@lcambilargiu]

Love it! Quick question, why not forge the tang instead of cutting it?

[@ironthornkoncepts]

Beautiful! Thanx for sharing your process!!! ✌️😎👍

[@truckerman9836]

Beautiful

[@azizmahmood5639]

Cantik lawa... Luar biasa... 👍Apa ..

[@Earlyterrorhead]

Beautiful work,,

[@nigel900]

Outstanding! 🫡👍🏻

[@robohippy]

I can feel sparks landing in my beard when I watch your videos.....

[@marcionunesrjcf]

Muito bonita e boa. 👏🏾

[@SlowReactionDriversAreTheWorst]

I like the pattern the twisting did....A++.

[@Guns-sk2hs]

Настоящий мастер 😮😮

[@roberttresemer8226]

Very Impressive. I love the Damascus patterns in that knife. Well done, very beautiful knife.

[@leetucker9938]

AWESOME

[@matthewf1979]

Usually one removes the canister before twisting their stock. Now you have a low carbon steel in the edge.

[@KingFreakazoid7]

grinding those bevels with an angle grinder is a unique skill. You don't see that very often.

[@alessandroalberto6431]

Molto eleganti i disegni sulla lama, e molto stilosa l'impugnatura ! E mi piacerebbe anche sapere in quanti conducete il canale, e se avete diverse officine. Grazie, buon lavoro !!!

[@bengutshall1826]

Such an amazing blade!!! Good work!!

[@malijyasra1802]

Bravo Your brother frome Algeria

[@user-xy6ry8do9w]

Прекрасный нож!!! 👍👍👍

[@uglyfrog7263]

very enjoyable!

[@massimo1963]

Fantastico bellissimo 🎉

[@lencac7952]

Awesome! Nice job dude.

[@TheLochs]

Nice work!

[@MASI_forging]

Wonderful work 👍👍

[@njingaradebe9652]

Amazing ❤

[@raysimon1368]

Nice job looks great

[@mikey3627]

Wow that is just absolutely beautiful . I ❤ a well done damascus knive . I have a feather pattern set for my kitchen. They came with scissors for king crabs and lobsters . And also a sushi nakiri knive .and also serrated and the rest are for fillets and carving and doing veg . Also came with a steel . Which i have 5 already and one which bought whilst working at the slaughterhouse . Its a bad ass steel . And i also have a smooth steel for very fine edge . And i invested in a set of whetstones . My kitchen knifes are so sharp and will give you a clean shave if you needed too 😂😂😂😂 . But top job on the twisted knife 😮

[@BCM16AR]

He never removed the canister.. LOL

[@969typO]

i hope it was high carbon steel too.

[@bidex1975]

Piękny wzór damastu chyba najładniejszy jaki widziałem do tej pory na you tube! Gratulacje

[@billywebber8002]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a blacksmith on KZbin with a battery drill 😅

[@turalibrahimov662]

?

[@erazur195]

Is it not an issue to twist that mild steel can into the steel that will ultimately be the blade?

[@skoitch]

Twisting ball bearings with the can on is brave!

[@stevehall4548]

Yes Sir!

[@amunizpaneto]

Forging a shape of a blade is forging and grinding the shape of a blade are two different things 🤷🏻‍♂️ still nice blade

[@Dan_d00d]

If the canister is mild steel and then just twist into the piece to make the billet, then you have a crappy mix of high and low carbon metals mixed into the knife. This is an edge hardness/retention issue. Also, no mechanical fixation for the blade to the handle, ouch. Looks nice, construction methods semi iffy. :)

[@kevinjoyce4497]

Dan, where's your video and knife??

[@robmanueb.]

I thought the whole purpose of forge welding was to have brittle hard steel mixed with pliable soft steel to get the best of both worlds?

[@tomedelkowski6567]

@@robmanueb. you wont have mild steel at the edge, when you work with your knife. pins would be also nice, but who knows. i wish i had a place to forged.

[@Dan_d00d]

@@robmanueb. yes and no. the key thing is that you need high carbon and suitable steel in the areas that must have strength and hardness (but will have more brittle matrices at molecular level, and less shock absorbing capacity ) and also needing something that is durable and more absorbent, with mild / low carbon steel. So the real situation is about how much and where it is, and in what array/layer/position relating to each other and in terms of the FUNCTION of the tool / use of an item. so in a knife, you want the hard stuff on the cutting edge, and the mild ('soft') stuff behind, on the spine. If you had both along the cutting side and where it strikes, that will mean things like loss of sharpness, edge retention, warps/burrs are going to be issues. Hope this helps. Tons to read and watch about it all out there.

[@robmanueb.]

@@Dan_d00d Yeah I have watched a ton of them. I know that some smiths will really consider and plan their welds, others like this just go for a pattern that looks nice. TBH I think most of the forge weld blades we see are not totally practical and a stronger blade could be had by just using one good steel.

[@manuelmartinezjeronimo596]

Acontece que no es poco

[@JimmCrow]

Great, finally a nice piece of wood for a beautiful blade. Personally, I miss the nice mosaic thread there, I'm not a fan of fixing it purely with epoxy. I was waiting for the pattern to appear after etching, when you left the canister in the blade.

[@DementedOnion]

Enjoyed the professional clearing instead of slow motion close up shots of a vacuum cleaner 10:30 Oh and nice tshirt

[@jmbstudio6873]

Drill shavings instead of steel powder. Niche!

[@tihzho]

Oh I see, its a show knife as it's not very hard as a functional knife would need to be. There wasn't the usual HRC40-HRC65 hardness file test to determine the hardness of the knife. :)

[@manuelrubio1957]

Sell me one like this, please 👍🏽

[@comewiththereedys]

Love the new camera! The definition is amazing!!!!!!

[@knivesproject3349]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you noticed the improved quality!

[@comewiththereedys]

@@knivesproject3349 yeah I really brings out the Damascus and you can see all the particles falling off as your beating the agate.

[@muhammadejaz3874]

How Can I Bought It

[@Dabs__]

Righty down dat skreet on the lefff dude out dea now !?.!;&:

[@jkoomeeghtalso9019]

Show 👍👏👏👏

[@NotAProPhil]

Wow that was awesome. I’ve never watched a video like this before. How long does it take to make the knife from start to finish? What does that knife sell for? What was the twisting about besides looking bad ass? Thanks.

[@robertkreiling1746]

Wow !

[@douglaswoodard3412]

beauty i only have 1 problem with it and its that it isent pinned i could never trust it for hard use still i like it

[@richweir5186]

Beauty is one thing, but you twisted with the can still on. you have Mild Steel going through the cutting edge.

[@CuGuttaNYC]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@seanmtactical6069]

Same thought as well.

[@scottnorman5057]

I searched all over KZbin to watch your KZbin channel….couldn’t find it 😢

[@scottnorman5057]

@@seanmtactical6069stop thinking and start watching 😂

[@scottnorman5057]

@@CuGuttaNYCmoron

[@user-eg9uq9pc9e]

Зачем столько отходов? Можно было сразу ручку выковать вместо того, чтобы отрезать столько металла

[@Frie_Jemi]

Definitely nice knife!! Just not the right edge geometry for a bottle slice😊

[@christopherdean1326]

It was hardly a bottle "slice" was it? He just bashed it out of the way. No evidence that it was sliced at all...

[@igorbroshev595]

не понял, откуда борода, и где синяя кепочка? нож отличный!

[@seyranmanafli4055]

Torbamı tikdi. Mənim hallalıq almayan yeganə şagirdim. Allah heç xeyir verməsin. Əmin.

[@latebutnotslow3368]

That's what makes a difference between a master and just making jt

[@rwseemore1]

Beautiful work

[@didyoupaytaxyesono7012]

Can you make of keys 🔑 🔑 🔑 different key 🔑? That will be great.

[@chrisnmichelle0218]

You forgot the pepper! 🌶

[@Lzkidd69]

Not really forging when you cut blade shape but end result looks great.

[@Lzkidd69]

No mechanical connection on the handle either just epoxy

[@PengPengPengPengPengPeng]

This is such a shit knife. Bad forge, not even proper full tang

[@dopevideos8755]

Beautiful work. What camera are you using??

[@RajaJabbar0786]

Really interesting bro enjoyed your work keep it up❤

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

turned out bad ass. boss

[@ChrisWinkley]

Man is strong like bull 😮

[@kipschnitzel]

Sweet video. Please wear eye protection and keep the guards on your angle grinders though! An exploding disc can literally kill you.

[@JACKSTIV]

maš oficialní stranky na prodej nožu ? krasny nože deláš

[@wonderhack7233]

Its sad to see so much effort but then cutting the knife into shape instead of forging it and for such a thick blade I would recommend not only gluing the handle.

[@17573240]

Dude protect your eyes!

[@tweeterpeaked2681]

That bottle of pop must have really ticked him off.

[@TLBF]

What are dunking the blade in after the quench at 6:02? Thanks for posting!

[@user-ck5sf2vl4p]

Good for vegetables cutting

[@DumbCarGuy]

This Damascus stuff lost its 15 minutes of fame 10 yrs ago. Now its as common as opening up a can of Pepsi. But you do have excellent skills and should keep up the great work you do.

[@Trinida374]

No eyes protection I like that , you show them how manely you are