Bowie Knife Restoration

[@bobcrone6151]

Wow. Loved how you kept the belt, loop and sheath true to their age... kept that valuable “patina”! Awesome.

[@brucesims3228]

Quick "me, too" on the leather. Not just a savey repair on the seam, but also a great job on enhancing the coloring!!

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

Thinking same thing. Nice job.

[@paulorth2251]

Nicely done, sir. The repair of the knife was great in itself but to then repair the sheath and clean and polish it all was an added treat. Nicely done.

[@geraldstamour1312]

Knife and leatherwork both turned out hella dope Koss!

[@ЮрийСимчишин-в6д]

Молодець, гарна робота.

[@PhiTheProducer]

He has a face too? I thought this guy was nothin’ but hands ... very skilled hands

[@StormGundam]

Very skilled hands and the face of a real Craftsman.

[@flipperturtle7920]

Hugo Adrian Wilkins fam wot

[@dylanbuford6512]

That's what she said.

[@AlchemillaRed]

@Hugo Adrian Wilkins gulag*

[@МуратКонырбаев-й7ь]

@@dylanbuford6512 Ф

[@az80311]

I gotta give you an A+ on this job. You made an old knife and leather gear feel wanted again and not to mention, desirable. I'd wear that belt and knife any time. Your bud's grampa is going to love it. You do good work man and your video is excelent. Thank you.

[@ГлебВладимирович-г8ж]

чувствуется за курёху, да за чай в своё время этот "боуи" делали...)))

[@CEBEP_78]

Особенно понравилась очаровательная зазубрина при заточке ))) "Боуи" с такой толщиной обуха, конечно, дров нарубит

[@Georgij572]

@@CEBEP_78 ну то что это скорей уж ка бар мы пропустим...

[@michaelbatts5655]

Excellent restore, sir! That knife looks like it could be used in Esgrima Criolla, the fighting system of the Gauchos of Argentina. Also love how you restored the belt and sheath. Beautiful!

[@blackraven8805]

Argentinian gauchos, if they still exist, use a very different kind of knife, known as facon or faca which is more likely a dagger.

[@adrianfirewalker4183]

I love that you reused the pieces of the old handle, and the antler spacer was masterful! You and I know, but for those who don't, cutting and polishing antler, horn, or bone must be done while wearing a mask, if you value your lungs. Even 5 minutes of it without a mask will make your lungs and throat hurt for a couple of days

[@jasonamoscomedy]

Cool restore; one guy said best way to test sharpness is if the blade shaves every single hair if you do a small pass on your arm. If it leaves a few hairs it can still be sharpened more. Beautiful job.

[@vadimblin]

No need for a Bowie to be that sharp. Also the edge would hold as good cause it gets very thin

[@edgaraquino2324]

Beautiful work, both knife and leather, my complements...you have turned an "ugly duckling" into a "swan"...May I suggest a "security strap" of some type with a snap, perhaps, be added somehow to secure the knife to the sheath? With care, this knife and its belt and sheath, will be around for a long, long time... the grandson must be highly chuffed with the result...a very good way to preserve grandpa's memory...Good job!

[@keithspencersr.6806]

It was a nice looking knife at first but, now it’s outstanding

[@davidgaron453]

Great Job! The Sheaf looks better Black.

[@udorechner6846]

Realy nice restoration of a knife and holsterbelt. I glad to see you saving the belt and sheath because they have a beautiful patina. One backdro. The holster lacks a securitystrap for the knife to protect it from getting lost.. Well done

[@goldenscales]

Very, very nicely done!

[@simezra]

show us the knife sharpener, looks interesting :) awesome work as always brother

[@William_Borgeson]

Beautiful knife, I bet it's great to have a friend like you fantastic finish!

[@Deadpool799]

Beautiful job!!

[@marski22skinnari21]

Now that's a knife!

[@josemartinez-mr6jv]

this knife is not a bowie, is a ka-bar excelente job!

[@Madscorpion-jm2lr]

jose martinez it’s a buck 119 dickhead

[@ТимурУмаргалиев]

портупея наша, реставрация неплохая, лайк!

[@andrewfisher1051]

Very nicely done sir!

[@MikeSnap85]

Shiny and sharp, what more can you want!

[@FordFracture]

That turned out perfect 👌

[@КошмарКошмар-й2б]

Hi bro 👋👋👋very good restoration knife 👍👍👍👍🔪🔪🔪

[@martinwolf5957]

Great awesome work 👍

[@karinaleles1004]

Belíssimo trabalho! Like👍

[@patriotkieler9750]

excellent job!

[@robstirling3173]

That looks like an old WW2 Sam Brown belt, a collectors item in itself!

[@FBDerringer]

Awesome! With one caveat- I would have left some stag bark. Otherwise masterful restoration!

[@scottloar]

Leaving the stag bark on the handle would have made a beautiful touch of contrast to the rest of the handle and blade, a bit of character if you know what I mean, a detail that would take the entire piece to a higher level.

[@АлександрКобайло-р2е]

@@scottloar Эээб00

[@fernandoalfonso9984]

It's not restoration as such since my point of view it's a highly qualified repair

[@Агродень]

Молодец!!! Очень крутой мастер 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥

[@mihaiitineant9096]

Videoclipul acesta ma inspirat să fac un cuțit care să stea în cureaua de la pantaloni

[@ohnobro7686]

Nice one mate

[@nikolayyermolenko6727]

Прекрасная работа! Спасибо за видео.

[@PhiTheProducer]

That saddle stitch will last much longer than the original machine stitching.

[@алексейгончаров-л5г]

Аккуратная хорошая работа 👍💪

[@bronchiosaurus2766]

Great video! As always!

[@천스테]

수고하셨습니다 나도 가지고 싶을 만큼 멋진 칼입니다. 참 잘 만드셨읍니다

[@MelodyTCG]

Ive been a sub for about a month and highly respect your work. Keep it up man

[@robertgrell486]

Podoba mi dbałość o precyzję odnawiania części tnącej 👌

[@achimkohlhage1328]

Great work, a lot of polishing. Vry good y didn't replace the old leather, as the older its gets, the nicer it is.

[@СергейШ-ы6я]

Советский военный ремень. Хозяин с пояса снял и вместе с ножом на ристайлинг отдал.:)

[@МаркШтрульцель]

нож полное дерьмище проще новый сделать)

[@vasilijmaksimenko2727]

Может быть этот нож просто для кавото память,о комто или о чем-то.

[@daveh3997]

@@vasilijmaksimenko2727 His grandfather's knife from 1960 Нож его деда с 1960 года Nozh yego deda s 1960 goda

[@АлександрСаклаков-я3з]

А ремень то старый такие подкладки под пряжку перестали делать по моему гдето в 70x

[@aleksei0466]

@@АлександрСаклаков-я3з а чем он ее смазывал?

[@nancyblanchard7218]

nicely done

[@JustBeAdude]

Most excellent. Cheers.

[@robertomazzoni8234]

Ottimo lavoro. Bravo. Veramente.

[@182mcg1]

Awesome jobs

[@scotty2804]

Holy furkin shit from a rust bucket to a gold mine awesome job on knife and belt u r a skilled man thanks for the video amazing job thank you 👍👍👌👍👍👌👌👍👍👌👌

[@24175]

Love the vids bro..you do great work..thanks

[@tango-bravo]

Really nice job on the metalwork for this knife. Also on the sheath and belt. Nice trick on replacing the threaded section and on the pipe that holds the blade with wood while you sanded the handle. I would have considered making a new guard and replacing the entire handle with antler. Knife appears to be South American in origin. Any clue as to who was the original maker?

[@ВиталийОльховик-ю1б]

Зачётный процесс....!!!

[@stots7797]

Very Fine Indeed

[@silviadevans6311]

La tarea de los restauradores tiene tanto mérito y es por volver a.la vida útil a objetos dados por perdidos 😀😍😀😀

[@vadimuniverse999]

Good work!

[@pablolisboa9269]

Incrível que ficou Koss ☝👍👏👏 parabéns

[@monsteryamaha4644]

It's amazing! Good job!

[@grahamparr3933]

Nice👍👍👍

[@alonzosanchez8577]

Very nice!! Can You Possibly Make a Video About Your Knife Sharpener

[@weba1930]

Hello man, I watch your videos from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@w1third]

Awesome

[@Everythings_Adjustable]

Perfect job 👍

[@MrTumakov]

good job

[@cecilbennett5403]

I am curious about the chemicals, stains and polishes you used. Great results on the knife & its sheath!

[@alexgloba9.90]

Братец, пока ты рукоять точил я чуть не блеванул вспоминая запах горелого рога)))) нож хорош, сам мастак, а вот чашечка под эпоксу, аплодирую стоя!!! Весчъ

[@adamchurvis1]

Stones in a Lansky-type sharpener like that should stroke toward the edge, not away from it. The only device that should stroke away from the edge is the leather strop attachment.

[@adamchurvis1]

@Hugo Adrian Wilkins Watch this entire video -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ2sZoOXjdiZhc0 -- but don't stop short when you see him both pushing and pulling the stone because that is not sharpening, it's shaping. You'll see how the pulling away from the edge during shaping creates a burr of metal underneath the edge; this is what you'll remove during the actual sharpening portion of the task. So watch and listen to him when he transitions to sharpening at around 7:55. The only difference with my technique is that I only use water and never oil to flush metal from the stones. Not even a drop of oil ever touches my stones, ever (no testicle jokes, please). Also, I have created a WICKED custom sharpening kit in a fitted case with everything needed to put a mirror edge on knives. Let me know if you want me to take some pics of it. It's true knife porn.

[@joemummerth8340]

nice work ! I`ve rebuilt several knives over the past four decades , and the only thing I would have done differently is the guard ! the original is possibly one of the ugliest guards I`ve ever seen , that would have been replaced ! but excellent work there !

[@magnusblack5113]

Wonderfull work!!

[@devouringannihilationnoise]

Amazing!!!!🖤

[@divinoamaral536]

Trabalho perfeito. Parabéns.

[@HellsSonofAnarchy]

we need a shop tour with equipment names lol

[@隨安-w1t]

Great video in summary but would recommend tuning the volumes by a little higher

[@GuitarBob6]

Newb here, what’s the brown liquid that takes off the rust and grime? I’ve only used Naval Jelly years ago.

[@masemasemasie]

Probably evapo rust or mc51. They are rust removers

[@marcioweiss613]

muito lindo o trabalho

[@farouq1983]

Love your patience.

[@northernwoodsman]

Never thought of welding a bolt on the tang... makes a really nice adhesive surface for the glue.

[@Tipi_Dan]

I was wondering if he chose a bolt matching threading in the pommel, and whether he chose a bolt of special quality steel for that.

[@LUCKYB.]

FYI. YOUR PLATEN BEHIND YOUR BELT SHOULD BE NO WIDER THAN YOUR BELT . NICE RESTORATION

[@smellyellow]

Why?

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

12:35 or so .. still a decent chip in the edge toward the tip. Did you get rid of that?

[@ronniegodwin5538]

I'm sure he did......wow

[@braveheart6558]

Like before watching

[@revolver265]

I just wanted to let you know (although I'm a little late to this video) that I've been meaning to catch a video right after it gets uploaded to say that it would be awesome to sell your work - not only would you get revenue off of the video and show off your blade making/fixing skills, you'd also have a great video to show to any potential buyers the work you put in. I see from the video description that you've opened an Etsy shop, and I really like that. If that black/gold scalpel knife is still around, I will gladly throw my money at you for it, because it's beautiful and I have neither the tools nor the capabilities to create it myself. Your craftsmanship is beautiful. I aspire to work on my car the same way you put care into your artwork. Edit: all the things I wanted have all been already bought or aren't for sale. *hurt noises*

[@aureliomolina1251]

You the best.✌

[@tommci2796]

Great restoration video. Your skills are amazing and keep the videos coming! What do you use for your initial rust removal bath?

[@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf]

I would love to do this for a living

[@genura2]

Молодец.

[@patrickroberts7847]

Where do you find your pieces to work on?

[@sergoriy]

Хоть я в ножах и полный ноль, но за процессом наблюдать очень интересно! А вот интересно что это за раствор для воронения такой что ржавчину в момент выводит? Ортофосфорная?

[@dmitriy9655]

Скорее хлористое железо, ортофосфорная кислота зеленоватая кажется)

[@ArgonautFred]

What cleaning fluid does he use to take off all that rust?

[@revolver265]

He mentioned he used ferric chloride in another video, but I doubt that's the solution and is only an intermediate as a removal solution.

[@gregucho969]

I've seen other knife restorers use hydrochloric acid.

[@МихаилЛебедев-г7ы]

Круто! Только в совдепии такое могли сделать))

[@alexzay9637]

Скорей всего, после выхода "Рэмбо".

[@МихаилЛебедев-г7ы]

@@alexzay9637 Нет, в описании сказано про шестидесятые годы, это реплика финки, дол и щучка характерны.

[@elegances1]

Сделанно в местах не столь отдаленных

[@asimmoha6845]

Start the video at 2x speed and you will enjoy it more.

[@unohoncho7727]

Lol, I do that with all restoration vids

[@eddietowers5595]

YOU’RE A LIARRR! The title said Bowie Knife Restoration! But you went and did an awesome job with both the knife aaand it’s holster! Maybe that’s why there’s 6 people who disliked this video, two in one project was too much for them. Hahaha. Awesome restoration. Just Beautiful.

[@chaz7346]

Because of your comment drastic action has he taken by 14 more individuals who saw it as there duty to dislike the about it awesome in this video. Sad days

[@eddietowers5595]

@Chaz Miller, no. I think it’s because he beat them to the punch. They had similar videos, but he uploaded before they did, so, they felt like shit, and blame him for what they couldn’t accomplish in time. LOL.

[@eddietowers5595]

@Hugo Adrian Wilkins Yeah, there's only one way YOU would know whether or not I was a cock sucking, brown nose...and usually in one single act, sooo...also, you understand it was his project for HIM to use what ever procedure he deemed fitting for his purposes, correct? Where, the only thing YOU contributed is a butt hurt scathing remark, more or less aimed towards me for a joke I rightfully posted. I mean, everyone is entitled to post their opinion, hence my reply to yours. God I hope you make cotton candy for a living...and not make knives. I'd feel sorry for your neighborhood, "This just in, Man stabs everybody because, Ironicall,y a KZbinr cut the tang wrong on a restoration project knife..." Now, don't forget the ball gag, this time. toodles. LFMAO

[@alvinaguilar6047]

Hey bro, I really like the sharpening jig you got! Can you send me the measurements of it and design?

[@ninjadue123]

amazing

[@denisveryasov4970]

Красавец и нож краса

[@yakhyorustamzoda4900]

This looks more like a bayonet than a Bowie knife but I might be wrong.

[@gregwarner3753]

I would have completely replaced the hilt with the antler for a better grip. Cutting off the thread and welding on another destroyed the time value of this knife. Still an excellent video.

[@nathanielmooney3272]

Nice

[@Moren_46]

Ремень Советский, такой же Хранится, дома.

[@elegances1]

Ножик делали в местах не столь отдаленных

[@thiagolisboa1216]

Esse produto em q vc mergulhou a faca serve pra tirar a ferrugem?

[@arcanon5080]

That knife doesn’t even have real rust on it

[@johnpatterson7140]

never seen rust like that ! almost looks painted on ……….

[@unohoncho7727]

Soaked in salt water so that noobs all get a boner

[@blargkliggle1121]

I lost a hatchet in the snow and found it a few months later, looked a lot like this knife.

[@steelous2697]

While it does look strange, I don't think it's faked. It kind of looks like its been left in a mildly humid environment. I have had tools that look somewhat like this despite being left in a cabinet.

[@S3ARCH_N_D3STROY]

Great restore, do you ever sell the items? If so I’m quite interested in purchasing this knife.

[@calebkoleszar8156]

where do you get all you old rusty knifes?

[@rustynails.8550]

He leaves them outside, sometimes bury it is quicker.

[@harrisonwilbanks2380]

@@rustynails.8550 big old facts!. Shits hella fake