Making a Quillon Dagger

[@chairde]

I was never ever good at making things but I deeply respect those who make these beautiful knives.

[@chairde]

***** , No soy hacer cosas bien. Pedo me mucho respectmente esse.

[@GreatSmithanon]

you can tell watching these videos that bladesmithing is such a labor of love for you. Your work is absolutely beautiful.

[@a-sheep-of-christ]

Watched this video years ago. The Dagger still is as beautiful as I remember it. Love the shape as it reminds me of stone tools and spear tips.

[@jaredblocker2263]

So beautiful even a ring wraith would cry at is existence. Well done good sir.

[@steveweiner7260]

So any tips on how to enchant it for +5 dexterity?

[@tristanberke8759]

T Harrison well, in my experience, I tend to quench it in squirrel blood. squirrel's are quick animals. but I cant guarantee the +5, it could be more or less, i tend to role a d10 to find the dexterity bonus it will give. but to each their own.

[@gavintracy6590]

T Harrison Jam an emerald in your helm or body armor.

[@dakotacarr4217]

T Harrison lol don''t listen to Tristan i quench my blades in pure cheetah and unicorn blood cheetah for 5+ dexterity and vitality and the unicorn for pure fabulousness

[@coaldurnehviir5197]

T Harrison Youll need two black soul gems and a daedra heart. Ive found that Daedra arent very timid beings, so I would suggest simply summoning one.

[@steveweiner7260]

Coal Durnehviir Will a Scamp work? I'm kind of scared to summon the bigger daedra.

[@marconken3845]

at some point a shooting range video had a link to this channel, since then i tune in every night before sleep and watch one or 2 videos. your videos are so great and relaxing to watch, not to start about how great the daggers/knives are . keep up the great work man

[@tannerhamilton6025]

Love how in depth you go with the whole process. Most people just skip all the in between portions so you dont get to see how its all done. Quality Vid. 👍

[@david_r_munson]

I spend about as much time a week as you put into this knife. The knife is far, far better. Well done.

[@265240james]

Wow... No words. This is hands down one of the most amazing and interesting builds I've seen. Keep up the great work sir. It is greatly appreciated.

[@gijstimmer299]

by far the best knife build i've ever seen!

[@Chaddy_Daddy]

Beautiful blade! I think it's great that you're keeping alive such amazing craftsmanship!

[@gordondenman8817]

The knives i make are one of a kind that is what people buy custom knives for the little imperfections and unique designs. Love this knife.

[@shawnmoulaison9046]

Wow what a great job you have done with that dagger. You truly are a master of your craft.

[@12345678920944]

I'm only 15 years old... But I've gotta say, the first time I watched this, I was impressed. I make knives and daggers using my dad's forge and he makes swords and tools. That is by far the best dagger I've seen and I want to make one like that. :D

[@shlee5945]

+HeavenHammer lol

[@wesbrown3831]

Can not express how impressed I am at what you made... look forward to watching more of you videos!

[@knifesmith1993]

I unfortunately had to stop forging and put all my tools in storage because of the fact my family and I moved, but I'm hoping once I find a good place and move out I can get back into the art that I love. From one smith to another I take my hat off to you sir for that is a beautiful blade.

[@JorenMathews]

I really liked how you left most of the blade unpolished. Gives a great contrast.

[@TheConceptBoy]

Thank you for the hard work and dedication you've pit into this video. The final result and the precision that went into it is amazing.

[@canusakommando9692]

I really enjoy seeing old world craftsmanship. A very nice piece. It's not what I do but your skill and result is sweet. Thanks for the fine video. Build on every effort and learn from every piece.

[@MySmithx]

Good job on the casting. Once again you have shown that you don't have to have the highest tech gear, just what is available to most everyone. I also like you've shown all the parts aside from forging the blade is what takes the longest.

[@anishcjoseph5807]

superb.really liked it.one of the best dagger design i've seen

[@ChibiBoxing]

Appreciate the criollo music,the blade looks beautiful! Marvelous work!

[@LifesHarlequin]

Good to see someone without $10,000 in equip making something of quality by hand. Nice work.

[@ps2hacker]

I like your belt grinder. I have the Grizzly, but found it impossible to use as is, so I bolted it to the wall to get it horizontally oriented, it works.

[@the1andonlydjt]

I love the music. If I'm watching in the evening after work it puts me sleep. But then I get to watch the video a second time.

[@hermana272]

dude you blew up my mind best blade making youtuber ever men

[@alfbittner6489]

I enjoyed the whole process, investing the guard and the pommel was intriguing. The music made for pleasant viewing. Nice vid.

[@cabantingpaulmichaelangelo1817]

What A Nice Build Sir, You Really Put a Lot of Effort to Make This Quilon Dagger.. You Even Got Your Finger Sliced.....

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

You're preserving history here, and it's a grand thing.

[@blueeyephil]

Very nice job. I was interested in the casting you did. I took a jewelry class for non art majors eons ago. We primarily did castings using brass or silver. We learned as in everything, the more preparation up front, the less work later on. we did final polishing of our wax using panty hose.

[@thelastneanderthal3171]

5 minutes in to the video, I gave you a thumbs up, just based on the sound track. I grew up on a guitar playing and artesanal knife toting culture south of the border. I could identify many of the classic milongas from the south Brazil, Uruguay and the area portenha of Argentina. So you aren’t only a top edged weapon maker but also have great musical taste. Yep, I subscribed. Thanks for the great video. Keep on the great work.

[@theswaggeringwombat3084]

I am a big fan of forged finish and you made it look good

[@Veritas21000]

Very nice work, the knife came out wonderfully it combines craft and artistry.

[@poohsaze]

That is really fine craftsmanship it came out excellent.

[@CosmasBauer]

Wow a wonderful knive!

[@SquillyMon]

What a FINE JOB. Its good to see Craftsmanship is alive and well. Very Nice

[@neraben]

You are a serious artist! Really intricate design and such a beautiful blade! Please make more videos!

[@philippduplessis6656]

Wow , that knife is absoloutly stunning.

[@hermanvonsalzajovi]

I loved the way you did the bevels. I want to get started in bladesmithing and your video elucidades me about a few doubts that i had. Thank you very much for sharing. I hope my projects to be as half as goos as yours

[@mrcrawford2011]

Very fine craftsmanship sir it's a beautiful dagger

[@Halavere_Blackraven]

Beautiful looking dagger Garrin. My only problem is that, as is, the wire looks a wee bit tacky. something I've found that works great is to file grooves for it into the wood of the handle, while applying the leather, start from the bottom and as you finish placing the leather, wrap some of the twine into the groove. do this ll the way up, and cut the little excess at the top before doing the full holding wrap. When you take it off, you will have nice grooves that you can lay the wire into so it doesn't looks so uncomfortable. Either way, sorry to nitpick, you do excellent work. ATB.

[@machetefoot]

Hey, just wanted to chime in and say that I'm digging your videos and I'd love to see more. Also I read on your website that you are in New Hampshire, I as well am in New Hampshire. It's great to see others in the area have taken up the ancient and noble craft. Cheers friend, keep up the good work.

[@tedmccanna7239]

Excellent video you are very careful and methodical in your process, and the result shows true craftsmanship, thats a very nice piece, I'm envious..

[@metaldetectingpa7950]

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen forged on KZbin

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

This is one of the coolest non-guitar uses for guitar strings I've ever seen.

[@haunter8o6]

The dagger is amazing. Making one will probably bring the end of me. This stuff takes extreme patience and experience.

[@ingorichter649]

What a nice knife! And a very informative documentation. Especially the casting section enriches my theoretical knowledge. And: I like knifes, especially such one like this one here! Thanks for sharing!

[@Atyearsend]

Wow..just wow. I've never been able to work with metal, but have always found it mesmerizing. Truly wonderful job, it's obvious that you put your passion into your work, and truly create extensions of yourself in the form of wonderful work like this. Great job, and clearly you have put in many years to achieve the ability you have, keep it up man. Watched a few of your videos, and cant help but subscribe to see more haha. Cheers!

[@marekpastyrik1888]

finaly someone on youtube who knows how to sharp a blade

[@lindsaythompson6389]

How you cast the bronze is so cool. Never seen it done before.

[@forresthedrick3224]

Try some lighter fluid on a q-tip to clean up your wax forms. The naphtha in the fluid will "flow" the surface of the wax and it makes smoothing out tool marks way easier. Much easier than trying to grind or polish them out of the cast metal piece. Just soak the q-tip and wipe it over the rough surface, the fluid does most of the work. Just practice a little to see how it affects your medium.

[@unleashingnaturalhumanity3469]

I love the amount of scale you leave on your work...alot of knifesmiths clean it all off for that sterile shiny look, and dont get me wrong, it has its charm....something about that gleaming edge peekin out from behind that organic scale though....Beautiful

[@NeoDragonCount]

I love these videos about forging since it helps with the fact I'm writing a novel where the main character is a trained blacksmith.

[@bruisterlenoir6474]

Enjoyed the dagger craftsmanship very much. Could you share what type of bench grinder you have set up please

[@M4rtix21]

Holy mother of ART ! ;O that thing looks just fabulous ! love it great work

[@rogerwilco2]

I wish I had the skill equipment and patience for this. It looks great.

[@MahnoorQadri3825]

That is the most AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL weapon ever!

[@MURRAY11011]

I would like to see a video that explains the casting and molding better with some sort of process. Awesome video.

[@carlpbrill]

Great job on the forging, awesome to watch. Way more difficult than a single edge blade, I've found anyway. Sucks when it's too cold to work in the shop right? Thanks for the video.

[@wyatte007teb]

Well done. Beautiful craftsmanship

[@lancerd4934]

Nice work, although I think that the wire wrap could be improved by doing a full wrap with twisted wire and finishing it with some turk's heads to make the ends more tidy. Blade and fittings seem really good and solid.

[@Furiora]

Ah, the craft of a blacksmith is a beautiful thing. One I saddly have neither the patiance or the strenght for. Maybe that's why I always play the weapon/armor smith in any RPG I'm given the option too. Beautiful work. 20-30 hours and it shows, although as a guitarist I'm not sure what to think of you using a guitar string on the handle... You protected that against rust too, right?

[@vilhelm-]

Furiora You could always start with a very small and cheap anvil along with nails to make brosches etc. And if you like it maybe buy some more expensive stuff :)

[@joanneerb1634]

Just love your work area! I bet the saw dust helps keep your computer in top shape! Paul

[@inferno7181]

Saw dust will not make your computer run fast. It can, in fact, make your computer overheat as it can clog up your fans.

[@dand4139]

I literally just found you 30 seconds ago and I love you

[@ponkkaa]

I dont know how I got to this vid, but Im glad I did. This was superb.

[@StephenOgle]

Absolutely AMAZING. Thank you for sharing this work of art. One comment though and please don't take it the wrong way. The Original Titebond glue is not water resistant and will release when wet. Titebond 2 would be your perfect choice it is water resistant. Again just a suggestion. I Loved this project. Well done sir.

[@lsubslimed]

wow, that turned out beautifully! You did such a great job forging that to shape, not to mention those perfectly forged (IMO) plunges, they have a very nice curve/radius to them. I still suck a forging nice plunge lines/ricassos as well as bevels. I have never been all that sure what angles to hold the hammer as well as the blade at, but your description has helped a bit. What angles would you hold each one at to get a good 45 degree at the edge started so I could move up the blade from there? Also any tips to be able to improve keeping the edge centered? Anyway thanks for sharing, I'd love to see more bladesmithing vids from you! Maybe forging a nice bowie or hunter even would be great to watch. Take care! :)

[@matthewmarting3623]

Pretty efficient work - i average about 20-30 hours a knife with one edge, but a lot of that is polishing. Excellent idea of using your forge as a foundry - i'll definitely be doing that. Any suggestions on getting bubbles out of investment? I dont recognize the vibration table you used, and dont want to spring for a vacuum pump.

[@ParanormalShit72]

Please never stop making videos

[@zeezeazee]

meh.. no matter how beautiful it is, it'll only do 12-15 Physical Damages

[@adamsloan9616]

+zee ya lol

[@johnnyrandomlastname916]

Don't forget the stealth and backstab bonuses this weapon gives.

[@crazybagoham]

+zee ya +20 to AGIL tho

[@Irreverent_bob]

+Johnny RandomLastName and that's without buffs or infusions.

[@skeptikjester9731]

Infuse it with a dark gem first, even if I am late

[@lippeloll9336]

Hi, i am 17 years old, and i love u job its very nice you can do it with you'r hands!! Real men of metall grz from holland

[@yliyahhawkins9928]

NO Words.....Stunningly beautiful....!

[@noahschuler6388]

those are words actually..

[@gforsyth4]

Nice work. Impressed by the castings!

[@couerl]

Great job. Would it be better to use solid wood and fit it on before you add the pommel? I think some handles also use rivets through the tang, not necessary but another way to do it maybe. Very impressive work overall, the only thing I can think of that might make it even nicer is to do some precious stone inlay or something, some lapis lazuli or alabaster and then give it a name. Great job again, thanks for sharing your process.

[@tiouty01]

Very Nice Work.You mentioned suggestions for your next projects. Could you please make a Viking Style Axe ?Not a massive double edge war axe, maybe just a nice lite utility Viking axe ?Cheers and happy Blacksmithing !

[@alexshi8583]

lol 13:37, the chipped wooden desk, crappy keyboard and a dirty cloth, then you see the Razer deathadder

[@Keiyuro]

I kinda thought it was an Abyssus :)

[@alexshi8583]

well looks lik deathadder to me, u may be right tho

[@Inlinetom]

Alex Shi Its a deathadder

[@GarrinBufo]

Inlinetom it's an abyssus!

[@Inlinetom]

I just looked it up and the deathadder looks exactly the same, with the curve in the left and right click. Plus I have one.

[@101boertjie]

a Beautiful piece of hardware. Thank you for sharing your skill with us.

[@willkraft2809]

What do you brew? I see the carboy down by the sofa at 4:49.

[@GarrinBufo]

Mead, natch.

[@willkraft2809]

+Garrin Bufo Me too! I just put a 3 gallon batch of traditional wildflower mead into bulk aging yesterday.

[@wizarddrongo]

+Garrin Bufo I think it's a Smith thing. Just put on a gallon of raspberry fruit mead at New Years. Hate having wait like 9 months to drink it!

[@rizzardthewizard]

It would be great if you did a video on your casting process. Not many knife makers cover it and I'm sure a lot of people would want to see it and use the information for themselves (at least I do).

[@THEDRAGONBOOSTER8]

Well hand crafted,a great dagger,well done..

[@timb37]

Loooooove the music.

[@GarrinBufo]

timb37 It's Yoo Sik Ro, a Korean guitarist. He has a channel here: kzbin.info There are also freaking 19 free albums for download on his personal website too! I really want to get the word out about him, he's awesome and deserves the traffic.

[@calebwhittington3749]

I made a knife blank today. Will be my third handmade knife when it's finished.

[@adelino369]

You should have done the handle in stacks dark wood with thin metal between almost the same look[better in my opinion] with much more confort for the hand.

[@gigaus0]

Very good work in the Dagger, it has me interested in your other work

[@BengalGecko]

I decided to make a dagger like this, and it will be my first time forging something. I made the blade and I made a wax crossguard but I would like to know what you used to for the funnel for the casting mould. Also if you could give me some tips to make it turn out well for I also have never casted anything before. I plan to cast it out of aluminum.

[@cooperfallon982]

good job man you know before my dad passed he used to do that stuff like make blades

[@mobi2981]

“I don’t claim to be the best blacksmith in Whiterun. Eorlund Graymane’s got that honor. The man’s steel is legendary. All I ask is a fair chance.”

[@rhaegostheskydragon1760]

Great work, dude! That is a beautiful dagger.

[@HIP09722]

Beautiful... Guitar string around the handle is a nice touch. Hardly useful due to the corrosive properties of the materials though. But a superb piece.

[@meekle8891]

Seeing a Norse seax would be awesome. Something about those blades is just interesting.

[@ModelKing1000]

Excellent work!! You're a true craftsmen! Thanks!

[@art1muz13]

Very nice, probably very functional too. Hope it's always used in"good fun" .

[@Melkiah34]

Well done! That is one sweet looking blade.

[@mihaicarstea3085]

Very nice work! Also you have an excellent taste in music!

[@fardyar]

Hello thanks for nice video, when you made wax model (8:06) your mixed 2 powder and maby water for pour to can ,please teach the name of powders and how gram must mix.thank you so much

[@FALpwn]

I'm currently making one out of a file. I forge welded the two corners of the file together to form the point.

[@j.g.elmslie9901]

that white PVA you're using on the inside of the hilt, and on the leather contains acidic phenols, which can cause corrosion problems on the tang (and to a degree the hilt castings) over time. (I'm slightly wary of the wood used too. dark, high tannin woods also cause corrosion.) If you can get it, I'd strongly recommend a hide glue. "Titebond liquid hide glue" works very nicely, and is affordable - most importantly, its far less corrosive. Smells vile, though. also I'd suggest your method of making the hilt itself could be made much easier for you. Instead of trying to eyeball it, holding the two sides of the grip together and test-fitting it constantly, a far more effective way is to drill 4 1/8th holes through the wood of the two sections, either side of the tang, and then pin them with dowels. Then when you take it off and reassemble it without the hilt in the way, the dowels act as guide pins so it all goes together exactly aligned. lets you take the core, put it together, and shape it as one part on a belt sander, or use rasps. That will let you make it much more rounded, an oval section instead of the very square, blocky shape that one has. Makes the thing far more ergonomic in the hand, but most importantly, makes it vastly easier to make the things. Other than that, its quite pretty.

[@robronin1969]

Gorgeous. Nice attention to detail. Not surprising that he's a guitarist, :D

[@ioiioilol]

hey man ive watched a few videos highly impressed. i like the work.

[@TheRight1buddy]

what a piece of steel man nice work