Making a Wharncliffe Knife with Anso textured handle scales

Custom Knife Making: The Wharncliffe Knife
Thank you for joining me on my channel. Today, we will be making a Wharncliffe knife with a Anso pattern filed and textured G10 scale for the handle. I made this knife using 6mm 5160 Steel, 3.2mm Stainless Steel pins, 6mm Stainless Steel tube for the lanyard and G10 scales in Toxic Green and Black for the handles. Feel free to use whatever you have available or prefer. Don’t forget to like and subscribe.
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[@shauntheknifeguy]

Ball bearing flaring of the lanyard tube. Genius!

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for watching....yes, ball bearings works well if you don't have fancy machines

[@faithexplorers1]

Awesome job.

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you!

[@dalewright7908]

Really love that design. The black/green G10 really pops too. Beautiful knife

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you...Yes, that design really sits well in the hand. And the black and green contrast screams attention!

[@HansKnives]

Perfect work, video editing is equally wonderful

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you Hans! Much appreciated!

[@edharker5775]

Great design. Love the video

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheGarner77]

Wow Henk, I really enjoyed the process, the detail, skill and artistry you display. Really awesome, keep it up

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for the kind words. Thats what makes the effort into making these videos worth it!

[@dbeez1075]

Amazing, beautiful lines, I'm envious of your skill and craftsmanship

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@chrisb.4496]

Like who gives a thumbs down? Either they are "youtube police" doing it, or just some SOBs whose lives are full of misery. GREAT VIDEO AND SKILL, A TRUE GIFT!

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for watching and for the kind comment. I know I'll never keep everyone happy...people's taste differ and that's fine with me. If people tell me what they don't like about the vids, then I can always try to improve on that.

[@Tromps04]

Very very good as usual!

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for watching. Im glad you enjoyed it. Keep an eye out for the next video.

[@ChristopherStump]

With a single video you gained a new subscriber. The blade itself is amazing, but that handle makes it an absolute museum piece. This is the kind of thing that motivates me to be a better bladesmith myself. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@zeemanknives]

Hello Christopher. Thank you for the awesome comment. Im so glad you enjoyed the video and that it left you inspired!. It is exactly that which motivates me to make these kind of videos. Im looking forward to see some of your work! Happy Bladesmithing!

[@eloylobatoneto]

Belíssimo trabalho de cabo! Parabéns!

[@zeemanknives]

Obrigado por assistir. Estou feliz que você tenha gostado!

[@view1992ok]

😮😮😮😊😊😊

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you!

[@brunogoehner3078]

Sehr geiles Messer!! 👍👍

[@zeemanknives]

Danke, freut mich, dass es dir gefällt.

[@divinoamaral536]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 👍🔰

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for watching!

[@72jesvil]

Awesome knife. What would a custom knife like this go for?

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you...thats always a difficult question to answer. Depends on the materials used, and my biggest problem is shipping costs to certain countries, which are crazy expensive.

[@legrandfromage9682]

Hi I love your videos. I always wondered why you don’t quench the handle too, is there an advantage to leaving it softer?

[@zeemanknives]

Hi, yes there are 2 reasons actually. Firstly, softer metal has more shock absorbing capabilities than hardened metal...it won't really make much of a difference on small knifes but on choppers and swords for argument sake it will be beneficial. Secondly is for drilling holes...you won't be able to drill hard metal unless you have specific expensive tools. In my case I drill the holes before heat treatment, so it won't make much of a difference, but it does leave some allowance for corrections if your handle is still in a "soft state". It happenes often that you decide to go with bigger pins, or you mess up a pin hole and need to go bigger...no problem on soft metal...difficult on hardened metal. Thank you for watching, hope this answers your question

[@ahmadelmarkaby9226]

a great design indeed < could you please provide the printable template

[@Atletveit88]

Amazing, simply amazing. Would you consider starting an instagram for the knife making? Would be fun to follow the prosess.

[@zeemanknives]

Yes, definitely. I will look into that shortly, and post the link once up and running. Thank you for watching.

[@BryanHamann]

Great video. What steel did you use?

[@zeemanknives]

Hi Bryan...for the video purpose I used 5160, which is readily available. I do prefer 01 toolsteel as a High Carbon steel, but this is more expensive, and then N690 for stainless steel.

[@BryanHamann]

@@zeemanknives Thanks. Do you heat treat the N690 yourself? I want to start playing around with stainless, but not sure of the heat treat..

[@zeemanknives]

@@BryanHamann Send me a mail: [e-mail] to discuss.

[@dominickmaone]

What kind of epoxy fo you use? It is very thick.

[@zeemanknives]

Hi Dominick. I use a product called "Epidermix 372". It does have a creamy consistency and its a 12 hour drying epoxy, which gives me ample time to clamp up and clean up seeping out epoxy.

[@conradmeyer9991]

first of all i am the one to say u makin a good blade by the way when tour hand look like thems been greesin axles when u go to have a swazle be verey carefull when u hall out your big willey cos i wouldnt want axle grease on mine!!!

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for watching...ummm, not sure how to respond to your comment, but yes, hands get dirty when working and grinding steel...and I do wash them every time when I'm done working.

[@conradmeyer9991]

@@zeemanknives MY THUMB CRACKS IN FRONT OF THE NAIL MABE THE DETERGENT IN TO STRONG BUT cleaning my hands after workin blade sure is a char

[@conradmeyer9991]

@@zeemanknives once again i am trying to say when my hands are not clean and i have been workin dem blade for hours ifn i need to swazle i take my willey out with a long noze pliers so asn not to get dem iron filings on my willy

[@EJR914]

Did Christopher Nolan pick the music? 😂

[@zeemanknives]

No...although he might have had an influence. Listening to it now, it seems a bit much, but it was cool at the time I was making this video. This was after all the perfect platform to practice my film and editing skills. But yes, have since then ditched the background music as I realised that you will never please everyone and viewers can get very upset if they don't like your choice of music. :)

[@EJR914]

@@zeemanknives I like your choice of music