OLD VS NEW - History Of The Grimsmo Rask

[@JohnGrimsmo]

Would you guys watch a Grimsmo show with this format? Studio with 3 cameras?!

[@codys5727]

We're suckers for anything Grimsmo related, camera number is irrelevant. As long as you stay true to how you approach your videos you'll have us locked in

[@cadplast2480]

A little to dark maybe

[@matmair1915]

I miss the humming of machines in the background but I take what I get

[@legochamp1]

more videos!!! I love every content I can get from you. Last week I rewatched some episodes of knifemaking tuesdays! Its amazing how far you guys come with the knives and youtube! Love my Norseman #3265 (simply the best knife in my collection), Saga is on the way to austria at the moment :)

[@SgtKong]

Personally, yes, I would absolutely watch that. I truly enjoy all of the content you offer and create. This format, so serious and official. Brother this had me enjoying a reply felt joyous laughter. Let's come out with a design that'll be easy that we can pump out for the consumer and call it the Rask... oh my I guess y'all really drinks yourself with that one if only you had known all of the hurdles you would have to overcome. But in the end once again when dealing with a product with the Grimsmo name, the poor consumer has to go ahead and settle for pure an unadulterated perfection! Thanks to you and the entire team for the tremendous amount of development, dedication and finally delivery of tools that greatly surpass thee level of "heirloom quality" and reach a class all together of their own. Much thanks to John, Eric and the entire Grimsbro(chic's included) production team. 🙏

[@knifetech101]

I’ve probably watched 90% of the videos y’all have ever made, so really cool to watch you circle back and look at your history. Keep up the great work guys!

[@russtuff]

So cool. What cutter are you using for the engraving on the spine?

[@sharpstuffaudwayne5086]

The Grimsmo evolution, it's awesome watching you guy's grow... extremely inspirational 😁👍👍

[@jimhontz7313]

Enjoyed the video immensely. Knowing the amount of work and time it takes to improve the product makes the enthusiast appreciate the end result all the more.

[@dcbabbitt]

This was great! Rask #352 just received, and my 1st Grimsmo product (now have a Saga too). Such an amazing piece, and now have a much better understanding thanks to this video! Appreciate your philosophies on tolerances and all you are doing!! Thank you!!

[@jpolhamus71]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the norseman Its my all time FAVORITE blade shape!!!!!!! Love the Guillotine drop shut action! The smooth flickiness!! Gorgeous looking work of art !!!! I cant wait to get my hands on a Rask!

[@capnthepeafarmer]

I'm not a big blade guy, but I love watching someone nerd out on something they are very super in to. If you're excited and pumped for it, so am I!

[@everydaybladesinc]

You guys are killing it brother. Got my second Rask in today. I have # 587 and 1275. I get sent a lot of knives being a knife reviewer. The rask is hands down my favorite knife by a mile. I also have 2 sagas. I use one every day.

[@Ekass13]

Such a great group of guys making fantastic products. I have 2 Norseman and 2 Saga Pens. Can't wait to get a Rask!!! Keep up the great work!

[@northernninety7]

I’m a big fan of the Rask. I like how simple it is to take apart and put together. And it’s slim feel is nice in the hand and pocket.

[@jackzijdenbos5496]

Nice one John, I'm just starting to get my own designs into production and watching your story unfold has definitely been an inspiration

[@CurtVanFilipowski]

Love the nerdy deep dive! Clean video setup as well!

[@hyperformancellc]

put a mirror on the wall by your sharpening station. let your guys have more view in their peripherals to keep them safe.

[@ReclusiveMountainMan]

That's such a clean design. On my want list. I've already signed up for maker's/buyer's choice. ;) Still loving my Norseman. My Norseman has been on my pocket the whole pandemic while working the front line. Easy to clean daily with alcohol.

[@residentialpropertydevelop4549]

Just got my first Rask #749 a couple of days ago here in N.Z. Wow, and this is a fantastic watch John to help appreciate all of the small precision details that might slip you by on first viewing. Won’t be my last, thanks for a super cool, functional, dreamy carry!

[@helicopterjohns]

Congratulations on a long journey to precision. You guys are the men!!!!!!

[@ForsakenAngel236]

Very interesting video. It is long and mostly studio, but packed with good content and I haven't really noticed that it was long and most of it was studio )

[@THISISNIOSE]

Who remembers Knifesmaking Tuesday?

[@rontz]

Your Norseman-journey started in 2012 you say? I didn’t realize I‘ve been following you for 9 years!

[@ReclusiveMountainMan]

Just bought a brand new Rask on the secondary market. Coincidentally it was finished on my Birthday this year, and it's the exact configuration I would have chosen. I have two of your Norsemans, and I love the quality and functionality of your knives. I need a Saga pen at some point to complete the trio of your products. ;)

[@jasonpearce5385]

Great video!!! Love the format!

[@codys5727]

Just received my first rask today! Superb knife and was a long time waiting but well worth it!

[@alexanderbertallo1995]

Great show guys! Thanks for sharing and keep up the outstanding work... Much love from Switzerland

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Thank you for the Rask deep dive. You can trace the improvements through your li'l Rask museum pieces. This was interesting and magnetic for the knife nerd in me. More of these in depth features would work for me.✌

[@mnjcosby]

Kudos on making the decision to move the the lock bar relief to the inside, I wanna slap knife makers that leave that huge scoop to grab your pocket edge every time you put the knife in and out of your pocket, some are fine especially on contoured scales, but on some knives like my hinderer eklipse it catches every damn time

[@sixplymaple1262]

What other knife maker have you guys ever seen who inspects/shows off the insides of their knives on camera? Grimsmo FTW! Wish I could afford one of these beauties. Maybe someday. Hopefully John is still making them in 10+ years lol.

[@charlesschmuckatelli7888]

It's great to see the evolution...I've been looking for a south paw Norseman for like 4 years with no success. It's like chasing fairies

[@GoranPeuc]

I remember clearly years ago, decades even, when I was watching Alien Resurrection movie, there's a scene where some characters are watching a knife sale TV channel, and I thought to myself "what a bunch of losers, watching a dhow about knives". Fast forward years later, not only am I watching knife reviews and sharpening videos, I have now just spent one hour watching Grimsmo bro explain in painful detail the detail between two nearly identical knives (identical to the ordinary person), and I'm thinking to myself - wow, this is amazing show, wish he would explain more!

[@lodakota94]

Best video I watched this week. So satisfying. The rask is my end all knife now. Maybe one day I’ll be lucky enough to get a chance at owning one.

[@alexp974]

I have a norseman, and have been on the list for rask awhile now. Super excited that it is back in production. The Norseman has the best action of any of my knives (customs and production).

[@nathanc777]

I don't necessarily understand why after 10+ years of CNC knife making experience a basic titanium framelock still poses such a challenge for the Grimsmos to manufacturer, but hey, will be nice to see more Rasks available in the near future!

[@everydaybladesinc]

Why not put the lock bar cutout on the inside on both knives?

[@mattbress9304]

My wife : are you going to watch knife videos all day? Me : just this one. I have been waiting a while for it. I am excited to get a hold of a Kern Rask one of these days

[@Zengineer]

Really enjoyed this vid and the look back at the past. Keep it going!

[@rapidenterprises5681]

Congrats John and Team

[@everydaybladesinc]

Over travel stops make perfect sense on your knives because you get the lock bar pressure perfect. I don’t get other makers doing it because their lock bars are stiff as a board.

[@F3nrisTAG]

Watching this made me break out the case and take my norseman apart to clean it.

[@johannesschuhmann229]

Did you ever consider speed stroke grinding your bevels? Like on a coordinate grinding machine. This might improve your surfaces quality and speed up your process. I think the Kern should be capable to speed stroke grind.

[@nicholascoulter3760]

Once you got the rask all ironed out is there any plans to produce a 3rd model eventually?

[@stevebantersb]

Drop shut with lock bar pressure. Wow! How sweet!

[@martijndeman4789]

I don't have anything with knifes, but watching this video, wow they are beautiful. so passionate and now i see the perfection that goes into one.

[@paulmills426]

Do you ever use any super steels like M390, s90v or Vanax? I would love to have a rask in 1 of those steels if it's possible.

[@KlodianHysi]

What is the best norseman steel cpm154 vs rwl34?

[@islandknife9272]

really over the moon excited as i am getting my first Rask next week #504 ive handled one before they are unreal

[@napalmholiday9708]

Loved the video, made me want a rask even more now. The spine whack clip made me a little nervous with that ungloved hand though 😬

[@bryanbushby2754]

Good work boys nice to see brother’s still working well together after so many hour’s

[@csquared4538]

That crosshatch is so beautiful. I have a norseman. I have a specter which was one of my bucket list knives. Only one left is the rask!!! (I do rock the norseman as my profile pic and have since I got it if that gives me special treatment!) XD Love it guys, keep up the great work

[@JesseBorn]

This video is very cool and very inspiring. Wow.

[@JZL003]

This one is particularly nice to have on in the background, sort of like a video podcast. That is one hard part about the maching videos, some of the whine makes it painful at times. Have you looked at selective frequency dampening? I'm no audio engineer but it seems like they're relatively stable frequencies and I know many audio/video editors allow you to look at a sound frequency spectrum, maybe there's a very obvious constrained high-end pitch which could be dampened But overall very nice

[@NorthEasternEDC]

Can I buy the new one??? I've been trying to get one of these since you started making them.

[@anchorbait6662]

"Rotating pivots are dumb" :) J.G.

[@TommiHonkonen]

the green screen background looks good

[@miip]

Very nice video, but could you tell us the recommended torque for the screws on a norseman and rask?

[@glockmeister26]

I want the Rask that's going to be made 10 years from now.

[@johngladiator803]

Those pre-sells were booked last month.

[@glockmeister26]

@@johngladiator803 LMAO! but true

[@detectorguy]

Excellent background story on your awesome knives. Nice to hear and see the evolution of the development and improvements through experiences in the manufacturing and function of the knives. On another note, if I'm wrong call me out but John , you are a EDC kind of guy. What I mean is you will have your every day carry items in your pocket including a Flashlight, yes?..... how about a future product to compliment your cool gear ( knives and Saga pen) by developing and making an ultimate Grimsmo EDC pocket flashlight?... that would be epic.

[@AdMan-The-LabRat]

I totally agree (sans the torch), like IAN CURTIS I am also a super supporter of "...developing and making an ultimate..." I am just going to fill in the blanks here with some obvious themed ETLA's by saying: " CANI of Team Grimsmos KDLC" ETLA =Extended Three Letter Acronym CANI = Constant & Nonstop Improvement, SDLC = or SMillthing Development Life Cycle SMillthing = Milling + Smithing (Blade/Tool).

[@RossiDeakin0406]

During your early days how did you fund the process, ie, the Mori and setting up of the old shop, was it borrowed money or did you have a main income source to help... Love you channel, your a great man and boss... 👍👏.. Very inspiring! thanks dudes.

[@Juansonos]

I don't have special insight, but he started doing scales for other knives. With a small mill, converted to cnc, pretty sure that funded the tormach. Which lead to Norseman, which lead to Rask, which lead to more machines and space needed.

[@Max_Marz]

Dude, why don't you have a wire edm, that's gotta be your next toy after the kern forreal. You could do all kinds of crazy stuff with a sinker too. 👻 ~process reliability john~ 👻

[@paulmills426]

Will you ever do a super steel or is RWL-34 and cpm-154 good enough? You know full Grimsmo because I'm down for that. 👍👍👍

[@agg42]

I wonder what would have happened if instead of a resin bond wheel they had found a vitrified wheel at 2017.

[@alicehill5241]

Now I need to get a Rask for my bf to match his Norseman. Will you be doing damasteel for the Rask?

[@M13asan]

damn Alice!

[@hammurambi]

Sounds like a Bergers cutlery grinder would save you a ton of cycle time on grinding the Rask blades.

[@stevebantersb]

Two models done perfect is the best way to create! But john, when you perfect the rask and Norman your going to get itchy and start a new model because every time a knife is completed it feels like you just got a new knife! My opinion of course!

[@bryanstone654]

Rask would be my grail knife is you could do one with a blade just under 3 inches for Boston Massachusetts

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 Time to make new machining fixtures for Norseman. Make Eric's life much better 😁

[@romo4301]

Amazing video! Great knife! Cool design! Greetings from black forest!

[@JimPodemski]

Hey i have Production Rask #101!

[@maydanlex]

Let's go...get 'em on out there.

[@2handsomeforlaw]

@johngrimsmo Is there a connection between you and Norway? Just curious :) Vennlig hilsen Fredrik, in Norway

[@danielhalbrook2965]

When you originally said "lockbar insert", I thought you meant it wouldn't be a framelock anymore, which would be cool and open up some material options. Still think it would have been better to produce a new model.

[@VDC_EDC]

#2621 is on its way to me as I type this.. I cannot wait..I’ll be spending the next week watching all the Rask content I can find in anticipation 😅

[@JamilFerguson]

That Black Rask though!!! #NeeditNOW

[@lokis9210]

Can we get some more Kern content please :) I love the way you use this amazing machine!

[@csquared4538]

Hope you guys actually make enough that we can get one!

[@EightSixx]

awesome video!

[@Xanduur]

If only I could actually have the opportunity to buy one. :/ loved the video.

[@everydaycelt]

Even if you each spent an average of 2 hours on each of your 5,000 knives (likely it's much more) you each would have reached "master" status with 10,000+ hrs of devoted practice in knife making. Masters Grimsmo🤘

[@azraelsblade]

I have a first run Rask (179) and a newer Norseman... I have to keep telling myself that I don’t need a Nu-Rask....

[@nicky123431]

I would kill even for a scrap handle scale to display on my shelf 😍

[@alecshane6683]

Wish I could buy a blue one with a Damascus blade for my birthday today?🙁🖖

[@glockmeister26]

Its my birthday too ; )

[@alecshane6683]

@@glockmeister26 Happy birthday!🎉🎊🎁🎂

[@jasoncadier5305]

I have #368 pretty crazy!

[@neilsnyder7915]

I have money ready and waiting for a Rask. Don’t make me send my guys with baseball bats to get one……lol

[@MrBobkeenan]

Great video! But one Comment….. MORE RASKS PLS!

[@-winter-7920]

The knife world needs more DLC Grimsmo...

[@johnalexander2349]

Thank you for no music!

[@JustTex]

pretty cool chat sir's

[@hoodo3337]

Доброго времени ! Давно к вам не заглядывал . Как всегда на высоте .

[@jumpmaster_edc664]

John let’s see that integral 🤪

[@HybridiHippo]

What what...

[@CheatcodeGlitch]

I can’t believe my number got called for task #430!

[@BrunoWiebelt]

still not understand how you make so much money with such simple design

[@tubbed68cuda]

Let’s talk about Rasks and why the everyday working man can’t afford one. Just sayin’....

[@MrISoFr3sh]

I see that murdered out rask please

[@zyadzyad2154]

Very nice

[@Blue.4D2]

⭐️😊👍

[@mdturnerinoz]

Please just make them like a product and STOP the silly lottery nonsense!