How To Maкe a Bushcraft Knife ENTIRELY BY HAND, Without Power Tools and Without Forging

[@SvetsChannel]

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[@scottrulka6587]

Now that a knife 😊

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[@TheMongo1357]

My thoughts EXACTLY!!! This was an OUTSTANDING instructional video and you gained a new Fan and Subscriber here as well!!!

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[@corydavies9406]

Exactly the same for me

[@autumngreenleaf3390]

Thanks. Glad to see someone making something without power tools.

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[@Mike-kr9ys]

You made a really good knife in a challenging, hard working way. You made an impressive knife. Thanks for sharing your inspiring efforts with us

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[@misterpontypine]

I’ve subscribed! You are a natural teacher, you keep it simple, interesting, and easy to follow and copy. You are encouraging and enthusiastic. I will have a look at your other videos as I really like this simple but practical home made approach especially for countryside skills. Thank you 🙏

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Thank you so much for your kind words. And thanks for subscribing too! Much appreciated.

[@echos-myron]

Legit. One of the best looking hand made stock removal knives I’ve seen on KZbin.

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[@keithricketts4867]

Would be great to have a link for that 1095 steel sir.. great video..!!

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@@keithricketts4867 www.gfsknifesupplies.com Here's the link for you.

[@keithricketts4867]

Thank you sir..!! Amazing..!!

[@3beesforge]

I really enjoyed you video! I love to see stuff like this on how you can make things without all the technology.

[@SvetsChannel]

@@3beesforge Thanks! I am working on more videos like that.

[@korgan7779]

Excellent Video, and excellent work! My father and I are majorly into DIY just long before the "DIY" Acronym was in wide spread use. We are both "Jacks off all trades, Master of none.." but I often add "..or a few" to the end of that. We often set around drawing up designs for various things including knife and axe head patterns that we'd like to make. So I very much enjoyed seeing someone else's take on how to do it yourself because face it, originally, before all the mass manufacturing of knives and tools, the items were made by their eventual user, and then adjusted as it needed to be for the jobs at hand. My only real critique (not really a negative one) would be, if a 3D Printer would be considered a power tool? I know it's knit picking but wondered if making a variation of Micarta by hand before processing the material into a handle the way you would have the Beachwood might have been more inline with your purposes here? Liked, Subscribed, looking forward to more! Best wishes!

[@SvetsChannel]

My respect goes to you and to your father! I tried to make the scales by hand, out of beech wood, as shown in the video. It was a flop. I believe a 3D printer is not considered a power tool, even if it does use electricity. But guess what else uses electricity! My kitchen oven which I used for tempering the blade. Is a kitchen oven considered a power tool as well? I don't think so, but I let the linguists answer this question, as English is not my native language. Thank you so much for subscribing!

[@JoeyKnifeInnovations]

Great stuff 💪🏼 Keep it coming im watching.

[@SvetsChannel]

Thanks! Will do!

[@Javaman92]

You gave me several great ideas! SO yeah, I definitely learned something.

[@SvetsChannel]

This is really awesome and motivates me to create more step by step guides like this. Thanks for watching my video!

[@JarheadAirsoft]

Super cool man!!! Underrated channel fr

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@@JarheadAirsoft I am glad that you like my video. Stay tuned for more. Thank you for your support!

[@gkaye9393]

WOW-------WHAT ELSE CAN BE SAID BUT WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[@greencanopybushcraftsurviv6713]

Very impressive. Well done!

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Glad you liked it! Cheers!

[@amandameglio2903]

Very impressive! Thanks

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@@amandameglio2903 You're welcome!

[@-IE_it_yourself]

3d printer? that came out of nowhere. great knife. subscribed.

[@SvetsChannel]

Thank you so much for subscribing. Yes, the beech wood failed me, so I had to create the scales in Fusion 360.

[@pranay24jify]

Its amazing work. All sweat and blood. Only thing I would have changed is the use of brass pin in handle just to make it more aesthetic to the handle colour.

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I am glad you have found my video interesting. Thanks & greetings!

[@DrJuan-ev8lu]

Will 3D printed scales actually hold up in rough field use?

[@SvetsChannel]

Yes. I printed these handle scales using PLA-Plus filament which is pliable like nylon and doesn't snap or crack (unlike pure PLA). The prints were done at 100% infill and the orientation of the printer head strokes was lenghtwise. On top of all of this, I annealed the scales in an oven at a temperature of 95 degrees Centigrade which is beyond the re-crystallization temperature of PLA+. This made the scales even stronger. The liquid steel epoxy that I used to fix them to the tang of the knife further reinforces their integrity and strength. I have no doubts that these scales will hold up to any use or abuse in rough field conditions.

[@noavan1]

gonna make one 😆

[@sternum16]

пич супер ти стана браво ! Само като видях остъкления балкон и се усъмних, че си наш.

[@SvetsChannel]

Сърдечно благодаря!

[@paulramos6767]

What does the oven step do?

[@SvetsChannel]

The oven step is called "tempering". It relieves the inner stresses inside of the steel that are caused by the sudden and violent quench. If you skip the tempering step, your blade will turn out very brittle and will break easily, like a piece of glass.

[@DrJuan-ev8lu]

Water quenching of high carbon steel from red hot turns the metal very hard and brittle: "hardening". Metallurgists call the structure martensite and the iron is in a specific crystal structure incorporating carbon and the low/trace amounts of alloying elements. The "tempering" step of heating and holding at modest oven temperatures allows some of the carbon to migrate out and some of crystal structure to revert back to normal ferrite. The result is a slight reduction in hardness and a big gain in toughness. There is also a significant reduction in any frozen in stresses that can result from differential shrinkage through the body of the blade as it is rapidly cooled.

[@paulramos6767]

@@SvetsChannel thank you

[@paulramos6767]

@@DrJuan-ev8lu very in depth lol thanks

[@DrJuan-ev8lu]

@@paulramos6767Shock cooling by water quenching is necessary in common carbon knife steels. But in later years alloy additions of certain metals has allowed slower and slower cool down from red heat. There are now knife steels that "air harden". The high temperature carbides are stable enough so that no special hasty cooling is necessary. This was important technology not so much for knives but to allow very large parts to be thru hardened. In big thick machine parts there are limitations on achievable quenching rates deep in the core of the part. And as you might expect, annealing these takes much longer.

[@kerem.k]

My man is making a heat treatment on the balcony next to curtains. I say thats Balkan AF 😂

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@@kerem.k LOL

[@jacksonjoseph1446]

What are the messurements length width

[@SvetsChannel]

Just download the template that I have shared in the description of the video and print it out.

[@jacksonjoseph1446]

@SvetsChannel thank you ♥️

[@MrOldclunker]

Just found your channel and enjoyed your knife making video. I just retired and picked up some steel to make a knife. Your design is going to be my first knife. I want to make a Nessmuk. The way you put the bevel on was very unique and this is something I will be doing on my knife for sure. The only thing I couldn't catch in your video was the first solution that you used to blue the knife. You picked up a new sub #839. I look forward to catching up on your videos. I'd like to obtain a good template for a Nessmuk if you have made them. So far most are from using an Old Hickory knife modification that I am not a fan.

[@SvetsChannel]

Hi, thank you for subscribing! I am glad that you have found my video useful. Yes, a lot can be accomplished with simple tools and easy to make jigs. For a Nessmuck design, I would use a picture of an existing commercial blade and I would modify it to my liking in Adobe PhotoShop or in Adobe Illustrator. There are also free alternatives like Photopea. Let me know if you need help designing your template. Greetings!

[@Constable.Chauvin]

it's nice to see someone else working in their balcony and not in a garage filled with powertools also are you from eastern europe? we have the same tools lol

[@SvetsChannel]

Thanks. I am Bulgarian.

[@flappydoodle2565]

Very cool knife, are you from Bulgaria by any chance?

[@SvetsChannel]

That is correct. :)

[@flappydoodle2565]

@SvetsChannel Hahaha that's awesome I knew it. Can you tell me where did you buy the white bricks you made your heat-treating forge from ? I need one myself because I always burn my knives when heat-treating on my coal forge 🤣

[@SvetsChannel]

@@flappydoodle2565 I got the bricks from Praktiker. The brand name is Ytong.

[@geraldstamour1312]

Dope AF results, @SvetsChannel! Now it needs an equally dope sheath to complete the package!!

[@SvetsChannel]

Thanks! A sheath/scabbard video is coming up next.

[@Luchengan]

Excellent job.Perhaps this is the easiest and cheapest way to make a bushcraft knife,and it really needs a lot of patience. I also want to make knives by myself. I bought some high speed steel,really hard,over 62HRC,hope they can provide good edge retention.However,it’s nearly impossible for me to cut them, I must use power tools.

[@SvetsChannel]

Does your high speed steel come pre-hardened? Make sure that it is annealed (or anneal it yourself). Otherwise, it would be close to impossible to work it, even with power tools.

[@Luchengan]

@ Hmm, it has been hardened,and I have no choice but to machine it without annealing.I know it will be nearly impossible, but I can’t give high speed steel good heat treatment.This needs higher temperature than 1095 steel .(over 1100°C for quenching and 550°C for tempering ,while to 1095,about 800°C for quenching and 200°C for tempering )A simple forge may not provide such high temperature.Moreover, I have seen some people make knives with high speed steel this way.I plan to buy an angle grinder and a belt sander ,just want to have a stupid try.(Sorry that my English is not good .)

[@SvetsChannel]

@Luchengan Yes, if your rapid steel is pre-hardened, then your only choice is to use power tools. It's gonna be a chore, but it is doable with the help of a good belt grinder. When you're grinding it, remember to keep it cool by regularly dipping the blank in a bucket of water. This is done in order to prevent heat buildup, caused by the friction. If you get the detail too hot, this may ruin the factory temper. Best of luck with your project!

[@Luchengan]

@ Thank you! I may make a video if I successfully do it.

[@JustGaryJHomes]

I was waiting for the curtains to catch fire and subsequent swearing in Russian 😂😂😂😂…. But jokes aside great job learned a lot

[@SvetsChannel]

@@JustGaryJHomes Lol, it occured to me that this may happen. PS: I am not Russian. 🙂

[@CvetaPopova]

Браво! Много полезно видео!

[@quinmakesstuff]

Hello!

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@@quinmakesstuff Hello! Welcome to my channel.

[@hobojyk7435]

I'll probably make a paring knife tbh

[@SvetsChannel]

Cool. You can use that same workflow for the making of any type of knife. For a paring knife you may be tempted to go stainless. Just keep in mind that stainless steel is a lot trickier to heat treat than plain carbon steel.

[@hobojyk7435]

@SvetsChannel my current bushcraft knife Is a paring knife I went mountain man

[@davidarwood6264]

Do this one time and then you'll be buying a cheap angle grinder . I promise 😂. Good work though.

[@SvetsChannel]

@@davidarwood6264 LoL, this is so true. Can't argue with that! I was trying to make a point with this video. A lot of things can be made with just hand tools.

[@davidarwood6264]

​@@SvetsChannelof course. My first knife was made with a similar gig that I made with a eye bolt , rod and file also. It works well. Probably more precise and less chance of messing up than freehanding on a beltsander really.

[@Coordinator61]

I go online and buy a Helle knife.

[@SvetsChannel]

Me too. :) I own more than a dozen factory-made knives. With that being said, I see nothing wrong in making your own custom knife. You learn a lot in the process. Or even just for the fun of it. Thank you for leaving a comment.