Making a Simple Marking Knife

[@ThisOldTony]

nice project, quite... ahem... sharp looking. and very useful. much better than store-bought. great character.

[@September7721]

I really enjoy how clear he was a out examining the process. Really awesome job

[@BruceAUlrich]

Very cool! I’ve never seen that method of putting the lip on a piece of brass like that before. Thanks for sharing! The marking knife looks great!

[@SwitchAndLever]

Check out other metal spinning videos. What I'm doing is child's play compared to those who know what the heck they're doing.

[@738polarbear]

THAT is actually a BEAUTIFUL knife . Bravo sir.

[@bramhijman4829]

Wow it's one of the nicest videos i've even seen. I'm gonna make it for sure !! Thanks from holland!

[@winter-survivor]

The resulted knife was really beautiful, but what actually caught my attention was your explanation about metal quenching and tempering. I finally understood the process hahah

[@truth7416]

Excellent presentation. You made it so interesting. It flows well. Thanks

[@brucewilliams6292]

Thank you so much for sharing so many neat techniques in 1 video. Lovely project

[@wehaveasaying]

Great video and amazing looking knife!

[@katzmosestools]

Awesome approachable way to make this. Lots of fun to watch and now on my list.

[@SwitchAndLever]

Cheers man! I appreciate it!

[@kunwarvarunpratapsingh215]

Katz-Moses Woodworking Shop i

[@0912598438]

Katz-Moses Woodworking Shop

[@finnstudios3157]

Me too!

[@henryworkswoodandmetal]

Very clear and concise, great video!👍

[@Crewsy]

That’s a great tutorial. I never figured you could anneal or temper with a propane torch. Certainly makes this a doable DIY project for everyone.

[@brucemcnally3924]

Such a pleasing and well presented project, I am going to make one myself. Many thanks!

[@stephenater9687]

Beautifully done, and I loved the dog!

[@sfcmmacro]

If you are working a lot with spalted wood you should look into a pressure pot (lots of DIY plans out there) and a long-curing expoxy to stabilize the wood and harden it for turning. You will be amazed at the difference this makes.

[@SwitchAndLever]

Yep, well aware of them and their use. I haven't felt a pressuring need to make one. Also cactus juice (of which I'm a fan since I lived in the US) is pretty impossible to come by over here in Europe, so I'd have to find a suitable replacement.

[@MacSqueeky]

This video is a knife way to get your point across. Thank you for your sharply made videos. I blade you a good day until your next one.

[@Kapten_R3]

Lol

[@SwitchAndLever]

You're just slicing it with all these knife puns!

[@1019wc1019]

Those puns cut deep

[@donizetesouzadealmeida9983]

Parabéns! Deu dó ao ver cortar uma lâmina Sueca, essas lâminas são excelentes, e no Brasil dificilmente vemos essas lâminas. Excelente projeto!

[@jacobopstad5483]

What an attractive knife!

[@richardtous1085]

wow. I wouldn't normally click on this. I saw many and some lil marking.. convinced by word simple. I must say.. after all those making videos FINALLY some information, some description so I know why you do the things you do. it's great when is shared info that is "commonly known". is? I'm glad I clicked

[@gasgiant7122]

Really nice project, very good tutorial video, you have good knowledge.

[@Tugmun11]

Yes, remarkable, "Well done Sir, another fine Video, and terrific project " that's my remark.

[@GrahamDallas]

Great project, nicely done

[@wmdskins]

A good option for finish on spalted woods is superglue. Do it right in the lathe, be sure to wear safety glasses. Clear finish, nice and hard. 👍

Nice video! Cool coincidence for me, I started bidding on an E A Berg plane blade a few days ago to make a leather knife.

[@savannahstacey9041]

Omg you took it out of the oven with your bare hands! Nice!!

[@SwitchAndLever]

Forgot to shoot that part, so it's actually the footage of me putting it into the oven, just played in reverse. Don't take out a hot knife blade with your bare hands.

[@savannahstacey9041]

Switch & Lever haha I figured! Just poking at cha a little. Love the video 😬❤️

[@CarlosCruz-rs7we]

Muy buen trabajo . Nice 👌 👋

[@PJGalati]

Good stuff! Marking knife is one my list for this year.

[@DDB168]

Good job. Looks great.

[@cosanostracosanostra623]

You did a really nice job. Well done :)

[@askanibhai]

very usefull and informative to make any kind of knives thanks and keep it up

[@anthonykent7983]

Beautiful work my friend 😀

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome job! 👍👊

[@luisstanker1491]

Very very nice work ... 👏👏👏👍

[@damy340043]

If you want you can use a HSS bar that is user for making tools for the lathe. They are already tempered and you can trace also on metals

[@clemmcguinness1087]

Excellent, subscribed

[@glenpeacock8597]

Beautiful marking knife

[@makenchips]

Great video on how to do! Toolbox good but I would have made the blade longer and I would have made the feral smaller that looks like a really nice knife overall great job

[@alonzosanchez8577]

just came across your channel awesome video Brother I Subscribed 👍👍👍

[@matthewjacobs5507]

On such a simple project would it be feasible to permeate the spalted wood with epoxy resin to stabilize it for turning?

[@DBELLTREE]

Awesome little tool.

[@fabiandaroca]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@brethenia]

You’re right, the spalted Wood is beautiful

[@timberdish]

Loved that! Great vid Daniel, nice one :-)

[@wiggum2009]

Great project. CA glue would make a great finish to strengthening the spalted birch

[@genivaldopereiradasilva572]

Perfeita, tamanho bom para portar. Parabéns pela minúcia.

[@erfut]

Very Good Tutorial, Thank You. One question, why do you touch a magnet during heating the tool please?

[@SwitchAndLever]

It’s kind of like a thermometer. When the steel is hot enough not to be magnetic it’s hot enough to be quenched and hardened.

[@erfut]

Thank you, that is a great and very easy useful tip to know.much appreciated.

[@MarkMiller-zm2th]

Great job

[@MrArolav]

Nu styr jag ut mot garaget omedelbart och gör en markeringskniv. Heter det så på svenska?

[@yjk1037]

Do you have a video showing the grinding jig on your bench grinder?

[@SwitchAndLever]

It's a plate of aluminium and a c-clamp to hold it in place. It's nothing special.

[@mje3055]

Very nice

[@Cactusworkshopchannel]

surprised how simple the metal spinning was! i have to give it a try! :)

[@SwitchAndLever]

Well, frankly, that's the fourth or fifth one I made, because I kept going through the side of the brass and breaking the ferrule. I think it's definitely easier on softer metals, or metals that won't work harden so easily.

[@RunnerPack]

Great video, as usual! BTW, the phrase is actually: "The proof of the pudding is in the tasting".

[@just.some.dud3]

Entertaining and educational as always. :)

[@ItaloLima]

Nice !!

[@GregsGarage]

Thanks for going through the annealing and heat treating. The knife looks great. I need to make on of these.

[@censusgary]

What’s the grit size of your water stone or stones?

[@KetoBuffed]

Soy solo yo que también quiere esta pieza para comer? Excelente fabricación!! Saludos.

[@Hugs_4Life]

Would you recommend any specific types of projects for beginners that are too scared to work with too many power tools..?

[@SwitchAndLever]

You could've done pretty much this entire project without power tools, you don't need to use a belt sander to grind metal, you can use a file and sand paper. You don't need a lathe to shape wood, you can use saws, chisels, files and sandpaper, and so on and so on. The best project to do is the one you feel passionate about. Think of it as problem solving. How can you do a specific thing with what you have available? Google and KZbin are your friends in this!

[@Hugs_4Life]

Switch & Lever thank you! :)

[@TheDutyPaid]

Old engine oil is great, puts a bit more carbon into the steel. Lower flash point as well.

[@SwitchAndLever]

I wouldn't recommend it, a motor picks up all sorts of crap while running, such as heavy metals, and that tends to collect in the oil. The smoke from old motor oil is downright unhealthy. If you need to get carbon into your steel there are better methods.

[@TheDutyPaid]

With all due respect, all the tooling and processes shown in this video can be classed as unhealthy or potentially lethal. If care is taken, then any risk is minimal. I enjoyed the video and have liked it.

[@oliverljong1420]

were in Sweden do you find titebond?

[@santosguerrero8722]

Miy bien tirada la bola

[@pjhalchemy]

Liked the way you only used part of that fine chisel blade...lots left for other projects! Haven't seen the forming done since TOT did it years ago...nice job. Thanks for another fine video and build!

[@moth.monster]

Random question, but what video editor do you use? I noticed that all your videos are only in 720p, which happens to line up with the restriction of a free copy of Lightworks. (of course, 720p is more than enough for a high quality viewing experience)

[@SwitchAndLever]

Nope, I use Premiere. I don't so much see the point in editing in full HD or 4K. My camera shoots in full HD but editing at 720p gives me a bit more options on framing and creative use of the material without upscaling.

[@Wren6991]

I'm a simple man. I see S&L, I click.

[@FlokrollProjects]

Gj. Keep em coming

[@noorinaini2725]

Notice that smile face on the glue at 4:46

[@tonoperez5627]

Para que se usaría esa herramienta?

[@FoodCollectionGD]

สนใจสั่งซื้อครับ

[@theodorequakins2636]

damn, i love your content.

[@SwitchAndLever]

Cheers!

[@MrAygiz]

Definitely Like 👍

[@dimitrioslykissas7981]

The spinning scotch-brite on the lathe is a death-trap, a life-ending accident waiting to happen. Scotch-brite is notorriously "grabby" and can fling this small blade like it's nobody's business. This kind of abrasive should be used, in the context of knife-making, only as a belt on a belt grinder, and then only with the blade held tip-down and without any king of rest/table. I'm one of those who laugh at overly safety conscious people on the Internet, but this one legitimately made the hair on my arms raise.

[@SwitchAndLever]

You should never grind anything with the tip up anyway, way too much chance to grab even on a fine grit belt. They make wheels for benchtop grinders from scotch brite as well. Granted my contraption was a bit more MacGyver than what that would be, it was also spinning at a much much slower speed than a benchtop grinder. Even if it grabbed the blade it would have, at worst, tossed it down into the chip pan of the lathe. Not saying it's safe, but not much more dangerous than a scotch brite belt or wheel.

[@TheProrage509]

Do a double edge dagger next

[@SwitchAndLever]

Nope, I have quite little interest in making things that doesn't have a practical application. A dagger is mostly just a weapon, and that ain't my cup of tea.

[@_BLANK_BLANK]

I loved the video. I really wish it didn't have the music in the background though :(

[@NitroMaxOriginal]

Nice, thanks.

[@billiealva3806]

YOUR DOING THAT BARE HANDED 😲

[@SwitchAndLever]

There is no part of the video where gloves are necessary, and some where it would be downright dangerous to wear them.

[@bringerofbacon3240]

Metal spinning reminds me of throwing pottery

[@antoniskyriakou327]

YOU ARE VERY GOOD

[@madgamerkitty2800]

Have you ever considered using super glue to make the wood harder? It’s great for making the wood more stable.

[@SwitchAndLever]

I don't really like using super glue as a top coating, it's too brittle in my book, and the penetration without a pressure (or vacuum) chamber is not especially deep. If I had a vacuum chamber I would've probably stabilized the wood with proper resin instead.

[@alflpedersen]

Are you from sweden ?

[@SwitchAndLever]

Refer to this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJOTooibictkfas

[@alflpedersen]

Switch & Lever Ahh ok Thanks

[@slowdaze]

I feel I should remark on this video, but I'm afraid my comments will miss their mark altogether.

[@cesarasucrojr.9321]

slowdaze

[@حسونيالربيعي-ذ5ظ]

HssEn FlaIn Hssn

[@andreperait]

Beautiful piece of work but I should think the blade be a little longer..

[@Leblond987]

Lovely project, but really a bit of overkill. Set a stanley blade into a handle.

[@SwitchAndLever]

Not the same thing. There is a reason to have a flat side up to the bevel on a marking knife. A utility blade has two believes, not making it as suitable for the same task.

[@1019wc1019]

I'd watch a video of you actually at these flea markets you are always talking about.

[@SwitchAndLever]

I have one of those videos up, where I go to a Turkish bazaar, and it's one of my least watched videos unfortunately. They're also not all that fun to shoot, as it's somewhere I go to enjoy myself, to get lost in the cornucopia of weird stuff around, rather than watching it all through a camera screen. So I hear you, but unfortunately I doubt I'll be making a video like that any time soon.

[@1019wc1019]

Switch & Lever ohhhh I didn't look particularly hard I'll go find it

[@حمزهالراوى-ك6ط]

wow

[@apolloskrill6099]

Couldn't you also stabilize the wood and get it back to being structurally sound?

[@SwitchAndLever]

Sure, but not having a vacuum chamber that’s out of my reach.

[@np02058]

Superglue is perfect to stabilize that kind of wood. the outside anyway.

[@SwitchAndLever]

I really don't like superglue finishes, they become too brittle in my opinion. Drop them on a hard surface and they get damaged.

[@np02058]

@@SwitchAndLever have to be pretty big objects in that case. Never had that problem with the handles or winestoppers i have made.

[@SwitchAndLever]

@@np02058 I've made pens with CA finish, and when dropped it has both chipped and has gotten small crazing marks. I think it's because the finish is so hard, it becomes brittle. I much prefer a little softer finish, like poly, or something that soaks in a bit like linseed oil.

[@handatj5565]

You just normalized the steel, to anneel the steel you must bring past critical and cool extremely slowly in vermiculite

[@johnthebob1]

actually the part of the blade you are cutting into is not hardened. typically they only harden the end of the blade that has the cutting edge on it.

[@SwitchAndLever]

It's really interesting that you make that comment despite a) obvious signs from the sparks when cutting it that it's hardened steel and b) the fact that a file skates over it. It's definitely hardened.

[@johnthebob1]

@@SwitchAndLever nw. It could be a difference in the brand, I have stanley planes and none of mine are hardedned at the back I have filed all of them round with no issues at the back part of the blade. Something Paul sellers does in his restoring a plane video. I honestly have never noticed a difference in sparks when cutting hardedned vs non hardened steel but I havent cut a lot of hardened steel in my time. Also I didnt see you file in the video so its not something I would have noticed. loved the final result though Ill be maing one myself. unfortunately I dont have a spare blade so will have to use a ciircular saw blade.

[@SwitchAndLever]

@@johnthebob1 at about 0:58 Yeah, a circular saw blade is a great option. I'm always on the hunt for old saw blades, like properly early last century if possible, as the steel in them is usually both really good but also easily hardened by quenching, as opposed to a lot of modern "mystery" steels.

[@barthanes1]

Remarkable... video. : )

[@not2fast4u2c]

That is a Sharp looking knife !!! by saying sharp I meant Really Nice

[@LuisFranciscoPerchinMarin]

😅 0:06

[@emerson_kkkjkk4011]

Show 👌 essas armas 🔫

[@Kikilang60]

I would rather have the plane blade, but still cool video.

[@Kikilang60]

Had to go back and look at the Swedish plane blade. I need to go to Sweden.

[@SwitchAndLever]

It didn't have all that much life left in it, and I paid less than $1 for it. You can get old ones in much better quality if you really want one.

[@Kikilang60]

Yes, that's true.

[@toaster1859]

Sadly I can't even make this

[@jonlocke1624]

Is it wrong that I imagine Patrick Swayze behind you holding your hands as you do the metal spinning? What am I talking, of course it's not.

[@ankushdavesar]

1080p?

[@MRCAB]

Overrated.

[@zhrahamdan7340]

Ankush Davesar 2379p

[@TheRealDirtySkillz]

I think you need to re-inforce safety. The proximity of your hand to the grinder was close.

[@SwitchAndLever]

I have mentioned my views on safety before in a video, I don't repeat it constantly as I do expect people to be careful with what they do. You can see my views on safety here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJOTooibictkfas

[@scoosylp]

more than enough...

[@ajajdjdksifo3253]

Swedish?

[@57F.K]

I have a spoon.

[@Forth3w1ng]

Are you Irish, because you sound like daithidenogla