The Indestructible Knife Build!

[@tromboniator]

Whether it's a project of complexity and delicacy or a great brute like this, you just can't help making things of amazing beauty!

[@Reijack]

Not gonna lie, this would basically fill all of the roles a camp axe or a big hatchet would do, I think you should make a sheath for it!

[@Thundermuffin93]

Yes please! Sheath video!!!

[@jamesdennett196]

I was thinking the same thing. My thought was, has Will just come up with a VERY marketable and desirable new tool? And it's certainly deserving of a sheath. It's an awesome blade.

[@Ice_Berg]

It's not quite as long or as pointy, but if anyone is looking for a similar knife you can actually buy: check out the Terävä Skrama 240. It seems to be the best value for a big indestructible chopper like Will's knife.

[@Iam1uglyguy]

He should make it out of zombie hide!

[@tpainington]

Bad ash camp tool right there!

[@brianmoore1164]

Outstanding video and I freaking love O1 tool steel! From ultra thin straight razors to your monster chopper it can do it all!

[@gitolorenzo]

Highly impressed with it's performance! I didn't think you were going to get it in 4 chops but when you hit that monster 2nd chop I knew you had it in 3. Well done Will! This was a fun one to watch.

[@ajaxaxel7366]

This channel is interesting. The first time I thought that it would be cool. And it's absolutely amazing. Will is quite talented.

[@eddylockhart6243]

Quite talented? Understatement I think ,

[@WillStelterbladesmith]

Thank you!

[@cavemanvi]

@@eddylockhart6243 🙄

[@TheBlueMuzzy]

Probably one of the most enjoyable videos you've made in a long time! So much knowledge is transferred - it wasn't just entertainment, it was edutainment!

[@PhilipSfalanga]

I love that chopper...Your comment about it being a great truck knife reminds me of the time back in the '80s as a teen when I was driving way too fast on an old logging trail in the spring and my car went off the road and I had to chop down a 6" thick pine tree with a machete I always kept in my trunk in order for me and my friend to lever it out of the mud I was stuck in, we made it work...I grew up in NH and we had a lot of forest, a great many of our teen activities were oriented around playing in the woods and doing stupid things that should have killed us.

[@bruceanderson7260]

I really want to see a huge blade like that in a huge pocket knife.

[@Louzahsol]

Phil Harvey is your man. He doesn’t make small knives

[@F0XD1E]

Espada XL gets close

[@canaan5337]

How big is your pocket?

[@flint6704]

I absolutely adore a simple and savage design like this!!

[@corypatterson5174]

That looks awesome! Needless to say I’d buy one! Great job as always! Now make a super fancy finished fit at polished version!

[@dss-homemadestuff8580]

Nice little precision knife. 😁 Getting Multi function on such big knife is very nice... Chopper, Knife, prybar... and you can probably use some part as "hammer" and "shovel" also.

[@Joe___R]

That is a perfect apocalypse knife.

[@kenmarapese9085]

Make more of those, I want one!

[@WM3636-d1c]

Great job on the knife, it's can be nice sometimes to just step back from fancy (and awesome) knives and complete a fun quick little project like this that both looks great, but is also functional. Great job, keep it up. Btw, Proverbs 27:17 is also my favourite verse 😀

[@gregoryprice8865]

It'd be cool to see you do an entire knife set with this style

[@toninobaroni1572]

I love your enthusiasm and excitement for your craft !!! Keep ‘em coming Will .. ty

[@Logan.H.L]

Love these projects! Quick dirty and cool AF! 👍🏼🤘🏼

[@Joe5561000]

That thing is awesome! I would like to have one. I would make a Kydex sheath for it and add it to my crap hit the fan equipment. It would be great in like a "Get home bag" you could chop trees or kindling with it. It would also work for an anti-personal weapon it needed.

[@avoirdupois1]

Great one day project! I think it would be a nice mid-tier forging project in a smaller size too, similar to the rail spike knives.

[@patmancrowley8509]

THIS blade/chopper is worth purchasing! Great job, Wil.

[@csbeverly1]

Sick tool! Love how raw it is.

[@Stahlkeks]

Looks awesome. And better at chopping wood than any hat hed I ever saw. Watcha think: A leather wrap on the handle would probably be nice for the grip, although obviously not necessary. I have a small tanto style solid piece chopping knife with a leather wrapped grip. Wrapping is oretty comfy and helpful when I have wet hands.

[@Tremere1901]

I really would like to see a big project like the flammberg again :D

[@Tylerhakenwerth]

I want to make one so bad

[@roberthoffman2932]

Very nice. As a woodworker, it's awesome to be able to make and create pieces for yourself. I may need to get into knifemaking, because I love knives.

[@jamesdennett196]

You made an awesome and beautiful thing. I think a lot of people would want one of these. I think if you could find someone to make/forge these to your spec, they could sell incredibly well.

[@jasonvliet-odonataknifeworks]

Now that’s a real mans EDC! Definitely need a sheath….scout carry for sure!

[@kchortu]

says every 12 year boy

[@p0se55]

Man this is freaking awesome!! I got so excited watching the testing and the great results. Keep the good work dude.

[@spyderinlv]

Love your build and fixing it videos. Keep ‘‘em coming

[@MrErViLi]

Awesome chopper! I was looking at the thickness of that thing and wondered if it would be possible to make a dead blow knife? You know, just for funzies!

[@WillStelterbladesmith]

That would be a wild concept! I’ll have to think about how it might work!

[@corycreighton9837]

That things a beast! Awesome skill work!

[@electricmick357]

Those knives should be named Brute Force, and Mayhem. Nice work.

[@cryptotech3463]

When I rebuild my forge I’ll have to do this. I love the handle on that

[@mrdominguez2081]

After see this build had to give this project a try.. haha moving that much steel is a challenge to be sure. Making out of old leaf spring

[@itzikca]

So nice to get videos from you day after day

[@NLSkooch]

Great to see you finally make something with all those machines we have watched you restore! The chopper is awesome!

[@glennbayley5863]

Well that was a very nice blade you made with your friend. The life for the cabin in the woods. And I think if you open the door with that in your hands a very nice home defence weapon.

[@mr.grizzly_builds6505]

The very first I-beam knife I made was after seeing you make one on an alec Steele video. In love with the design and I’m glad to see it back

[@SirLadon]

Do you know the name of the video? Tried to find it but without success...

[@mr.grizzly_builds6505]

@@SirLadon turning an anvil into a brute de forge chopper. Something along those lines

[@SirLadon]

@@mr.grizzly_builds6505 thanks a lot. Found it

[@Nightfoxx21]

Looks like a perfect blade for the show “Knife or Death”

[@hayworth.handmade]

That's a pretty sweet tool to have around! Good work!

[@RatelLaw]

Thank you for sharing your expertise

[@Gawonii1Austencao]

You should make a leather sheath for your chopper

[@xzavierfun2745]

Great work Will!

[@quarlow1215]

Holy "Walking Dead" man. That things a beast. Love it Will.

[@hanginwithdave1958]

That is Sick! I love forging big crazy stuff like that. God bless you Will Stelter!

[@samudvardi1297]

Don't tell Alec, but I love your shop more, between your updates and just a mindful variety of machines for every purpose you may need you make every visitor feel comfortable and every project possible. pretty dope, dude.

[@C0TT0NM0UF]

Awesome neck knife! 👌

[@bluecraney1]

glad you are doing well havent seen your vidoes probly youtube pushing them out

[@MattWinkler1]

Awesome work! This caught my eye because I'm partway through building my own "knife" with extremely similar dimensions, and hadn't seen a big knife with a handle of this length. At what point does it stop being a knife and become a sword? Or axe? Only differences are I'm just grinding down bar stock (since I'm not a blacksmith), using big old oak scales down the side instead of an I-beam, and a bit more of a machete-shaped swell in the blade. Hoping it's half the chopper yours turned out to be!

[@_AVF]

Great Jungle knife. I want one.

[@frankierzucekjr]

Your friend has an awesome name. Can't wait to see what you made

[@PeterKNoone]

So much fun to watch. Thanks Will!

[@hamitup01]

Love it!! You need to make a bunch and put them up for sale!!

[@Donorcyclist]

Love this blade!

[@spis_dritt]

Holy shit that's a beast of a knife. Great job. Channeling Doug, "It will kill!"

[@jefferybilby378]

Nice job Will !

[@eidontkehr4081]

looks like a decent bushcraft knife

[@jimcorbett3764]

"..it'll go through a 2"*4", or a tree, or a person...just fine."😂 That is a brutal chopper! Good work!

[@Enigma-Sapiens]

Amazing knife/axe! I want that!

[@goretoothrender]

Looks like something made in the Mad Max era! Nasty cool 👍

[@brettkerr2034]

That looks like a blast!

[@TheWolfster001]

That is an awesome blade, Look's like it would be the ultimate Zombie Apocalypse Weapon.. Thank you for sharing......

[@zohranbloedjes9770]

Dude that thing is so cool

[@The_Smith]

That knife is a beauty, I need to try one of those I beam handles someday.

[@Luke_Likes_Lakes]

It would be so rad to see you pack it out into the backcountry for a few days and give it some use

[@billwendt4309]

To make it truly indestructible, next time do a San Mai III style lamination with really tough steel on the outside layers and much harder, yet somewhat tough steel as the center layer.

[@mike.w7950]

Should call it the "Orc chopper" looks like something they'd build.

[@magnusshawn4698]

Super cool project. Nice work!

[@gfresh353]

That rocks! Move over Tracker knife. There’s a new chopper in town.

[@vincearcaro8567]

hi Will, I just discovered your channel. So glad I did!

[@mannihh5274]

What a beast !!! What's the thickness of the blade, what's its weight? To improve on detailed work, you should take the bevel up the first 2-3 inches from the handle. Well done, stay safe

[@DH-xw6jp]

Oh man. Now _THAT_ is a camping knife! Hatchet, Machete, Game Breaker, Toothpick, probably even a hammer. looks like it could do everything.

[@Thundermuffin93]

That thing chops better than my Fiskars hatchet....lol. What a freakin boss tool Will. Rock on :)

[@BuzzKillingtonism]

I will take 2 of those! Sweet job!

[@rogueinvestor2375]

Perfect EDC knife.

[@RPrice_OG]

Yer ready fer the zombie apocalypse now. That is by far the coolest knife I have ever seen made.

[@Grandwigg]

I am always glad to see an upload on this channel. Gotta say, though, the prior Squarespace ad beat this one to slag.

[@tomjohns8498]

It's always good seeing you black smiting. Could you make something like this with hand tools? ✋️

[@ilmbutton]

In the immortal words of Bobby Duke- I want that!

[@fadlindri9778]

Smart and nice handle 👍

[@SabertoothDeathmouse]

It kind of reminds me of one of those crazy Tuna knives

[@loukios]

Great chopper. Love the integral grip. You should make a kukri…

[@theronfriss9153]

youre awesome will. been following you since you were doing videos with alec

[@ajhearn4535]

Indestructible zombie apocalypse short spear next! Balanced and under 3lbs. An improved version of the zombie tools "spit" with a fuller down the blade and handle

[@nicksmacro]

May sound crazy but I'd love to see a second day of "finishing" on that chopper. I imagine a polished fuller channel and a tight transition to a satin finish on the blade. Maybe flatten the spine, you know, still primal, yet refined as well.

[@wtcamer]

Should look into Magnacut. It's a new super steel for knives. Fully stainless, but still super strong and tough. It's best hardness is around 63-64, but requires a cold quench to achieve. Pretty darn epic steel.

[@CHUNKYNUGGET666]

Luv it what a awesome blade!

[@michaellee6168]

Integrated bottle. Opener in the next one would be cool.

[@DaftFader]

I'm so glad you seem to be taking safty way more seriously now. We want you to be making knives for a long time! Not have to stop doing what you love because of some silly avoidable accident. 😘

[@user-fx8bk3fo8u]

These things would sell so quick

[@nobodynoone2500]

Thats a bad mama jamma. I might need to build a forge again.

[@randyham6172]

Love that chopper

[@smokertwashington]

Silly boy! It’s even good with a pinch grip!🤣 I’m not so sure it’s great for working on small stuff but looks like fun to thrash with!

[@jamesharrison8346]

Lynn Thompson’s new design!!

[@seanripperger]

I could see this and maybe one like it but 2/3 the length (18"ish) being great for a group of 2 or more people backpacking at least a week to take. Would love to take that trip. Back off my tangent, I love this piece. Function over form but still looking pretty good. Like your other knives too, one like this would probably be more like something I would get for myself. Looks like it would be great to use. I would love a set of forged food prep kitchen knive like this one. Would that be something worth your time?

[@karm65]

Love the knife.

[@johnclark7936]

Keep us informed if you decide to put these on your website. Would be interested in purchasing one.

[@edkovac8978]

This channel is becoming what sadly Alec's chanel stopped being... interesting with frequent posts and good content. Lot of forging and knife making. Keep it up Will.

[@VeeKaChu]

OMG when Alec's channel started trying to be a comedy show, I couldn't take it, and un-subbed. He ruined it for sure... Still love watching Will work!

[@zumbazumba1]

@@VeeKaChu You member when he started his youtube channel? He would do live streams and answer people's questions and show basics of blacksmithing. He would forge different simple things that didnt require 50.000$ worthy of equipment. Now its about everything but blacksmithing.

[@nobodynoone2500]

Alec was always a blowhard. He used to at least make stuff.

[@Ccoolbeans101]

Gosh.. If you did end up cutting some tomatoes, the liquid would run down the fuller and straight through your hands and onto the floor... hahah I still love it. Such an epic forge!

[@Cragun.]

That's a cool knife.