The Indestructible Knife Build!

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[@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!

[@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.

[@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!

[@CHUNKYNUGGET666]

Luv it what a awesome blade!

[@ferrumcampitor7555]

Sooooo... How can I get one of these Indestructible "knives"? What a great camp knife. I see this strapped up on a Molle panel in the back of my Bronco, so its always ready when I'm off the grid.

[@Gren4te]

Will… that was a 2! That first “cut” didn’t count ;) Great job my G!

[@timothynaquin8899]

Very apocalyptic... Nice... How much would it cost if I wanted one?

[@Dojaycat]

Sooooo....how much theoretically? Cause my birthday is coming uppp. I need something like that for my hiking

[@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 🙄

[@brianmoore1164]

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

[@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?

[@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 😀

[@p0se55]

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

[@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.

[@whitey129]

My dude. Love the content as ALWAYS. I'm a new knife maker (stock removal), only a few dozen under my belt but it's going very well. I must ask, when it comes to W2, what is the best option you've found for quench liquids, and temper temperatures? You mentioned specific quenches for O1, so I thought I'd ask.

[@WillStelterbladesmith]

W2 is a shallow hardening steel- so a faster quenching oil like a preheated parks 50 is a good option- or water if you like to live on the edge

[@Davesknives]

@@WillStelterbladesmith one day i will tell you about quenching a sword 96cm (or 4.34 million ,51.7756 8ths of an inch-) of 1095/15n20 with a wolfs tooth pattern in....Coffee

[@Davesknives]

Neels almost peed himself when i told him

[@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!

[@jasonvliet-odonataknifeworks]

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

[@kchortu]

says every 12 year boy

[@Tylerhakenwerth]

I want to make one so bad

[@mbyard356]

I’m sure it will go through a tomato just fine. The result would just be closer to sauce, rather than little pink bicycle wheels. 😂

[@bluecraney1]

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

[@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!

[@frankierzucekjr]

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

[@ilmbutton]

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

[@Don_Rodrigo44]

holy crap 3 videos within 5 days who are you and what have you done with will

[@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

[@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.

[@ripl0x]

Never been so early to a video ever. Clicked on it faster than you could say Beaudry. EDIT: Ya built yerself an axeknife there Will!

[@wassupmrdan]

Be careful Will. Don’t cut your arm off.

[@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!

[@kenmarapese9085]

Make more of those, I want one!

[@stoneinthefield1]

Ever use Atlantic 33 to make a knife?

[@Joe___R]

That is a perfect apocalypse knife.

[@williamkelley8001]

That thing is hideous. I want one.

[@Gawonii1Austencao]

You should make a leather sheath for your chopper

[@OceanKing6725]

Reminder me of a old pig splitter.

[@paulbbr5688]

go and look at the vid it was 2 chops not 3

[@samuellee1471]

9:32 that really was more like 2!

[@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!

[@SatanSupimpa]

Looks like a giant scalpel

[@corycreighton9837]

That things a beast! Awesome skill work!

[@egoTheJudge]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it's gone.

[@csbeverly1]

Sick tool! Love how raw it is.

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

9:11 7 chops, not 6.

[@Logan.H.L]

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

[@jbenstead1330]

Now that you mention pocket knives.... Traditional slip joint build!?!?! please...

[@TheWolfster001]

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

[@collinvauk1937]

or person......

[@spis_dritt]

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

[@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.

[@paulrapp613]

Wicked! 👺

[@UnexpectedInquisition]

Amazing chopper. Makes me jealous. I currently use a Shrade bowie knife. Yours is deff superior. xD

[@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.

[@Iam1uglyguy]

Did someone buy this already? If so, can you pm me their address so I know who to get behind when the zombie invasion happens!! LOL Seriously this is super cool.

[@Enigma-Sapiens]

Amazing knife/axe! I want that!

[@b2bogster]

That's scary bro! I'm making one. Please don't use this on me for taking the idea from your video... you are the man.....man! Thank you. More please.

[@whoopwhoop3660]

you ever think of making practice swords for HEMA (Historic European Martial Arts) clubs? they also use arming swords, pole axe, battle axe etc?

[@skepticfucker280]

I wish I owned that. Would be my edc. :)

[@leehatann5854]

7:40 Or a Person?!?!?!!?! I watch these vids for the craft of making something, not for violence against humans.

[@alexsnow3319]

Hey everyone, watch as I make an almost bearded axe, er, "chopper" knife....j.h.c. man, lol

[@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

[@chrisgosling6083]

could be used for cooking? it could be used for dispatching cattle!!! its a super chopper !!

[@johnthemainguy9059]

Hand forging! Yay! "First we fire up the 400 pound power hammer..." 🤨

[@Tremere1901]

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

[@VertexCarver]

How about a challenge to make Gränsfors small hatchet spinoff? The original is a joy to use.

[@Zogg1281]

Will, soooo, how much would you charge for that beautiful piece of steel? It seems like there's a few peeps out here who want one and I'd definitely be interested. Also, I'd love to see a sheath for that as well as how you would work out how you want that sheath to hang and from where you'd hang it? 🤔 Mick Dundee would say on the back, personally I've always loved a boot knife with the handle curving forward so it's quick and easy to grab (fantasy war game style, probably not for real life stuff)...... not sure about that with this due to the length of the handle and the catch hazard...... so many fantasy and real world sheathing options, which do you pick?!?!?!? 😊👍👍👍👍

[@electricmick357]

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

[@jaksilver3656]

personally, I've always liked the forged look on blades. shiny is impressive and pretty, but I wouldn't USE a shiny pretty knife. Forged look blades like this appeal to my utilitarian nature. THIS thing I would have no hesitation at all in USING, and being able to hand down to the next generation.

[@darnstewart]

The knife that made Crocodile Dundee put his knife away out of pure embarrassment.

[@Derrk94]

I'm looking at getting a better forging hammer (probably a square circle from Alec Steele). What weight hammer would you recommend for general knife making? I've been forging for a few years now and have been using a cheap 3lb crosspeen from a hardware store

[@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?

[@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

[@Wreckz_Tea]

Dang will always struggles to find the words hes looking .........for

[@tomjohns8498]

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

[@Thundermuffin93]

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

[@Stephen8601]

Hey Will, gotta love your hair, which is more than I got. I call it an "Explosion in a mattress factory." What a way to go, mate!🤣🤣 🤣🤣🤣

[@mike.w7950]

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

[@jgallo600]

You made a brush-axe. Typically have a wood handle, but thats what it is. Look up the US forest service manual on brush axes

[@davidayres7973]

Love a good knife build/sharpening. However i can't help but feel that the comment "it won't cut a tomato but it will go thru wood and a person just fine" isn't a very good marketing slogan 😆

[@patmancrowley8509]

Your hands weren't swollen, the muscles were pumped with blood from working hard.

[@micah06v8]

Why do I keep hearing Crocodile Dundee in my head saying "Now that's a knife!" 🤣

[@Wayazaexa42]

I have *absolutely* no use for something like this... But I want one... 😅

[@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.

[@SneakyFishy]

If you want to find out how really 'indestructible' it is, send it to Andrew Camarata. If it survives his use, its unlikely anyone else would break it.

[@realemonful]

Try it on a real stubborn piece of wood, like yourself! Even just a real piece of wood!

[@kellygardner9917]

Think you need to display your Totin’ Chip card or badge…just so we know you’re capable of safely using a knife…

[@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.

[@josephlittlepage9510]

will im a huge fan of yours and have been since you joind alec way back when and theres a project idea i had because of one of your videos. there's a Disney plus show coming out soon based off the percy jackson book series will you honor the percy jackson Fandom with making riptide (Percy's weapon) and backbiter sword version (the main antagonists weapon) from the book series the backbiter will be extremely difficult because it's either half bronze half steel or a demascus bronze/steel which is impossible but your ideas are genius, also im posting a almost exact copy for Alec in hopes that it becomes a challenge to make them from their book descriptions and not the art to see how diffrent they look from one another or how similar

[@VinceW187]

Or a person? Whoa, we're you having anybody in particular in mind?

[@col.mustard1233]

That thing would impress Crocodile Dundee!

[@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!

[@hanginwithdave1958]

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

[@red_adept]

Now make an Indestructible Sword. For science.

[@JacktheFireEater]

I love this piece, it looks great and works even better! Did you have a profile sketch you were working towards, or just kinda wing it?

[@aglioolio3180]

I couldn't sleep and have to get up in 90 mins so I decided to not try to sleep anymore and watch KZbin and at least now I could watch your video right when it's fresh what is rare because of the time shift your US uploading times are really weird for Europeans lol

[@J_Squatch]

“That thing was too big to be called a sword. Too big, too thick, too heavy, and too rough, it was more like a large hunk of iron.”

[@robertdonnell8114]

Will, you have invented a new category of sharp pointy object.

[@DominicFawver]

A knife that would compete against a hand axe, could totally see this in a horror movie. This looked like a fun project.

[@quarlow1215]

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

[@GeorgeBP81]

I can see this brute being used by a butcher, opening up ribcages, splitting the spine, taking off the legs, prepare the bones for broth or bone marrow in the oven... I also see Daryl giving Michonne a run for her money with this thing.

[@Poo-Peater]

That's a knife!! Not one I would carry in my pocket..