Making a Pirate Cutlass from a Machete

[@asdrasdre9002]

I used an identical machete to make early medieval messer

[@richardsweeney197]

Aye, matey, the paper guard was a fearsome weapon in its own right. Many a sailor fell to massive paper cuts!! But in all seriousness, the cutlass is great, certainly is the work of a craftsman!!

[@RandomUsername34]

Anealing the brass could make the proces easier. Heat up the brass until it glows and quench in water. It makes the brass softer and easier to work with. Stunning build!

[@bloodgain]

The handle from #2 is my favorite, but I have to say I agree with Devin on liking the stereotypical shape of blade #4.

[@JHart06]

This may come as odd, but thank you for having a shop in your video that looks ACTUALLY WORKED IN!!! Great video!

[@mikeleyman4212]

You are lucky to have your brother. He’s as much a craftsman as you are. You guys put some of the best videos on KZbin. Thank you too both of you and awesome job.

[@alexanderliebsch3299]

Damn that's right!

[@lavernelavake1821]

Very nice results, thank you! Cymbals come already hardened, you can reduce cracking stress by heating the part red hot and dipping it in water. This will anneal it. It will then reharden (work harden) as you shape and tap in your texture.

[@rockinHurley777]

Why not dipping it in oil instead?

[@earlelzy7243]

OUTSTANDING WORK! The orange slice was a perfect ending.

[@nicholasclarke3147]

I love this so much!! The cutlass is so cool and absolutely beautiful!

[@davidgraves5697]

It's not so much the product I like, it's the meticulous craftsmanship. Beautiful job!

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Thank you very much!

[@joemummerth8340]

second and fourth ! hammering brass and bronze makes it harden and become brittle , you heat it and quench it to soften , exact opposite of steel , turned out really nice , and any sailor of the 16`th through early 19`th century would have been happy with it ! and that`s coming from a guy who has been doing the same sorta thing since 1975 ! keep up the good work !

[@kamden1980]

I love the photobomb moment around the 16 minute mark. I wish that my kids were as interested in seeing what I'm doing when I'm down in the shop.

[@rodneypatrick6893]

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[@joncaiden9496]

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[@kashtoncole9609]

@Rodney Patrick yea, I've been using kaldrostream for since december myself :)

[@markuskhari1329]

@Rodney Patrick yea, have been using kaldroStream for months myself :)

[@seaknightvirchow8131]

Beautiful and finished with executing a naval orange.

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

😁😉

[@laragwen102]

I'd vote for #4. I love that design.

[@williammorrin7933]

I love the blade on #3 and the gard and handle on #4

[@jamesmichael3998]

That Cutlass turned out extremely nice. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Jacksonville Florida 🌞

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Thanks James.

[@Senior62]

Those are made by Coloma. I bought one in Jamaica alongside the road that had a wooden sheath made and shaped to look like a cutlass when inserted. I like your show and have been tooling some knives and axes and recently repurposed that old machete. See you on the bay !

[@garethalford682]

One thing I like about the cutlass it has a lot of protection for your hand that’s holding it

[@jamesseltenreich652]

Nice build brother I have a couple machetes I think I’ll make one, I will probably go for #4 but I love the one you made, Great show

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Thanks James.

[@거름뱅이-u4m]

I am amazed by your creativity I have been interested in making knives lately and was struggling to make a yellow handle guard but it was possible by simply using drum cymbals like you did!

[@resq506]

To be honest this is the first video I have watched of yours in a while, you lost me on the pod casts and live feeds. You did a great job on the short sword and it was refreshing to see you just make something.

[@jacobdad2742]

Awesome. That turned out some nice.

[@postmano]

excellent job great master !!!👏👏👏👌

[@edmcwv]

Great video. I’m still working on my first viking ax. Great channel for a retired person, there is always something to do.

[@chrisgoody8018]

I hope the axe turns out good for you. I too am making a viking axe and practicing my engraving. Next for me is a viking seax which is what I'm practicing engraving for

[@mosheshalev9929]

Amazing build! Good job.

[@fumblingninja]

Another Beautiful peace of craftmanship, I need a workshop so badly!!

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Thank you Ali🙏

[@Defender110SLO]

WoW top looks owsome. Super job done. 🍻

[@primal.wanderer]

MAN... That was a crazy awesome build. I would kill for one of those

[@deo53]

I love watching your video. You are an artist .

[@garythesaint44]

The orange didn’t stand a chance😂 nice job👍

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Lol. It should have stopped running it’s mouth. 😂

[@jameswilletts6047]

Beautiful!

[@hansg6336]

I like the blade choice. Seems more authentic from the period pirate etching I've seen. Aside from that, your use of pre-existing and salvaged materials is something I really admire. As a drummer, I especially like the repurposed cymbal (I hope it was cracked when you got it!) Your craftsmanship is so good that your cutlass begs for a better, heavier blade. But I get the thrifty reasoning behind the repurposed machete. Just brilliant work and some of the best videography on the web.

[@kenbeaton9871]

Great piece of work and workmanship. As you stated far more attractive to look at than the machete.

[@davestelling]

What a neat project, Dustin. Very satisfying...

[@seewaage]

Coolest project ever! haha I love it.

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Thank you. It was a ton of fun.

[@seewaage]

@@TheArtofCraftsmanship I bet! And the end result really looks great too.

[@ralphklene1357]

Sir! i am so captivated by ure approach & ideas on what you will do. i respect you for that. you have a lot to offer the people out there.Your family Must be very proud of you. i thank U & forgive me for being so mushy with my descriptions. it's just the way i is !!. Go ! go! go !!!

[@spencerbrotherson9061]

I love pretty much everything about this build. The one thing that confuses me is how you managed to cold-forge a cut off part of a cymbal without it just shattering. I know you had that one crack early on, but how you got that to work without annealing the thing is just baffling. I'm a former music major, and I've seen used cymbals break from being dropped on a concrete floor. That brass/bronze (whatever it is) work hardens like crazy just from the vibration of being played in a drum kit for a few years. Whatever witchcraft you used, it worked, and the finished cutlass is absolutely gorgeous, especially considering that it started life as a mass produced military machete. Stuff like this is why I love this channel. Keep doing what you do

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

We were worried about the cymbal... but somehow it all stayed together! Thanks so much for watching Spencer!

[@Jout2989]

I would of personally picked #4 because of the dramatic look and the “clip like point” of the blade! But the combo of 2 & 3 looks amazing!

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Thank you.

[@aminaba450]

Very beautiful art masterpiece!! Perfectly pretty but deadly. Job well done 👏!!!

[@edwinmiller7273]

Looks great. Good job.

[@magi144]

So awesome!

[@RainyDayForge]

Result is beautiful.

[@Shaker73]

Wow great job you are amazing man

[@jamesmichael3998]

So very nice and you know it. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Jacksonville Florida

[@Aleeknives]

I love the idea of repurposing an old machete! Hats off to you man!

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

The thing is that in my country a machete is legal while a pirate cutlass isn't...✨

[@thefamily_ak1863]

very nice love ur work

[@trainwon5699]

Awesome project thanks

[@8ablheza]

You are definitely a pirate 🏴‍☠️ at heart

[@CORYJOHNM]

I used a table saw with chop saw blade. Cut very fast actually, but had to take it 1/2 to 3/4 inch bites. Never changed the temp.

[@deanpipkin7186]

Looks great man

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Thank you.

[@jacksnyder7318]

There's an old book somewhere that would help you identify the metal by the sparks produced when grinding. The sparks reveal alloys by color. I enjoyed the video, thanks for posting.

[@MrSIXGUNZ]

wooo hooo amazing pirate chopper !!!

[@justinsimoneau5140]

Anybody else screaming at their tv for him to anneal that brass?

[@tonywalkingstick8883]

Very beautiful piece. Truly enjoy watching your imagination come to fruition.

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Thank you Tony!

[@rockinHurley777]

Awesome build my guy💪

[@markallen721]

The one on the bottom if your looking for a true swashbuckler look. I've got a piece of 2" x 1/4" steel in the garage I've been saving for a two handed sword. Think I've found my inspiration. Thanks mate! RRRRR!!!

[@karrynmittge3866]

Great job

[@4yoHI]

Very good job, I like it!

[@ajablades9524]

Thanks for the tutorial.. Iike to watch your videos.

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

It’s my pleasure.

[@roycolglazier1061]

Pretty, but a MAJOR quibble w/the handguard made of such flimsy stock! Just as the pommel is a serious crushing weapon, so too should a “basket hilt” be built in “brass knuckles,” as well as offering serious protection. You’ve got plenty of machetes, do try again! You’re too good to settle for half baked measures, tho it was nice to give a shout-out to your bandsman friend! 😁👍❗️

[@brianlister6036]

LONG ASS video, but wicked build. incredible craftsmanship.

[@Grizzly86]

I wish I could make one it looks fun

[@jeffs5093]

That turned out amazing. I liked # 4 the best I think you would have hit it out of the park

[@regierbuddy2044]

Looks great!!

[@chainsawchanselour5452]

You know in some islands in central America They call machetes cutlasses So you doing this is fullfilling its destiny

[@icerazar713]

Very nice work. I'm sure your use of a cymbal to make the hand guard has some musician somewhere screaming at his screen. 😂😂😂

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Awesome Pirates Cutlass from a Machete, Sir !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joshualavender]

13:10 Is that you playing the guitar, Dustin? It's *really* good. I've just started watching your videos. Enjoying them so far! Watching the first, where you make a knife, I thought as I heard the guitar come in for a long segment, "Hell, that's Cortez the Killer!" And now I had another doubletake: "Hell, that's Time the Revelator!" Neil Young and Gillian Welch are great choices for your shop soundtrack.

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Good ear brother. We do all the music. Deep cuts only.

[@TheBottegaChannel]

AoC: " This is just going to be a wall hanger..." Me: Wait for it.......... AoC: * finishes build at 51:26 * Me: * Sips coffee and nods* called it!

[@rogerehinger6694]

Much nicer than what I made. Also from a machete, I don't have access to the tools you used, since it was costume only I rounded the edge instead of sharpening it. Hand made scabbard, belt, and baldrick are good enough. Pirates gear wasn't always taken from the rich and maintenance for leather and steel at sea wasn't always great either. Drunkenness was pretty common I believe and drunks are notoriously careless.

[@Rancherinaz]

I liked the blade shape on #4 the best but what you ended up with was awesome . BTW I’ve been subbed over at Alex’s channel for a while already so I went over there to check and can’t find the video of what he was supposed to make in exchange for this killer cutlass . Just subbed to your channel . Keep up the great stuff

[@mikenichol4040]

I'll be honest I'm on a quick break so had to skip to the end I had to see it lol great build looks amazing. Also I hope Alex is doing ok its been 6 months since his last video and have been looking forward to this collaboration. Cheers.

[@jumpnjack8686]

Meticulous creative artistic craftsmanship! Subscribed, watched and learned from watching you. God bless!

[@RNDM85]

I like your nostalgic style intro

[@radnazona3979]

This is amazing.. Very nice.. 🤝🥂

[@cramnh0j]

Do I understand it correctly that since you kept the blade cool while reshaping it, you didn't ruin the heat treatment? Therefore you don''t need to redo that?

[@JC-vb2kd]

Wait a minute! Your a sailor? I watch for the cool projects you do but I also watch sailing videos. It would be awesome if you made some sailing videos. Sailing La Vagabond look out!

[@rockinHurley777]

You're *

[@Hainero2001]

That is really amazing work. This earned a subscribe from me.

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Thanks so much Hainero

[@lnk3503]

Since it's main use in reality is as a machete, (gardening tool) my experience is the best machete is the sugar cane style because of it's forward weight. Design four keeps the forward weight the most. The reality too, is that almost every person who uses a machete, in real life, buys a wooden handle one, and customizes the handle if at least to cut it away wherever they get a blister. More often just to make it smoother or smaller for their hand, or to thin it in front of the "pommel" for easier retention against centrifugal force of swing. Machetes are usually thin and work better that way, until they become wobbly. Pirates most likely started very poor, bought the cheapest longest blade they could find, and would have added a guard and made it pointy for fighting, and slashing sails and rigging. Design 4, is a typical traditional Chinese machete. with it's extra weight would have been the best for hiding on vegetated islands, and for slashing ropes on a boarding party. Design 4 would also be too heavy to use if it was thicker than a cheap machete. The design in the video above, is more likely to have been a Spanish scimitar, in real life. Design 4 was probably always an adapted bolo, if not made specifically by cutlers, Even when just used for slashing foliage, that hand guard protects the knuckles from abrasion, which can lead to infection, which is very dangerous before modern antibiotics. I can really only speculate, but i do share ancestors with the famous Captain Kidd. Who however, was not actually a pirate. he was a Privateer, which means he was an admiral of the US navy, Operating flag-less, to plunder the enemy, On the orders of the US government, All the goods and ships taken went to the US Navy Treasury. Basically a false flag, the US government denied responsibility for the whole operation and William Kidd was Executed as a scapegoat by Gibbeting. On a lighter note, and back to the present, there are modern peaceful sailors on you tube and you will find when you watch them, that they nearly always go ashore with a machete, if the land is uninhabited, or they fear any unknown. Nealy always, in search of freshwater, and to make a fire to cook on, and collect fruit or coconuts, or to sift through flotsam and jetsam on the beaches for anything they can use. So, in my mind, the "sailor's cutlass" is by no means a thing of the past, nor is it predominantly a weapon.

[@huberttrocks]

That is great

[@pkerep1]

Greetings from Croatia !!!! I am for number 4

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Hello Croatia from Maryland!

[@A.W.B174]

This guy is a legend hes still here heating comments 👍 I liked number two aswell. Going to start making my own knives 👍

[@Youzack1]

I want a whole box of machetes☹️

[@McGowanForge]

Same

[@theteadrinker-143]

Fantastic job , a real talent , do you ever keep a record of how many hours you have in the job ?

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Not really. It’s not really worth it, because it always takes 3-4 times longer when filming.

[@barlowchiro]

Why weren't you using that 2x72 grinder for all the grinding??

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

It was a long video shot over many months. Didn't have the same gear the whole time.

[@laragwen102]

How do you keep your area so clean of grinding dust in such a limited space. You should make a video on how you do it.

[@richardmcginnis5344]

i love it when these guys take machete's whittle them down and call them cutlass's, when they are really only falchions

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Glad you love it. Thanks for watching!

[@adkmcmahon]

I would have gone with number 4, it looks more like a pirate cutlas to me.

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Not a bad choice Bill. Thanks for watching!

[@enzopagani7586]

wow, wow, ottimo lavoro, e i tuoi video sempre curati e professionali.

[@miguelpimentel8539]

Great build Why isn’t Alex doing vids anymore

[@elsenordeloscuchillos]

"Esmerilando a fuego"....

[@outdoorsforever1027]

2nd one. Real cutlass shape is purely functional. Very little opulence with a pretty heavy blade made for splitting skulls and hacking through bone. Many made without a full guard but a sturdy pommel.

[@marknienstadt6963]

Nice "Kill Bill" moment on that orange at the end.

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Lol

[@HGates-hl4eq]

Cool as Hell👍👍👍

[@rustyshackleford8296]

I have an ace hardware Machete that I might take to the blacksmith in town and have it turned into a sword

[@TheArtofCraftsmanship]

Do it yourself. It will be more fun and rewarding. 👍🏼

[@Fishy1764]

hi, great project .love the channel.I havent read all the comments if your interested your steel is 1055 ideal for sword making.

[@Miguel_ON65]

My friend Dustin. Really an impressive job, surely the next time I see you will be on the tv show Fire Forged....., because surely fans you will have a lot. It really is impressive how you work in that things. Congratulations on such an excellent job. Speaking of something else, why in the hell don't you wear gloves when you are sharpening? It would be a shame if you hurt yourself and you couldn't do those jobs. I have worked in a silverware workshop and I have seen very ugly things ..... believe me. A big hug and best wishes. Take care!!

[@donf4119]

Wouldn't it help to develop the grip in at least rough form before the guard? That would ensure that you have adequate hand clearance.

[@adityafirdaus3881]

Sir, how lenght the short sword blade that you've made? I looks so awesome?

[@hildolfrdraugadrottin7279]

Nice sword! Now you just need to build a pirate ship. :)