Making a Stonewashed Neck / Boot Knife / Dagger

[@krzysztofroso2507]

It is a true pleasure to watch your movies!

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you, appreciate the comment!

[@TheGarner77]

Stunning lines and simplicity, mark of a craftsman

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for the kind comment. It makes all the work worth it when I see people benefit from it!

[@Blackenedkryptonite]

This is the best dagger build video I've seen on KZbin. Awesome job and thanks for sharing!

[@zeemanknives]

Always a pleasure, glad you like it and find it useful. Thank you for watching. Keep well.

[@dlbknives4869]

Great lookin' dagger!

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you. Appreciate it!

[@divinoamaral536]

É muito satisfatório assistir a construção de uma lâmina tão bonita. Parabéns pelo capricho. 👍🔰

[@zeemanknives]

Obrigado por assistir. Estou feliz por ter gostado!

[@geraldstamour1312]

Dagger be lookin' hella dope, @zeemanknives! Now you need to stitch up an equally dope sheath for it!

[@zeemanknives]

Yeah I made a kydex sheath for this one. The client that bought this knife wears it around his neck.

[@geraldstamour1312]

​@@zeemanknivesSounds dope!

[@bradymcphail9690]

I’m Extremely impressed with your work. This is the 1st video I’ve seen of your channel. I will absolutely subscribe to your channel. Thank you for sharing your craft.

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for the kind words...and for the subscription. Keep an eye out, the next two videos will be up shortly.

[@ahmedemaraa1978]

Very nice work

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for watching! Glad you like it.

[@zetenytar6845]

Nice knife!

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you, glad you like it. Thank you for watching!

[@davidbratcher9822]

Do you ever sell patterns? Great work

[@courtneesdad]

Beautiful knife. I would love to have seen a handle on it. I was a police officer and carried a boot knife for years. I lost it one night in fight with a suspect. That was 20 years ago and I’m still sick about it. It had sentimental value.

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for watching and commenting. Sorry to hear about your knife that you lost. I know the feeling about it having sentimental value. I carry a huge amount of respect for those who serve / served in Police and Military units. I have another dagger in the pipeline that needs a handle on it. Ill post a video about once finished. All the best!

[@henkzeeman1955]

What an impressive display of artistic creativity to revive old artisan values. How much for this knife?

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for the comment. Sorry this knife is not for sale as it was a special order.

[@gajin-k]

ベベルストップを均等に4つ作るの良いな ダガーほどシンプルに美しいのも良い

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you for watching!

[@dbeez1075]

Stunning craftsmanship. Where are you based if you don't mind saying?

[@zeemanknives]

South Africa, Johannesburg

[@monetadetecting7788]

Molto molto bello,sei stato bravo ,provo a farne uno anche io, che acciaio hai usato?e che punte hai usato per bucare che materiale sono ,bucava velocemente Grazie

[@zeemanknives]

Grazie per aver guardato. Ho usato l'acciaio 1070 che ha uno spessore di 3,5 mm. Le punte sono "Ruwag Industrial Drillbits". Grazie per la visione e buona fortuna con il tuo progetto di coltello.

[@breezyx976]

1:20 what was that program you used to draw the knife using a digital grid?

[@zeemanknives]

I use Adobe Indesign to draw up my templates. The grid is a template I placed in the background to aid in design. Indesign is more suited for Graphic design purposes, but because I work in it everyday I implement it for my knife templates. Illustrator, Photoshop, and a bunch of free online programmes that support vector drawings will serve the purpose just as well...

[@stonestitch3622]

Did you just use water for hardening the blade? Does it matter what you use?

[@zeemanknives]

No, i use oil to quench. It does matter what you use yes...water is a fast quenchant compared to oil, and the risk of warped and cracked blades are very high if you quench in water. Some metals do benifit from qeunching in water, but i leave that to those who have experience with it. Common high carbon steels like 5160, 1070 and 01 will do good with normal vegetable oil if you cant get hold of specialised quenching oils.

[@stonestitch3622]

@@zeemanknives thank you for the knowledge

[@vasoabdushelishvili]

knaif fantastysh

[@zeemanknives]

Thank you!

[@johngallagher9151]

I'm stuck making a dagger out of a file with strictly hand tools, and a dremel, its gonna take me a month

[@zeemanknives]

Just keep on working, even if you only do a little bit every day...you will be surprised how quickly you can get it done. Good luck

[@tfildaed]

Can you anneal the file so its easier/faster?