Forging a Spike & Rasp Knife

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8 жыл бұрын

Combined with forge welding are a railroad spike and farrier's rasp to make a Bowie-style blade. I have a cold, apologies for my voice.
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The line seen on the sides of the knife where the rr spike meets the rasp is a superficial one and not a crack or bad weld. It is seen in areas where the surface markings of the file are still seen suggesting that grinding away the surface would reveal a solid weld. In fact, the line is absent in areas where the file markings are gone.
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@shaggy1738 8 жыл бұрын

Well I planned on going to bed early... Then I discovered this channel. It's somewhat soothing to sit and watch these, pretty awesome stuff!

@roberth3277 8 жыл бұрын

I've never been into knives until I found your channel. the craftsmanship that goes into making them is amazing, it's captivating watching you hammer away. Very good work sir, keep it up.

@lucasmeyers5210 8 жыл бұрын

Then it is a chef's knife for when you're camping!

@dimadombrovski5420 8 жыл бұрын

+lucas meyers We need more people to think like this.

@JuanHenriquez8187 8 жыл бұрын

beautiful! I always like how you show the work going into your knives! First Rasp and Spike knife I've ever seen.

@w3lch111 8 жыл бұрын

You have great production quality, I very much enjoy watching your videos because of how satisfying the lighting is.

@mariomoreno3565 8 жыл бұрын

puting in commentary was a good idea as ive found others hard to watch without, keep up the good work!

@shadowcastre 8 жыл бұрын

Green B... Awesome project brother! I really like the play by play commentary. It makes it so the viewer is so much more involved in the work you are doing. Thanks for the video... Shad

@GreenBeetle 8 жыл бұрын

+shadowcastre Kind words, sir.

@matthiasherzog5201 8 жыл бұрын

That was so cool ! Throughout the video, I kept hoping that you would keep a little bit of the file's texture. Glad you did ! :)

@joegamradt9584 8 жыл бұрын

wow! very nice job. I enjoy creating spike knives myself. I've made 24 so far but yours blows mine out of the water. Thank for sharing!

@botanylabourparty671 5 жыл бұрын

i was not expecting that to work. Well done

@layladonaldson3429 8 жыл бұрын

i love how humble and modest u are😜

@PoppaTom1948 5 жыл бұрын

I really like what you did and how you did it! You have obviously come a long, long way and have really honed ( no pun intended ) your craft and have really grown tremendously! Keep at it bubba.

@jimbo111589 8 жыл бұрын

I could watch these videos all day long.

@brotherbanzai 8 жыл бұрын

That's pretty neat. My new neighbor has been wanting me to show him how to make something, this seems like a good project for that. Lots of different techniques being used in a single piece but still not too complicated.

@JtsTheDaneAndCrab 8 жыл бұрын

The makeshift and rough look of the knife is really awesome! I would love to have a knife like that when I do work in my workshop ^^

@Blackandwhitevictor 8 жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful! I love watching your videos, you always do such a nice job making your knives!

@1Cor1613 8 жыл бұрын

Wow that's a beautiful polish! Awesome job!

@Avliv_Satan 8 жыл бұрын

Not that I'm an aspiring blacksmith or anything, but I like your videos, informative and entertaining.

@DavidWaeldervideo 8 жыл бұрын

Very nice work and info, thank you.

@knivesstuff 8 жыл бұрын

This looks very cool! great job!

@doubleedged7397 8 жыл бұрын

That is a really cool build i love the finished product nice work.

@ChrisColeArcher 7 жыл бұрын

Nice video dude, I like the idea of the railroad/file knife. Well done

@rcreynolds6186 8 жыл бұрын

Nicely done!

@DiesInEveryFilm 8 жыл бұрын

Forgot about this video and phew it's looking good for my 8 heller rasps I've got coming. Great build

@eastonbolin1674 8 жыл бұрын

The Diresta of blacksmithing

@BobMARLEY-qd1yv 8 жыл бұрын

great job my friend!!!! like this blade and the style !!! waiting for more

@SerYordles 8 жыл бұрын

seriously cool project! i may be mentally storing away this for later.

@craiglsu72 8 жыл бұрын

Looks awesome! I think you've spawned a new breed. definitely a tough knife with a great look!

@singJJBplay 8 жыл бұрын

Very cool concept and nice execution. I think the final product is definitely greater than the sum of its parts.

@S8tan7 5 жыл бұрын

Josh Brown knife is better than broken rasp and spike yis

@CNSninja 5 жыл бұрын

"I don't know if it's a chef knife"[...]"and I don't know if it's a camp knife"[.] Well I can tell you for sure that it's a collector's piece! That's so cool! I'd love to try this myself one day. I don't have the materials I'd need, though, at this point.

@MrCrowsight 6 жыл бұрын

That is freaken awesome!

@Alchemy_Machiness 8 жыл бұрын

cool forge . Nice job.

@ieatcaribou7852 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I’ve been thinking about this exact project and then I found this.

@dawidlasowy2294 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful knife man !

@phillipiacobacci1369 8 жыл бұрын

Very nice, thanks for video, very well done

@GamerNation98 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing vids mate

@josedeetee88 8 жыл бұрын

My favorite one so far man really cool I just subbed and watched bunch a videos

@1NationUnderFoods1NUF 7 жыл бұрын

im a chef and i love outdoor activities like camping fishing hunting ... this is a perfect knife for me

@simonlimon2565 8 жыл бұрын

cool knife, lots of character...keep swinging brother...

@theofilo5 8 жыл бұрын

Very nice work Bravo

@MrChangCJ 8 жыл бұрын

great creativity

@vincentrosa9631 5 жыл бұрын

Great job 👍👍

@MattDiresta 8 жыл бұрын

That was really cool buddy

@GreenBeetle 8 жыл бұрын

+Matt Diresta Thanks, I watch your vids!

@SeamTressGaming 8 жыл бұрын

+Green Beetle looks like a kukri for me

@yliyahhawkins9928 7 жыл бұрын

......sometimes beauty just jumps out of the fire into the hands holding the hammer.....I'd say this is one of those time my friend....Great knife, and awesome video! Gunny, USMC 2nd Force Recon, MEU, Ret.

@jamesball7322 8 жыл бұрын

looks great

@tohpeiqi5311 8 жыл бұрын

Nice knife there man! Merry Christmas to you :D

@hello_hunter7042 6 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful knife, I hope to make one like that some day

@MrBsvc 8 жыл бұрын

It's unique. I like it

@zreiser 8 жыл бұрын

at 15:50 you said you didn't know what kind of knife the was. I'd categorize it as a san-mai Bowie. in all the American frontier tradition of making what you had on hand the best it could be. this is probably the best spike knife build I've seen, really shows off not only your craftsmanship but even more importantly your understanding of metallurgy and what steels are appropriate to use go a good knife, instead of thinking that you can pound away on any old piece of steel and get a good knife. most end up as KLO 's (knife like objects), which this definitely is not. love the build!

@GreenBeetle 8 жыл бұрын

+Zach Reiser Hey thanks, man.

@clarklindquist8137 5 жыл бұрын

Cool. Another cool thing would maybe etching it, like Damascus steel, to bring out the file patterns and the rail road spike pattern Really cool blade

@nativewildman9335 6 жыл бұрын

Cool knife.

@TufStockdogs 4 жыл бұрын

Good job thank you for sharing this

@jaygoggin238 7 жыл бұрын

great video. thank you

@marshmallowblaster 7 жыл бұрын

It may not be the beefiest camp knife, but depending on the temper and the grind I could see it being awesome for light bushcraft. There's no need to tire your arm out swinging a kukri when all you need to do is cut a rope or whittle sticks for fire starting.

@vortexshock1907 8 жыл бұрын

it's really cool I like it

@bimba101 8 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

@capitanddenil4203 7 жыл бұрын

good job man

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

thanks brother

@tokomilano 8 жыл бұрын

A zombie apocalypse, this knife is to be perfect

@paulmagnus1413 8 жыл бұрын

nice dude!

@philipbarriesda9239 8 жыл бұрын

id love to have one of these for my veg prep at work :)

@66blacksunshine 7 жыл бұрын

Shit man you got voice smoother then James Earl Jones. Nice work.

@hgree72 8 жыл бұрын

love the vid learnt heaps cheers

@Shane-Singleton 8 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I want one. :)

@Detman101 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful...

@long13hair 8 жыл бұрын

i like it . very cool . cheers

@DiesInEveryFilm 8 жыл бұрын

FIRST reply to you

@poopdood3944 8 жыл бұрын

2nd 4 u

@lucioelias7840 8 жыл бұрын

Espetacular!!!

@jnicols2011 8 жыл бұрын

good stuff

@johnathydongle5101 5 жыл бұрын

Look at young lele Steve just learning a lil bit a forge welding

@knight16 7 жыл бұрын

Were did u get your railroad spike tongs? I need a pare(or did u just make them)

@DaanTheMaan 8 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@caveofskarzs1544 8 жыл бұрын

Hey Green Beetle. As a fellow smith, I just thought I'd mention something I noticed to help you. When you were slitting the spike, you were kind of hopping around as you hit and causing marks all over the steel. What I can recommend is to start off with some relatively light hits just to mark where you want to cut, then going back over with heavier hits to make the marks deeper, then cut through. Happy forging!

@GreenBeetle 8 жыл бұрын

+Cave of Skarzs Thank you for the help, I'll try it.

@jasondiaz9083 7 жыл бұрын

comming from another bladesmith thats a awesome job nice work sir i look foward to seeing more and id love to talk sometime and do a show and tell back and forth ive got a few ive done you might like and id love to see others of yours

@benrussellknives8828 3 жыл бұрын

Cool for sure

@Bottlemaker1 2 ай бұрын

Think I may have to try this out

@MegaEvoluzione 5 жыл бұрын

Best part is when the red hot spike slips off the anvil and onto your leg :)

@bradymcphail9690 8 жыл бұрын

with a rasp, do you grind to smooth and the rasp teeth still show? or if ground smooth the teeth are gone? does that question make sense?

@Goon_actual 8 жыл бұрын

you should make a ball pin hammer axe very cool video keep it up

@johntyler6349 8 жыл бұрын

awsome!

@steelwarrior105 8 жыл бұрын

Hey , Birmingham represent

@Smiltstomb 8 жыл бұрын

Do you have to pre anneal your file steel?

@FordZda 8 жыл бұрын

If you need a furnace i can hook you up with my mixtape, that shit's hotter than the sun's core

@GreenBeetle 8 жыл бұрын

+nprguyplayz I'll be the judge of that. Whats on it?

@FordZda 8 жыл бұрын

Only my #1 hits such as, "I just had sex with every woman alive", "i am a god and will never die" "I aint scared of nobody" and every ones favorite "I have 4 Bugatti's"

@GreenBeetle 8 жыл бұрын

Tai Lopez, is that you?

@FordZda 8 жыл бұрын

here in my garage, just bought this new gerber knife, but you know what i like more than cheap junk? KNOWLEDGE

@GreenBeetle 8 жыл бұрын

lol

@Potterformers 7 жыл бұрын

did you bump your camera?

@Kurogane_666 8 жыл бұрын

love the video, to split the rr spike, what was that tool?

@gabesowards9655 8 жыл бұрын

what temp should I heat up iron? my wife's pot broke and I wanted to see if I could make a knife outta it

@Efire76 8 жыл бұрын

Your knives are badass, I don't make knives nor really buy them (can't afford good ones) but your voice... Ohmahgurd lol white Morgan freeman

@chrisj1982 8 жыл бұрын

where do you get your spikes?

@dylangoode5252 7 жыл бұрын

I was listening to you talk about stainless steel and was thinking to myself who needs all these alloys, just simple carbon steel for simple carbon people.

@adrianpimentel7014 7 жыл бұрын

To forge weld, how many PSI are you running your forge at?

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

@Kratos_God_of_50_BMG 3 жыл бұрын

That'd make a great bushcraft knife. The unfinished parts make it look rustic, or I could be wrong......but I like it.

@starman2214 8 жыл бұрын

how do you polish your blades?

@SuqMadiq 8 жыл бұрын

Why is your anvil so quiet? Do you alter the audio or do the chains really do that well of a job?

@liljrm159 8 жыл бұрын

You should make a karambit knife that would be awesome to watch

@RealRuler2112 8 жыл бұрын

Is it typical to use a brine quench for file knives? Seems rather aggressive to me, but I'm just on the cusp of getting into blacksmithing. (My father was a metallurgist for almost 35 years & I know theory, but have little practical knowledge at this point.)

@GreenBeetle 8 жыл бұрын

it is aggressive and risky.

@briancoleman9330 8 жыл бұрын

Did you make your own hot chisel? If so, how did you do it?

@61A 8 жыл бұрын

Something I have been wanting to know is, what kind of anvil do you use? Also for a beginner black smith who wants to makes knives and the like what sort of working surface do you think would be the best choice? Also from research I have found many anvils to be rather expensive, any recommendations as to that or is a, you pay for what you get in this sort of thing?

@GreenBeetle 8 жыл бұрын

+Scott SUNBRO You get what you pay for with anvils. Railroad track is popular if you can find some cheap. People claim they forge on sledge hammer heads but that sounds like a lot of hassle. I've forged on large rocks before, see a few of my previous vids. Old vulcan anvils are about $200 used but not good quality - I use one. They are better than the inexpensive iron anvils that populate eBay, however.