How to Fit a Wa Handle Part 2 - step by step turorial

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4 жыл бұрын

In part 2 of this 2 part series I'll show you how I mark out and shape my octagonal wa style handles.
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@Spectt84 4 жыл бұрын

Knife makers and you especially are SOOO underated when it comes to the skills and knowledge involved for something like this to come together. The phrase "jack of all trades" comes to mind... For example, just on this project you were: a historian -to accurately replicate traditional Japanese styling an engineer -for ergonomics and function a designer -to use colors to make something visually appealing a blacksmith/metal fabricator -to shape the blade a metallurgist -to properly heat treat the blade a carpenter -to cut and shape the handle a machinist -to precisely measure and center the handle Then, if that wasn't hard enough you then added... a photographer, a cameraman, a video editor, a webmaster, an entrepreneur, a businessman, a salesman, and a teacher...

@robdellenger1866 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been learning and making knives for just a year now and I love it. I just want to thank you and all the knife makers out there for your sharing, encouraging, teaching, and especially all the effort you put into your videos. It’s greatly appreciated.

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I really appreciate that. Best reward for these videos is knowing someone else benefits from them so thanks again! Cheers👍

@michaelridout9693 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched these two videos a couple of times now. I love your teaching method. Thank you for taking time to share your knowledge and skills with the rest of us.

@alecf3691 Жыл бұрын

These videos were exactly what I was looking for and in need of. THANK YOU!

@Simplelittlelife Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!👍

@oldjoeclarke. Жыл бұрын

That was such fun to watch, all the simple but effective ideas that you use to make the job easier (not that it is easy) are great to see. It was a real breath of fresh air the way you shoot your videos, very calm and to the point without being over technical, like I said before, fun to watch. I didn't realise there was two parts when I started to watch but I am glad there was, could have watched this all night in truth. I am going to copy/paste this to part one. Thank you for such a great lesson, got a glue up on a Wa handle to do tomorrow, no shaping just the epoxy part but this video makes me feel more confident.

@jamesbarisitz4794 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite way to rehandle all my Japanese kitchen knives. Beauty job Jeremy.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for showing this detail! I'm going to be attempting one of these soon.

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! 👍

@xj9779 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this... you never can learn enough that is why I like it.

@laurentnadalknives8170 3 жыл бұрын

Very useful video! Thank you so much for those precious advices. I definitely love the way you work 🙏

@nicolascazzaretto5914 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful job dude, perfect!

@e.t.preppin7084 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful handle and knife I must add. I really would love to attempt a hidden tang knife someday. The cleaver is one of my favorite knives

@chrisosh9574 4 жыл бұрын

Really nice work, the balance looks good to me for Chinese style food prep.

@akker-5397 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, sir! It helped me a lot to make this process simple.

@mramanya 4 жыл бұрын

Another great knife build

@michaandrzejewski8445 4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy, next time You can just wax the tang of the knife, when epoxy cures you can really easily pop the handle off.

@jsmcinnes 4 жыл бұрын

so good!!! I followed everything you did and it turned out perfect!! Thank you for your videos!! You teach me so much!

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

Right on! Great to hear thank you 👍

@badplayer 4 жыл бұрын

Good videos man! Learning a lot, thanks for sharing. Going to try this on my next 2 sushi knives. For some reason I don't like to clamp on the tip of the blade, so I usually clamp the flats between 2 pieces of wood which are longer then the blade and clamp to those blocks and the handle. Works great. Keep the videos coming.

@rogersbros 3 жыл бұрын

Great work. Thanks for the video. 🤘

@747maran 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, looked through 5 videos how to attach a knife handle without pins, shouda typed in WA handles before

@Simplelittlelife 2 жыл бұрын

Right on. Glad it’s helpful and thank you for watching it! Cheers 👍

@josh88113 4 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous knife

@MrMarsBlades 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, cheers Jeremy

@eliaskobbi1797 4 жыл бұрын

That knife looks amazing man! Fantastic!

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@stevec1586 4 жыл бұрын

Grab the blade in a vise on your mill and drop an end mill down the sides of the handle to true them up to the blade...I'm a machinist, I always try to find find the most precise way to get there. Love your channel man. 👍

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve! That’s a really great idea. Have you tried it? My worry is the handle would rattle loose if it’s not epoxied on already. But man, that would be so easy! 👍

@stevec1586 4 жыл бұрын

@@Simplelittlelife No...never tried it. I've never made a knife for that matter. But you're right, I didn't think about the handle still being free.

@mickkeim4142 4 жыл бұрын

That is amazing...fine workmanship.

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@richardbohlingsr3490 4 жыл бұрын

That came out super nice. Swell job.

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much’

@retroguy254 4 жыл бұрын

Waow! (see what I did there) that is a beautiful cleaver. Thanks for tips, That might be my favorite knife you made so far. Until the next one.

@trevorbeckett3248 Жыл бұрын

Very Informative thank you

@2byforge 3 жыл бұрын

Had watch quite a few of your videos and loved them all. Then had the pleasure of listening to you on Toby Fire and Steel Podcast and then went and watch just about every single video of yours. This one is by far my favourite. I will be stealing your process for handle shaping from now on. P.s I already stole your cheap clamp trick from the glue up video as that is genius

@tpsolarpl1319 4 жыл бұрын

Genialny i banalnie prosty sposób jak prawidłowo i równo wykonać rękojeść. Dziękuję ! (PL)

@ferguslundy2253 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video and beautiful knife. Thanks for making

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@jacknemo8021 4 жыл бұрын

Loathe the Wa handle. I have always preferred the western birds head type. so much more control especially in a pull cut.

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

Cool

@neilyeag 4 жыл бұрын

What do you use for layout on really dark woods? Excellent tutorial on the lay out process.

@mauricehollands2425 3 жыл бұрын

Jeremy. Thank you for such an informative set of vids! I do have one question. You say you soaked the handle in tung oil or similar. Surely, if it is resin stabilised to strengthen the wood and stop twisting , cracking etc, then the oil will not soak in as you say. Am I missing something?

@SL-ez7qn 3 жыл бұрын

I really like your work and learned a few things. You have eared yourself a subscriber 👍🏼

@Simplelittlelife 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate that👍

@SL-ez7qn 3 жыл бұрын

There are so many epoxies on the market. Is there any one that you recommend.?

@charlottemelanie455 4 жыл бұрын

that is a beauty

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MethiasZa 4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy, did you ever show the sharpening apparatus for your belt grinder? Sharpening consistently to get a good cutting edge always drives me up the wall doing it freehand. If not it would be awesome to please see what you did.

@evaderknives 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking maybe wrap a wet towel around the blade, I thought you heated the whole tang, but this makes more sense... Great video, take it easy.. (looks like you have a friend there at 19:42, hahaha)

@labradoforge4414 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work. What do you call that measuring device that you taped the pencil to? Thank you

@DetailingJourney Жыл бұрын

What's the name of that tool you use to mark the thickness of the handle?

@lachy1709 4 жыл бұрын

hi Jeremy, have you ever tried using antler for a handle?

@elileavitt5923 4 жыл бұрын

So good! Does anyone know what that red wood is?

@LarsKiel 4 жыл бұрын

👍👌

@patrickkeit 4 ай бұрын

That pencil height gauge thingy, whats that called? I could really use such a thing

@ivanchepalis5362 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice and clear tutorial! What are the final dimensions of butt and ferrule?

@don0giorgio 4 жыл бұрын

Price tag, steel, hrc?) Looks awesome man!

@lancehandmade 4 жыл бұрын

what is that goop on your makers mark?

@geneclifford8662 4 жыл бұрын

As always, Another Great job Jeremy. I would love to see your sharpening unit for your belt grinder. Maybe I missed that session.

@mauricehollands2425 4 жыл бұрын

What are the '123' blocks you use a lot. Are they used in hydraulics or air distribution?

@mauricehollands2425 3 жыл бұрын

Just watched an earlier vid showing you making the handle. Can you tell me starting sizes before shaping? Obviously rectangle shape at blade end. Important to allow centering of 1/2" hole. AWhat is 1123 block. For hydraulics/air?

@1averageamerican 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic instruction and a beautiful handle. Thanks for sharing. BTW- Nice little nick on your knuckle. The hands of a knife maker.

@AmethystDeciever 4 жыл бұрын

19:41 spider decides that Jeremy is getting too much spotlight :D

@slidergrub 2 жыл бұрын

Was just about to make a similar comment! Hahah

@mjkknives9483 3 жыл бұрын

How to fit a handle handle ;)

@brucebarnes9138 4 жыл бұрын

Nice vegi chopper

@marksmallman4572 4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy, gorgeous.(the cleaver)

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 🙏👍

@michaelshort7297 4 жыл бұрын

Ah huh, 😁 you're right though it's very nice.

@johneliadis9689 4 жыл бұрын

That's gorgeous, but you're gonna run out of telephone books!

@andrewanderson9322 4 жыл бұрын

Love that you let your “young” kids use knives, my grandpa gave me an old timer and said you will lose 10 pints of blood in your life hopefully it won’t all be from this. lol I want to get my ten month old a knife... wife said no haha wonder why hahaha

@justonclark1244 4 жыл бұрын

How would I get ahold of you to talk about making 4 knifes for me.

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

You could email me. Jeremy at homesteadknives dot com 👍

@justonclark1244 4 жыл бұрын

Homesteadknife

@drewsenthused6079 4 жыл бұрын

Simple little life? More like sexy little knives. Nice one!

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, thank you. I appreciate the compliments. 👍

@Zach8264 4 жыл бұрын

One thing that drives me crazy is the amount of tape you use when doing epoxy stuff. Would you try getting some of those $5 silicone mats to mix your epoxy on to perhaps show people they can reduce their waste?

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

I get that comment a lot. Tape is cheap. The waste is small. I’ve tried silicone ice cube trays and they just are a pain to cheap and store. Tape is a product I use in 4 different processes in knifemaking so it makes sense to keep it and not have other stuff to deal with. Simplify. If people are really worried about waste they should stop buying useless crap at Walmart. I buy only things I need and use and buy the best I can so they last longer. Our culture is bread to always buy the latest and greatest and throw it away when the next thing comes out. That is a far bigger waste issue than me using tape to mix epoxy.

@Zach8264 4 жыл бұрын

@@Simplelittlelife I remember when you were using those ice cube trays. Which is what made me use a silicon mat for woodworking stuff. It just sits there along side other stuff on my bench and never moves. But I agree, the waste we go through with buying new and whatnot is a load of crap in itself. If you buy something nice that costs a little more, most people are well inclined to take better care of it and think twice before scrapping it for something new.

@Simplelittlelife 4 жыл бұрын

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