After your ulu marathon this spring I didn't think that you would ever make another one ! Your resilience is admirable

Ulu knives are traditionally chisel ground on the edge. The reason a chisel grind is used is that it makes the blade cut away from the fingers of the off-hand holding the animal being cut up, ie skinning a seal. The handle is also off-set in such that fingers get more handle than the thumb side.

Hello Dave ! I have been working as a machinist & toolmaker for about 35 years of employment. Received an apprenticeship from GM-Fisher Body back in 1989, so have been a journeyman Tool & Diemaker since graduating. I have a suggestion for cutting the steel by using your idea with the vise. By clamping the blades between 2 pieces of steel with the edges of the plates lined up with your cut line and then clamp them either in your vise or with some heavy c-clamps. These plates will need to have the 2 edges fairly sharp or machined to give you the flat edge break you want. By you "sandwiching" the blades between this way you clamp all the way across and give you more room to work. This worked for me as well using radiused edges to bend sheet metal to do a quick part for due repairs while running service on the stamping dies I currently work on when the presses stop and need my attention.

Having a great time watching this and the scenery and music is frosting on the cake.

Nice thorough video. :) In Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland, and elsewhere, uluit were not just made from old saw blades but from all kinds of metal that came from trade: spades, shovels, iron, etc. Even thin iron from old shipwrecks were used. Handsaws are now favored, but that's a relatively recent trend.

Beautiful job explaining how to make a Ulu knife! The batch on the table of finished Ulu's look great. Thank you Dave

Enjoy watching your stuff. You always explain clearly and simply. Thank you.

These are beautiful. Cool to see how these are made. It helps me to visualize the process before I make something, and I'm glad you went slowly and methodically and explained the safety stuff

What an awesome process! A lot of work! But very cool to see how they’re made! I absolutely love mine, thanks Dave👍🏼🍺

Nice! Great workmanship! I appreciate watching u build cabins n now making ulu's. Keep the good videos coming and God Bless!

Thank you. I appreciate this entire video. I have an ulu that i purchased in Alaska as a wedding gift for my wife in 1977. It has an antler handle with two brass pins. We still used it. It was made from a circular saw blade. Who know where it was actually made. It has held up well. Keep it out of the water. Wash and wipe the blade, put it away. We wash all our knives by hand. When I use them, I wash and dry the blade immediately, even the SS ones. I don't like the idea of a sharp knife in a sink full of dish water. Just saying. Blessings to you and yours. Those are keepsake blades for sure.

Know what? I think I can even do this after watching the process. You are a great teacher, Dave!

Hello my friend, greetings from Ecuador, your work is Amazing, Im working in create ULUS, my friends are very happy with the results, you have now a new fan,

Truly enjoy all of your videos excellent Workmanship 👍always enjoy your Wife’s channel also keep up the good work.!! 👏👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸

Excellent tutorial. I appreciate the way you explain each step along the way. Thank you!

Great video Dave. Thanks for all the info. I’ve always wanted an Ulu and now I can make one. On a quest for an old saw. Thanks again!

Great video!!!!!! I really like the way they turned out. The handles are really pretty. Very nice touch. You did a super job. Thanks for sharing

Thank you for your knowledge about old saws. It's to late to save the saw that my dad gave me as my son got rid of it with many of my tools at a garage sale. He thinks he is the alpha male in our relationship & his tools that I gave him are better than mine. I saved the chisel that my dad gave me & I will give it to my grandson to keep it in the family. One thing my dad passed on to me is to have a file for wood & the old file for metal but don't use the metal file on wood again. He was a Industrial Arts teacher for many years. I became an IA, Vocational Auto, Vocational Construction, Vocational Appliance as well as a Special Ed teacher. I still like to learn things as well as teach what I know. You 2 married people are good teachers without having the paper certificate to teach. Some of us are gifted to pass on our knowledge to those people that wan't to learn.

Excellent tutorial..! You made it super easy to understand the steps, tools needed, techniques involved. Audio - visual learner here.. :-) I appreciate the fact that you took the time to point out that you shouldn't ruin a perfectly good functional old tool and to use those that have lost their usefulness. I love old tools and I absolutely hate it when I see people destroy tools that still have plenty of life in them. Thanks for the video....

Great job, I truly enjoyed watching this

Man I want to make one. Awesome job. Love you and Brooke. You guys rock! God bless!

I love your work bench. Great idea!

I just watched Brook talking about her favorite knives . The ULU you made for her was number one . I like them too but never thought about making one myself . Thanks for teaching me how ! (PS: I love your wife 😍 She is a hoot and smart and beautiful etc etc etc . ) You are the sure winner there brother !❤

The best tutorial I’ve ever seen. Thanks. By the way, nice music. It reflects your personality.

Those look awesome, great job!

Gorgeous!! Thanks for this VERY interesting tutorial.

You’re the man Dave, that was awesome, thank you man. I’m gonna try my hand at making a few this weekend. 👍

Hey there Dave thank you for the video and thank you for showing us on KZfaq how to make this one day I'm going to make one or more myself now I know how thanks to you

Hi Dave, great video bud, love your attention to detail! I'd also like to add that the guitar work was awesome too, Rock On!!!

Good video and instructions for making an ulu knife, Dave!

I have one of your ulu. I bought a work sharp to keep a edge on ulu. Love the knife, use it all the time

Very Cool, thanks for the winter project idea!

Dave is a very good teacher!

Congratulations on starting your new adventure. You have so many God-given talents. My husband was the same way.

I am waiting for you to say "Ok, the Ulu Knives are now available in my store!"

Thank you so much. I am going to try making one. You explain everything so well. You are so very talented in so many different ways.

Dav love the way your working on the ulo very nice

Finding this channel today...feeling like a caveman that just discovered fire. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

Hello Dave, Great video. Thanks for sharing !

Thank you. Learned a new skill. Much appreciated!

Absolutely outstanding! I really like how you use common tools that most “nonprofessionals” have access to or already own. I truly enjoy all of your vids. Thank you so much. 👍🏻

May I recommend deeply scoring the metal along those long lines first? Similar to breaking or cutting plexiglass, stone etc.

You can score the lines with a cold chisel before breaking the big pieces .It might help .

Nice job! They all look great! Looks like you are on your way to knife making.

That was cool! I had just bought an ulu a few months before u started making them. So I couldn't see myself buying another just yet, otherwise I wudda bought one of urs! I picked up an old rusty saw at a thrift store, no idea how old it is. I'll probably give it away to a friend that wanted to make an ulu, I don't trust myself... I might lose a finger! Great video... Never would have thot to break steel like that!

👍 Danke fürs Hochladen! 👍 Thanks for uploading!

Thanks for the lesson!

They’re definitely good skinners.I’d like to have one. I’ve used a hatchet edge and loved the way it worked with the curved face. Much better than with a knife. I see it’s benefits.

Hey what’s going on Dave Thank you for sharing your videos great job 👍❤️☮️🙏✌️

Hi Dave you know if you use a dremel with a cutting disk just to score the lines slightly, dont cut them out with it just touch lift off you wont generate enough heat to hurt anything and then do exactly what you were doing you will get some clean breaks I've done it,,great video Rick from Owosso M.I.

As a guy who's bought old saws for using as saws, I was cringing a little at the beginning until you told everyone not to destroy a good saw. Also had no idea they were that brittle. Now I know what to do with some junkers...Thanks!

Nice job, very interesting and relaxing to watch and understand the whole process.

This IS my next project. Thanks!

Hello Dave, My compliments; top notch instructive video. Greetz from Holland.

You could use 2 pieces of angle iron to extend your vice jaws. You & your wife are amazing people. I pray for you. GOD BLESS.

love that your workbench is a treestump.

Hey, Dave ... all the best with tonight's eBay sale of your Ulus! Just watched you make mine (well ... at least, the process you used :) Thanks for sharing ... really enjoyed watching! Oh, and BTW ... we always had Wheel Horse tractors when I was growing up. Nice to see yours is still in service! Later, my friend ... God Bless

Dave, for the final removal of the wire edge I have found that a leather strop epoxied to a plank and drawing the ulu blade back towards you is more effective at removing the wire edge, then finish the honing on the gray cardboard from the back of a stenographer's tablet.

Good deal I learned alot I have a few circular saw blades destined for scrap now I'll try making an ulu and maybe the broken off shard could be a striker for a ferro rod thanks Dave.

Thanks for the great video Dave, I'm going to try this soon. I really enjoy your down to earth approach to things. Breaking out a knife with a hammer looks like my kind of project. Ha.

Great job my friend keep it up Bless on your family

Ulus are typically only beveled on one side

Nice job! Would like to try makin one for myself. Thank for sharin this.

This is an awesome how-to for making an ulu knive! We have a couple in our kitchen, but i think I was to try one of these with the hardened steel (I think we got the 'tourist' version)! Regardless, tha you so much!

That was amazing.

Awesome job, a little trick for the epoxy to go on a bit smoother you can add a few drops of alcohol in the mix will dilute so you work with it easier

Thanx so much for the tutorial, I'm off to my shop to try my hand and making one

Saved! I still want to purchase one of your creations. Keep. Me posted. 👍🏻

I'm going to keep my eye open for an old saw blade so I can try this. Thanks for the idea.

I’ll send you pics when I done bud. Thanks a million. I’ll never forget it.

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Evening, Dave... You've given us a marvelous tutorial, here. Many thanks. I'm wondering if perhaps scoring might help w/ a cleaner break? The splitting wedge is a great idea. I too, like utilizing & improving whatever I might have on hand for just the right tool.

This real craftsmanship

I have the Norse Hawk, from Cold Steel, when the head is removed from the handle. You basically have an Ulu knife. A nice tool, and one I will have to actually add to my collection.

Very much enjoyed the video Dave!!! Didn't know you could break a saw blade that way...

Warmest thanks for the inspiration! Peace Be The Journey!

Thanks for the lesson, think I'll made a few.

I assume this was filmed before th barn bit the big one... Great video with a ton of info. Love it. Miss the cabin in the big state but love thw how-to stuff.

Thanks Dave. Think I’ll try my hand at making an ULU KNIFE from an old handsaw someday.

Hahaha that is a really cleaver idea. That was a nice nugget of info thanks

Love this !! Thank's :)

Great video!

Thanks for an excellent video. Short, sweet, right to the point. (Some might say 45 minutes is not "short," but you wasted no time. It was no longer than necessary.) Your ulu knives look like a very practical use of simple materials. You did the job with a relatively common set of tools. Again, thanks for a nice video. One thought: I would have wanted to remove all of the rust---but that's just me. 🙂

Nice job!

Outstanding!

I enjoyed the video, thank you

Great job bud!

If you used a 1" slab you can cut a slot in it the thickness of the blade, if you use a handsaw you can make the slot pretty close to the thickness of the blade

Great demo....tks

Great video! Gonna make a couple,i'll let you know how they turn out! Ernie

Good information Dave

good job,thanks

Awesome!!!

Might be cool to make a more modern hybrid using the saw handle. Changes the ergonomics, but still less offset than a western chef knife.

UUUUULLLUUUUU Two great videos man... you know bush craft i not just some jig rigged contraption, it is the use of industrial arts at its finest to improvise elegant solutions. i have been dying to use an ulu for a long time.. i have a pretty extensive collection of knives all of which i use they range from fine chef's knives to a 1/4" thick BK-2 just in case i have to slice tomatoes after field dressing a Buick..(that knife will do it too) Great to watch you work. by the way Narrow Escapes is awesome! i have been really paying attention to the nuances in the stories. those stories go deep. Being radical J

You could score it with a grinder or rotary tool without the temler being affected and finish it off with snapping it. It will snap cleaner as it will break at the weakest point, which will be the scored area. Also, a chunk of squared metal pressed against the material, then hit the chunk of metal would make the strike more evenly spread and would give cleaner breaks.

Thanks for the video. I have been wondering about your method of getting the knife blades out of a saw blade. My son and I turn a knife (though not an ulu yet) out every so often using the same way: I learned how in an old edition of Foxfire if you know the books.

I wonder if you scratch the line if it would break clean , I have used my shears to do this . Will try and make some of these as i have a saw that will do.

thanks for the video see you on the next one

Harbor Freight sells a belt sander cleaner that works great! It looks like a gum eraser that we used in grade school! I sanded a 8ft by 6 foot deck with only 3 belts! It took off the old finishand before the belt gets hot you hit it with the eraser and it cleans it off like new! Your belts last a lot longer!