JFAK9 - (W COMMENTARY) Forging a 52100 Hunter

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28 күн бұрын

Just Forging a Knife w commentary. JFAK9 Forging a 52100 Hunter. A 52100 steel bar is used to forge a nice knife. To see the JFAK 8forging of the knife at the beginning of this video go to: • JFAK 8 - Forging a Kni...
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@thegrafxguy1 26 күн бұрын

commentary ftw. being someone that is into this stuff but has not ever done it, hearing you describe the process is extra cool. not only do i get to watch a craftsman at work, but i get to hear what he's doing and why. fantastic.

@wildbillmiller614 26 күн бұрын

The commentary videos are always better than the non commentary

@b2bogster 25 күн бұрын

I have a hard time with the heal, too. I would love to see a video on those techniques.

@davidvanderwoude7911 26 күн бұрын

If you're having trouble squaring off the heel, it might be worth isolating the handle before you start beveling the heel. that way, you can use the cross peen to try and form it into a square (or move material into a place where you can grind it square).

@eternalforestforge 23 күн бұрын

One thing that has helped me with a rounded heel is putting the piece in a vice, tip down, and upsetting the heel from the back. It helps square it up and gives you more mass to get more height at the heel as well.

@timothygee8566 23 күн бұрын

I really enjoy your videos. I refer back to them alot when i am trying to forge. The information you share has been a big help to me in my blacksmithing journey. Thankyou for all your hard work

@GreenBeetle 22 күн бұрын

Cool, thanks! 🙏

@jarlove 25 күн бұрын

I would love a video on heal techniques! That is one of the hardest things to get done well

@hcmustang 24 күн бұрын

For the heel, I use a rounding hammer. Pointing the “corner” you’re looking for towards myself, and tilting my hammer angle back so the aggressive outer radius of the hammer draws material towards me. More tilt as you go

@PotbellyTurtle 25 күн бұрын

As a hobbyist maker, my forging attempts have been mediocre at best. I have the upmost respect for people who forge and make it look easy. Very nice work! Thanks for providing quality Content!

@GreenBeetle 25 күн бұрын

🙏

@RRINTHESHOP 26 күн бұрын

I buy 52100 flat bar from Alpha Knike supply. Well done nice knife.

@GreenBeetle 26 күн бұрын

Alpha is great 👍

@familyonamissiongo4790 26 күн бұрын

Try isolating the heel with 1/2” round stock bent 90 degrees in your pritchel hole before forging the handle or blade

@GreenBeetle 26 күн бұрын

Nice idea ty!

@MCsCreations 25 күн бұрын

Wonderful knife, Steve! Really amazing work!!! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@MASI_forging 24 күн бұрын

Great work. The knife looks cool 👍👍

@ronaldmarsh7025 25 күн бұрын

You could try establishing the heel with a parting tool or a v edge step(dunno what its called). I have scrap that came from mill/lathe tool holders that I use as forming tools and one is a v groove that broke at the bottom. I use the edge like the edge of the anvil.

@StuartSmithHandForgedKNives 25 күн бұрын

another winner

@GreenBeetle 25 күн бұрын

thanks, Stewart!

@mrbfox1775 25 күн бұрын

Squaring up the heel, if you draw the heel out before pointing, could you hang the heel on the edge of the anvil and then hit the end where the point will eventually be and upset the heel square?

@kzarnold3678 26 күн бұрын

Good times nicely done 👍

@SonoraSlinger 26 күн бұрын

The rasp is typically a water quench

@GreenBeetle 26 күн бұрын

Yes it was quenched in water

@matthewf1979 26 күн бұрын

Try starting with the handle/back of the blade first if you want it squared off. Forge in the profile/tip last so you have material to hammer on to get it as square as you want. Or just go to stock removal….

@GreenBeetle 25 күн бұрын

I’m thinking you’re right on with isolating the handle first I’m going to try that a few times next.

@jackshields606 26 күн бұрын

Regarding JFAK8 use a water/brine quench to increase hardness: if it goes horribly wrong then don't post it. (Or do.) I managed to destroy most of my first knives that way. Some pretty spectacularly.

@GreenBeetle 26 күн бұрын

This was a water quebch

@jackshields606 26 күн бұрын

My face is red: assumed oil. Going to re-watch. My apologies.

@jackshields606 25 күн бұрын

Maybe you forgot to shout at it during the quench like Murray Carter does.

@TalRohan 25 күн бұрын

Hmm Have you tried setting the heel using a rounded edge of the anvil to cut it in...From a blacksmithing point of view sharper features like the heel are something I try and do first but you need to have calculated the amount of steel you need for the blade quite accurately. Mild steel allows the use of set hammers and a vice to push the steel around and get that final shape but you definitely can't do that with high carbon steels I like the commentaries but watch the ones videos without narration when I have company because then it doesnt matter about the sound being off

@GreenBeetle 25 күн бұрын

That’s a neat idea. I’ve tried striking w the corner of my square faced hammer which is slightly rounded but not used a dressed corner of the anvil. That’d be more accurate in my case. I think you’re right this all has a lot to do with how much steel one can gather. What works w 1/4” prob not as effective w 1/8” starting width.

@MatrixRage 26 күн бұрын

Get that at Jantz in Davis? I’ve meant to stop in every time I drive by, but never have

@GreenBeetle 25 күн бұрын

I ordered online I think they are in Ardmore?

@MatrixRage 25 күн бұрын

@@GreenBeetle If they are in Ardmore, that’d be awesome, as it’s super close too, but I’ve never seen one there, just Davis. I’ll have to google now!

@beezo2560 26 күн бұрын

I commented on the other video assuming the knife shown at the beginning was the knife being built in the video. I should have known by the absence of file teeth material. Duh! Sorry. I'm up to speed now. P.S. I like the way you shape and thin your heels compared to how I do them. Yours seems more efficient in material and time. My 2 cents.

@GreenBeetle 26 күн бұрын

🙏

@lonestaronestar1845 26 күн бұрын

Just curious how someone would go about getting one of your knives?

@lonestaronestar1845 26 күн бұрын

Please don't say "from my cold dead hands".

@GreenBeetle 26 күн бұрын

Contact me and leave your email on my notification list. I’ll email everyone when I have few knives up for grabs. I don’t take many custom orders but every now and again if the project is interesting and I have the time I might.

@stevealford230 26 күн бұрын

STEVE! *I hover above the keyboard for a moment, unsure of how to describe what I've done here, debating whether or not to discuss my knives or Steve's knives or neither. I choose neither and decide to hit "Comment" right n-

@GreenBeetle 26 күн бұрын

(Steve)

@stevealford230 25 күн бұрын

@@GreenBeetle On a more serious note, the only way I know to get that heel more defined is to do a little bit of preform to get a tiny fat upset right above where you plan to lay the half-face blows to form that heel, with a slight forward curve in the preform there so that you'll have the extra material there to form that heel without going too thin or making a banana, then when you hammer in your bevels, just keep moving material down into the heel and re-square it as you go until it's close to square, and finish it at the grinder to get it sharp. To preform it, just get it orange and whack it on the horn to put the forward curve and upset in it right above where you plan to put the heel. That may not be of any use, but I hope that helps, bro.

@Tenoct91 25 күн бұрын

Much prefer the commentary.

@darraghchapman 25 күн бұрын

3:25 You could just grind it... is that considered 'cheating'? It's not damascus, so you're not losing any pattern

@GreenBeetle 25 күн бұрын

I don’t think it’s cheating necessarily but I worry “fixing” a rounded heel w grinding will either narrow the width of the blade or pull the heel forward away from the plunge.