Knife making - Forged Birch Bark Puukko

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6 жыл бұрын

By far one of my favorite knifes so far! The birch bark handle is not only comfortable but also pretty easy to make.
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@Bloodletter8 3 жыл бұрын

Ever since I first learned of the puukko I have LOVED that style of handle construction. A simple concept that ends up functional and pretty.

@anthonytrinh2496 6 жыл бұрын

I have seen how the Finnish make birch bark handles for their knives and they don't use glue. Instead they have the tang pointed like a spike and stab the sheets of birch bark onto the tang of knife, then they pound the bark down using a wooden block or rod that is hallow in the middle to compress them together. They would do this several times in till the desired length is achieved

@jere3604 5 жыл бұрын

yeah, but it probably is easier that way.

@anonimniy 5 жыл бұрын

Anthony Trinh , probably , one of the easiest ways is boiling up already compressed handle - birch tar will glue everything instead of you)

@jussieronen3707 4 жыл бұрын

The method is older than glue.

@anonimniy 4 жыл бұрын

Ioannes Eroi yep)

@lovejcdc 4 жыл бұрын

That was absolutely awesome. For a young man you are an amazing blacksmith and craftsman. Not only did you do a great job on the blade itself but I was blown away by the way you made the handle. I haven't seen anyone do a stacked handle in a long time and you nailed it perfectly. Anyone would be proud to own that blade including myself. Great job

@therookofchess 6 жыл бұрын

That handle has a really nice look to it. Brilliant as always.

@AlphaNerd132 6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE this knife, it's simplistic yet pretty! One thing that I see LOTS of people do that i don't understand is that they don't put a relief right before the hilt. It leads to a sloping edge after a few years of sharpening.

@sharontibon3158 5 жыл бұрын

I can watch this all day. Simply amazing!

@brandonneth9164 3 жыл бұрын

FINALLY!!! Someone who normalizes their blade. I have no doubt that a lot of folks do it off camera but I always get worried when I don’t see it.

@saksikasi 6 жыл бұрын

Pretty good. Didn't know that the bark could be used in this way. Excellent ... >:3

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

birch bark Is used for many things. It's very rich in natural oils and tar, so even though it's totally dried it's still very flexible.

@sleestalk 6 жыл бұрын

maybe it was also used because in finlnd it goes from warm to very cold and that can take a toll on solid wooden handles and might make them crack?

@modeljack2993 6 жыл бұрын

Birch bark has historically been used for starting fires and sealing canoes by the native Americans. Tree bark in general has been used by ancient tribes as tree bark tents as homes.

@bloodypine22 6 жыл бұрын

Finns also used to make shoes, backbags, purses, and sheaths out of Birch bark

@modeljack2993 6 жыл бұрын

The imperial Inquisition The stuff can be worked like leather, from what I've seen since this video. So, perhaps not so surprising.

@gannenhinson5966 6 жыл бұрын

i know that i always comment about your creativity being through the roof, but this one is a step above, the handle and blade are both beautiful.

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

Thank brother!

@xeno126 6 жыл бұрын

Puukko Knives are the most beautiful knives.

@lassim3111 5 жыл бұрын

Puukko means a knife

@colinperkins8794 5 жыл бұрын

@@lassim3111 it means hunting

@tonts4372 5 жыл бұрын

@@colinperkins8794 no puukko=knife XD

@lassim3111 5 жыл бұрын

@@colinperkins8794 perkele

@raskolnikov7049 4 жыл бұрын

@@colinperkins8794 what fucking hunting

@Marq91F 6 жыл бұрын

That handle is just...amazing. Such wonderful work!!

@asambi69 5 жыл бұрын

Love that you made the handle the traditional way... So awesome.

@stevenmosselman4380 6 жыл бұрын

That is absolutely swesome. The handle looks like leather

@angelabillmeyer7018 4 жыл бұрын

I love the handle! I never thought of Birch Bark before.

@stitch4772 6 жыл бұрын

Damn...gotta admit at first I was a little skeptical but you proved me wrong! What a work of art man! Much respect! I really want to learn how to make my own knife.

@c-0055 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this video at least 10 times, I love it, great work!

@fourfor4579 6 жыл бұрын

Good ol Finnish knife

@volvo9051 5 жыл бұрын

yeah XD @edwin mason

@feelsman7837 5 жыл бұрын

benis :---DDDDD

@paahtopro3950 4 жыл бұрын

@@feelsman7837 aika magee xd

@dniseoli 6 жыл бұрын

Parabéns!!! Trabalho magnífico!!👏👏

@LeaderofChickens 6 жыл бұрын

I love your move towards most artistic and creative knives. I would still like to watch your remaking videos and practice new skills :)

@jasonthornberg8137 4 жыл бұрын

I like the Finnish you put on this knife, well done!

@zachdavid3017 6 жыл бұрын

Wow that's absolutely gorgeous.

@veshtitsacraftsandtunes4693 4 жыл бұрын

Love the rough finish you left after the hardening!

@NotonlyWood 6 жыл бұрын

Turned out superb👍👍

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

Not only Wood Thanks brother!

@user-ex9ti7ds3m 5 жыл бұрын

Love how you progressively speed up the video so the hammer strikes end up sounding like someone playing scales. Never seen that before. 👍👍

@GtsAntoni1 6 жыл бұрын

Really great job my man. I was like “that handled never going to work” I was way wrong.

@cranna31 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Outstanding and amazing eye for detail. 10 out of 10. Brilliant

@PJGalati 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, I have seen a lot of knives made, but never seen anyone use birch bark as a handle! That's really cool. I have tons of birch around here, now I have some plans!

@InformationIsTheEdge 5 жыл бұрын

That is a beautiful Finnish knife. I love the use of the cold chisel! Your technique is impressive and the knife looks like a real champ! Thanks for the fun video!

@Mymomsaidiwascool 5 жыл бұрын

Nice work as always. Look forward to seeing more.

@nimaratheelvenhealer1700 6 жыл бұрын

Enjoyable video as always! Love the knife it looks amazing!

@paistinlasta1805 5 жыл бұрын

Gotta love that the sudoku on the paper was completed. Never cared much for sudoku though. Always was a crossword man myself.

@GramosiTV 6 жыл бұрын

I am so in love! *sheds manly tears*

@BlackTalonZero 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! It's like one of those satisfying videos but better.

@guillaumem72 6 жыл бұрын

I love the handle, bigger than I've expected but wow looks so awesome !

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

It's pretty long yeah, but it really makes a difference when handling it. Thanks mate!

@anthonyfeatherstone7696 6 жыл бұрын

Such a great looking knife! Great job

@pepejuan2924 Жыл бұрын

Great work, looks really good ,thanks for posting 👍

@Toownky 5 жыл бұрын

For your tight fit problem : no need for glue nor to punch holes in every single bark piece. Next time, you can make the tang longer and pointy and use it to pierce the bark. You also need to pack the pile with some sort of tube every few bark piece

@xXboolieXx 6 жыл бұрын

I think this is my favorite piece you made! Good job

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

Mine too. Thank you!

@TheEgzorcysta 5 жыл бұрын

Knife hand looks amazing just one word WOW 😍

@karlsson408 6 жыл бұрын

Love the editing you add to your videos. Keep it up

@user-lc7mr3wk2o 4 жыл бұрын

Классный нож, давно о таком мечтаю, простой и красивый клинок.

@jimmyboyle3543 6 жыл бұрын

absolutely beautiful

@kenmichener8439 5 жыл бұрын

I love that knife you did a beautiful job and wow you made it look so easy when I know very well it is not thank you sir God bless you and yours long life and prosperity

@amyllari5274 4 жыл бұрын

you are a skilled craftsman as a fellow carpenter I respect your talent.

@PrimalEdge 6 жыл бұрын

great job, I think it came out awesome!

@gabrielvieira5216 5 жыл бұрын

thanks for make me learn what PATIENCE is Make N' Create, now i can see why some people go further than others, your channel is awesome and i enjoy every moment from your video ! greetings from Brazil tip: add some Dark Piano musics to your video, it looks too over legendary man, trust me

@robert4112 6 жыл бұрын

Marvelous craftsmanship 👍

@TheWtfnonamez 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to watch. Excellent job mate.

@francisjoly3862 6 жыл бұрын

Really like that handle!

@intrepid5144 5 жыл бұрын

Again, WOW! I love the things you make, and the videos of you creating them. One thing I'd like you to add to your videos, is the time/days it took you to make each of these items.

@Pablo-dn3qx 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! It's wonderful!

@wesleyhobbs9 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, and you have amazing talent! That was incredible to watch and it must’ve taken years for you to master that! Quite amazing

@GandBeckz 6 жыл бұрын

This is the mother of beauty

@carrdoug99 6 жыл бұрын

WOW! Really nice job and really cool technique👍

@bcworkman1983 6 жыл бұрын

very kool, really awesome handle.

@brukernavnfettsjit 6 жыл бұрын

Nice, I love birch bark handles!!

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

So do I!

@MikeTheMaker1 6 жыл бұрын

I love the way you edit your sound

@dpw1989 5 жыл бұрын

Really love this knife!

@ignisbushcraft 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome job! Keep up the good work!

@williamprince1114 6 жыл бұрын

Fine work. Well done.

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

:=)

@nikfeo 6 жыл бұрын

Отличная работа! Пусть нож служит долго!

@TheHom3er 6 жыл бұрын

awesome stuff, really like your work. But why do you not heatshrink the crossguartds onto the tangs? I mean it would hold much better then glue and you just have to make a slightly smaller extrusion (2-10 micrometer)

@danielbourke6683 6 жыл бұрын

That's a really pretty knife

@bearwolfprojects8667 5 жыл бұрын

I had no idea you could use the bark from a tree for a handle thank you for teaching me something new about the craft

@TrubbleX97 6 жыл бұрын

Nice Work, that's a beautiful knife! Ever thought about adding subtiles like other silent creators, for instance Primitive Technology, do? I think it would be very interesting to have the option of reading what exactly you're doing and what your thought process was/is. Cheers! :)

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

I haven't thought of adding subtitles. It would take a lot of extra time to do, but will think about it. Thanks mate!

@iulianianculidis3934 5 жыл бұрын

gl HP h89qș

@iulianianculidis3934 5 жыл бұрын

la 862aa3aaăyayța

@TheTulatokarev 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent, excellent! Bravooo! Awesome northman knife, man! :D Greetings from Serbia! 🌳🌳🌳😀

@nils8597 5 жыл бұрын

Ivan'sChronicle 1 gegen1?

@badreddine3465 5 жыл бұрын

Well done. Perfect knife. Thanks. i like it bravo.

@OEF_Vet_0331 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man, that knife is amazing. Great job!

@GsyMoo 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Nicely proportioned work knife 👍

@Arielgauna 6 жыл бұрын

Muy bueno, saludos desde Argentina.

@sleestalk 6 жыл бұрын

ohh that was beautiful.

@EODReddFox 6 жыл бұрын

Super cool. What kind of epoxy did you use for the handle? A longer setting, tougher epoxy I’d think would be better. I’d also slather the the bark in it to toughen it up for the handle when stacking them. I would be worried about some of those discs cracking and coming loose with too weak an epoxy or too little used.

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

I used long setting epoxy. I did put epoxy on the bark.

@Hunac-Ceel 6 жыл бұрын

love the method behind the handle :)

@eriklorentzen6510 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video of the whole process start to finish, expertly edited to not lose interest but also show how much work goes into the process. The birch bark handle is something I've never seen before, it is beautiful but how does it hold up compared to leather/wood/G10/Micarta?

@agustinsolis114 6 жыл бұрын

Alto video capo me re encanto saludos desde argentina

@daviddahl9595 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work.

@lostbuffalo196 6 жыл бұрын

This is so cool man. WHAT KIND OF STEEL?? I love how easily you get your fire roaring. My fingers won't do that.

@tofanedward9049 6 жыл бұрын

lost buffalo looks like spring steel from a coil spring.

@lostbuffalo196 6 жыл бұрын

That makes sense. Thank you

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

Just a high carbon Steel rod. Thanks mate!

@lostbuffalo196 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Keep up good work

@nils8597 5 жыл бұрын

lost buffalo nob lol

@stupidass4567able 6 жыл бұрын

Your vise says Leningrad on it? 8:37

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

It does!

@ethanstang9941 5 жыл бұрын

@@MakeNCreate wow

@fiddykooro3541 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao this dude is here making a traditional finnish knife while he has a vise that has the name Leningrad on it

@norbertzapf7546 6 жыл бұрын

Woooow thats an amazing job...I wanna ask you cause is it possible that you make such a blade for me...blade only please. I am a german sheathmaker hobbyist and I can build the handle and the sheath myself but i have no forge available. I think you puuko is the best i just saw and i would love to have one of your production. best regards and have a nice day Norbert

@Cibohos 6 жыл бұрын

Never heard of a handle made like that before but damn is it cool. Now I want a forge -.-

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

Get one! or build one!

@PotatoesAssistant 5 жыл бұрын

Is the tool you use to chop the brass piece hardened

@GramosiTV 3 жыл бұрын

I want to try this my self but I have 3 questions. 1. What kind of stock metal did you use? 2. I saw you tempered it for 2 hours in your oven but at what °C? 3. Any tipps on collecting the birch bark? Do I have to let it dry for a few weeks first? Thank you so much for all the videos of your work I really apreciate it! You are great!

@magnusjohnsen5521 6 жыл бұрын

Endelig en sand håndværker. Jeg er selv knivmager og dit indehold er fantastisk!👍

@sammygarcia6968 6 жыл бұрын

It came out really good...👍

@antubazan6463 5 жыл бұрын

Me gusta muchísimo tú contenido es muy instructivo y a la vez le pones un poco de humor besitos en la cola desde Argentina

@sergeibrony4917 2 жыл бұрын

Тиски ещё советские-"Ленинград "! Молодец!

@callmecloud8472 6 жыл бұрын

Another Beautiful blade!! keep up the amazing vids man. :D

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

@piergiorgiocefaloni9159 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video, awesome knife!

@a5ad0r 3 жыл бұрын

very, very nice work !

@dobypilgrim6160 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice. I love it.

@demastust.2277 6 жыл бұрын

Usually the tang is forged to a point and the birch paper is stabbed onto it. When enough paper is on the tang, the end cap is put on and the tip of the tang is cut off and then peened with a hammer to hold the parts together.

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

I know. I watched the Northmen video also.

@demastust.2277 6 жыл бұрын

I just watched the video an hour and half ago. It's lovely!

@Yandrax94 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing job. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Greetings from Spain! What grit/ polishing compound were you using for this project?

@MakeNCreate 6 жыл бұрын

I rough ground the edge on my belt sander which has a 120 grit belt. Then for sharpening I skipped the 400 side on stone and went immediately to 1000 grit. Then finished of on the polishing wheel which is probably around 12000 grit. Thanks!

@f4llout503 5 жыл бұрын

Im doing one my self right now and I did an sample piece of the birch bark grip. I noticed that some of the Layers become lose after time. Thats why I was wondering what kind of glue you are using ?

@MakeNCreate 5 жыл бұрын

epoxy

@TonydBrony 6 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love watching your creation videos. They're therapeutic in some way. For a wood working/metal working project, would you ever consider making a barrel or cask?