Making a Cleaver From a Pick Axe (feat. Simple Little Life)

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7 жыл бұрын

This knife's 100% charity auction raised over $50 on eBay. Thanks!
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Hiccups, as usual! It's a super-cool looking chopper and the mystery steel used to forge this pick axe made one heck of an edge. A suspect forge weld and what appears to be defective steel make this cleaver decorative only, however. It should be considered unsafe to use. Watch it chop a 2x4 before the edge is removed in preparation for its charity auction. I learned a lot and will likely revisit this project at a later date.
Hopefully I can pick up some stock removal tips from Jeremy at Simple Little Life soon. He's really nailed down all his processes! Thanks, everyone.
"Daily Beetle" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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@riogahoole 7 жыл бұрын

Now I'm just imagining people sending you gifts all the time and you just look at them like... I'm gonna make this into a knife

@THEgizmo302 7 жыл бұрын

Your voice is so soothing. Main reason why I watch your videos.

@karlgustav5490 7 жыл бұрын

i agree

@gavin6274 7 жыл бұрын

I don't know if you guys have played Fallout: New Vegas, but he kinda sounds like Boone :D

@Dragonspeaksopinions 7 жыл бұрын

Gavin no. Boone sounds less happy and a little deeper abd slower

@Sniper5875 7 жыл бұрын

My dad gave me a thing to fix, turned it I to a knife. I just found it so funny.

@MrJim0914 7 жыл бұрын

Ruby O'Neil

@iMpRiSiOnEd 7 жыл бұрын

Jeremy is a ballsy one, wearing a ring on his finger!

@PACHEKODEMON 7 жыл бұрын

I love the way that Green Beatle works, he just works his way out of everything he does, not worring for problems and sometimes he does not measure or think a lot about some aspects of his proyects, what i also do sometimes, that´s why i love so much watching him work. That fotage of the mini cleaver cures cancer i swear... so relaxing and satisfying

@yellow-harold8965 7 жыл бұрын

Really cool cleaver, but I think you underestimate the steel, it was made to be a pickaxe after all and those are used for chopping stone, I don't think meat and bone will be any issue...

@joshbowman5940 7 жыл бұрын

Yellow- Harold so he actually misidentified it as a pickaxe (understandably) but in reality, it is a pick mattock. You can tell because of the adze end and the fact that it is a jam bit tool. Mattocks, specifically the adze end, are not designed to directly hit stone. It's a trail building tool and is made of much softer steel since it handles mostly dirt, root, and small rocks. Obviously that can be changed some through tempering, but he may be very accurate in doubting its ability to chop bone.

@leatherface711 5 жыл бұрын

I like both cleavers and Jeremy does a good job on the mini cleaver, but at the same time I love the way you took a earth crunching cutting moving tool and forged it into a meat cutting slicing chopping tool . Both of you are some of my favorite knife makers, along with the Walt of Sorrells and Slevik of Telly

@jasonallen6806 4 жыл бұрын

Your work is extremely amazing, I wish I could afford one of your knives

@drewconrad3934 7 жыл бұрын

So because no one I've seen has said this yet, this build is so damn unique. Never would I've made a knife this way, but it's very creative.

@420ghoul 7 жыл бұрын

watching those smoke bubbles pop @ 10:43 was almost a soothing feeling

@andrewkidd282 7 жыл бұрын

I like that you left the makers mark in it.

@MrDirtyVirus 7 жыл бұрын

Loving the slow motion! Great video once again! :D

@roadhandviking2741 6 жыл бұрын

I think you made this project more difficult than it has to be. With that said it turned out to be a very good looking cleaver. Keep up the good work

@FabledHeroes3351 7 жыл бұрын

I really like how you just take all these random and old things and just make them into bad ass pieces of weaponry

@iMACHINEfpv 5 жыл бұрын

The kid in me, lol'd, the Dad in me Doh!'d "sorry Dad" 🔥👍😆

@jasonc2111 7 жыл бұрын

Bad ass shot of you quenching the wrench!!! New to your channel, and I love it!!!

@skinnycarlos8771 7 жыл бұрын

Mr. Green i mentioned it on simple life, people here in mexico down south they use a leave spring from a car to make a machete, they are nice next time i go will take a picture for all you guys, great video 'cause i love to cook and well made thanks. And good job..... God bless.....

@iamkarma4819 7 жыл бұрын

you be surprised on the things people do to car springs

@skinnycarlos8771 7 жыл бұрын

Thank for answering bud and good job on what you do....

@warrenbuitendag5286 7 жыл бұрын

that's a very nice anvil you have there!

@steelballs3 7 жыл бұрын

as always a pleasure to watch sir

@glossblack2045 5 жыл бұрын

I love your content and how its straightforward and fascinating to watch. It just kills me to watch you use that grinder without a guard though...

@jerrieyum 5 жыл бұрын

What a neat project. 👍🏾

@GregSowell 7 жыл бұрын

awesome as always

@Lukemakesprs 7 жыл бұрын

Really awesome!!

@scholtze1 7 жыл бұрын

Sweet work mate love it!

@kimcurtis9366 5 жыл бұрын

For what it's worth, that was NOT a pickaxe! It was a pick mattock! Great job! Could you have cheated and welded the crack and made it a usable cleaver?

@dennis16549 7 жыл бұрын

i love that you saved the writing! great job bouth of you :)

@gonzothegreat1317 7 жыл бұрын

"My dad brought me this pick axe to put a new handle on it, and since I never put a handle on a hammer or an axe of any kind before I decided to just make a knife out of it instead. Here you go dad, a knife you cannot use." Funny shit :D LOL

@ttmac8948 7 жыл бұрын

You do awesome work

@gunnarwallenberg9817 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@conleycustomironwork3227 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for more frequent videos

@DirtandRust 7 жыл бұрын

Great Vid!

@whatnow3333 7 жыл бұрын

"help buy me a handle"

@fiddykooro3541 6 жыл бұрын

what now? He wanted him to make him a handle and put it on

@joeturbo64 7 жыл бұрын

very nice work bro

@mrchoppyyy5139 7 жыл бұрын

Lol, you might as well build a pickaxe for your dad.

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

I'll make one for him from a cleaver.

@he-mansuncle7661 7 жыл бұрын

+Green Beetle recently I watched I think his name is mike Heinz, build a "Damascus" wooden knife. I was wondering if for your next project try a "Damascus" style knife with a Damascus handle. I've never seen it done before and believe you can make it. It would look amazing!!! Just like your fishing hook knife with a Damascus looking handle

@rse617 7 жыл бұрын

Phillip Taylor That would be interesting. Maybe damascus scales with with countersunk hex hed screws and rubber spacers to reduce the shock.

@MrSnakobe 7 жыл бұрын

dayum, I enjoy green beetle

@Skyliner_369 7 жыл бұрын

Nah make one from a section of railroad

@-Siculus-Hort- 7 жыл бұрын

great video!

@eddiespencer1 7 жыл бұрын

Now you're going to have to forge a new pick axe for your dad. Make it better and stronger. You have the technology!

@jackbaldock5137 7 жыл бұрын

Stunning! Id much prefer yours purely because i love work in a forge, shame the steel was shit though but what can you do... Keep up the work man, You got me into knifemaking!

@HistoricHisterics 7 жыл бұрын

your voice is so soothing

@mrsimpson2022 3 жыл бұрын

no disrespect both are great but the other dude assembled a knife and you MADE a knife..cool video!

@SansPedes 7 жыл бұрын

Would've been neat if you'd forge welded the whole blade to make a Damascus cleaver. You ever try wet forging? I think it would help minimize inclusions, helping get rid of slag.

@WiltedSnausage207 7 жыл бұрын

Very cool! I'd love to try metalsmithing one day.

@mattbrown5511 7 жыл бұрын

massive, love it

@Jorsfel 7 жыл бұрын

Great work man, you're modest but considering how ambitious those folds were I'd say it came out stunning.

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

Bit off more than I can chew. I wish there was more confidence to be had in the steel and that one weld. But it's still got charm and I dig it. Best of all I learned something.

@katanamaker 7 жыл бұрын

Somebody tell this Simple little life guy that working with power tools with a ring on is EXTREMELY dangerous.

@firecrapperXX 7 жыл бұрын

Migrant why

@johnbarrett6842 7 жыл бұрын

jeepers creepers look up "degloving." Don't wear jewelry, watches, or rings, or have long hair around rotating machinery.

@ember3579 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, how about we NOT recommend people look up horrific crap in order to get a proper idea? Short version for what lucky few that this message will reach, degloving is when entire sections of your skin are peeled/ripped off, with the iconic one being most of your hand's skin resulting in a new skin glove lying elsewhere in the shop. Yeah, you don't wanna see any pictures.

@thunderch1ck3en 5 жыл бұрын

@@ember3579 I know this is late, but sometimes horrific accidents need to be shown in order for people to truly understand the nature of what can happen. I work in the oilfield, and they've shown us some gnarly training videos to let what can truly happen when something goes wrong sink in. Not only that, we get fleetwide accident reports, and most of the time, they show photos of the actual incident, again, to make reality sink in about what can happen.

@ryanjohnson6622 7 жыл бұрын

could you do a video explaining your anvil stand and your method of connecting your anvil to your stand? I am in the process of building a blacksmith shop with my dad, and right now we are trying to figure out an anvil stand.

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

It's a purchased cliff carol anvil stand with horse stall mat on top. anvil is 143 lbs and anchored to the stand only by wrapping two 20 foot chains around the anvil and base

@darkone1685 7 жыл бұрын

don't be afraid to use the welder to fix cracks and little imperfections! Just weld over them and keep on working no problem !!

@ShogunJimi 7 жыл бұрын

Very cool - awesome

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

What's your next project, Jimi?

@ShogunJimi 7 жыл бұрын

I'm giving a second life to a bench, but after that another secret collaboration.

@thunderch1ck3en 5 жыл бұрын

The narration is good, and I like the humor, but the main thing I like about your videos is how you try repurposing steel from something functional and keeping it functional and looking aged at the same time.

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

Go to Simple Little Life's Channel, you will approve! kzfaq.info/love/USzVcnVuH0lVzyZh7HPsTA

@NuManXplore 7 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I subbed SLL a long time ago! Great video, and great collab! Atb! ...Nathan

@SignalJones 7 жыл бұрын

the lines in the steel are imperfections from the casting process. it won't be enough to break the knife.

@mohdsabriali9641 7 жыл бұрын

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@mikesnow5741 7 жыл бұрын

Green Beetle I would probably like simple little life's knife better if it was bigger

@dandowney836 7 жыл бұрын

But Excellent job! Great forging work.

@dandowney836 7 жыл бұрын

Like Brady said below, you could have MIG welded that small flaw before you ground and it would have closed that up invisibly... and provided solid bond.

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

Dan Downey no mig welder

@dandowney836 7 жыл бұрын

Well, that 'splains it! Still an awesome job. Kudos to you.

@gschimbeck 7 жыл бұрын

love your builds. Is your burner home made or did you buy it. I'm having issues with the one I made being able to get up to temp to forge weld.

@Mr6Sinner 7 жыл бұрын

Any chance you would be interested in making another one of these for sale? Brother is a chef and I think this would be a great gift!

@MrJim0914 7 жыл бұрын

Uriah Siner n

@bradymcphail9690 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for being honest Steve, I honestly was thinkin' " Damn, this kids turning into a STUD!" honest question: would you ever consider "V" ing out the bad section and MIG welding and finishing before Heat Treat to make it a usable knife? BTW- Jeremy is I great guy and I consider him a friend. I give him a lot of trouble as much as possible.

@albertledesma5173 5 жыл бұрын

Dad: “Hey son, you think you could put a handle on this ole pick-axe for me?” Son: “Sure dad, no problem!” Dad walks out. Son: “Screw that...I’m making me a CLEAVER!!” My kinda guy! 👊🏽

@oldtimer4567 7 жыл бұрын

The problem with that particular steel was where it was made...India. The bulk of the steel, (inner core) is most likely is a poor quality or low grade steel with a thin outer layer of somewhat better steel. Basically its a cheaply made import for people who are only going to use it very few times for light work & don't want to pay more than $10-$15 for a pickaxe. They can be found in a lot of big box stores & hardware store chains at a cheap price and marketed as "forged steel" to give the impression of quality. I know that because I'm one of them cheap folks that's bought one just to use on a couple of "light duty", around the yard projects. I sure wouldn't use mine for any serious, heavy duty application. I'd be afraid it'd break before the handle would...lol

@WildGhorgh 7 жыл бұрын

man you could buy one for 15 dollars in china town and keep your dad happy too.

@frenchcow3631 7 жыл бұрын

but this is fun for him

@romeohodges8593 7 жыл бұрын

Hey does anyone know the name or make of the last belt grinder the guy in the Simple Life clip was using?

@ImprovisedSurvival 7 жыл бұрын

10:29 Fantastic videophotography.

@DiesInEveryFilm 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff by both channels man. Cool to see another cleaver build I recently built one if you get time check it out and let me know what you think as I did use a method I was told wouldn't work 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@dynamicduo8356 7 жыл бұрын

I think you should have done a different handle but it's still looks reallly good

@Ugleskjegg 7 жыл бұрын

will the heat treat stop the steel from rusting? im thinking about the edge primarily

@Daackel 7 жыл бұрын

Ugleskjegg nope it will still rust but you can oil it up to prevent rust. most commonly used carbon steels (like O1 for example) will rust

@TheKajunkat 7 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about the quality of the steel when I saw the "INDIA" on the side of the pick mattock. The lines you are seeing are inclusions from "dirty" steel. When steel is heated and worked either through rolling or forging the outer surface cools first. The non metallic inclusions have a lower melting temperature and tend to migrate to the middle of the piece where they collect. As you work the metal the inclusions get stretched out into stringers and sometimes flakes. the stringers are not as much of a problem but the flakes can cause de laminations. Either form will be detrimental if it occurs on the cutting edge. Cool cleaver but crappy steel. GIGO at its finest.

@isorokudono 7 жыл бұрын

Handle shape was already there in the eyelet.

@S8tan7 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty

@hicx8734 7 жыл бұрын

(after he water quenches the spike)"This pickaxe has what looks like some kind of coating so I'm going to remove as much of this as possible, it could be pretty hazardous if we stuck that in the forge."😂😂😂

@loverohdin6934 7 жыл бұрын

How long did it take to do that cleaver

@michaelc.4321 7 жыл бұрын

You should of put some clay on the spine and get some of that sweet hamon line

@williamraymond2002 7 жыл бұрын

what are you gonna make next?

@miteeoak 7 жыл бұрын

Do you think it would have worked out better if you had separated the blade at the eye, split the eye, forged the eye down to width, forge welded the handle to the blade. Maybe added a couple of pins at the weld for added stability. It looked like all the bending really abused the steel. I have an old mattock laying around and I'm thinking of trying this one out.

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

Anything other than what I did would have worked out better!

@iamkarma4819 7 жыл бұрын

Green Beetle you could have put a new handle and won't been better

@Dragonspeaksopinions 7 жыл бұрын

If you look in the description in the category it says sports....

@bsg5467 7 жыл бұрын

Hi I'm your 97,000 subscriber

@garmdianmelonking5211 7 жыл бұрын

10:26 I am an ENGINEER!

@shaggy_e210 7 жыл бұрын

I want both of them

@blenheimlaw2603 7 жыл бұрын

thought it was worth while telling u I came from simple little life +1 sub

@mo-hc7eb 7 жыл бұрын

I ' m from Solingen to :)

@mo-hc7eb 7 жыл бұрын

too

@robinrandy 7 жыл бұрын

like" for efforts + art + skills

@a.d.dblades8480 7 жыл бұрын

I'm not all for correcting people but that's a paxel not a pickaxe

@Vlka_Fenryka 7 жыл бұрын

That is a beautiful cleaver a real shame about the imperfections in the steel.

@Dragonspeaksopinions 7 жыл бұрын

It says the video is your property and not to distribute it.... Forgive me for probably asking the dumbest question of the year but does it count if i send a link to one of your videos to my friend does it count as distribution of the video? I am not familiar with copyright laws and crap

@Dragonspeaksopinions 7 жыл бұрын

I'm asking because my friend was freaking out and i sent her the video and told her to watch it because that's something i do when i am stressed and i figured it'd help her too

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

no brother, posting a link is fine! downloading it then re-uploading it to your own page or youtube channel or facebook page, etc is not ok.

@tylerk1001 7 жыл бұрын

sounds like Charlie Sheen narrated this

@nathancloke6551 6 жыл бұрын

Tyler King thought that exact same thing on The first video of his that I watched

@Tommykee999 7 жыл бұрын

hey green beetle can you please try heat blueing a knife?? would buy the knife if i had the money but still in school studing

@athlonrunner 5 жыл бұрын

Well.... The pick-axe looked like a cast-forged steel. You are probably seeing a cast line.

@Elvis_3000 5 жыл бұрын

relaxed vid, i like it and the knife to….

@christophermelvin2845 7 жыл бұрын

why did you use the brush around 7:50

@jackmackenzie8870 7 жыл бұрын

to scrape the scale off of the blade

@glennicholson3028 7 жыл бұрын

Can you harden and temper black plumbing pipe?

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

@glennicholson3028 7 жыл бұрын

I want to make a large spindle roughing gouge. a length section of 1 3/8 black pipe would be perfect.

@jeredhersh789 7 жыл бұрын

Glen Nicholson I'm sure you could make a gouge from pipe, it would just need constant sharpening.

@glennicholson3028 7 жыл бұрын

Hehe, yeah, I tried. Constant sharpening is right. It looked cool but wasn't at all practical. :)

@ellas8129 7 жыл бұрын

What's the borax used for ?

@MaximilianonMars 7 жыл бұрын

Flux

@solidbloke 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like a mattock, not a pickaxe. Used for breaking up earth

@dangerfieldknives3575 7 жыл бұрын

eBay link is broken

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

The link should take you to the main store page, scroll to bottom. Or try this: www.ebay.com/itm/100-to-Charity-Cleaver-Forged-From-a-Pick-Axe-/302098691014?hash=item46567c33c6:g:wWwAAOSwOyJX9wmJ

@sillyhead8856 7 жыл бұрын

Can you use a I beam for a anvil?

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

Wyatt Gentry yes

@sillyhead8856 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@user-mn6nc5hm2k 5 жыл бұрын

Топор хорошенький вышел. Для кухни не заменимая вещь. особенно мясо с костьми рубить.

@SharpWorks 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome cleaver! It's a shame it has to be decorative with all the work you did but hey that's a fine piece of art! Amazing that came from a pick axe

@leatherface711 5 жыл бұрын

Ha steamy hot steel

@kryptyk3068 7 жыл бұрын

Did you end up giving the cleaver to your Dad as a gift? What was his reaction?

@Wolvey10 7 жыл бұрын

Aww but an old style pickaxe would've been a cool thing to restore, instead of forge in to something else

@iamkarma4819 7 жыл бұрын

Devon Parker eh it wasn't made by hand it was most likely made in a factory.

@fn6294 6 жыл бұрын

خیلی عالی 👍👍👍👍👍👍

@jameslandon4126 7 жыл бұрын

Mattock.

@ljk346 7 жыл бұрын

how do you become a master smith mr beetle smith sir?

@GreenBeetle 7 жыл бұрын

I suppose that depends on how one defines master smith (blacksmith, bladesmith, farrier, etc) and whether or not one is interested in organizational / institutional recognition. For the ABS you can go to their website for info on how to become recognized by them as a journeyman then master blade smith.

@lazy010011 7 жыл бұрын

Much respect to you and your amazing work. Simple Little Life should reevaluate the music choices for videos. That shit was weak as fuck. Other than that, very impressive smithing, and thanks for sharing!