Making Choppers- forging to perfection?

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Making Choppers- forging to perfection?

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@anthonyp4209 Жыл бұрын

I love the fact that you can both start with the same idea and yet produce two beautiful things that look so different.

@howizee Жыл бұрын

When you see Will next to people who are not Alec, you realise that both of them are a smol.

@abaguettewithacomputer415 Жыл бұрын

Yep. It’s even crazier when you meet him in person

@Replacemybatteriesplease Жыл бұрын

Don't be mean. He just a boi

@Don_Rodrigo44 Жыл бұрын

@@Replacemybatteriesplease nah i think hes like 22-23 def not a boy anymore despite his boyish good looks

@eubie67 Жыл бұрын

lol @EP 22-23 is def still a sprout.

@Snugglez187 Жыл бұрын

What the hell is a smol?

@ibrahim-sj2cr Жыл бұрын

perfect... no music just talking and the sounds of the shop and of course a great project

@VertexCarver Жыл бұрын

It's pretty wicked seeing invited blacksmiths on the channel. I don't see that a lot here on youtube. ^^

@dan725 Жыл бұрын

My god both knives are just a thing of beauty. Functional beautiful art pieces, by two seasoned artists/craftsmen. It’s insane to me how the two of you can just come up with these creations so effortlessly. Just shows the years of knowledge and skills developed. I love how you’re bringing other people aboard and showcasing them with these collabs!!!

@bobdole4916 Жыл бұрын

You know, the blacksmithing community seems to do a really good job at accepting people regardless of their age. I've seen Will working with so many older smiths and there just never seems to be any ego about someone so much younger being able to keep up.

@ShWrEcK1 Жыл бұрын

is there a video of the 1 chop 2x4 knife?

@Merennulli Жыл бұрын

I really like the rough-forged look contrasting the sharpened part.

@TheGunCollective Жыл бұрын

Really enjoying this sort of ASMR forging process. Hope all is well dude! Been too long!

@robhettinger1861 Жыл бұрын

Looking good Will for creating some great content and the hand sanding montage with the end credits...One of my favorite things is that you are never afraid to show the amount of hard work and hand work it takes to make really nice knives.

@bradclifton5248 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating. 2 knives substantially different but within one chop of each other.

@haydenap Жыл бұрын

I feel like the editor really went after it this time. Also loads of beautiful cinematic shots throughout, some of the nicest I've seen. Nice video!

@dan725 Жыл бұрын

Seriously. The pacing was just so good, and the intercuts showing each smith’s process was done VERY WELL. I was sad it ended because and it didn’t even feel like 18 minutes!!!!

@maneotis4g63t Жыл бұрын

Cinematography was 💯 on this one

@krissy5445 Жыл бұрын

I haven't watched the channel for a few months and now I'm blown away by the video production! Very fun idea

@RobDragonslayer Жыл бұрын

Caster. That's why the knife wants to skim off the way it does. When a wheel leads its pivot, it will wander, when the pivot leads the wheel, the wheel follows.

@craigedwards7343 Жыл бұрын

It’s true what they say, no two choppers are alike. You handled your choppers like champs! Your grip on your choppers was firm and you inflicted some real damage with those meaty choppers. Ladies!

@justinbanks2380 Жыл бұрын

Both knives turned out great and would be a great addition to anyone's collection! As for the 2x4 chop, I'd imagine there is a lot of technique that comes into play. And the same knife would perform different with different people

@thomascaldwell184 Жыл бұрын

I love the forged finish of Will's chopper.

@reshad80 Жыл бұрын

Like seeing the 2 different blade geometries. Might make a good series. Exploring different geometries for different knife styles like chef knives and how they affect performance.

@eastoforion Жыл бұрын

two cool dudes making big knives in a beautiful shop, hell yeah.

@rickhall1381 Жыл бұрын

Right

@jimcorbett3764 Жыл бұрын

I love the handle on Will's chopper; reminds me of the one he made for the razor. Rick's chopper is a beast! They are both pretty mean tools. Nice builds, thanks!

@boges11 Жыл бұрын

Great work fellas. Rick has a great camera presence. I would've liked to hear both of you narrate over the top of this video. The banter would've been fun and insights could've been shared.

@wheels2757 Жыл бұрын

Those have to be two of the coolest knives I have ever seen made. Something about the pure functionality.

@justinolson9678 Жыл бұрын

Praise the lord, a youtube video without royalty free music over every shot. Jokes aside, love the solo channel and all your work. Keep it up!

@frankierzucekjr Жыл бұрын

I really like them both. Keep yours for when you're doing firewood chopping. It's good for the smaller stuff. I wanna swing it lol. The handle looks very comfortable

@FeelingLikeThatNow Жыл бұрын

That was a great duet and I loved the part in the middle when it was just hands and hammers telling the story and no voiceover or anything, and it was just awesome to watch the pure talent and craftsmanship at work. Well done both of you.

@mannsdan Жыл бұрын

The phase shift at 7:25 - awesome!!

@Mounty621 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work, Gentlemen!

@elementjoe Жыл бұрын

Both are really nice! Anyone would be proud to own them.

@Snugglez187 Жыл бұрын

A bold choice to make a heavy chopper without a full tang.

@MikkoKalavainen Жыл бұрын

Nice editing on this one! Whoever does these, good job!

@fvpaquetqc Жыл бұрын

Nice to see a video pure sound, no music, refreshing

@nodeio Жыл бұрын

I like these comparative projects... It's not even a question of who or what knife is better or any sort of competition type thing, but it is very interesting to see how the different designs and geometries lend themselves to one thing more than another... I'm no smith, I'm just a homecook with a love for nice kitchen knives, but it's endlessly amazing just how different knives can feel and just how adapted they can be to very specific purposes. There are intricacies here that few people really appreciate I think...

@RatelLaw Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing 😊

@joeykerr1384 Жыл бұрын

Very good looking final pieces.

@feshak1 Жыл бұрын

Love the reveal music. Keep up the great work

@goretoothrender Жыл бұрын

Don’t know about everyone else but I really enjoyed listening to the sounds of the forge

@justinbanks2380 Жыл бұрын

"I'm gonna go a different way and make mine out of wood that I think I can break off on steel with one hit" 🤣

@noahlopez4819 Жыл бұрын

Both beautiful knives

@georgecuyler7563 Жыл бұрын

I like Rick's knife, the darkness of it just speaks to.

@rickhall1381 Жыл бұрын

Thanks man I like it too

@BaldWolf Жыл бұрын

Beautiful Bowie knives

@UncleManuel Жыл бұрын

These are really nice big ol' shopping knifes. 😁😇🤟

@mikeabbott2396 Жыл бұрын

Will is an artist. You could see in the "Stelter vs Steele" (lol) videos that Will had an artist's eye that Alex simply did not have.

@sudo_nym Жыл бұрын

Two awesome blades!

@russellfox6619 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for posting 😊

@TalRohan Жыл бұрын

At 13.01 they both look like they would chop the horn off the anvil ...... great to see you both working together in a comparison rather than competition. In my experience you would need something more like the weight of a Yorkshire pattern billhook to get a single chop through that 2x4. blade length is about 230mm/ 9"

@kanonhile Жыл бұрын

Great editing! Enjoyed this style of video.

@hulkthedane7542 Жыл бұрын

Make a hog splitter, that ought to chop the 2 x 4 in one chop. Beautiful knives 👍. Nice to see a double build with less explaining.

@derroteramon1140 Жыл бұрын

at this point your videos are pretty f ing epic , will i love it !

@UweCaspart Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that´s what I wanna see

@tomjohns8498 Жыл бұрын

It's great watching someone build something by your own hands thanks for inspiring us

@Artemis-artemis Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see more rick. Hes super cool

@rickhall1381 Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother

@tday99music Жыл бұрын

cool colab, looking forward to more!

@rorydonaldson2794 Жыл бұрын

This was such a fantastic montage of your guys forging and grinding, absolutely superb

@gibbnasta Жыл бұрын

I just love seeing that Little Giant do work!

@gibbnasta Жыл бұрын

Wish there was a local bladesmith that would take on apprentice.

@gibbnasta Жыл бұрын

5oz difference is a lot for even cheap made blades

@rickhall1381 Жыл бұрын

@@gibbnasta my knife ended up going on a diet when I got the integral bolster caught between the grinder and the table.

@r.awilliams9815 Жыл бұрын

Will's blade looks like a big ol' gnarly Hudson's Bay Knife.

@alfgundersen1058 Жыл бұрын

Hello Will, thank you for what you do and your channel, you two should do it again, it was exciting to see. He seems like a super nice guy

@LazrCat0 Жыл бұрын

Rick's apron is very cool

@ShootingUtah Жыл бұрын

Looks like Rick's Knife sliced deeper into the wood when it got a good hit, but it's thin blade didn't help chip the wood out as well. Maybe something in between the two designs would be the best.

@utahgeoff Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite videos you have put out so far. Enjoyed the guest format and seeing the different approaches and results.

@martinm3474 Жыл бұрын

I just watched Alex's video on his Indian knife #76 where the blade was sent to you for hand sanding. Thanks, you did very well and may have saved his blade. I guess.

@utahknivesandgearnick7647 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work buddy👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

@mm-hl7gh Жыл бұрын

wow! ricks knife looks so clean and perfect, i like that even more than wills.

@roberthymas9963 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this style of video. Thanks!

@imherkhan Жыл бұрын

May God continue to bless you Good Sir

@h2energynow Жыл бұрын

Rick and Will great video

@darrell840 Жыл бұрын

Wow it was such a different and actually pleasing experience to see that without any background music. Very soothing sort of

@TheSurferboy2 Жыл бұрын

Look like a fun collaboration! Great seeing you back working on knives.👍

@justinbanks2380 Жыл бұрын

"so I made a chopper, and Will decided to make a show room piece." We all have one of those friends who goes a little overboard on a simple thing, 😂

@Allan-mf1he Жыл бұрын

Great stuff.

@lukelofgren4108 Жыл бұрын

Awesome footage of some "power forging" absolutely involved in their projects!

@darrell840 Жыл бұрын

Hey ho brother. Keep it sharp nice to see you again. Thanks for the upload may god be with you.

@markfergerson2145 Жыл бұрын

4:17 happy hammer! Watching the red heat go away and come back at about 7:30 was wild. I've never seen anything like that before. This was a great lesson on how weight, bevel, cross section and all really do affect chopping ability across wood grain. I fully expected your knife to not do as well splitting kindling be a use 9f the cross section.

@littlecabinknives8954 Жыл бұрын

You and Mr steel had a good back and forth seeing a little of that coming through in this video. Very nice job on the chopper sir

@joshsater4044 Жыл бұрын

Good idea makin' em out of steel.

@1fosters Жыл бұрын

Me during the squarespace ad: Get to the Choppa!

@tezcharold Жыл бұрын

Hexagons are the bestagons.

@boothbytcd6011 Жыл бұрын

both of them turned out nice.

@dogsoupblues Жыл бұрын

Will, I swore you were gonna try to dunk that blade into the cup that was sitting in the foreground 🤣

@stevenwest1494 Жыл бұрын

I gotta look at this 1 hit chopper now! Thanks for the video. Take care 🙂

@danievanzyl6455 Жыл бұрын

love it. keep up the good videos.

@SpookyGroovyPolitoCatMum Жыл бұрын

Really digging the stranger things Vibe with the music guys

@bigtsperspective5831 Жыл бұрын

Always love the friendship an cooperative builds . . 💪🔪

@bluesmasterelf Жыл бұрын

You know, if you really want to get through a big piece of wood in few swings, you should really consider making an ax.

@robertmcpherson138 Жыл бұрын

Interesting, looking a bit like a mashup between a bowie knife and a machete.

@kdoubleg Жыл бұрын

Its the chef knife that horror movies want you to think they are. Im always impressed at how well you forge in bolsters.

@krissteel4074 Жыл бұрын

One aspect not mentioned and I think its something to be critical of in the design of the choppers- is the handle. The nice 'fighter' style sculpted handles are really good for that retention in that they won't slip out of your hand and that's an important factor when swinging a few pounds of danger. But its not so great for figuring out your edge alignment, its not terrible by any stretch, a more stretched out 'oval-0' shape could stop a bit of the rotational torque up closer to the the stronger, controlling index-middle fingers and then scallop out the last half for the ring-pinkie fingers for the retention. Just something to think about, I overall thought the blades are great

@Gimpy24x7 Жыл бұрын

Might meed a Polearm to chop through a 2x4 in one chop

@paulrapp613 Жыл бұрын

“…….and Will decided to make a showroom piece.” Now who is surprised by that 😎! Keep the aspidistra flying!

@aumatt8021 Жыл бұрын

Man that was cool

@granitesand78 Жыл бұрын

Those are both beautiful. I think I like yours more but I’d love to have either that’s for sure.

@andrewcappiello5585 Жыл бұрын

I like Rick's sense of humor regarding the knife of wood. I my self have a "pew pew" made of foam. It's legal everywhere and easy on my injured back.

@rickhall1381 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, man

@shawnglover887 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful blades guys!

@cinemaipswich4636 Жыл бұрын

Can you make a Japanese Sushi Knife that I have seen. It's about the size of a Bowie, but one side is an upright vertical face, and the other forms a 5 deg wedge. They have a heavy spine and a blunt nose. Also the "Indiana Jones" knife/machete is a dream build.

@randyham6172 Жыл бұрын

try the 2by 4 flat,that might cut in 1 or 3 chops

@TyrellKnifeworks Жыл бұрын

Good practice for the Chopper Challenge! Great build guys! PS - Will you need a lav mic. 😉

@WillStelterbladesmith Жыл бұрын

I actually lost both of my lav mics somewhere in the shop before doing this video 😂 no idea what happened to them. But I got some of the DJI ones now that are just killer

@rickhall1381 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dennis for watching

@lundysden6781 Жыл бұрын

i think rick is the monster!

@gavinli1368 Жыл бұрын

GET TO DA CHOPPA!!!

@SubaruLove Жыл бұрын

That guy could put a Swiss Army knife through a 2x4.

@WARLOK813 Жыл бұрын

What a great collab, you both are great smiths and masters on the belt grinders. Thats one thing I aspire to be better at, I only have a 1"x30" right now and im no smith but I do a lot of restoring of axes and such and that little belt grinder is so handy, maybe one day ill be able to get a 2"x72"