One of the better solo videos I've come across by Nate since TKOR. My favorite restoration channel is "My Mechanics" because of the level of detail he puts into restoring things. I wasn't expecting much from Nate because that's not his background, but I've gotta say, that was some pretty good craftsmanship. There were some pockmarks still left in the blade, but understandable to want to keep the Italy stamp.

This is so much better than all the fake restoration videos out there!

Nice restoration Electrolysis is line of sight, so rotating or surrounding the item being cleaned helps a lot. I use graphite gouging rods as the sacrificial rod, they last longer, gunk doesn't stick to them and they leave less scum in the water, they do turn the water black. I use a manual battery charger, a newer, automatic battery charger will work too, but it needs to be used with an appropriate battery (6V or 12V battery). Using an ultrasonic cleaner with a mild acid will also remove rust. I use LemiShine or vinegar, depending on what I have handy at the time.

Really nice man! I wouldn't mind seeing more restoration content.

THANK YOU for taking fine particulates seriously!!! it is extremely heartening to see proper respirator usage in home and DIY settings; you are setting a great example

Nate, this is a beautiful restoration! Love the subtle touch of colors in the handle that were requested. I'm sure this knife will be passed on for many more generations.

Great job. You said it would have a simple handle and I thought, boring. Turns out it looks really amazing. Thanks.

If this rusty old knife can go from dull and neglected to shiny and sharp, there's hope for all of us

You did an absolute amazing job. Didnt think it would turn out so great

Fantastic job Nate! I loved seeing the whole restoration process and the final product was beautiful. I'd love to see more restorations in the future. I actually have a fairly old and rusted machete from my great grandfather that you could restore if you're interested. It would certainly be a challenge but I'm sure you'd be up for it. Great video, looking forward to the next one!

Great work, Nate! 👏 👏 👏

That knife looks brand new. Also watching the sped up process is very satisfying

Great job, Nate. As someone who restores knife edges (old thrift shop and garage sale knives), this is my next step eventually with restoring well aged knives and creating new handles. Love watching these.

Wow Nate! Awesome content! Also thank you Katie/Katy for the idea! 🙂🙂 Did not realise such real restorations would be so much entertaining and fun to watch.

Great job, Nate, on the clever! Love the red, yellow, and blue stripe on it too! I'm sure the customer will really love how it turned out! 🥰💖

I started watching you on TKOR, but this content is so much more up my alley. LOVE IT

Beautiful restoration Nate!

Stunning work. It makes me so happy to see you making content with full creative control.

Excellent work, Nate. I can't believe how beautiful it turned out in the end From trash to treasure 👍🏻

Great restoration and that’s for such clear explanations on what you were doing! 👍🙏👏

Nate, I really enjoyed watching that. Fantastic job!

I'm glad you made another knife video, great restoration!

Nice Job. I love your work.

Nate! I love resto videos, so glad you did this. Been watching you since kor

COOL Railroad chunk!!

Too satisfying man, great vid

So cool, well played sir!

Nate that is beautiful. Nice job man.

Remind me of the good old days from another chancel you used to be a part of! Great work! Keep it up🎉

Well done!! You should do more of these!!

Beautiful result. 👏👏You did a great work. 😃😃

I'm doing knife and tool restoration as a hobby and in my opinion you did pretty well.

Absolutely knocked it out of the park nate!

The handle looks so good. Absolutely love the idea.

Blasting media choices provide some opportunities to control how much surface damage happens in the process. Glass beads are often used when a more satin-like appearance is wanted. Pulverized walnut shells pretty much don't disturb steel at all - but they don't work as well for removal of embedded corrosion; they're more useful for stripping paint and coatings. Washing soda electrolysis is certainly cheaper than using a dedicated solution like Evaporust; I've seen several uses of it now, so I guess it's time for me to try it. There's one additional step that I'd have used, nickel-plating the tang to reduce the tendency for corrosion to form inside the handle again. Nice job, though; much better than I'd have probably done.

This is awesome! I hope you keep up the good work doing these cool projects. It will pay off I promise.

Awesome video as usual Nate!! Congrats on yours and Calis award!! 😎 🎉 I love the podcast!!

9:03 Nice Nate, your really Pro at making knives!!!!

I've ben watching you since you started on "The King Of Random" and watched you grow so much.. You deserve so much more credit.. Keep up the great work, your AWSOME..

Guten Tag. ❤ 🇩🇪 ❤ I never expected to see a Restoration video from Nate. Cool. 😎👍💯 Beautiful work. 💯

Beautiful result. Great job!

Great Video! It'd be cool to see more like it. Thanks

Would have been a fun collab with backyard scientist if you used his rust destroying laser

Very cool video! Would enjoy seeing more content like this!! Keep up the awesome work NFTI!!

Beautiful work! I like to think of the hand sanding portion as putting some love into it. 🙂

That looks amazing!

Prem job on the handle and blade Nate. Great choice of wood to contrast the stripes (Excellent use of color btw.) you made from the G10 liners. I think its one the best handles you made imo. Simplistic yet refined.

Awesome job, Nate! Looks amazing, dude! :D

I'm sure many people would love to see the re-edit off this video to one of those ASMR restoration videos too. I'd rewatch it.

Beautiful result! That was really nice to watch Keep it up good sir!

Excellent content Nate. Been watching a while and this is my favorite. Please do more restoration and electrolysis.

Handsome knife! Well done.

That’s looking epic well done nate

That looks reallygood. I want a full set

a) Gorgeous, love seeing you get back to your knifemaking (in addition to everything else you do) b) I really love the music choice while working with the handle, I know it's probably one of those royalty-free KZfaq music bits but I don't suppose anyone has an artist/title?

Wow! 😲That's beautiful!

this was so cool and fun to watch

knife making videos are some of the most satisfying there are

well done indeed. the only thing i'd advise you to get would be a leather strop. that will give the sharpest end finish after using either a wet stone or any other sharpeninmg tool. essentially it'll get rid of most of the burr. it's worth it.

definitely looks great! I'm sure they'll be happy.

Hiya Nate could you try copper plating some stuff? I love the process and I think you’d find a lovely way to make it fun to watch

I love watching you making/restauring knives. The knife you made for guga is my favorite. The green is magnificent ^_^

Beautiful!!!

chunky boy looks great, turned out nice as Nate. like how ya gave a lil more grip to it as well at the back end. enjoyed the vid 👏👊🍻

Nice restore!

Very nice Nate, more videos please 😊(of literally anything)

Man. You do a great job.

Very nice job!

Holy shit I hadn’t watched TKOR in years. Didn’t see Nate anywhere and assumed another Grant incident happened. Glad it’s not the case, subscribed

Man you are so talented

that looks siiiick. very nice 👍

Love to see your videos doing better than TKOR videos! Keep up the awesome work Nate!

Two things, if I may: 1. Electrolysis embrittlement is a thing that is not well known - I love electrolysis, but this has to be said; 2. A file is never supposed to cut on both strikes. You'll dull it prematurely.

the star of the show is actually the handle. dang it looks so good

that was fun to watch

I love seeing the channel grow, hopefully one day with surpass Tkor

8:46 Looks like something out of a sci-fi movie

Wow that is gorgeous

I have done a few slab handles and re handled knives i like to put several small 1/8 inch holes in the tang and matching ones on the back side of the scale slabs that i then open up so they are almost a cone shape with the small opening on the side nearest the blade not all the way through obviously but it makes the handles stay on for ever

Excellent job as always Nate. I would really love to see you make a sword.

King of random right here

Epic!!!!!

This reminds me of my favourite TV show Leave it to cleaver

Super cool video. Do you have a link for the electrical power supply box?

We made eye contact at Nielsen’s in SG. Lol I didn’t want to be a fan geek but it was cool to run into you. Love your content.

I didn't see what would be appealing about the three small stripes, but boy the time you were done I could see how less was more. The subtlety was really nice!

8:53 good music choice

Well done, Nate Ramsey will do in forged in fire 🔥 to forge largest blades someday 😊

Dis da best choppa eva 😊 will work wonders as a cleaver now ment for cutting primal joints and separating bone so that will be awesome :)

Should've bead blasted it from the start. There is no substitute for bead blasting when you know it works, everytime and all of the time.

When you're doing stuff like hand-sanding that takes quite a bit of time, do you ever put on a podcast or something similar in the background? I have friends that like to do that sort of stuff while doing long sewing projects and the like.

A not cringe restore video, rare. Gj Nate. I'm generally not a fan of restorations, either too obviously fake most electronics found encased in solid block of mud yet they still work somehow or there is maybe 5% left of original because entire thing is chunk of rust.

😲holy sharp cleaver batman!

Awesome restoration! I love your knife making content. Have you ever considered competing on Forged in Fire?

The music starting at 8:17 is a banger! (Kenji - Ooyy)

Alright, now we need a follow up vid from Kate making something bomb with the snazzy restored knife.

Very nice . I may have missed it but what kind of wood was that?

Showing love to Colombia 🇨🇴

While I love the electrolysis method, have you ever tried using Evapo-Rust? I was skeptical when I saw a video where someone used it, but I bought a small bottle from Harbor Freight, stuff is nuts! Works great. Just soak it and come back later. And it only effects the rust, so no worry about leaving too long.

Impressive