I’m so glad you actually forged the tip, not cut the tip in like all these other KZfaq crap blademakers. They don’t know the “why” you should forge not cut on the tips and the entire blade and tang. They don’t realize they are putting stress risers in the grain. Bunch of ignorant copycats or wannabe’s is all they are. A forged tip and tang will ALWAYS be stronger than any cut in.

As a retired welder/steamfitter I always wondered about the stubs in my stub bucket. Tig wire has a coating of copper on all the carbon rods up to chrome rod and stainless rods. Stubs in a canister of 6010-5p+ and 7018 would give a nice pattern without the powder I'd think because 7018 is lighter in color and more malleable and your 5p+ is darker. Plus stubs are just going in the scrap barrel so why not.

Awesome and I love the Appeal to Heaven Flag!

Coat hangers and welding rod are one and the same material. That's a dirty little secret that could have saved you a lot of time and money.

Need to get some big old beefy 2024 rods in there mixed in with some 6010 along with those 7018!!!!🍻

Beautiful knife and beautiful beard

Awesome job, I have lots of knives and one Damascus knife that I rarely use. I like that knife, I think it's art I should get a case for it 😂.

Ok I'll have to come back but the drill trick at beginning is cool I can already see it coming in handy, thanks

I can honestly say: I have seen a lot of bladesmith videos, starting with Forged In Fire, and others, and I was a welder when I served in the Navy, but not once did I ever think that welding rods could be forged into a blade! that's one of the reasons I love watching these videos; the creativity and artistry that goes into bladesmithing!

Love the olive drab handle that screams jungle blade!

i would definitely buy it for my wife!

3:50 the welded billet is literally loose inside of the cannister! That white paint never ceases to amaze me.

In many cases, the core in 7018 is a low carbon iron rather than mild steel. I believe Carbon in a 7018 deposit is on the order of 0.07% max. Also, in addition to the deoxidizers in the coating the manganese content is picked up from the coating. Most stick rods get the alloy content from the coating. Basically, the electrode really only provided bulk to the mix and dilution of the 1084. E70S-6 tig rod would contribute a little more Carbon and 1+% manganese to the alloy. This would slightly improve hardenability to the body of the blade and a little extra toughness. E70S rod is available without copper coating. INE and Midalloy should have it available. Working from memory on this since I retired a few years ago, but confident in being generally correct.

Awesome! Next up... USE the rods. Build up a huge pile of weld. Then use that pile of weld, as your starting block...

Learn something new everyday, I didn't even know what kind of metal welding rods were made from.

Nice. Too close to 100K. 👏👏👏

Me and my friends are wasted because we had to drink every time you said the word ubiquitous

Finally , someones videos who are simple,imformative , and enjoyable. No ad derailing is so appreciated

the beard id majestic

Better lookn than I expected. . Thanks for the vid

World needs more man like you. God bless you. Keep up the good work!

A beautiful knife without a beautiful sheath is just an addition to the scrapmetals in your shop.

Ok. I’m only like 5 minutes into this video….I’ve seen several forging/blacksmithing videos, and let me just say…I really appreciate the explanation of what you’re doing. The process is very interesting but most of these videos just show the forging and don’t actually explain anything. This is great.

Nice Damascus pattern!

Now that's a knoif!

I like the pattern it's very clear and too forging. good kitchen knife tnx

you are the king of canister.

Excellent forging skills!

If you line the canister with burnt stainless foil it will pop off even easier. But the paint worked great. (Burnt stainless foil is just regular stainless foil oxidized with a torch or forge)

All the way from South Africa I really enjoy your builds thanks for sharing!

Im a welder, when I saw this I was definitely intrigued. Great work man.

The laddering really did add to creating a nice pattern.

The pattern in the steel looks almost like a cross between a Cable Damascus and a rain drop pattern. Looks good.

Honestly this has a pretty good example of why edge geometry matters.better than most anyway

Bet making a smaller diameter dowel making jig would have ripped that flux right off. Just attach a drill to the end and run it through a couple times.

Very nice pattern, and ditto knife. 👍

Beautiful knife

In the future, stick them in the oven at 550° for an hour. The flux dries out and comes off more easily.

Awesome work

Clean the rods with a wire wheel, cleans them super fast

as a welder, i clicked onto this video and my initial thought was "what a waste of 7018's'' but by god was i wrong...

Love the final results!

I really appreciate the explanation as your video plays... thx, excellent job and beautiful knife !!!

Looks Great !!

Very nice beard 🧔👌

Thank you for shielding your welding

I have watched a lot of forging videos and this one is by far the most detailed, great job 👍

Great pattern! That's quite the choppa you got there, well done 👍🏽

Interesting, came out almost like a raindrop pattern damascus. well done

Great idea thanks

Very cool knife, good techniques to 🔪

That turned out really nice.

I like the subtlety of the pattern

That's a beautiful chopper

I've got a few pounds of some old black rods. From what I remember half was a high nickel rod for hard surfacing. Remembered it was hell to grind even with a hard stone, hardly and spark and just scratches on the bead. I beared down hatd on the hand grinder n it was bogging. Not a cheap 1 either. Think was marked atlas on some of them. Got some old bluish green coated rods, heavy flux on them to. Ill have to get out to garage n take a look. Got a few chrome molly rods and sure some for stainless. Been some years since I looked at these. They'd need to be ovened before used to weld wonder how they would work

Cool pattern

Beautiful work!!

loved it, and thanks for the tips.

Watched another creator do this recently but he welded the cleaned electrodes together and went hammer happy with the flux

Thanks for sharing subscribed

Very good work, beautiful Damascus steel knife. I am fascinated by the creation of forged knives. I send you a big hug and blessings for you and your family from Buenos Aires Argentina

i wonder if its possible to get a geometric pattern on damascus by filling a canister with a bunch of small steel tetrahedrons. I know little to nothing about forging, but i think a geometric damascus blade would be awesome.

Thank you

Nice work! I've seen people asking about keeping the flux on the rods to help with the forge welding. Definitely a no no. The flux on welding rods will result in glass like inclusions in the weld. Flux has to be removed prior to making another pass when building up welds in structural settings. If the flux is not removed, you get inclusions and your weld could very well fail inspection. Would not make a good blade.

San mai steel for life!

Wow when u use metal u do it with amazing creativity and damn nice to look at and very functional you truely are a master of your craft

Awesome knife!! And an awesome beard as well!!

Once again u killed thanks for sharing it with us all

Absolutely beautiful work I love Damascus knives and axes great to see such good forge work good 💯💯💯

Nice work!

If drill a hole in a piece of steel the same size as the welding rod steel then just chuck the bear end in a drill and push it through the hole you drilled and all the flux comes off leaving clean rod

That turned out really really nice. Thanks for another great video.

WOWED again It’s a Beautiful knife

Very knife 👍

That came out beautiful!

The best way to remove the flux is to soak them over night in water. Once you do that it will slip off in a solid sleeve

I think you did a great job with the knife, and the video.

Another job well done, looks amazing. I wanted to buy it, but I got a chance at getting on your books today. Someone else will get to enjoy it.

I feel like this guy would look great without a beard.

Sehr schönes Messer & danke für das schöne Video 👍

still love your work and the way you explain what you are doing and why you did it.

Great video. I'd like to see a video where you make a good, heavy base that will hold your vise so it is solid, instead of moving all over the place when using it.

Nice video and monolog 😊😊😊.

EYE LIKE IT!!!

That came out looking awesome!! Btw love the grinding room! I need to that.

*nice pattern*

A great way to get the flux off is to bake them. We have a rod warming oven that someone accidentally turned up to 100°c. The flux just fell off every rod in there when you picked them up

Looks awesome 👏

Could you do a Damascus axe with a cherry wood handle I think that would be a beautiful blade. Love the knife it was exquisite work.

The pattern turned out beautiful. I really like the looks of this knife! That's for sharing Elijah!

That turned out awesome!

That turned out great 👍.

That's a beautiful knife! Thanks for sharing with us.

The Flux is what determines the the finished product, coat a coat hanger in that 7018 Flux, 8018, 6010, 7010, Flux provides the shield from oxygen, like like different gas shield for mig, or Flux core wire, gives different tensile strength

That turned out really nice! Im a big fan of the san mai edge with damascus patterns! Very cool!

That was a great Knife Project, thanks for sharing! Nice to see it done right instead of those channels that fake it

Flush cutter held on the side of the canister will give you the perfect powder steel "pack"

Knife came out great, Elijah! Really enjoy watching your videos! Thanks for sharing my brother! 😎👍🏻🔨🔥🔪

I want one!

Nice.