Give Me 2 Dozen Old Drills And I'll Make The Sharpest Knife That Will Last 50 Years

for those asking.. the white powder is borax. a cleaning agent used to remove impurities from the fire and prevents oxidation

Can't believe someone with this amount of skill and experience doesn't wear eye protection, insane!

Great skill. And at least he’s not risking damage to his safety glasses. Keep them in their case and on the shelf, out of harm’s way.

Doing all that grinding without eye protection is insane.

The really tough part is turning a knife into 50 drills.

Great to see a smith at work, my own father was a blacksmith on the English airfields of WW2, he went on to be the last framesmith in the British Isles working in the North East English docks and elsewhere before the future took over ha ha ha, he worked for a company called 'Fosters Forge' Pallion Sunderland UK, he was so very skilled in his work and I'm proud of him.

I love to watch guys that can work with steel. Knew an ol' boy several years ago who could do it. Give him the heat and give him a grinder, and he was impressive. He was an incredible welder/fabricator as well. Any kind of steel or aluminum, was no problem for him.

that's a great vid...I love that you just did the work an showed it.. you didn't even speak... the work was all that needed to speak!

For those still wondering, the reason why drill bits make such good knives is that they are not pure steel,but alloyed with vanadium and manganese, making them far more resilient. You will rarely find knives made with this alloy though, as it's harder to come by and real tough to work with.

Really mind blowing to me that someone of the skill set and experience is doing all this without ever wearing safety glasses and protecting his eyes - without them he would no longer be able to do this trade.

I’m by no means any kind of welder, but I am a professional knife thrower. This is one of the most interesting videos I’ve seen in awhile! It’s awesome to see how they make the blades!

Thanks for not drowning this in annoying music! Im a music lover but it was nice hearing the reality of the build!

I agree with the others here. Safety glasses will save your eyesight. I use to work in a machine shop and my eyesight was saved from hot flying shards of metal at least twice. One time, the metal hit my glasses so hard that my safety glasses went flying off my face but I escaped without injury.

As well as being interesting and informative, this is also a really beautiful piece of film-making. Great camerawork and editing. Well done to all involved...

I was expecting a little better end result but love the craftmanship that went into this. Really a joy to watch.

Kinda Amazing how much the process he went through. 😮thanks for sharing

Great project. Thanks for the detailed video. The one thing I would REALLY stress to you though is you should be using safety shields or spectacles, polycarbonate impact resistant, over your eyes when you're pounding metal on metal or grinding or basically doing any of the things you're doing in the video. I'm an Ophthalmologist and long ago lost count of the people who lost vision or lost their eyes from metal shards going in the eye, grinder wheels blowing up, etc., etc. Please protect yourself. You have wonderful talents, and one weird/bad thing happening to you could change your life. Thanks for your work, and please keep them coming.

How has this guy not lost an eye yet.... amazing work!

Fascinating...! It is needed such complicated process to make the weapon. Needed high patience to do this job. Well done, Buddy...! 😊

Great work, beautiful and functional blade, (I had ambitions of being an amateur swordsmith when younger, never quite worked out sadly.... maybe someday) It's a work of art as well as a working tool... Great Vid thnx!