Greg Myers Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 https://www.wimp.com/guy-transforms-a-simple-bolt-into-a-tiny-knife/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I'm pretty sure I could do that if the mood struck me. But one has to wonder, "Why?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Really phenomenal! I can't imagine how much time that took, but the results are amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 A valuable skill coveted by general population types in stir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Nice piece of metalwork, using relatively primitive tools. No mill, no CNC, just somebody who knew how to use what he had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) While impressive, what I find really amazing and awe-inspiring is works of Willard Wiggan.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Wigan For more photos of his work just go a Google Image search using his name. Edited June 21, 2018 by peteski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I watched it at work, and was skipping around. Did he heat-treat and quench the blade? If so, I missed it. If he didn't, one wonders why he didn't just start with a more suitably sized/shaped chunk of steel instead of going through all the torch-forging business. (And why laboriously cut the bolt head off one lug at a time? Why not just cut the whole head off? Looks like he had enough material.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 pack Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) That thing is awesome. For school I had to make knife as a metal work project and I wanted to make a mini knife like that. I did end up making a knife but it was about 16” longer. Edited June 26, 2018 by 426 pack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 What school let you make a knife ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 57 minutes ago, 426 pack said: That thing is awesome. For school I had to make knife as a metal work project and I wanted to make a mini knife like that. I did end up making a knife but it was about 16” longer. I've seen winners on Forged in Fire that didn't look quite that nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 pack Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 2 hours ago, cobraman said: What school let you make a knife ? I’m home schooled and my cousin has his own forging equipment (no power hammer so I did it all by hand). 1 hour ago, Snake45 said: I've seen winners on Forged in Fire that didn't look quite that nice! Thanks. It took a total of two days to do and a lot of blisters. The first day was just the shaping of it with a hammer and the second day I cleaned it up, did all the grinding, quench, tampering, 2 hours of sanding by hand and biuld the handle. But it all started as a leaf spring. Let me just say that after making a knife myself I have a lot of respect for the guys on forged in fire that can do it in 3 hours. Here are a few mor pics of it. this is it after day one. My cousin built a knife as well to show me what I needed to do. This is is my knife along side my cousins knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 12 minutes ago, 426 pack said: I’m home schooled and my cousin has his own forging equipment (no power hammer so I did it all by hand). ...It took a total of two days to do and a lot of blisters. The first day was just the shaping of it with a hammer and the second day I cleaned it up, did all the grinding, quench, tampering, 2 hours of sanding by hand and biuld the handle. But it all started as a leaf spring. Let me just say that after making a knife myself I have a lot of respect for the guys on forged in fire that can do it in 3 hours. Very nice, sir. Learning the old skills gives you an entirely different perspective to see the world from. Great work. I have some body tools I re-forged from old leaf-springs. That's some good steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Shaping metal is a great skill to have, and when everything goes into the "Pull Chain Facility" you will have a skill set that few others will have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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