Forging a New Pattern Welded EDC Knife - Video Series

[Graham Fredeen]

Well folks, its been awhile since I posted over here, and been awhile since I've done much shop work in general. I ended up moving from Colorado to Michigan, and have been working on setting up a new shop (a much bigger and better shop however :thumbup1: ). Anyway, I managed to squeeze in a little time to do myself a new little every day carry for myself and decided to video tape the process. This didn't start out with the intent of being a comprehensive video tutorial, but its sort of turned into one, showing the entire process from forging the knife to finishing it. There's alot of good information shown in the series of videos (could easily be a DVD or two :les, and I will post more as I edit them, etc. I figured I would share the videos here with the folks of this great online community.

Part 1: Rough Forging the Blade

[video=youtube;HcwAroc2hNg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwAroc2hNg[/video]

Part 2: Rough Forging the Blade Con'td.

[video=youtube;vmhz-TJnQH8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmhz-TJnQH8&feature=related[/video]

Part 3: Rough Grinding the Profile and Flats

[video=youtube;trbNA8so890]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trbNA8so890&feature=related[/video]

Part 4: Rough Grinding the Beveling and Clip

[video=youtube;w04AuzXwEH0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w04AuzXwEH0&feature=related[/video]

That should hold you guys off for a little while :3: .

I will work on posting more later. Enjoy!

 

[kevin - the professor]

Hey Graham - I like the fact that you took the time to document the process. I love to watch other people work, and see how they solve problems and stuff. Thanks for doing this. I like to watch these things very early in the morning when no one else is awake. It is relaxing.
kc