Homemade bushcraft knife (English version)

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A simple homemade budget bushcraft knife: introducing the making of a simple knife that might be usefull during your outdoor adventures, from the concept, passing through wood prototype up to the final object (and its sheath)

Tags: Bushcraft knife,Homemade knife,homemade bushcraft knife,Cow leather sheath,Steel blade,Blade,Knives,Paracord,Paracord wrapping,Paracord loops handle,Monolithic steel blade,Heat treatment

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hey guys and welcome back today I'm going to show you how I made up menu butcher knife well let's go deep into the subject I decided to make a new butcher craft knife to substitute this big one I used for a long time with proficiency when working to extinguish forest fires with the park rangers in my country in the early 80s of the past century this time I decided to make something smaller with a more rounded blade but always using cordage for the handle instead of wood or cow horn so as catch the idea from scratch using the computer I designed the profile of what would have been the final object that is a monolithic blade with the handle wrapped by seven strands tight three 550 paracord I choose to design a full body knife or a business reasons in my opinion a bushcraft knife could also be used as a makeshift hex to cut wood beating its back with a clue the overall length is 26 centimeters that is about 10 inches the blade is large four centimeters 1.6 inches and three or four millimeter thick that is all point 16 inches all based on the kind of metal hyah ditch the chance to use I cut 4 meters 13 feet of paracord then I cut a rectangle of food to superimpose the knife profile on and in the end I baguette for a piece of steel car spring knocking on my uncle's car repair company you can also buy a better steal from local dealers if they are willing to sell you small pieces of metal I started with the making of the prototype tracing the edges of the knife on the small piece of wood trying to be more precise as possible following the original drawing in other words without using carbon paper I realize the kind of mold and then i retrace the grooves on the boot using a pan getting the cutting lines for the jigsaw following the cutting lines in five minutes work I cut the profile of the prototype I drill the holes using a four point five millimeter drill as soon as I realized that four millimeters was too small to pass the paracord through I finish all the edges with the sandpaper up to reach the result you can see on this image a prototype of the blade whose bondings match with the original drawing I only decided to move the three holes a couple millimeters toward the inner body of blade to increase the robustness around those points wrapping the power cord around the handle may be boring or challenging using four meters of seven strands Barack or that is the 13 feet I was able to realize to complete loops using five meters 16.5 field you get three loops this way to realize the handle allows you to adapt its thickness to your hand if you think to add the security breeze loop please consider to add about 2 50 centimeter or cordage about 20 inches preliminary tests get good results obviously the prototype is very light because of his made of wood but the main goal was to verify the overall shape and look in the metal model I will carve a crest on both the head over the handle and the back of the blade close to the cottage handle to give the thumb the right pinch I've only need to slide when pushing the blade they both near the Beatles I did not make them in the boot prototype of course offers a protection to the forefinger when the hand pushes the blade forward

from voodoo metal things get tough starting from the wood prototype a market the profile of the blade on the steel using a thin point permanent marker I mark the center of each hole the same way then I cut them a little bit for the final draining I started cutting the steel try to be as close as possible to the reference lines this will avoid me to spend a lot of time on the grinding machine to clean the edges I don't have a professional belt grinder for medals so in the beginning I use a Smith's clamp to hold the piece in place and the tungsten carbide be metallic saw blade with thin high-density teeth you may use the best gear as you may find if you have a good budget of course now it's time to use my small rotating ringing machine I told made by my father recycling an old tool someone thrown away thinking it no more useful then he added a poly connected to an old washing machine electric motor I work with care to fight a way of the metal up to reach the reference lines and make the new object match the wood prototype around all the edges of both back and handle of the knife using a couple of files as well as different kinds of sandpaper next step is the makeup beetles depth in this model of knife are quite small I work as a craftsman first using the rotating grinder then using a couple of different files this way makes me proceed by subsequent adjusting checking continuously the symmetry of the blade hard walk but also satisfying I do the three holes rounding the edges making the crested pinch as decided before on the back of the blade close to the handle in my opinion two centimeters are enough this means less than one inch I around the crest using thin sandpaper then I have another pinch crest on the head of the handle this comes useful to enhance the grip when using the knife as I am an owl and the bamboo helps to hold the tool the cutting edge is the last task before the etrade meant to harden the blade in the end I try to improve the look removing both freezing or residuals and carbon particles using a 220 grain sandpaper yes it's true and I know it the result is not even for comparable with any commercial knife but to me it's a great satisfaction use a SATA made book bushcraft knife the particle loops around the handle finish the object you can see in this last slide show together with the folder that I realize using budgetary pieces of cow later and strings made of the same material my brand new homemade bushcraft knife is now ready to eat to do his job it is time to test it in the open during my next outdoor adventure with my son thanks for watching it for your time I'll be back with a new video as soon as possible bye