Knife makers reviews/workshops

[Sparky415]

Feel free to add more 'vids' (tubes maybe?  )

Stan Wilson


Chris Reeve

[Sparky415]

Michael Morris 

[enki_ck]

While we're at the subject of CRK ...

[dks]

I posted a video of the GEC factory a while ago..... but you probably missed it   

See if you can find the post  (hint, it appears to be in an invisible thread)

[Sparky415]

You know I never read your stuff Dks 

 

[dks]

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,51288.msg866488.html#msg866488

[Syph007]

There is a 4 parts series on Entrek knives that I found really good watching.  Helped me on a few things.  He heat treats the steel first, then does all the grinding, so when he's done, the knife is done.

Here's first part.

[Sparky415]

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,51288.msg866488.html#msg866488

Thanks Mate 

Guys 

[dks]

I am on a small pc so it is not easy to attach these videos to your thread.


I may try tomorrow, if nobody does it

[Sparky415]

Sorted 

 

I was playing around on Youtube today and watched these 3. I have not seen them before, but they may have been posted previously..

It is worth watching so as to see how the more traditional knives are/were made.

My observations:
1. I was surprised by how few people appear to work there
2. They do not do their own heat treatment of their blades
3. They did not show how they make the scales
4. The owner looks like a regular guy, sort of like Tim Leatherman
5. To loosen a blade that was too tight the owner bend it to both sides, so as to give it some "play". Maybe this will work with some older GEC knives. It gives a new perspective to why some knives have blade play from new. 
6. Seeing all  the checks they do (centering, sharpness, finish, pull...) in theory all their knives should be perfect, if they always do these checks properly 

[zoidberg]

How about some Murray Carter.

[Sparky415]

The Bladesmith’s (2014)

[Sparky415]

Nick Peel

[enki_ck]

Nice vids.

[Gerhard Gerber]

Thanks for the revive.......I missed this somehow, seen most of the vids already but some are new!

[Sparky415]

Feel free to add more Guys 

[Sparky415]

Bloodroot blades

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-11-02/made-bloodroot-blades-forges-knives-from-scrap-metal

 

[WWW]

There is a 4 parts series on Entrek knives that I found really good watching.  Helped me on a few things.  He heat treats the steel first, then does all the grinding, so when he's done, the knife is done.

Here's first part.

If you have a powerfull grinder I think is a much better solution. Less warping and with harder steel is harder to overgrind or make huge mistakes.