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Making a Puukko File Knife

The Art of Craftsmanship
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This is our 10th video and we are truly grateful for all who have watched, subscribed, liked, and commented. This time I am making a puukko style carving knife from an old metal file for my father-in-law. I’ve combined black walnut, and a brass bolster with birch back that we found on a family hike while visiting my in laws in Vermont, to make the handle. The blade started from a file that I then drew out with some forge work to taper the blade then ground the bevels in with my 1x30 inch grinder. All in all it turned out better than I could have hoped and I know my father-in-law will love and use it well. I’m including time stamps below for those viewers who might want to jump around to particular parts of the knife making process. Thank you all so much for a successful first 10 videos and we hope you will continue to join us. Process Time Stamps: 2:30 Discussing how I built my bucket forge 4:24 Forging the blade out to length 7:35 Shaping  …...more
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Discussing how I built my bucket forge

2:30

Forging the blade out to length

4:24

Shaping the profile and grinding the bevels

7:35

Heat treating the blade

11:59

Tempering the blade

14:03

Finishing grinding the bevels

14:40

Discussing how to convex grind and sharpening

15:52

Filing in the choil

17:05

Preparing the birch bark

17:32

Making the brass bolster

19:05

preparing the black walnut for the handle

20:12

Burning the tang into the handle wood

21:00

Sanding the brass bolster, pre glue-up

21:55

Seating the bolster on the tang

23:30

Gluing up the handle

24:12

Shaping the handle

27:26

Finish polishing and sharpening the blade

31:35

Oiling the handle

32:02
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Making a Puukko File Knife
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295,120Views
2018Nov 9
This is our 10th video and we are truly grateful for all who have watched, subscribed, liked, and commented. This time I am making a puukko style carving knife from an old metal file for my father-in-law. I’ve combined black walnut, and a brass bolster with birch back that we found on a family hike while visiting my in laws in Vermont, to make the handle. The blade started from a file that I then drew out with some forge work to taper the blade then ground the bevels in with my 1x30 inch grinder. All in all it turned out better than I could have hoped and I know my father-in-law will love and use it well. I’m including time stamps below for those viewers who might want to jump around to particular parts of the knife making process. Thank you all so much for a successful first 10 videos and we hope you will continue to join us. Process Time Stamps: 2:30 Discussing how I built my bucket forge 4:24 Forging the blade out to length 7:35 Shaping the profile and grinding the bevels 11:59 Heat treating the blade 14:03 Tempering the blade 14:40 Finishing grinding the bevels 15:52 Discussing how to convex grind and sharpening 17:05 Filing in the choil 17:32 Preparing the birch bark 19:05 Making the brass bolster 20:12 preparing the black walnut for the handle 21:00 Burning the tang into the handle wood 21:55 Sanding the brass bolster, pre glue-up 23:30 Seating the bolster on the tang 24:12 Gluing up the handle 27:26 Shaping the handle 31:35 Finish polishing and sharpening the blade 32:02 Oiling the handle To those of you who feel like you got something special from our videos and want to know how you can supports us further, we have just launched our Patreon page here...   / theartofcraftsmanship  

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