You Can Forge a Knife Correctly [Here's How] !

My brother you are the master but when it comes to calculus I am a stupid red neck who will have to scrape bucket for screw ups until I learn the proper way to strike the blade in relation to the anvil

I forge out of a makeshift coal forge and I have trouble keeping the steel hot. It seems I can’t get more than 15 to 20 seconds of anvil time per heat. Should I just leave it in for longer? I have also burned 2 out of the 4 attempted blades, broken one and only finished one blade so far successfully.

Cover the anvil with sand except where you are striking and you can witness the rebound force distribution across the anvil as the sand is propelled upwards.

Wow talking about mind fucking some thing

You're explanation about how we need to take an small section to avoid strains, is simply the best! THX

Thanks for sharing! Do you recommend the japanes hammer or the traditional one? Regards!

Holding hot steel with the hammer head ??? And this GURU is teaching ! Its called a half set . Even the instruction is not using correct teminoligy . Forging from tip back ???

Great math breakdown. I’ve got a double horn anvil, so I should probably start forging a bit more on the flat horn to help localize the forces. Good to know!

I started the journey of blacksmithing a short time ago. The plan was to make as many bottle openers, firepokers, s hooks and coak hooks, etc as humanly possible within a couple of months before I even attempted to make a knife. I hit short of my goals of 100 hand made pieces, but couldn't resist the temptation. I made my first knife almost exactly like this, and the results were incredibly satisfying. I am so glad that I pursued this craft, and I will always be chasing the next skill to learn in this craft. Blacksmithing will change my entire world, I can feel it's pull, no it already has changed things.

I come back to this one every once in a while.

I love practical examples of complex math.

Thowing numbers at me doesn't help things make sense, but "this number is the hammer face, this number is it's weight" really works for me.

That Anvil is awesome AF!!

I came here for forging and knives I never expected a math lesson

the math killed but luckily the practical demos were crystal clear. Great video! Edit: i'm sure the math was clear to a lot of people just over my head ha.

WTF

I was thinking these guys quit making video😮‍💨😆

First time ive ever seen a knife started by wasting a huge chunk of steel and just throwing it on the ground . Thats hilariously funny and must end up making quite a large scrap pile.

Start by cutting the tip off? Lol ok bud.

He wins one episode of FiF and thinks he knows better than all the other bladesmiths, and I know that nobody gives a flying f**k about physics of swinging a hammer. This guy is an absolute joke.

🤔 You know I prefer to forge the tang before the blade, especially if i am making a fancy pants full tang knife with some kind of swell at the bottom like the American Carlson's Raiders Machete (collins pattern no 18) from 1934. Or a bird's beak handle. as that is a lot easier to screw up...i make something like this using 2-inch wide starting stock 1/4th inch thick. i tend to order 12-inch bars (as it is cheaper to ship just because they take up less room) and can take a 2x6x1/4 inch bar and make a 14-inch hidden tang blade 10-inch blade with a 4-inch tang.(0_0 I thought it was smaller then that)

Do you use borax to coat the knife blank before heats?

You lost me at math. 🤣

Makes sense!!

Great channel

You lost me with the first numbers. 🤔

Ok but the problem is accuracy (at least at first), well also 3kg hammer is a lil heavy

As if he wasn't impressive enough, ilya is also a fun math teacher

Very interesting, but imo you dont need mathematics to explain common sense.your work is first class though

Best explanation ever! Thank you!

Now this is some Nerd shit, I love it

Question: Why would I use the long edge of the anvil?

Probably the most boring mathematics lesson I've ever experienced. Forget the theory of physics. Swing a hammer enough and you'll quickly learn what technique moves steel and what doesn't. Let me save you the time and boredom. Don't pinch swing your hammer strikes. 90° strikes positioned appropriately on the anvil move steel better. What an epiphany!...............

I normally truly love these demo's but this was a hot mess unless your interested in theoretical smithing.

You had me till all the math😂

If he was my math teacher I probably wouldn’t have dropped out

Да, всё потому что он русский, мать вашу!

It's really useful and math formulas doing it absolutely clearly for understanding. Now I understand how forging edge with stable result. Thank you!

P.S. Sorry for my English) Ещё раз спасибо!

i really liked the way you tried to use math to explain the proper usage of force in order to work efficiently.
The one conclusion i'd like to make is that working with a smaller anvil (like most of our blacksmithing predecessors) barely bigger that the hammer itself is the best way to impart maximum return of energy in the piece.

Dude, where did he go to freaking school and for how freaking long? What in the Fuck are we teaching in America that is putting us so far behind

Love the use of the soap stone on the chalkboard lol

It is a good joke 😜!!!)))))

I'm in school don't bother me now, like the black scheoles model for volitility over a span of time.

Ienstein's hammer, don't quit know what he said , however it was beautiful y'all ! And I'm a hammer kinda guy !

Hi Ilya, would you consider it a good idea for me to forge a hardened steel radius block like the one you showed? I have a pretty soft cast iron anvil and i feel like for its weight its too soft to get good rebound. Would it be an improvement? Would it still have the weight of the heavy anvil beneath it?

Me in algebra 1: “when am I ever going to use this crap”
Me at 33: “I’m so lost dude”

I was so glad when he started pulling out physics and integrals. It's a VERY rare occurrence in fields mostly oriented towards manual labor and / or art. That's a go-to video for people saying "when am I gonna use all that in real life?". Things don't have to be separate, a theoretician benefits from real world insights and vice-versa, that's the mark of an accomplished craftsman. Hat's off.

As much as I enjoyed Ilya as physics instructor, Ilya history teacher is even better.

very informative video