Alright so today we're going to roughly show how I make a knife from blank steel up to
the finished product.
Alright so we've just done the profile blank. Roughly shaped the handle, just for the purposes
of obviously the camera. We're going to skip the actual hand finishing process which takes
a good few hours of sanding and polishing and that will bring that up to a mirror finish
and you'll get a product like this at the end of it. Highly polished and nice, glossy
finish there. Obviously to go with each knife you have a custom sheath to go with that as
well. So with those you start out with a big sheet of tooling leather and then make a template
for each knife, specific to each knife and then we get our different components. So,
this is your outer sheath, your belt loop which obviously gets fixed onto the side on
the back. Inside the sheath is where you put the welt which is to protect the stitching
and just for the chunkier handles we put an extra welt at the top. It just gives it a
little bit more of an opening at the top of the sheath. All of this is then glued together
and stitched by hand. Again, too long a process to show on camera. So we then jump across
to one I made earlier. So this one has been made specific for this knife and as you can
see, a lovely snug fit. Keeps it nicely attached to your belt and doesn't drop out. And there
we go, that will keep it in pristine condition and that's the finished knife.
So there you have it ladies and gentlemen, that's how you take a piece of steel like
this and make it into--
This.
Rob, thanks very much for going through all the processes of knife making I found it extremely
interesting. It's something we use every day don't we? Knives are a daily basis but we've
never looked any further asides from using them, in how they were made.
You just take it for granted. It's been fantastic.
Especially you know when you show the stress points and how you heat them up to give them
a bit more flex. I was dying to ask for a go but I was pretty sure that would've set
fire to your workshop if I had a go at that.
Yeah you might have blown us up, mate.
Well, probably, yeah. It's been absolutely fantastic so thank you very much for showing
us and taking your time out. So is this something you do ad hoc when people order a knife from
you at the moment?
Yep. Father-in-law obviously has always got hunting people who come to him and so obviously
the lads that go around are into their knives for their hunting gear. So, it basically stemmed
from there so yeah.
Is it picking up or is it something you would like to do full time eventually?
Yeah, eventually I'd like to turn it into a full time occupation. Absolutely, love doing
it and yeah, they're brilliant.
So it's quite a long and almost drawn out process and time labouring but at the end
of it you've got something that's totally bespoke. It's not manufactured, it's hand made.
I was about to say, if somebodies got a design they like the look of, they can alter it basically
and make the knife of their dreams.
Thanks very much again guys for coming over and it's been an absolute pleasure showing
you what's been going on.
Pleasure's been all ours, mate. It's been fantastic.
I've actually got a little something for you and I know you boys would put them to good
use. A set of three knives, fully tricked out in your colours and I actually got your
logo etched onto the blade as well.
That's fantastic.
So that's the first one. This one I've actually named the eagle. So I'm quite a bit of a falconry
and I think so, there's nothing better than that.
I'll let you have this one back now.
Don't want you walking off with that one. This is the second one, and this one is called
the buzzard. Again, same colour handle and etched with the Team Wild, and my logo on
the other side.
That looks like a different finish on the blade there, Rob.
Yeah, actually what I did with this one is heat it up a little bit higher than standard
and it's basically what they call decarbonisation. So the metal just slightly starts to work
against each other. Still maintains around 58 on the rockwell scale but still has a hell
of a sharp razor's edge on it.
That's beautiful, love the handles as well. I think you got our colours down to a tee.
And then we got the little one of the bunch. Again, got your logo on there.
Thanks very much for having us Rob, it's been a pleasure.
Thank you very much, mate. We thoroughly enjoyed it.
We'll get back down the road and put these to good use.
Hey lads, before you pop down to the pub. Come here, look. I know you guys like your
toys, so this is something else I make. Custom catapults.
That is a proper catapult.
Proper Dennis the Menace that is.
With these, it's about a 10mm, 12mm shot, ball-bearing. Will put out about 24 foot-pounds
of a power. Obviously it's down to you guys if you're accurate.
Been a long time since I've had a go at a catapult but god dammit I'll have a go.
I know you boys with definitely give them a try. So that's one of them, and that's the other.
Brilliant, Rob. Thank you very much, mate.
So if you give them a try, what you need to remember is elastic comes over the top. Don't
pull it out like that or you'll hit yourself in the face.
And away you go. So, have a bash with them boys, let me know.
Been a fantastic day out. Got a new knife and I got a catapult as well.
I tell you what, mate. It's better than Christmas.
Cheers, Rob.
See you again.
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