I made a Bowie Knife from a rusty cultivator shank! Knife making and Bladesmithing.

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In this video I show you how I made a Bowie Knife from a rusted cultivator shank (probably 5160 spring steel) and some stabilized cherry wood.

It took me over 50 hours to make this knife, and about halfway through I almost threw it away. When quenched the blade the edge rippled because I had ground it to thin. So I hade to grind back the edge about 1/8 inch, which resulted in a more slender blade. But in the end it turned out fairly nice.

The handle is made of stabilzed cherry wood. It is held on and finshed with West System's G-flex epoxy.

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timestamps
0:00 forging
3:04 surface grinding
3:54 profiling
5:42 bevel grinding
6:58 handsanding
9:37 blade quench
11:09 final handsanding
12:57 making the guard
16:51 making the handle
22:00 knife assembly
24:42 applying epoxy finish to handle
25:14 sharpening
26:45 final review

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