Carving Videos

The secondary edge bevels are basically shaping and sharpening the knife. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

The secondary edge bevels are basically shaping and sharpening the knife. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

Selecting the right steel is an important part of the knife making process. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

It's important to select a high quality steel for your knife because you don't want to spend hours and hours of work and end up with something that is not going to be reliable. Learn how to make a...

You will definitely need a belt grinder if you're going to make your own knife blade. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

You can use a spray adhesive to attach your patter outline to the steel. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

The nice thing about using a curved wheel is you don't have any resistance of the belt to push against. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

A belt grinder can remove skin, bone and whatever gets close to it. Be careful. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

Keep a bucket of water nearby when you are using a belt grinder. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

The corners of the wheel here are one of your biggest assets for removing the most material when shaping your blade. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

The corners of the wheel allow you to clean out most of the bulk when grinding out the curves of your blade. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

If you do not scribe a line on your blade, then your edge will be off. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

Once your forge has come up to temperature you're going to set your blade in there and let it come up to temperature as well. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

When the blade is starting to come up to temperature you want to pull it out of the forge so that the heat can even out. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

Once the knife is soaked at the temperature that it needs to be, you're going to pull it out and quench it. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

You need to temper the blade because it is brittle after heat treating. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.

Once the blade has been heat treated and tempered it will have an ugly scale on it that needs to be cleaned off. Learn how to make a custom knife blade in this free video.