A 'movie' on how knives are constructed at Andersen Forge:

Karl B. Andersen

Karl B. Andersen

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I've been sharing a knife build with my maker buddies, and thought some of you might appreciate this as well.
They're long.
The first one is 33 minutes and the second one is over an hour.
And there's a short third one to come.
I could have broken them up into smaller videos, but I figure most folks know how to use a stop button and this way everything is in only a couple places.
You can return and pick up where you left off.
I have always said, "Knife making is not a spectator sport."
It can be boring - if you're not a maker or already know most of what's going on.
This is really something I wanted to do, and I'm glad I did.
I hope you can find some pleasure in watching as much of these as you can.

[video=youtube;3xR2HxtI_pU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xR2HxtI_pU[/video]
 
Thank you
Look forward to seeing it.
I'm just a hobbyist but it should be very informative.

Be Kind, Regrind !
 
Thank you for this video.
Really nice and informative.
 
Watched the first one, I'll watch the second later. Thanks for sharing Karl. I know how much time it adds to document your process.
Love your takedowns, and this adds to the value of them for sure. :thumbup:
 
Thank you Karl!

This kind of stuff is invaluable. I've always been interested in takedowns, and your style has always seemed particularly elegant to me.
I'll be watching closely.
 
I really appreciate the much informative video of the take down procedure, I watched both vids and am looking forward to more!
 
Karl, I watched this with my 10-year-old stepson. He loves knife vids (wonder how that happened).

If you don't mind, specific question: when you are etching, what do you use to polish the oxides off between etch cycles (I think that probably does a lot to achieve that beautiful chatoyance, and o I thought I would ask).

Lovely, and thanks for sharing.
 
kevin (theprofessor) said:
Karl, I watched this with my 10-year-old stepson. He loves knife vids (wonder how that happened).

If you don't mind, specific question: when you are etching, what do you use to polish the oxides off between etch cycles (I think that probably does a lot to achieve that beautiful chatoyance, and o I thought I would ask).

Lovely, and thanks for sharing.
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This should answer your question: (Disregard my foolish spelling error. :o)

[video=youtube;ARaXnddUR0c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARaXnddUR0c[/video]


[video=youtube;UDnr0Z40Blo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDnr0Z40Blo&t=38s[/video]
 
I forgot to mention that the chatoyance is not from how I clean the blade during etching.
it's from being high layer and a tight twist rate.
Chatoyance is light refraction, and the more things light has to bounce off of, the more active it will be.

kevin (theprofessor) said:
If you don't mind, specific question: when you are etching, what do you use to polish the oxides off between etch cycles (I think that probably does a lot to achieve that beautiful chatoyance, and o I thought I would ask).
Click to expand...
 
Thanks, everyone for the kind words.
A lot of making these videos had to do with getting to know my Go Pro better and the editing program.
I think I can do it.
 
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