00:00This time, my brother Johnny brought me 700 sewing needles and challenged me.
00:03Could I turn them into something that would completely shock him?
00:06Of course, I accepted the challenge.
00:07First, I prepared a steel container and packed all 700 sewing needles inside.
00:10Then I added steel powder to fill all the empty spaces between the needles.
00:13I made sure the container was packed tightly, then sealed it shut.
00:16Next, I fired up my charcoal forge and placed the container deep inside.
00:19I let it heat for a while, and once it was extremely hot, I started hammering it lightly from every
00:23side.
00:23I kept reheating the container and striking each side evenly, slowly compressing everything inside.
00:28Eventually, I could feel a difference through the hammer.
00:29The material inside had fused together into one solid mass.
00:32At that point, I shut down the forge and allowed the container to cool.
00:35Using an angle grinder, I cut off both ends and sliced along one side of the container.
00:38Then I peeled away the outer shell and removed the solid steel billet made from the needles.
00:42I welded a small handle onto the billet, fired up the forge again, and continued forging.
00:45This time, I could hit the steel much harder.
00:47The process took almost the entire day because I forge everything by hand with a hammer, no hydraulic press.
00:52First, I stretched the billet lengthwise.
00:53Then I flattened it into a plate approximately 3-4mm thick and started forging the actual blade shape.
00:58I formed the tip and also shaped the handle area with my hammer.
01:00By the end of the day, I finally had the rough shape of a knife, and honestly, I was exhausted.
01:05The next morning, it was time to move to the belt grinder.
01:07Because of all the hammering, both sides were still uneven, so I started with a 36-grit belt and flattened
01:11the surfaces.
01:12Then I moved on to refining the contours until I had the final knife profile I wanted.
01:15I carefully corrected every detail of the shape.
01:17Next, I drilled the holes for the handle pins and also drilled the mounting point for the bolster.
01:21At this stage, the blade was finally starting to look like a real knife.
01:23Now came the part that requires the most precision for me, grinding the bevels.
01:27The bevels need to be straight, even, and symmetrical if I want the finished blade to look right.
01:30After several hours of careful grinding, the bevels were finally complete.
01:33Then I sanded the entire blade to 150 grit.
01:36After that, I fired up my charcoal forge once again.
01:38I heated the blade to approximately 850 degrees Celsius and quickly quenched it in the oil I had prepared beforehand.
01:44Now, the steel was hardened and much stronger.
01:46I returned to sanding exactly where I had stopped.
01:48Starting at 150 grit, I gradually worked my way all the way up to 2000 grit.
01:52Then I thoroughly washed the blade with soap to remove any oil or grease from the surface.
01:56I placed it into ferric chloride for several minutes, removed it, rinsed it, and then placed it back into the
02:00solution again.
02:01And this was the result.
02:02Just look at that texture.
02:03The pattern was exactly what I had hoped to achieve.
02:05Now it was time for the handle.
02:06I made a simple but beautiful bolster from brass.
02:08I secured it using a single pin, carefully peening it from both sides with a hammer until the bolster was
02:13locked firmly in place.
02:14Next, I selected a solid piece of walnut and cut two wooden scales.
02:16I shaped both pieces on the belt grinder until I had the handle profile I wanted.
02:20Then I assembled everything using epoxy and brass pins.
02:23I left it to cure overnight.
02:24The next day, once the epoxy had fully hardened, I returned to the belt grinder and removed the excess wood.
02:29For the final finishing, I switched to 220 grit sandpaper and worked the handle by hand until all the scratches
02:34were gone and the surface was smooth.
02:35Then I applied a special protective wax.
02:37It brings out the beautiful grain of the walnut while also protecting the wood from moisture.
02:40Finally, I sharpened the blade all the way to 4000 grit.
02:43Now it's extremely sharp and cuts like a razor.
02:45And this is the finished result.
02:46A handmade knife forged from 700 sewing needles.
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