# Two lovely knife making videos

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lovely-knife-making-videos/673777
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 13, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lovely-knife-making-videos/673777 "2013-11-13T02:44:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lovely-knife-making-videos/673777/1 "2013-11-13T02:44:27Z")

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Two different craftsman. Both nice videos.

[Knifemaking - a knife from old bearing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Z3pDGI9vo)

[Making a knife with only common tools - time-lapse](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5LXpgSzKyQ)

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### Author: ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lovely-knife-making-videos/673777/2 "2013-11-13T10:53:19Z")

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Cool videos! Thanks for sharing. 🆒

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### Author: ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lovely-knife-making-videos/673777/3 "2013-11-19T16:24:11Z")

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I love seeing things made. Those were really fun to watch!

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### Author: ![HardlySanguine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lovely-knife-making-videos/673777/5 "2013-11-21T19:31:01Z")

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What was the reason for the blow torch and toaster oven, in that second video?

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### Author: ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lovely-knife-making-videos/673777/6 "2013-11-21T20:56:03Z")

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A different (wonderful!) kind of knife making video:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/J3nojb-gFH4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Birth Of A Tool. Part III. Damascus steel knife making (by Northmen)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3nojb-gFH4)

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### Author: ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lovely-knife-making-videos/673777/7 "2013-11-21T21:05:44Z")

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> [@HardlySanguine](#):
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> What was the reason for the blow torch and toaster oven, in that second video?

Tempering (heat treating) the steel to achieve the desired hardness.