ditchman Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 the making of a hand built knife ...on BBC4 7.30 this evening....should be good for a watch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 Just now, ditchman said: the making of a hand built knife ...on BBC4 7.30 this evening....should be good for a watch... Are you in the programme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 29 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Are you in the programme? He'll be the face fogging up the window in the background 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Shouting that's not a knife it's got no antler on it, and your grinding it wrong boi. Hand made blade from a Landover leaf spring. Ditchy shouting that's nothing I can make a whole land rover out of that. Tsk tsk know nothing. 😂😂 Edited January 29, 2020 by figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 I can't believe, in light of all the recent knife crime, the BBC are now running a program on how to make knives. Already drafting my letter of complaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 7:30 sharp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsbob Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) I`m confused , they are going to show you how to make a knife that could be a good for a watch 🔪 ⌚ I`ll get my coat. Edited January 30, 2020 by sportsbob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 18 minutes ago, mick miller said: I can't believe, in light of all the recent knife crime, the BBC are now running a program on how to make knives. Already drafting my letter of complaint. I see where your coming from, but try and find a kitchen not full of knives, knives aren't the problem people are. 8 minutes ago, bruno22rf said: 7:30 sharp? Your on the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 48 minutes ago, figgy said: Shouting that's not a knife it's got no antler on it, and your grinding it wrong boi. Hand made blade from a Landover leaf spring. Ditchy shouting that's nothing I can make a whole land rover out of that. Tsk tsk know nothing. 😂😂 atta boy... 1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Are you in the programme? what .....like rehab' "no....no....no...."....🎶 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 @Mice! I won't be complaining, au contraire - but I bet hundreds will! You know how it goes in the UK these days. Everyone is offended, all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 Strewth Mice - a little blunt aren't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, bruno22rf said: Strewth Mice - a little blunt aren't you? dont see the point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 The wit on here is cutting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 WOW! 14 minutes and it starts to look like a knife! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 weeelllllll i watched it......................and to be totally honest ...i dont think he is a blade smith.....he cant weld....he hardened the metal too cold ...didnt temper...didnt clean the billet...didnt use a plenishing hammer to finish off,........... sorry ...not impressed........................... what i am impressed with is the level of skill and attention to detail and design skills of all the knife makers on this forum.......infact that goes for all people who make stuff on this forum in their garage or kitchen or shed or conservertory......this is where the skill is not some chancer on BBC 4 who calls himeself a bladesmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 Nice knife. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 Ditchy I was thinking the same when he was waving that mig torch around like he was flagging a taxi down.. Two days to.make a knife that should have been done in a day. Why bother acid etching it to show the pattern and then paper all the contrast out of it. Burned the hell out of the wood, I've never managed to get a good bond between carbon shoot and glue. Handle should have been heat fitted then blade tempered, no more heat after that. We have much better knife men on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 23 minutes ago, ditchman said: weeelllllll i watched it......................and to be totally honest ...i dont think he is a blade smith.....he cant weld....he hardened the metal too cold ...didnt temper...didnt clean the billet...didnt use a plenishing hammer to finish off,........... sorry ...not impressed........................... what i am impressed with is the level of skill and attention to detail and design skills of all the knife makers on this forum.......infact that goes for all people who make stuff on this forum in their garage or kitchen or shed or conservertory......this is where the skill is not some chancer on BBC 4 who calls himeself a bladesmith I bow to your judgement and knowledge Ditchy! I did like the clever way it was filmed tho! Intresting place.Had that revolver on the wall just been hammered flat? NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 Well Owen sells lots of courses so that people can make their own knives. Would have been nice to have a sub title telling what he was using though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, figgy said: Ditchy I was thinking the same when he was waving that mig torch around like he was flagging a taxi down.. Two days to.make a knife that should have been done in a day. Why bother acid etching it to show the pattern and then paper all the contrast out of it. Burned the hell out of the wood, I've never managed to get a good bond between carbon shoot and glue. Handle should have been heat fitted then blade tempered, no more heat after that. We have much better knife men on here. i have been in a few so called bladesmith workshops......and they have all been very similar to that....they concentrate on the "re-enactment) scene...make it look the part make it pretty make it basic .....and i think that is what it was ............when he cut the sheet steel.....(usually you will use W1 or O1 tool steel for knives)....you wouldnt by it in sheet form... my idea of a bladesmith is him to use a 3 ply steel ...one high quality in the midle and a lesser quality on either side...forge welded together without electric arc and then beaten in 6to shape..first grind ///harden /.....temper.....2nd grind and polish and acid to bring out the harmon line then handle.... but thats me............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Tightchoke, it would have been nice if he had talked or it had been narrated. Maybe we didn't see all of his process. Ditchman I agree, I wondered about the sheet steel. Usually bar stock. Edited January 29, 2020 by figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 minute ago, figgy said: Tightchoke, it would have been nice if he had talked or it had been narrated. Maybe we didn't see all of his process. thats the seris....there have been several made just like that ...the glass making one was excelllent.................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 Yes it is meant to be more therapeutic than educational! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Worked in a glass production facility in Sunderland at pyrex when I served my apprenticeship, putting in the pipework on the new glass furnace in they called a tank. Watched the glass blowers every lunchtime go to pub with their cans for there allowance of ale. Edited January 29, 2020 by figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Yes it is meant to be more therapeutic than educational! quite right ....the other one which was superb was the making of a windsor chair.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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