Historical Knife Making - keep it simple, do it the hard way

Опубликовано: 25 Март 2026
на канале: Crossed Heart Forge - islandblacksmith
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Welcome to the Forge...Subscribe for more fire, smashing steel, and the transformation of scrap into treasure...watch a tanto being crafted in more detail:    • SOTW #12 - Creating a Classical Tanto  

The tools are simple and few, but the work is long and hard. See the finished works and read more about the process of making them: http://islandblacksmith.ca/process/

See more of the yari (spear) being made: http://islandblacksmith.ca/2015/07/ha...

Design a Tanto: http://islandblacksmith.ca/design-cus...
Design a Knife: http://islandblacksmith.ca/design-you...

I make traditionally crafted knives for folks who wish they could take things home from museums. http://islandblacksmith.ca

filmed on an Olympus OM-D EM5 with vintage Dimension1:2.8 35mm glass, edited in iMovie, soundtrack composed in Ableton Live 8

Made the taiko soundtrack yesterday and thought I'd set some video to it...just a guy with a camera and a hammer, thanks for watching!