Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ever wanted to make a knife perfectly without ever messing up? Sure. But it never seems to happen! In this video blade smith Walter Sorrells makes a camp knife and shows how to overcome some common mistakes and problems that crop up during knife making projects...even to experience knife makers. The video shows the building of a camp knife from W2 steel with an authentic hamon (often known as a temper line) clay hardened in the same style as a Japanese samurai sword. Spectacular desert ironwood handles, Loveless bolts and mosaic pins. Part 1 of a 2-part series.

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