In this special collaboration episode we forge a giant slavic straight razor out of pattern welded damascus steel. We take you through all of the steps of making a knife or sword blade to then send it to Black Beard Projects to make the handle.

To see part 2 of this build go to : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kbaPBkqmSE

First we show how to stack your billet and where to tac weld it together.
2nd we show how to forge weld your billet on a nazel 2b power hammer and hot cut and fold to desired layer count.
3rd we show how to forge a preform for a integral knife.
4th we show how create latter pattern with a grinder.
5th we show how to forge your bevels on a knife blade.
6th we show how to rough grind a hollow ground edge.
7th we show how to heat treat a knife or sword.
8th we show how to polish out a knife blade.
9th we etch the blade in ferric chloride to show the pattern.

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Videos Shot, Produced and edited by - Matt Stagmer
Co-producer Ilya Alekseyev

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Music by - https://www.bensound.com and Youtube.com
Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

Forged and Filmed at http://www.imakeswords.com/
Matt Stagmer - @matt_at_arms on instagram
Ilya Alekseyev - @slavicsmith on instagrom

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