1 00:00:09,330 --> 00:00:12,330 yes 2 00:00:16,550 --> 00:00:19,118 yeah 3 00:00:30,690 --> 00:00:35,200 I'm Matt I'm Kerri 4 00:00:33,670 --> 00:00:40,719 we are the stag my brother is a 5 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:42,760 Baltimore knife and sword our work can 6 00:00:40,719 --> 00:00:44,558 be seen on film Broadway and at 7 00:00:42,759 --> 00:00:46,238 renaissance festivals around the country 8 00:00:44,558 --> 00:00:48,399 we're going to be building some of your 9 00:00:46,238 --> 00:00:49,659 favorite weapons and some weapons that 10 00:00:48,399 --> 00:00:54,509 you've never seen before 11 00:00:49,659 --> 00:00:54,509 this is man-at-arms reforge 12 00:00:56,179 --> 00:01:00,329 you guys asked for killa kill scissor 13 00:00:58,738 --> 00:01:01,709 blade we're going to do something that I 14 00:01:00,329 --> 00:01:04,019 don't think any other blacksmiths would 15 00:01:01,710 --> 00:01:05,969 ever try and attack found a really nice 16 00:01:04,019 --> 00:01:08,368 3d rendering of the scissor blade that 17 00:01:05,969 --> 00:01:10,408 will be basing our pattern off of I plug 18 00:01:08,368 --> 00:01:12,750 that into AutoCAD and begin tracing the 19 00:01:10,409 --> 00:01:16,649 profile the scissor blade is basically 20 00:01:12,750 --> 00:01:18,569 pair scissors in half as a as a sword 21 00:01:16,649 --> 00:01:20,609 blade there it is that's pretty much our 22 00:01:18,569 --> 00:01:22,109 basic pattern for the scissor blade and 23 00:01:20,609 --> 00:01:24,959 the drawing off the John and he'll take 24 00:01:22,109 --> 00:01:26,819 it from there the most efficient way to 25 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:29,609 make the scissor blade is obviously the 26 00:01:26,819 --> 00:01:31,379 plasma cut it out we have our kilakila 27 00:01:29,609 --> 00:01:33,450 scissors blade cut out on the plasma 28 00:01:31,379 --> 00:01:38,399 definitely the most efficient way to 29 00:01:33,450 --> 00:01:41,579 make this blade quickest foot 30 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:43,590 Haley and I have better ideas we're 31 00:01:41,579 --> 00:01:46,439 gonna do forge our billet out of City 32 00:01:43,590 --> 00:01:50,430 and I mean a lot of them I think will 33 00:01:46,439 --> 00:01:52,409 forge those into a blade instead so we 34 00:01:50,430 --> 00:01:55,620 take all of our scissors got them nice 35 00:01:52,409 --> 00:01:58,189 and bundled up so now we're going to 36 00:01:55,620 --> 00:01:58,189 give it a shot 37 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,460 once the pomp of scissors is up to 38 00:02:00,719 --> 00:02:05,819 temperature beginning the long and 39 00:02:02,459 --> 00:02:07,709 steady process of consolidation to speed 40 00:02:05,819 --> 00:02:09,780 up the process we take the suede to the 41 00:02:07,709 --> 00:02:11,699 hydraulic press and begin to slowly 42 00:02:09,780 --> 00:02:14,210 rotate the billet as we press it into 43 00:02:11,699 --> 00:02:14,209 the form 44 00:02:27,370 --> 00:02:31,629 once we've done four or five heats of 45 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:33,219 that remove the swage and replace it 46 00:02:31,628 --> 00:02:35,229 with flat dyes that will allow us to 47 00:02:33,219 --> 00:02:37,590 square the bar and prep it for the power 48 00:02:35,229 --> 00:02:37,590 hammer 49 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:47,680 after several heats of drawing out the 50 00:02:45,909 --> 00:02:51,060 blade on the power hammer Ilya is now 51 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,060 ready to begin his preflop 52 00:03:01,259 --> 00:03:05,878 using a Japanese dog head forging hammer 53 00:03:03,750 --> 00:03:07,739 Illya lazing the bevels to the blade 54 00:03:05,878 --> 00:03:09,889 this not only begins our striking edge 55 00:03:07,739 --> 00:03:11,939 but also gains some width to the blade 56 00:03:09,889 --> 00:03:13,649 with the shaping of the blade now 57 00:03:11,939 --> 00:03:16,439 complete Illya turns it around and 58 00:03:13,650 --> 00:03:18,150 begins forging the handle section Illya 59 00:03:16,439 --> 00:03:19,799 bends the handle piece around that will 60 00:03:18,150 --> 00:03:21,569 become our knuckle bow this will have a 61 00:03:19,799 --> 00:03:23,939 hinged piece and extend into a 62 00:03:21,568 --> 00:03:26,009 two-handed grip Illya marks the spot 63 00:03:23,939 --> 00:03:28,199 that I imitate and hit with the sledge 64 00:03:26,009 --> 00:03:30,120 in this case Illya is the collar and I'm 65 00:03:28,199 --> 00:03:31,560 the striker the purpose of this is to 66 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,659 draw out the peak in the center of the 67 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,489 blade now it's time to punch the two 68 00:03:33,659 --> 00:03:37,169 holes in the scissors blade Illya holds 69 00:03:35,489 --> 00:03:39,180 the hot punch as I strike it on the 70 00:03:37,169 --> 00:03:41,449 anvil surface thinning out a portion of 71 00:03:39,180 --> 00:03:41,450 the blade 72 00:03:42,050 --> 00:03:46,060 once we get it thin enough we move to 73 00:03:44,180 --> 00:03:48,650 the hardy hole and punch the slug out 74 00:03:46,060 --> 00:03:50,210 it's pretty much the shape to be honest 75 00:03:48,650 --> 00:03:53,060 I just have to do a little bit of 76 00:03:50,210 --> 00:03:55,219 profile grinding true up the point make 77 00:03:53,060 --> 00:03:57,140 the back of the spine here nice and flat 78 00:03:55,219 --> 00:04:00,259 you really for just the shape almost 79 00:03:57,139 --> 00:04:02,779 perfectly Ilya did an incredible job 80 00:04:00,259 --> 00:04:06,129 forging this blade to shape so profiling 81 00:04:02,780 --> 00:04:06,129 it shouldn't take me much time at all 82 00:04:14,099 --> 00:04:18,370 now that we have our blade profile nice 83 00:04:16,660 --> 00:04:21,880 and crisp it's time to lay in our edge 84 00:04:18,370 --> 00:04:24,069 bevel i ground off about half the 85 00:04:21,879 --> 00:04:26,050 material that was in this blade so much 86 00:04:24,069 --> 00:04:28,329 so that I have a giant pile of steel 87 00:04:26,050 --> 00:04:31,180 dust down here my feet probably removed 88 00:04:28,329 --> 00:04:33,099 5 pounds of steel using an air-powered 89 00:04:31,180 --> 00:04:37,240 die grinder I clean out the punched 90 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:38,800 holes I bring the blade up to about 1500 91 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,819 50 degrees before quenching in a 92 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,819 horizontal quench tank 93 00:04:44,970 --> 00:04:49,410 after quenching the metal is still very 94 00:04:47,189 --> 00:04:51,029 hot I only have a few seconds to run to 95 00:04:49,410 --> 00:04:53,689 the vise and do my straightening before 96 00:04:51,029 --> 00:04:53,689 it cools fully 97 00:04:55,189 --> 00:05:01,269 after heat treat and tempering it's 98 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,269 finally time for me to get my grind or 99 00:05:09,470 --> 00:05:14,000 better plate sanded and polished it's 100 00:05:12,170 --> 00:05:17,509 not ready for it because of the 101 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:20,300 curvature won't fully fit in so I have 102 00:05:17,509 --> 00:05:23,569 to kind of go up and down so we don't 103 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:26,000 get a hard edge line using some 3000 104 00:05:23,569 --> 00:05:29,149 grit sandpaper just to wipe the surface 105 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,889 it helps you see the pattern takes the 106 00:05:29,149 --> 00:05:33,560 oxidation all helps the edge go a little 107 00:05:30,889 --> 00:05:35,409 quicker and see another handle of the 108 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,670 scissors here with the blade coming out 109 00:05:35,410 --> 00:05:40,810 all those little holes are all the 110 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:40,810 little holes in the scissors 111 00:05:42,949 --> 00:05:46,969 John adds two sections of metal to 112 00:05:45,110 --> 00:05:48,830 either side of the handle using the TIG 113 00:05:46,970 --> 00:05:52,120 welder this is to thicken it to make it 114 00:05:48,829 --> 00:05:52,120 easier to hold in your hand 115 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:57,098 John takes the welded handle and the 116 00:05:55,209 --> 00:05:58,568 blade puts them together and checks the 117 00:05:57,098 --> 00:06:00,188 motion of the handle to make sure 118 00:05:58,569 --> 00:06:02,629 there's clearance where he has the pivot 119 00:06:00,189 --> 00:06:05,090 located 120 00:06:02,629 --> 00:06:07,250 I did some sculpting to the handle on 121 00:06:05,089 --> 00:06:09,500 the grinder last night use the two inch 122 00:06:07,250 --> 00:06:11,899 wheel to sculpt out our finger grooves 123 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:13,759 for that nice grip I also did a big 124 00:06:11,899 --> 00:06:15,560 bevel on the back a little more 125 00:06:13,759 --> 00:06:17,240 comfortable took a lot of weight off I 126 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,589 need to polish it out a little bit I'm 127 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,870 going to do that on the scotch-brite I 128 00:06:18,589 --> 00:06:24,339 use the scotch brite wheel to create a 129 00:06:20,870 --> 00:06:24,340 matte finish before paint 130 00:06:26,740 --> 00:06:31,310 the last step that I must do before 131 00:06:29,089 --> 00:06:33,079 paint is to connect our handle to the 132 00:06:31,310 --> 00:06:35,569 blade I drive the quarter inch pin 133 00:06:33,079 --> 00:06:37,579 through the holes creating my pivot this 134 00:06:35,569 --> 00:06:39,919 blade has a couple different ways that 135 00:06:37,579 --> 00:06:40,519 it transforms in the anime all using 136 00:06:39,918 --> 00:06:42,589 magic 137 00:06:40,519 --> 00:06:44,750 the only real transformation that we 138 00:06:42,589 --> 00:06:47,000 could do mechanically is this handle 139 00:06:44,750 --> 00:06:49,069 extension glad we decided to pour jana 140 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,110 some scissors have really made this 141 00:06:49,069 --> 00:06:52,580 unique I don't think there's too many 142 00:06:51,110 --> 00:06:54,860 other Smith's on the planet that would 143 00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:57,620 even try that pretty excited to get it 144 00:06:54,860 --> 00:06:59,090 read and get to use it in with all the 145 00:06:57,620 --> 00:07:00,680 elaborate work that went into making 146 00:06:59,089 --> 00:07:02,810 this blade and producing a beautiful 147 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,519 pattern I decided to use a metallic 148 00:07:02,810 --> 00:07:10,910 automotive paint that will show the 149 00:07:04,519 --> 00:07:12,529 pattern through the color we started 150 00:07:10,910 --> 00:07:14,479 from a giant bundle of scissors and 151 00:07:12,529 --> 00:07:16,008 created one heck of a sword blade this 152 00:07:14,478 --> 00:07:18,939 turned out to be one of my favorite 153 00:07:16,009 --> 00:07:18,939 builds of this season 154 00:07:44,009 --> 00:07:47,939 class is now in session 155 00:08:14,309 --> 00:08:17,549 for the play 156 00:08:30,449 --> 00:08:35,830 click here to subscribe or click here to 157 00:08:33,549 --> 00:08:38,079 watch more episodes thanks for watching 158 00:08:35,830 --> 00:08:40,210 man-at-arms reforged we need to know 159 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,860 what you want the guys to build so tell 160 00:08:40,210 --> 00:08:44,759 us in the 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