Knife Making | The Paniolo - Making a Harpoon Point Bowie Knife

Paniolo - Hawaiian Cowboy Learn more here: and here: In this video I make a harpoon point bowie knife from an old leaf spring. The steel is 5160 spring steel. The segmented handle is made of black walnut and spalted mango. Step by step knife making process. Chapters 0:18 flattening the steel 0:38 annealing 1:09 cutout 1:47 profiling 3:16 drilling holes 4:01 weight reduction 4:34 grind lines 5:41 grinding bevels 6:55 firing up the forge 7:12 normalizing 7:40 recalescence 7:59 quench 8:32 temper 8:43 match up handle material 9:47 blue back 10:00 cut handle material 10:53 glue up segmented handle scales 11:59 post heat treat bevel grinding 13:00 etching maker’s mark 14:16 drilling pin holes 15:01 acid etch 15:38 stone wash 16:55 cutting handle scales to size 18:18 attaching handle scales 19:44 profiling handle 21:39 done 21:54 testing
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