All done with no power tools. I forge a knife blade, carve a birch burl handle and a wood inlay for the leather sheath etc. Open the full video description for more information.

The yakut knife is a traditional and common belt knife design in Siberia used for every day tasks in the wilderness.

I recommend to google "yakut knife" or similar and get inspired. This was my first time making a yakut knife and I learned a lot and will next time do a few things different like keeping the sheath and handle more true to yakut knife traditions.



Materials: Old file, birch burl, birch wood, cow leather, tung oil, epoxy.



Most asked questions:

1. Do you sell?
No. Don't sell any thing.

2. What "power hammer" is that?
Treadle hammer and here is a video only about the hammer    • TREADLE HAMMER  HOW MINE WORKS AND T...  

3. What is the purpose of the forged hollow part on the Yakut knife?
A lot of reasons... Here is some of the main once. 1. Stiffing. 2. Less surface area giving less friction resistans when cutting and giving less steel to remove when sharpening. 3. Less weight making some yakut knives able to float in case example a fisherman drop it in the lake. 4. The blacksmith use less steel.

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Location: Denmark my own property.

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Video gear: Nikon D7000, Nikon 50 1.8, Røde videomacro, iMovie.

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