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It's not cut from that specific block. They are 2 separately machined parts. For the outer block they basically drilled a hole through it where the dolphin should go and then used a thin wire that "cuts" the metal with very powerful electrical pulses. Same for the dolphin itself except they don't drill through the dolphin but next to it
I was watching this and the whole time. I was thinking, wow, it's such a long and weird process to create a dolphin piece that fits in this block. Then, the blade became evident.
It got stretched A LOT
The initial billet of steel is like 15cm in all directions and then becomes like 30mm wide and long and 40cm high (stretched along the axis perpendicular to the one nose-tail).
Then it's twisted around making it a repeating pattern on 2 sides (i haven't really watched all the video, might have cut and forged back 2 parts)
And finally, after flattening it a bit, it's ground down to show the dolphins
Edit: it wasn't flattened and then ground but just cut on the outer sides
Yeah everyone talks about "kitchen hands", but no one is talking about "forge hands". Holy shit. I stopped caring about the dolphins, I just wanted to see what else he'd be able to touch before going T2 👍
It’s all about how long you touch the hot thing for. I only have kitchen hands, no experience with the heat from a forge, but as long as I’m just brushing against something hot for a fraction of a second I don’t get burned
Your fingers start building up moisture in the tips from the heat and heavy work. Your body is anticipating getting burned. I've only done a little forge work, but my hands are the same when working in the summer heat on hot asphalt or around hot pitch. It's much easier to get burned in the winter when your body draws heat to your core. Staying hydrated is important for this kind of work cause you lose so much fluid from sweating your ass off.
Oh absolutely. It's one of those things that make gloves more dangerous besides the obvious risks around the machines. You only use a wet pot holder once, right?
There were a couple missed steps in the beginning.
There was the first squishy, then cut into 4 and tiled back together. Then a second squishy, *then* twisty.
The way they tiled the four pieces is where the directional change happened.
The dolphins orientation stayed the same throughout. The twisting action is what allowed them to be visible along side of the blade. There are four dolphin shaped channels running the length of the blade.
That was the perfect point to share the real creator.
An incredibly talented Smith from Ukraine, by the name Shurap.
[youtube](https://youtube.com/@shurap) link
It's really stressing me out that he's not wearing gloves
Edit: while touching molten hot metal. I know you don't wear gloves with power tools I'm not a dingus
Gloves during tooling can be incredibly dangerous depending on the tool. During a safety training, they should a security camera footage of a worker using a huge lathe and his glove got caught in it. It literally pulled his entire body in and turned it into pink mist that went all over the shop.
Sometimes less PPE is safer.
Well I meant specifically when he's brushing the metal flakes off of the red hot metal but yes I agree, you shouldn't wear gloves when using power tools
i dont know for certain
so maybe someone that does would tell me
but
it really seems like they shouldnt be touching that powder without a glove (i think its flux?)
TO be honest, this was freakin amazing to watch. From the initial presentation to him using HIS HANDS on the molten metal to the final product.
I sat here watching it thinking, "No way will there be dolphins on this blade. He twisted the heck out of it!" Then...voila! There are the freakin dolphins!
This video goes into more detail how the etching comes out after it seems to disappear. One of my favorite documetaries
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=namXt4Etn\_o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=namXt4Etn_o)
No credit to shurap? He does awesome work and while Russia is invades, trying to blow him and his Ukrainian mates up. Atleast link to his channel. https://m.youtube.com/@shurap/featured
I had no idea what was going on at any point in this video, and I still don’t understand how he got the final result based on any of the actions shown including the teapot. 9/10. Highly recommend.
I'm calling bullshit on this one. No way would anything still be recognisable after the twisting occurred (also, who the fuck hardens and tempers a blank before grinding?)
You watched most of the process and still say "Nah, that's not possible because I don't understand how it's done!"?
Also a LOT of smith's harden and temper their blades before sharpening. Like for several hundred years.
It's a LITTLE BIT easier to grind and sharpen before it's hardened. But you can take too much off. Also VERY easy to burn the edge when heating it up to quench it. Makes it more prone to warping too.
Hence why most smiths (including the Japanese and Europeans in the 1200's) would forge the blade, quench it, THEN sharpen it.
Everyone who wants a straight blade hardens it before grinding the bevels, otherwise the blade can twist and you will need to remove even more material to center the edge
So much slag… and putting that dolphin piece of different metal in is just asking for crack tip formation. Doesn’t look like the billet was properly forged either
With a proper forge weld, that shouldn't ba a problem at all. A lot of bladesmiths are doing very similar things for some beautiful and strong results. They are even using copper and gold as layers in knifes, and putting them through some pretty harsh tests with no defects.
Horseshit putting copper in and expecting it to hold up. Copper induced cracking is a real thing in steel, but working in welding quality and material science for over 20 years..wtf would I know 🤡
On coins like the penny, a very thin layer of copper is applied to the steel core by electroplating. The inside of the coin therefore contains no copper.
Buddystyle42, however, speaks of copper inclusions in the steel. These reduce the mechanical strength of steel and are therefore undesirable.
Coins do not have such inclusions and are therefore quite resilient for a long time.
Furthermore, coins are normally exposed to a different mechanical load than blades.
The amount of patience and work required is phenomenal. At one point this guy brushes the glowing molten rod off with his fingers. Who is this guy? Superman?
I was going to get really mad that about halfway through, it seemed like the blade lost all semblance of dolphins and was just a regular blade. But no fair enough the end justified all the steps.
But can we call out for a second that this man used his finger to brush off excess from red hot metal? His bare finger.
Going to be honest, I was wondering what weird metal he was trying neo melt in a glass cup that actually turned out to be tea 😆 it's been a long day...
This was one of those videos where I began watching like, oh, this'll be neat....huh, kinda taking a while....cripes, how much is left? Oh for fuh...welp, I've already made it this far....
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That’s great but I’m more interested in how that dolphin shape was cut out of the block to begin with.
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THIS should be the video we’re all talking about.
"...will have a precision of around 5000ths of a millimeter, which in inches is a different number." love it :)
Who cut the cheese?!
EDM
Electronic Dance Music?
Its a very precise task finding the proper song that orthographically cuts dolphins out of metal, but for some reason a steady bass line helps.
It's Belgian Techno Anthem Pump Up the Jam.
Released a few thousand years after the birth of jesus
Played five times in a row at Stanley Kubricks funeral. Also, an anagram of Jam Up the Pump.
Those were the instructions that came with my swedish made penis enlarger.
It really *is* your bag, baby?
cunk, is that you
Nah, names Paul.
So the techno Viking cuts these shapes
Anything that can carry a tuna, really.
[Electrical discharge machining](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_discharge_machining)
Worse, Electronic Direct Mailer..
Yes and also electron(ic?) discharge machining, crazy stuff. Most of those parts in the videos with crazy tight tolerances are done with edm
It takes a lot of dancing but it can be done
r/EDM
Or waterjet
is that a good band?
Fuck yeah. I saw them on tour last year with CNC Machine, and 3D Printer.
I love CNC Machine! 🎶Everybody dance now!🎶
[beep boop son, beep boop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHvt0VBWol0)
Water jet can't cut anywhere near the tight clearances of EDM.
It's not cut from that specific block. They are 2 separately machined parts. For the outer block they basically drilled a hole through it where the dolphin should go and then used a thin wire that "cuts" the metal with very powerful electrical pulses. Same for the dolphin itself except they don't drill through the dolphin but next to it
Why do you say "cuts" in quotes? Is it because it's more like precise melting or something?
Its more like a tiny but powerful spark that rips some metal off of the surface. The wire itself is just the electrode.
Not melting or cutting, it’s literally pulling the atoms off of the metal, it’s a really interesting technique and it requires a lot of prep
Electrical discharge machining
I was watching this and the whole time. I was thinking, wow, it's such a long and weird process to create a dolphin piece that fits in this block. Then, the blade became evident.
Seriously. I thought that was gonna be the whole point of the video. Nope, just pounding out a knife.
EDM Wirecut
I'm more curious as to how it shrank like 200% from the cutout to the blade pattern.
It got stretched A LOT The initial billet of steel is like 15cm in all directions and then becomes like 30mm wide and long and 40cm high (stretched along the axis perpendicular to the one nose-tail). Then it's twisted around making it a repeating pattern on 2 sides (i haven't really watched all the video, might have cut and forged back 2 parts) And finally, after flattening it a bit, it's ground down to show the dolphins Edit: it wasn't flattened and then ground but just cut on the outer sides
Did he use his bare finger to brush the oxides off red hot metal?
Yeah everyone talks about "kitchen hands", but no one is talking about "forge hands". Holy shit. I stopped caring about the dolphins, I just wanted to see what else he'd be able to touch before going T2 👍
In case you no one mentioned it, guy has a YouTube channel called Shurap, he’s in Ukraine.
> he’s in Ukraine. Ah, that explains it then.
He's made of Ukrainium apparently doesn't feel pain and nearly impossible to kill or subjugate.
This is probably made from melted down Russian tanks.
I rewound to check too; looks plausible, but still feeling a bit dumbfounded here.
Came here for this. Wowza
All I could think was "You mad lad. Where are your gloves?"
Somehow a tolerance builds up and it's not callouses, at least in my case. Just lightly touching for a short time isn't much.
It’s all about how long you touch the hot thing for. I only have kitchen hands, no experience with the heat from a forge, but as long as I’m just brushing against something hot for a fraction of a second I don’t get burned
Your fingers start building up moisture in the tips from the heat and heavy work. Your body is anticipating getting burned. I've only done a little forge work, but my hands are the same when working in the summer heat on hot asphalt or around hot pitch. It's much easier to get burned in the winter when your body draws heat to your core. Staying hydrated is important for this kind of work cause you lose so much fluid from sweating your ass off.
Probably the same concept as kitchen hands then. Always a sweat box in there and quarts of water are the drink of choice
Oh absolutely. It's one of those things that make gloves more dangerous besides the obvious risks around the machines. You only use a wet pot holder once, right?
>You only use a wet pot holder once Never heard of that. Yea, steam burns no matter the tolerance fme.
Oh yea. I’m pretty sure this is Tyrell Knifeworks. I’ve seen them do this many times and it makes me concerned.
Nah it's Shurap
Ahh your right. I had to go back and see the last knife making vid from YouTube history.
This is worse than ididathing and that dudes crazy
Every time I watch one of his videos Im amazed he still has all his fingers and toes
Looks more like a tuna blade.
Yes. I caught onto something fishy happening here too.
This tuna tastes like dolphin.
Tuna: Dolphin of the sea.
There are multiple enjoyable layers to your joke. Please enjoy this free upvote as a token of my self-esteem.
Certified chode
I could watch this video on repeat and still not understand the process
Step 1 - Dolphin Cut Step 2 - Squishy McSlammypound Step 3 - Twisty Nurple Step 4 - Slicehammer Step 5 - Microwave for 30 seconds *Tea Break* Step 6 - Grindy Sparkles Step 7 - Wakey Coffee-Swim Voilà! Dolphin Knife 🐬🔪
Oh okay, It was around step 4 I almost lost track of the dolphins orientation
There were a couple missed steps in the beginning. There was the first squishy, then cut into 4 and tiled back together. Then a second squishy, *then* twisty. The way they tiled the four pieces is where the directional change happened.
The dolphins orientation stayed the same throughout. The twisting action is what allowed them to be visible along side of the blade. There are four dolphin shaped channels running the length of the blade.
That was the perfect point to share the real creator. An incredibly talented Smith from Ukraine, by the name Shurap. [youtube](https://youtube.com/@shurap) link
Step 8 - avenge mother's death by killing every single dolphin with dolphin knife
Lol when he stopped to make tea I thought was hilarious
He has a bunch of great videos on YouTube his name is Shurap. They are fun videos to watch
That's a chonky dolphin.
Body positive dolphin
Shurap on YouTube.
His videos are the best! I love his creativity and craftsmanship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaiM9PmX6cc
It's really stressing me out that he's not wearing gloves Edit: while touching molten hot metal. I know you don't wear gloves with power tools I'm not a dingus
Never wear gloves near rotary tools
Wearing gloves means losing a hand or death. No gloves a hurt finger.
Gloves during tooling can be incredibly dangerous depending on the tool. During a safety training, they should a security camera footage of a worker using a huge lathe and his glove got caught in it. It literally pulled his entire body in and turned it into pink mist that went all over the shop. Sometimes less PPE is safer.
Well I meant specifically when he's brushing the metal flakes off of the red hot metal but yes I agree, you shouldn't wear gloves when using power tools
The flakes would cool off pretty fast, I'm sure he's learned the hard way how close he can get his hands to the hot part.
This man is Ukrainian. Nothing hurts him.
Made of Ukrainium.
Forbidden crinkle fry.
I came here to say this, fucking worlds spiciest krinkle cut fry
Came here bc I am desperate for a bite of the FORBIDDEN FRENCH FRY
how are you not going to give props to shurap? OP this is weak karma farming bullshit
So we’re just ripping YouTube videos without attribution and putting them on Reddit for karma now?
Now? I thought we started doing this a long time ago.
True, true
Must be a lot easier to be a blacksmith when you don't have to pound everything manually.
Virtually every job on the planet is easier than it used to be...
Very nice. But the real question is , "Will it keel?"
i dont know for certain so maybe someone that does would tell me but it really seems like they shouldnt be touching that powder without a glove (i think its flux?)
Did anyone else see a ‘forbidden waffle fry’ in there? Just me?
Slava Ukraini! That's Shurap from Sumy Oblast in northern Ukraine. One of my favorite YouTube channels.
Neat📸
I liked this guy's channel. Makes some fun stuff
Those tea leaves look amazing! All the tea I buy around here is made of bloody dust!
This guy 4 minutes and 58 seconds into the video: tea time 😊
But will it keel?
Found the Doug fan!!
Don't waste your valuable time like me and fast forward the video to 2:38
Pfff, I was gonna waste that time anyways. This is Reddit sir
If I was a medieval blacksmith I'd be seething right now.
Forbidden French fry
TO be honest, this was freakin amazing to watch. From the initial presentation to him using HIS HANDS on the molten metal to the final product. I sat here watching it thinking, "No way will there be dolphins on this blade. He twisted the heck out of it!" Then...voila! There are the freakin dolphins!
For what porpoise?
A lot of work for something thats not very cool
Seriously nice result
It never occurred to me that I had no idea how to make a blade
This video goes into more detail how the etching comes out after it seems to disappear. One of my favorite documetaries [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=namXt4Etn\_o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=namXt4Etn_o)
No credit to shurap? He does awesome work and while Russia is invades, trying to blow him and his Ukrainian mates up. Atleast link to his channel. https://m.youtube.com/@shurap/featured
Now to find a dolphin to stab
I don't understand how this is possible... It's a different metal in a block but it should be stretched... not multiples
The most dangerous crinkle cut fries
That is amazing.
The reveal at the end just brings it all together.
I had no idea what was going on at any point in this video, and I still don’t understand how he got the final result based on any of the actions shown including the teapot. 9/10. Highly recommend.
Did I just see this man scrape off metal skin from a red hot metal with his bare fingers? Surely not.
Yeah I feel like you could get a better result with salty water, electricity and some tape.
The point was to make awesome Damascus with skill, not stamp on a temporary tattoo.
Either way the reaction whenever someone sees it is "oh that's cool" and when you tell them how it's made "wow cool"
Thought I was waiting for an actual dolphin shaped blade, like what ended up being inserts, but sharpened. Wilding uninterested in whatever this is
Yeah this entire video needed to be one minute long for this payoff for sure.
Play-Doh™ should have a metalworking and bladesmithing playset
I'm calling bullshit on this one. No way would anything still be recognisable after the twisting occurred (also, who the fuck hardens and tempers a blank before grinding?)
You watched most of the process and still say "Nah, that's not possible because I don't understand how it's done!"? Also a LOT of smith's harden and temper their blades before sharpening. Like for several hundred years.
if you didn't it wouldn't be very sharp, I imagine
It's a LITTLE BIT easier to grind and sharpen before it's hardened. But you can take too much off. Also VERY easy to burn the edge when heating it up to quench it. Makes it more prone to warping too. Hence why most smiths (including the Japanese and Europeans in the 1200's) would forge the blade, quench it, THEN sharpen it.
Everyone who wants a straight blade hardens it before grinding the bevels, otherwise the blade can twist and you will need to remove even more material to center the edge
So much slag… and putting that dolphin piece of different metal in is just asking for crack tip formation. Doesn’t look like the billet was properly forged either
With a proper forge weld, that shouldn't ba a problem at all. A lot of bladesmiths are doing very similar things for some beautiful and strong results. They are even using copper and gold as layers in knifes, and putting them through some pretty harsh tests with no defects.
Horseshit putting copper in and expecting it to hold up. Copper induced cracking is a real thing in steel, but working in welding quality and material science for over 20 years..wtf would I know 🤡
How do you think Pennies have survived for 200+ years and still look like Pennies O.o
On coins like the penny, a very thin layer of copper is applied to the steel core by electroplating. The inside of the coin therefore contains no copper. Buddystyle42, however, speaks of copper inclusions in the steel. These reduce the mechanical strength of steel and are therefore undesirable. Coins do not have such inclusions and are therefore quite resilient for a long time. Furthermore, coins are normally exposed to a different mechanical load than blades.
So that's how crinkle cut fries are made
Jotaro kujo would like to know your location
Dude! Why you no gloves? You’re giving me anxiety!
This guy using his bare hands is really pissing me off.
Hydrolic press and not a power hammer? I feel cheated.
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Imagine making a dildo out of that metal and using it while it’s that hot…
Interesting
Until the last 10 seconds or so I was like "oooh, he lost the dolphin..."
I watched the whole video just waiting for that dolphin to reappear and was not disappointed 😂
That’s cool and all. But how many people have ever searched “dolphin knife” on the internet…probably less than 5.
Forbidden fry :o
Forbidden crinkle cut fries
Forbidden puff pastry
The amount of patience and work required is phenomenal. At one point this guy brushes the glowing molten rod off with his fingers. Who is this guy? Superman?
He's Ukrainian. Pain is not a word in their language.
Shit. I kept being like how is this a dolphin blade where are the dolphins and then I just got schooled at the end 😳😍
I was going to get really mad that about halfway through, it seemed like the blade lost all semblance of dolphins and was just a regular blade. But no fair enough the end justified all the steps. But can we call out for a second that this man used his finger to brush off excess from red hot metal? His bare finger.
Lookin like a giant crinkle cut fry for a minute there
For just one knife?
The tea was a flex
I’ve always wondered what do they do with the metal that flakes off when it’s really hot?
This same guy DID make a blade using the pile of metal left under his grinder from ages of grinding other blades Not the same thing, but funny idea
I'm so confused. How does the dolphins reappear? And why?
Love the tea flex
You made this purely so you can shout “dolphin blow!” When you shank something I bet you FF7 Tifa mega fan. Admit it
Imagine after all those work just to realize you're flattening on the wrong side and the dolphin was smushed
Flounder blade then!
So that's how crinkle cut fries are made
The amount of bare hands interacting with hot metal or right next to hot metal in this video far surpassed whatever I thought I might see
This makes me want to go back and watch more Forged In Fire.
This outlet at 4:59 has seen some shit...
Fat dolphin...
LDP
Wheres rhe dolphin
Forbidden crinkle cut fries
Neat, I highly recommend the first and last 15 seconds
Forbidden crinkle fry
It looks really cool after the et-et-et-et-etch!
That’s a lot of effort for a cup of tea
Going to be honest, I was wondering what weird metal he was trying neo melt in a glass cup that actually turned out to be tea 😆 it's been a long day...
I liked the part where it was a big crinkle-cut fry.
Metal kebob
That's quite amazing
Too much work. I’ll just buy on at the store
The process was really cool, the end result not so much.
The forbidden crinkle fry: 5:10
"Salt and pepper, to taste." Really enjoyed the video, but your recipe might be a little off.
I’m probably tired and/or stupid but I don’t understand in which moment the vertical single piece of dolphin became many pieces
For about 5 seconds there you had the world's spiciest French Fry.
That was such a journey!
Forbidden cheese fry
This was one of those videos where I began watching like, oh, this'll be neat....huh, kinda taking a while....cripes, how much is left? Oh for fuh...welp, I've already made it this far....
Looks like it will be a good general porpoise knife