Hello, this is FFD Restorations and today I am going to show you how I made a knife based on recent viewers voting.

About The Knife Build and Giveaway RULES

I posted 5 posts on the community tab asking the audience to vote for their favorite design. This went really well and I want to thank you all for taking part and making it possible to make a knife together.

Results from the previous posts voting are:

POST # 5    • Post  
POST # 4    • Post  
POST # 3    • Post  
POST # 2    • Post  
POST # 1    • Post  

Thank you for voting in my previous posts!

This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with YouTube or any other third party. This giveaway is not meant to offend anyone, discourage or bring shame. My intentions are to build a knife that viewers picked parts for and as a reward I will give away that knife to one lucky winner. I truly believe that this giveaway respects the Community Guideline    / howyoutubewor.  .

GIVEAWAY RULES:
- You must be 18+;
- It is free to enter;
- YouTube is not a sponsor of this contest / giveaway and require viewers to release YouTube from any liability related to this contest / giveaway;
- You have to vote on each post in the comment section and in the comments section of a giveaway video. (this way true fans of FFD Restorations will have opportunity to win the knife, not a viewer who saw only the giveaway video);
- In the giveaway video you can comment only once, reply to other comments as many times as you like, as many comments as you like on posts as well;
- Ending date for voting on the posts is 7 days after posting;
- Ending date to comment on a giveaway video and the winner will be pulled out is 10 days after posting the video;
- The winner will be pulled out from a hat;
- If the pulled name didn't fulfill the rules of this giveaway, it will be disqualified and I will pull out a new name until the winner fulfilled all rules;
- The knife will be shipped in three working days after receiving the winner's address (address needs to be sent to: [email protected]);
- In order to send the parcel I need to collect an address and full name of the winner. This data will not be shared with anyone and will be deleted after the parcel is dispatched;
- Worldwide shipping is covered by me, there is no reason to not be a part of this giveaway;
- Worldwide shipping can take from 10-45 days.

The Blade and Build Process

For this knife build I used a Brusletto blade, produced here in Norway. The brand is well known and they make knives from 1892. The length of the blade is 3.5” or 9,5 cm and the weight 1.35 oz or 38 gr.

The blade looks fine as it is but I wanted to get a slightly better look, preferably a mirror finish. So, for that I used a fine wet sandpaper and work my way towards the end on both sides.

As a lubricant and to cool down the blade I used tap water. The blade looks a whole lot better after sanding, so I moved to hand crank grinder and polished the blade.

Many have voted for curly birch wood for the handle and I can see why. The wood is beautiful and more importantly it is resistant to splitting. The length of this piece is 5” or 12,5 cm, 1” thick or 2,5 cm.

I roughly marked the shape of the handle and start with a rasp. I didn't want to rush with this step, so I took my time to get it right.

Usually I stop with 400 grit, but for this occasion I sanded the handle up to 1200 grit. I just wanted to get the best out of this gorgeous piece of wood.

I did two more things to the handle. One of them is adding the brass rings and the second is carving a rope design towards the end of the handle.

First, I started with brass rings. I used a brass plate and cut three square pieces, drilled for the blade tang and got closer in shape for the handle.

The next day I check out the knife. It looked rough, but I will fix that in a moment by filing away excess brass.

I started working on the leather and glued and stitched the pieces together. I also trimmed the edges and smooth them out afterwards. Knife in the sheath feels firm and secure. Locks nicely in place.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Before knife build
00:59 Knife build in progress
20:00 Finished knife

Thank you for watching, see you in the next one!
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