TURNING A $1 KNIFE INTO A $500 CHEF'S KNIFE!!!

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My name is Alec Steele and I am a 21 year old blacksmith from Norfolk in the United Kingdom, now living in Montana in the USA! I upload a vlog from my day at the workshop almost every single day. Lots of sparks, lots of making, lots of fantastic-ness. Great to have you here following along!

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Alec Steele Blacksmith 2019

[TyBraek]

That knife with the wood handle is at literally every goodwill in existence.

[hobojado]

That's nothing. I can turn a $500 knife into a $1 knife

[Andrew.R]

Was getting worried we wouldn't see any more of will glad to see him

[patrickwoolery]

If Alec and Will ever read the comments, I want to share why I started watching this channel. It was a video on how to forge tapers. It was good, solid, helpful advice about a specific technique. I learned something useful that I still apply when I'm at the anvil. That got my subscription. More recently, a short video about how to go about starting a blacksmithing business with only a couple of hours a week was a great insight into a business model that has been lucrative for Alec really got my brain thinking. I don't follow a similar path, but as far as being a way to make money, it appears to be a really good model.

In truth, I'm not that excited about following the life of a very successful YouTuber as he bounces between two continents and buys equipment I can't even think of affording. I don't need to see slick productions of videos shot in a shop I can't even dream of owning. I don't care what deodorant Alec wears or the audiobooks he listens to.

Give me solid, useful, applicable blacksmithing content, tips for doing it efficiently, ideas for things to make. Show me how to do it right. Explain what makes this the right way to do it and why other techniques may be less efficient or less effective. TEACH me something. Don't just regrind a junk knife and claim it is now worth more.

I have unsubscribed after this video. I will still watch AS videos as they pop up, but I'm not looking for them anymore. If Alec and Will read through the comments, they will see that I'm hardly the only one who is not happy with the way this channel is going.

[dantuck]

So wait... I skipped through two adds at the start in order to get an add in the middle about deodorant while I watch an add for 500$ knives and then got another add at the end? Woof boys.

[MrZetor]

The video title should be "Turning a used low-quality $1 chef's knife into an impractical and oddly-shaped low-quality 1$ knife using $45 in materials and consumables".

Also, the shape of the $400 knife is something no professional chef would choose, at least at this price.

[Hvids]

While I get the whole thing about having to pay for good content somehow, I'm starting to get the feeling that this channel has changed forever. From the comments on this one, it looks like plenty others are not liking where this is going. I just watched an info-mercial, complete with a sponsor's advertising, along with the usual YouTube ads. It was nicely filmed/edited and Will has an engaging personality 𝑩𝑼𝑻 there was virtually no educational element to this video and barely an explanation of the processes involved. More time was devoted to prepping veg than making the knife. The title was pure clickbait: Will 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 turn "a $1 knife into a $500 knife", although the resulting knife was pretty nice - if only just practical.
I wish Alec and Will every success with their new ventures but this is not what I subscribed for. I wanted, and still do, to learn something about forging and metalwork. I think there are other channels on YT that do that better and, unless things change dramatically, I'll be leaving Alec to his marketing. I have a feeling it's not just me that feels this way.😒

[Korealignments]

Youtube: We heard you like ads so we put ads after your ads so you could watch ads after you watch ads.
Alec Steele: We heard you didn't like ads so we put ads after your ads so you could watch ads while you watch ads.

[chacehawkins]

I love how Will is so good at very quickly and effectively sharing a little pro tip like the tape and super glue. Doesn't spend so much time on it that you are begging him to get back to the knife making, and doesn't run through it so fast, or skip over so beginners like me are wondering how the pros do it and making mistakes. I would have just super glued right to the wood and steel like an idiot. Quick clear communication. Bravo.

[opsports]

The only thing I could think about this whole episode was the fictional conversation in my head
"So what did you do while I was away"?
"Well, I made a knife".
"Oh, what did you make it out of"?
::mumbles:: "...a... a bigger knife"
"...oh..."

[TOTHEPOINT]

This was filmed before the Fairbanks broke. Back when Will still had a spark in his eye.

[saskscott]

It makes me sad he put such a nice piece of wood on such a cheap blade.

[rogerherring]

Families everywhere will be eating holiday meals with butter knives, since husbands and sons everywhere have taken all the knives into the garage and ground them all into ice picks.

[Jack-Cabinetry]

That's a lot of ads I just sat through to watch an ad.
You even have a video sponsor for your own advert!

[ben_]

All that's missing are some black and white scenes where someone tries to cook with an "inferior" knife and we would be at full infomercial level...

[salllmanjohn]

Cuts a third of the material off, slaps knife... 500$

[Mike__B]

I see what you did there... how to turn the $1 knife, it's a commercial for your $400 knife!

[koretechx]

That knife looks fantastic! Pretty sweet how you guys got a great sponsor to pay for what amounts to an 11 minutes commercial for your new product as well!

[ineedmoney]

I miss the days when he was in small shop with a dirt floor actually forging cool stuff.

[goadamson]

Alec and Wil have ‘Jumped the Shark.’ It’s not too late, come on back!!