I competed against 70 knife makers in a build-off…

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My name is Alec Steele and I am a 23 year old blacksmith from England, now living in Montana in the USA! With a great team of hardworking folks, we upload videos showcasing the projects we get up to here at the workshop. Lots of sparks, lots of making, lots of fantastic-ness. Great to have you here following along!

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Alec Steele Blacksmith 2021

[imstumped]

It's a musical dagger. After you stab something with it you say : "See? Sharp!"

[henningbutz]

While thats a really fine looking blade, i am more impressed by how well trained your dogs are. Excellent job!

[dillonvandergriff]

The dagger is beautiful. It does look like it was designed for mugging clarinet players though...

[razghost]

Alec: I am a notoriously slow worker
Me: What!? No way! (Proceeds to watch part 74 on building a mountain bike)

[NeelsVandenBerg]

I can not begin to express how honored and proud I feel of each and every person around the world that took up the 48 hour dagger challenge. I'm completely flabbergasted by the results.

Your dagger is absolutely phenomenal and you knocked it out of the park! You are an absolute beast, a wizard of steel and time management. You KILLED it in this build!

Jamie gets the "Kahunas of Steel" award for his portrail of "Data"!

[fvsfn]

Do the holes in the blade make it whistle particularly loud when you slash the air with it ? It would be interesting to pursue that idea to make a blade that you just have to swing to produce a sound that will terrify your opponent. It noticed this on my old truck where two holes in a roof rack where at the exact good distance to make a loud whistle even at moderate speed. I vote for the whistle challenge !

[montecrysto]

Alec : "Oh no I'm afraid I'll run out of time!"
Also Alec : "Yeah let's take the dogs to the field"

They're really cute btw <3

[DavidGuyton]

Man I can't even clean up my tiny shop in 48 hours....

[PaladinCaddy]

im not going to lie, i seriously miss this kind of work from Alec, I love the stuff he does now, but this feels like the old videos that got me into this channel and into blacksmithing myself.

[ff-qfth]

You should challenge yourself to do stuff like this by yourself more often! if you got used to it, I bet you'd get way better at making projects fast. but maybe it's too stressful to push yourself that hard, I'm not sure, only you'd know that. great video, and beautiful dagger!

[FDKMOGAR]

He said it! His classic intro, I've missed that

[blazedenenra]

For a busy guy his dogs are so well trained. Been watching for years still enjoying really smart to go more simple where it counts and use time where you needed it most

[Mountain_Man]

The look of longing on Alecs face when he says he will need to poop lmfao

[andrewbeeco]

Have you considered doing a series where you challenge yourself to mimic 10 unique Forged in Fire challenges while meeting the episodes parameters?

[tahoemike]

Can you make a dagger in 48hrs, yes. Can you do it in <48 episodes? Could go either way.

[leonoyume]

You sir, have done an amazing job in 48H, because not only you've made it and it looks really nice,
but also you took the time to film it and commented it. A huge respect for that

[MrDouglas]

5:39
I wholeheartedly believed it for an entire second
Comedy genius
And handiwork keeps getting better!!!
Keep up the good work !!
Much love from Brazil!!!

[JMPDev]

2:00 Dude! That subtle low-pass filter is so effective here for that slowmo shot! I can't get over how brilliant something that simple works there, and that no-one has commented on it. :D

[nathanaelwendel]

"Ultimately, life is about doing little bits and bobs that you think is a little cooler than the other bits and bobs that you could have done." -Alec Steele. The greatest philosopher of our time

[Zevonfan]

I think the most impressive part of the video is how well trained your dogs are. Well done, sir!