Making a Custom Knife for the Antarctic Research Mission

Check out my website for more info: http://goughcustom.com/ A customer approached me quite a while ago with a bit of an unusual request, he wanted a knife made to take with him to Antarctica! This customer is a former Marine, currently works as an EMS Lieutenant, and will shortly be headed to Antarctica to work as a Communications Tech for the research base down there. He wanted a super tough knife to take with him, and requested that I make him a 5" Resolute to fill that need. It was a lot of fun working through the process of making the knife for him! The knife specs: Model name - 5" Resolute Blade steel - A2 tool steel @ 62.5HRC Handle - Black and Toxic Green laminated G10 Sheath - Black Kydex Overall length - 9.6" (243mm) Blade length - 5" (127mm) This video was made over the course of several months (summer was a little slow for me!), the knife itself took about 14-16 hours to make, quite a bit longer than usual because the filming makes the whole process more difficult to coordinate! About 11 hours of footage was taken over the course of making the knife, and then that was condensed down to the video you see above! About 4 days was spent just editing the video! I'm always happy to answer any questions you might have, just ask in the comments! Materials and tools used in this video: Materials - 0.156x1.5x36" A2 Tool Steel: http://amzn.to/1DKQ6Dv 1/4" Black G10 Scales: http://goo.gl/RDOph7 0.060" Green G10 liners: http://goo.gl/Rja1ET Mini corby bolts: http://www.knifemaking.com/product-p/cp627.htm 0.080" black kydex: http://goo.gl/GRfKLT Black plated brass rivets: http://goo.gl/NKlWXg Machinery - Grizzly G0704 milling machine: http://amzn.to/1vzCNBs Tormach tooling system: http://goo.gl/4KycjQ Grizzly 4x6" metal bandsaw: http://amzn.to/1rNl9I8 KMG grinder from Beaumont Metal Works: http://goo.gl/LaqmoY Evenheat 18" kiln: http://goo.gl/kgp3Gm Hardness tester: http://amzn.to/1wUFpw1 Small wood bandsaw for cutting kydex: http://amzn.to/1vzF5k3 Tools - Scribe: http://amzn.to/1zq87JA Center punch: http://amzn.to/1zZCVlB 1/2" reduced shank drill bit: http://amzn.to/1o5dkSY Rotary tool: http://amzn.to/1zq8gwx Height gauge: http://amzn.to/1zZDqMs Small surface plate: http://amzn.to/1tPUboN Rubber mallet: http://amzn.to/1wUGrIm Milwaukee M12 cordless drill: http://amzn.to/1wX8E29 Rivet press: http://goo.gl/lUYLCl Rivet dies: http://goo.gl/UKbPBO Ball peen hammer: http://amzn.to/13vjrqB Equipment - Spring clamp: http://amzn.to/1t1GCgN North 5400 series full-face respirator: http://amzn.to/1xOxhgB Earmuffs: http://amzn.to/1t1GQ7u Coleman cooler: http://amzn.to/1zZEakP Griddle: http://amzn.to/10eLwQU Lansky diamond sharpener: http://amzn.to/1o5eL3y Consumables - Layout dye: http://amzn.to/1o5eSfu Norton Blaze 2x72" belts: http://goo.gl/c2roCA ATP-641 anti-scale compound: http://goo.gl/mD2FbX 309 Stainless foil: http://amzn.to/1wUuyW4 West systems epoxy: http://amzn.to/10KNppw Water-thin superglue: http://amzn.to/1t1ITbR Masking tape: http://amzn.to/1rNoTtc Shop made tools - Grinding jig: http://imgur.com/a/ffxVM Kydex press: http://i.imgur.com/vsUVxL9.jpg Dry ice is normally available from places that also supply industrial gasses. Look in your area for suppliers like Praxair, Camcarb and so on. This video was filmed using the Panasonic Lumix G6 w/ 14-42 Vario X lens: http://amzn.to/1vzonRT The knife in my pocket is a CRKT M21 (modifed by me): http://amzn.to/1t1yBZo