Heat Treating Carbon Steel

Reviewer: Glen R P.

This DVD should be listed in the knife making section as they only deal with a number of different blades. The first thing I hope is that theses guys bought a tripod and some instructional tapes on how to make a tape. The quality is poor to terrible. They leave the torches on and then crank the volume knob up. Then, after a while, they never use the torch and move on to something else. They draw on a cardboard section complete with a fold on the wall. Having a machine someplace running while the one guy is explaining something. Tell you not to do something and then say we do it because that just the way we have always done it. With the garage door open and the sun coming in thru the windows, it washes out parts of the DVD. No script, planning or storyboard of what they were going to do. The camera guy moves too much in some sections and they should break his zoom finger. They turn the vise around so you can see what he is going to do on this side of the blade. The first side all you could see was the back of his hand, and then they never show it. It makes me think that none of the 3 people responsible for the production have ever have seen a copy. They had to have access to somekind of editing equipment with the fancy dissolves, however, it seems there is no clear thought that went into the production and a few to many beers. The is content and what you can glean from watching it more than once. They do know the subject but should watch a couple of the other DVD's or hire help to improve the level and quality of the DVD.

Reviewer: Kyle J.

This video came as a DVD copy disk and that was about the professionalism of the video work too. It wasn't bad and it was a good chance to see people doing what I've been figuring out for myself for some time now. I don't think I really learned anything new from it but it's a good starting point for folks who are new to knifemaking.

Reviewer: Jimmy C.

The audio is real bad and the guys jumped around in the way they did the different blades. The knowledge learned was worth the rental price.

Reviewer: Sherman L.

The material covered by the DVD was good to excellent.

The condition of the DVD was horrible I am surprised it even played.