Making a bismuth knife to undo an injustice 

I'm going to defend my horrific tool techniques. I am not at all offended by the comments and I think a lot of them are pretty funny, but I think it might be worth mentioning why I made certain choices. For the file, it was mostly because bismuth is really soft (softer than aluminum) and it has a low melting point. So, as you file it, it gets even softer. I'm not exactly sure what happens, but it looks the file just starts cutting grooves instead of cutting anything off. I edited it out, but I did initially try filing it the same way I would steel/aluminum and it just didn't work. It's why the video immediately cuts to me moving the file around aimlessly and saying it's hopeless. It seemed to work best when I used the rasp which cut very deep grooves (the first file I used was pretty close to useless), pushed hard and constantly changed directions. I also got super tired doing this and I got super sloppy in general. I am not claiming at all that it was the best way to do it, but bismuth is different from other metals and you can't file it the same way as you would steel/aluminum. I'd love to hear from anyone who has tried filing bismuth before. For the knife, I just overestimated how sharp it was for the first cut. After failing, I thought it would be fun to use it more like a cleaver. I am nowhere near a master at using a knife, but I can assure anyone who is worried that I know how to cut food. Also, I should add that part of the fun of this video was trying to emulate Kiwami's method (which added a lot to the struggle). If the point of this was to do it most efficiently, I would've just molded it and used a belt sander or something.

I was also deeply saddened when he melted his cool knife!

11:14 laughing my ass off, definitely a science guy but not a craftsman xD

That feel when Kiwami's too busy to comment :[

9:03 *minecraft tool breaks* Nile: ARGHH

this channel is the perfect mix of chaotic teen and actually smart people and i’m loving it

"Nile Makes a Mess for Half an Hour"

this man didnt use the sharpener at all

You should try forgery, Nile!

I had an aneurism when he flipped the unsheathed knife in his hands

DougDoug was right his investment is paying off.

That knife looks cool but for cooking it would melt

the title makes it seem like u bout to kill someone

Beautiful

Why didn't you just do wax casting? You could have cast it in the shape of a knife and saved yourself time and effort, or us bismuth uncastable?

I can’t believe that little saw didn’t come with more blades, I make jewelry and when I get these saws they come with a whole bunch of extra blades. Nile didn’t do anything wrong they are very fragile!!!

That poor cast iron...

I lost it when he picked up the wet stone and grinded it agaist the knife...

10:01 pron movie ending scene

is it just me or is the video of the person making the knife the 4th one down on the right

i'm sorry! this is cringier than the office lol

He holds everything like he's going to eat it

For a moment there, I confused bismuth with gallium, and I was like "Genius! Get revenge by stabbing the person, they get heavy metal poisoning, and you leave no prints!" But then I realized wrong kind of injustice, wrong kind of metal.

After listening to him say so many words I don’t understand and explain so many concepts that go over my head, it made me feel better when he didn’t know what to call the hacksaw

ah, i see you were trying to use someone else's procedure. hey big props. but man, some casting sand and an oven would have saved you hours. but hey, this channel is all about fun, and this was a fun video to watch man =)

NileRed is chaotic good and NileBlue is lawful good

The file...THE FILE IS SUPPOSED TO BE USE LENGTHWAYS SO THAT-never mind. I give up. I will live through the pain.

ur lab is pretty dope ngl.

this may help: us-first.info/player/video/rtqmjX1jn5udrpc.html

BISMUTH

How has this channel not been reccomended to me? Until Now? So much Nile to catch up on. I want the whole rainbow

i think i've deduced the main issue, aside from the complete lack of preparation on the task at hand, your knife is WAY too thick, like doubled in size, i dont exactly know what kiwami did but they get a light layer of crystals ontop, whilst your knife gains a thick layer of metal and then crystals, might be worth a retry with some research and prep

11:29 and ... the pain goes away 8D

“I think there’s one more weapon we could use” *pulls out a fucking warhammer*

Those cutting skills were impeccable! :D

PLEASE SHOW US HOW TO MAKE DMT (N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE) FROM TRYPTOPHAN OR TRYPTAMINE

that knife is more like a blunt force weapon than anything else

this was way more chaotic than i expected wow

I thought this was kiwami Japan- I’m devastated

I died with the “this is the way” HAHAHA

none of your bismuth

He just blast the thing with a blow torch

Heavy! Very Heavy!

Well now I’m wondering if you can make a bismuth mirror.... like a full on mirror

When u poured it it just looked like water then colourful water

I think it’s safe to say it wasn’t sharp enough Lolx but I really appreciate all the hard work you put into this~

20:09 i caaaaaan't

You should have headed the knife up with a blowtorch before putting it in the melted bismuth

The cucumber is scratching my knife XD c'est dead

this guy kinda reminds me of a softer and scientific version of idubbbz

Line the handle with neodymium magnets and you will have a next gen alien/demon killing weapon ;) look up bismuth and magnets to see why

Alt title: local man realizes the Kiwami is a fucking madman.

Dust mask at least

to behave like tthat in a lab... shame on u

Omg when they use the whetstone without any liquid

When he threw that bismuth up it made me anxious

the pubg pan

"We have Bill Nye at home" Bill Nye at home:

why not starben it first?

This video is the opposite of satisfying

Imagine breaking into his lab. It's all fun and games until he pulls out the axe and wrench hammer 😅

You could have used a cheap belt sander with 80 grit belts to remove a lot of it when getting it to an edge.

Congratulations you're now my favorite US-firstr ✌🏼

for a bismuth knife, you sure made a great bismuth mallet !! :) lol Must have been good, I watched the entire thing!! haha !! Crazy people...

I like how he brought the scale to the floor instead of the bismuth to the counter

HEY HEY HEY YOU USED IMPERIAL HOW CAN WE CALL YOU A SCIENTIST?!?!? USE METRIC

the fac that they just used a skillet really amazed me since the only thing my moms old skillet is good for is making a good philly cheese steak and causing 3rd degree burns.

wtf isnt that 10x too thick to be a knife, next time design that as hammer

Kid: flips knife Chemistry teachers: hE wASn’T WEaRinG SAftY GoGGLeS

So the block was a wet-stone and it’s only for sharpening

Me looking at the title: 😨 Me watching the video:😌

Nile: using a whetstone Me: my eyes!!!!

15:02 "Hey weren’t we suppose to do this in the fume hood?" "Uuhhhh"

when idiots try and make a knife and FAIL miserably.

The weak destruction relatively transport because tub contrastingly rinse underneath a waggish continent. arrogant, regular protest

ah yes my two bed time channels kind of merged

This is the saddest thing I've ever watched

it's called a whit block

I’m really glad you know of Kiwami Japan, I feel like you two would get along really well 😂

Can you make meth next episode???

23:12 KABOOM (bo3 zombies nuke sound effect no 1)

As a Kiwami fan, this was extremely painful to watch

Can't be the only one who misunderstood the title..

11:40 hol on dis is in ur GARAGE

BRO THEY ARE WET STONES. THEY NEED WATER TO WORK

A person Reveal?

As a machinist and metalworker it was quite hilarious to see you struggle working with the material :)

When you can make rocket fuel but not a salad

I saw lab coats and expected smart people. But they are such dudebros who are actually dumb dumbs. And it was fantastic content omg.

So Nile Blue is just Nile Red on a shitposting spree?

www.thebismuthsmith.com/product-category/nile-blues-bismuth-knife/ Not a rickroll

17:31 does no one appreciate the fact that he came so close to the actual weight

NileBlue? Nah... ...KiwamiBlue

6:19 = satisfaction

Liking the new background picture on Blue channel, how I only noticed it now? Those figurines are so cute! Thumbs up for whoever made them :)

Safety is the number one priority in the lab

Pretty sure that the big stone with grooves is for flattening the other stones. Also props on the 1.596 guess. I'm going to assume that was a legit guess and I think it's cool when that stuff happens because it can be surprising how accurate you can be when you measure things a ton.

Nileblue: If you made a deeper reservoir for the crystals to have space to grow, you would have had a way better result. Try again I believe in you!

my son use to go out in the back yard and hammer nails and use a hand held knife sharpener and make tiny knives in the spring and summer

I think my new band is gonna be called slag fork, thanks for the inspiration