# Rust Legion: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-11-10, Rust Legion has 1,710,000 subscribers, 1,187,116,681 total views, and 104 videos. It ranks #38,526 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Rust Legion](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Rust Legion is “First time trying this Knife Design”, a long-form video published Oct 17, 2026.
- These are Rust Legion’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Dec 15, 2023 and Oct 17, 2026 (18 long-form videos and 30 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 730,573. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Forging a cool BBQ Fork” (54,953,066 views, May 28, 2024). Least viewed: “Forging a Name into a Knife Blade” (8,062 views, Jun 30, 2026).
- Median length: 25:05 for 18 long-form videos; 1:00 for 30 Shorts.
- In this sample, Rust Legion’s consecutive uploads were a median of 17 days apart (shortest gap 5 days, longest 100 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 10, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [First time trying this Knife Design](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/dGGkGRx6AJM/) | 2026-10-17 | Long-form | 156,159 | 25:47 | 1.1x |
| [Making a Knife with NO Power Tools (except the blower)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/wL_FF5U6mkU/) | 2026-08-09 | Long-form | 58,082 | 26:37 | - |
| [Forging a Name into a Knife Blade](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/iPxf0DYbzlg/) | 2026-06-30 | Long-form | 8,062 | 19:19 | - |
| [Making Twist Damascus knife with No Power tools (except the air blower)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/V_-K9Kk_WBE/) | 2026-05-23 | Long-form | 235,706 | 27:05 | 0.92x |
| [Making Damascus knife with No Power tools (except a vacuum cleaner)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/ejpWrHkG9Us/) | 2026-04-18 | Long-form | 5,155,430 | 28:27 | 16.03x |
| [Making sheath with Deer Antler inlay](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/tMRYh0vT0YY/) | 2026-03-14 | Short | 4,395,798 | 1:49 | 5.65x |
| [Forging the TRASHMASCUS Knife (100% hand forged)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/leUKhnyCAdg/) | 2026-03-07 | Long-form | 695,280 | 24:23 | 2.73x |
| [Forging Knife from 3 Layers of Steel](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/zoa3qkhfhFQ/) | 2026-02-06 | Short | 13,725,214 | 2:26 | 26.41x |
| [Making Hunting Knife - German style](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/zZNMNycXMiw/) | 2026-01-24 | Long-form | 115,353 | 22:02 | 0.51x |
| [Making leather sheath scandinavian style](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/4aS-aM_qlQE/) | 2025-12-23 | Short | 2,577,201 | 2:32 | 4.96x |
| [Making a Knife from rebar with carbide scraper](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/mg39WJnAs_Q/) | 2025-12-06 | Long-form | 252,015 | 26:38 | 1.11x |
| [Big Bowie Knife from rusty old bearing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/NWoMdlhJTok/) | 2025-11-12 | Long-form | 257,182 | 23:25 | 1.12x |
| [Forging the Ultimate Scrap Knife](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/SNcsZywaQTU/) | 2025-10-10 | Long-form | 197,584 | 28:00 | 0.99x |
| [Making Wooden Saya for Purple heart kitchen knife](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/hZSoersdlFw/) | 2025-09-19 | Short | 334,997 | 2:00 | 3.4x |
| [Making a Knife and the Tool for it from the same Old File](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/fwGT42crUec/) | 2025-09-07 | Long-form | 2,076,260 | 27:56 | 9.94x |
| [Forging Damascus Blade by Hand!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/BgC8DPg4iII/) | 2025-08-09 | Long-form | 386,211 | 26:58 | 2.02x |
| [Leather sheath with wood liner](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/OO5CwojHE_8/) | 2025-07-13 | Short | 22,216,522 | 2:24 | 34.03x |
| [Hand tools vs Machine tools - faster, better, easier?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/l0xHB1U7Ivg/) | 2025-07-03 | Long-form | 180,385 | 32:16 | 1.36x |
| [Can I make a Good knife with NO power tools?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/nAyIo2rB8nI/) | 2025-03-25 | Long-form | 2,279,158 | 23:19 | 34.65x |
| [Valentine's day butt plate ornament](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/3fNrTTskYSg/) | 2025-02-10 | Short | 240,464 | 1:00 | 2.44x |
| [Forging a throwing blade](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/yVl3ddXSoKA/) | 2025-02-02 | Short | 443,062 | 0:57 | 4.49x |
| [Making Bushcraft Drill](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/0aVKDIKhJdQ/) | 2025-01-22 | Short | 947,804 | 1:00 | 9.62x |
| [Making leather sheath with wood core](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/4h062srlZrg/) | 2025-01-09 | Short | 180,152 | 1:28 | 1.83x |
| [The Crinkle Fries Blade](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/-ClDf9wr-bA/) | 2025-01-03 | Short | 595,635 | 1:33 | 6.04x |
| [Making Hori Hori Gardening Tool](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/vP5xKIO7jF0/) | 2024-12-21 | Short | 313,788 | 1:00 | 3.18x |
| [Remaking Rasp File](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/rfvF_ONTYhI/) | 2024-12-12 | Short | 1,368,286 | 1:00 | 13.88x |
| [Post Apocalyptic Knife Build](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/bDjDTWwz3WA/) | 2024-11-22 | Long-form | 39,804 | 18:50 | - |
| [Making a Scabbard for Dagger](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/1P--keo5gsA/) | 2024-11-07 | Short | 5,689,430 | 1:00 | 0.79x |
| [Making Stand Arrow](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/724yBXaiowU/) | 2024-10-06 | Short | 709,954 | 1:00 | 7.2x |
| [Mini cleaver with copper](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/sba03rHyEkc/) | 2024-09-07 | Short | 7,104,690 | 1:00 | 0.92x |
| [Making Leather sheath for my Seax blade](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/4xP67EhNn3Q/) | 2024-08-16 | Long-form | 24,322 | 17:07 | - |
| [Making shiny curved blade](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/T8d2QwyG5jo/) | 2024-08-03 | Short | 8,150,296 | 1:00 | 1.05x |
| [Making Viking Seax](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/1VtSevR7Svg/) | 2024-07-12 | Long-form | 202,402 | 22:32 | 2.85x |
| [Making Scissors for the first time](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/9Zcx276rSy0/) | 2024-06-18 | Short | 996,572 | 1:00 | 10.11x |
| [Forging a cool BBQ Fork](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/-ijOf-v8wEU/) | 2024-05-28 | Short | 54,953,066 | 1:00 | 6.24x |
| [Making a Scabbard out of wood and leather](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/VIchDeGRtx0/) | 2024-05-19 | Short | 9,558,557 | 1:00 | 1.2x |
| [Making a Shuriken (Ninja Star)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/1fwCb_1nvHk/) | 2024-05-05 | Short | 8,513,423 | 0:59 | 1.4x |
| [Making Chisel from old bolt](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/tCnfAY3QWlg/) | 2024-04-28 | Short | 833,900 | 1:00 | 8.46x |
| [Making Japanese style makiri knife](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/uqoRicU5qFo/) | 2024-04-21 | Short | 7,377,090 | 1:00 | 1.8x |
| [Making Japanese style scythe #diy #satisfying](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/Rlmu92rseNU/) | 2024-03-17 | Short | 4,746,329 | 1:00 | 1.16x |
| [Making a Nice Knife from Trash materials only](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/580CL4cn9yI/) | 2024-02-24 | Long-form | 751,192 | 20:16 | 13.61x |
| [Valentine's day Arrow](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/NATD_GJL3cg/) | 2024-02-14 | Short | 36,430,287 | 0:57 | 12.24x |
| [Making Sheath for my Japanese Leather knife #asmr #diy #satisfying](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/IDT4CMV_qu8/) | 2024-01-29 | Short | 362,784 | 1:00 | 3.68x |
| [Making Outdoors Knife](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/yaQL_c3cQq4/) | 2024-01-18 | Short | 19,380,763 | 1:00 | 7.97x |
| [Let's make a Cool Screwdriver #handmade](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/BRlF3jYoZj8/) | 2024-01-06 | Short | 9,090,224 | 0:59 | 4.1x |
| [1 Million Subscribers - Let's make a big knife](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/yraSe9SYa90/) | 2024-01-01 | Short | 344,511 | 1:00 | 3.49x |
| [Making leather sheath for my birch bark puukko #diy #satisfying](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/p9KUN6bze3Q/) | 2023-12-24 | Short | 371,011 | 1:00 | 3.76x |
| [Restoration - rusty old pruning shears #asmr](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rustlegion/videos/o1NyBO_Q_ZU/) | 2023-12-15 | Short | 3,430,986 | 1:00 | 1.55x |

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