Forging Ahead (Blacksmith Doc)

[egarcia2012]

we should of had one of those hammering tools in class :/

[wadabkid]

hand blacksmithing is not dead your machine is no use f the place you are working with have no power

[traceur9]

Got that right... Even with technology, Smith work is far superior, even if you can't pump out 10,000 copies in a day... Your one product will outlast them all. People act like we don't need these traditional skills anymore, and those are the people that are gonna suffer the most when young america starts learning some painful lessons about greed and selfishness. What do you think is causing the economy to fail?! Greed and Selfishness! Way too obvious to me... but oh well.

[ornametalsmith]

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blacksmithing is GONE?....part of a culture that doesn't NEED to exist anymore....... ARE YOU KIDDING? You need to get out more. There are literally thousands of professional blacksmiths working today.

Your statement makes you irrelevant and redundant. Anyone that says he "understands it completely".......is foolish, to say the least.

your video would have been much better if you forged more......and BS less.

Just two cents from someone that has been a professional smith since '89.

[Headcrabb]

He is a professional blacksmith.. did you watch the video?

And he is right there is no NEED for blacksmithing, machines have made them obsolete.

[ornametalsmith]

blacksmithing is dead.......is a myth. I highly recommend this book "The Contemporary Blacksmith" by Dona Meilach. Some wonderful examples of work by artists.......who are doing what "apparently isn't needed anymore" LOL It's obvious THEY don't believe the myth.

IF blacksmithing was gone....or not needed.....how would you explain the resurgence of the craft in the last 35-40 years?

[Headcrabb]

Artistry, while quite culturally important is not important, a painter, a musician any career involved with an art is not necessary for the survival of mankind.

The man in this video is a blacksmith but Im pretty sure that nobody is RELYING on his craft.

[Headcrabb]

When you go down to the store to buy a wrench I'm pretty sure that someone wasn't there behind the scenes hammering on a steel blank.

Tool making in the oldest profession and there is a primal desire for any human to create implements to better our survival.

[ornametalsmith]

you don't know what you don't know.....obviously. Your very first reply stated "he's a professional blacksmith" which.....makes my point. If no one needed his skills do you think for a second.....he'd be a professional? Along with the thousands of others making a living "DOING IT". I give up.......you'll be talkin to yourself after this. LOL

[Headcrabb]

As much as a nascar driver is a professional :S

[traceur9]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one offended by this guy! I am just getting into it as a career. "By hammer and hand all trades do stand!" I see that already... The blacksmith has dwindled to near exctinction... but they will not and should not cease to be. I am already proud to be entering this field, and I don't feel obsolete, because I'm developing a skill that few have and all need. Relying on technology is foolish.

[traceur9]

Besides, nothing is more beautiful, or durable than a well made, hand crafted tool, or master piece or any item forged by a skilled smith... mass production is not for quality... it's so someone can make a profit off of impersonal, cheap copies.

[Headcrabb]

check my comment above

[Shinkajo]

isn't the modern blacksmiths just artist? When i think of a blacksmith i mean somebody who makes tools and weapons/armor.

[tomalophicon]

Na it's alive and well in the weapon and tool industry

[Craydon]

Too much talking

[smellytramp23]

nice doc dude. kind of ironic that the very thing that put the blacksmiths out of there jobs was machines which they had built in the first place

[faranox]

Blacksmithing is great.

[ChrisPook]

I enjoyed the film. Thanks for making it.

[conansturdy]

nice little film, greetings from an english smif conan

all the w's conansturdy dot co dot uk

[Fut1lity]

Not at all. In the old days the smith had a striker to help him deliver the big blows necessary to work a large chunk of steel quickly. The power hammer is no different.

[ThunderAppeal]

I have to respect this fellow because he recognizes that he is not a true blacksmith. He also gives a quick but thoughtful explanation about the history of blacksmithing and recognizes it as having been a culture by itself.

My great grandfather was a blacksmith and my grandfather learned metallurgy. My grandfather has been able to relay an understanding of blacksmithing to me.What Warren does with machines blacksmiths 'back in the day' did with their hands, but still much respect for Warren.

[ChrisPook]

Not common in North America but in Europe they've been using water powered helve hammers in th eblacksmith trade for hundreds of years.

[Shinkajo]

my great grandfather was also a blacksmith, unfortunately he was unable to teach his skills to his son because bastard russians carried him away to Siberia. Great shame, smithing is something u really want to learn

[ThunderAppeal]

Interestingly it was when the communists took over that my great grand father had to sell his shop and everything he had to survive.

[repousse]

Too much talking and not enough forging. Hopefully the podiums went to the recycler and not to the ranch.

[Guinnie]

Benito Bushalini Ha hah ha hoo

[BCromantic]

I can tell you that if you have even tried to forge down 1 1/2" round stock with a hand hammer, you sure a shit would be thinking about a Machine hammer, haha.

Greeting from your friendly local bladesmith :)

[BeastScholar]

It's the blacksmith makes the art, not the hammer.

[Psalm128]

Hello anyone, I like this video specially his point of view and soul. What he sees that's beautifull in blacksmithing. I feel the same thing, but I'm using only hand-hammers - not machine ones. It seems much easier here to shape metal by machinehammer... don't you think it takes away some important part of creation?

[haruko710]

Yes i'm copletle agree with you, hand-hammera are the real secrets of a real iron work- such as an art-production