The Birth of a Sword Part 1

[jkj8139]

where's is safety glasses?

[2kor517]

What is it he sprinkles on the hot lump of metal?

[cameron70107]

@2kor517 i think its borax



[SirBlackAcid]

@2kor517 Borax or sand probably.

[dougspair]

@2kor517 borax, to de-slag the steel to allow forge-welding.

[RDPproject]

This is a great video.

But it would be soooo much more enjoyable if the picture quality was better.

[ShiroEnjiNeko]

If no western scum didn't come to Japan, Japan would of been 100x better then it is today.

[Voodoo2066]

@ShiroEnjiNeko Whats wets of Japan....Oh right China, Russia, Etc. Ok for one second I thought you were talking about the USA.

[mojothemigo]

@ShiroEnjiNeko Yeah, who doesn't want to be ruled over by nobility and in medieval conditions?

[llorttaf]

@ShiroEnjiNeko It wouldn't be Japan though it would just be called The Nuclear Crater.

[silentchaos1]

ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

[messerist]

Bravo! Your fullering device is a great idea. Thank you sharing this video!

[xXCREEKSTARXx]

I'd like to be a Blacksmith, but only for swords and other weapons....but its a dying job, isn't it?

[guildofshades]

@xXCREEKSTARXx i have been trying it for a few months and its fun and hard but it takes years of experience to make a sword worth the metal because it is very hard to develop the technique require as i am no were close i only make knifes but if your interested google iForgeiron a very helpful blacksmithing form

[xXCREEKSTARXx]

@guildofshades

Thank you for the reply, i'll note the website and will visit it, if i have the possibillities and room to forge.

[TheUKHammer]

@xXCREEKSTARXx Hi im a Blacksmith and it is not a dying job, trades will allways recover and to be a Blacksmith you need to want to make more than weapons it is the king of crafts for a reason :)

[tombofgrapes]

I still don't get it, how do they forge such a long piece from such a short chunk of metal?

[Binxes11]

@tombofgrapes The short chunk of metal is thick. When they heat it and hammer it, it spreads out the metal. They can then hammer it so the metal will spread in any specific direction.

[tombofgrapes]

@Binxes11 Hmmm...thank you I wouldn't have believed it until someone confirmed it for me, thank you.

[moastytoasty54]

I WANNA BE A BLACKSMITH...ESPECIALLY SINCE THE THREAT OF GOING DEAF IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TODAY THAN IT WAS BACK THEN.

[LeninsBoyToy44]

if im a king, im making this guy my own sword smith. really cool. nice work, wish he made a great sword instead. i wonder how long it took back in the day to make one of these bad boys

[zackncheez55]

I use to make swords like that, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

[sartanko]

@zackncheez55

You sir should be lying dead in a ditch somewhere no one would ever find you!

[BeakyRed]

one day i saw a real blacksmith it was cool seeing that this ancient tradition is still alive

[deaddollzombies]

Great video!

What he sprinkled on before welding is a flux , probably just borax like you get in the store

With forge welding if you have any scale on the pieces they won't weld together , scale is formed by air getting to the hot metal

What the flux does is to melt and coat the metal preventing air from getting to it and forming scale

[lighthouse44]

No safety goggles, what an idiot.

[RelativelyBest]

@lighthouse44 When I was learning blacksmithing, we had this one insanely talanted guy, quite bright, who also didn't use goggles. Once a glowing speck of hot slag flew into his eye and he had this spot in his vision for several days. And he *still* wouldn't use goggles after that. -_-

Of course, our teacher told us you didn't actually need ear protectors either, because "only unexpected noises are harmful." I guess some people simply get these weird ideas that just stick to them..

[MrQuackDaMaster]

I used to make my own swords, but then the arrow missed my knee :(

[xexmi]

I just gave birth to a sword.

[brucekirk89]

Im Norse and to be hounest with you all,,Viking metal smithing was very poor,there swords were or shite quality

[EpicToTheLimit]

put some safty glasses on ?

[icearnett]

this is my porn...

[OneEyedJack1970]

It's amazing how small the chunk is before it's shaped and drawn out.

[xavsell]

I used to forge swords like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee...

[justyoustupid]

i paused my porn for this ._.

[lichmourne00]

@justyoustupid i hope u get to 69 likes.. no more.. no less

[as3an18n]

@justyoustupid i dont know how u did it ... but great work ... LOL ... hahaha

[CelticODST]

that powder he is putting on the steel could also be a cleaning soap that they use

[Samus198]

@CelticODST Yup. Its probably borax cleaning detergent. At these tempetures, it turns into more of an acid that helps break down the metals to forge weld together.

[sihanling]

Swords are created to suite the environment of the user. A Katana was made for Japanese social and military environment. A claymore for the European. Damascus for the Islamic.

Comparing which is better is silly and fool hardy.

Like comparing which which language is better than which.

[hakerqx]

@sihanling Exactly, but you gotta give that Tamahagane - Soshu Kitae method katana is the "best" one. Hands down.

But takes almost a year to make ONE of them, while damascus steel swords which are great are being produced in a few weeks.

[InfernalSolo]

The description of the work hardened steel being superior to open-grain milled steel makes sense for a tool that would be used directly after forging, but I am curious as to how it applies to steel that undergoes heat treat after forging such as a sword blade. Wouldn't any differences in the structure of the steel be eliminated during the normalizing cycle(s) before hardening?

[ChaosSamurai1]

instant subscription................

[TheWhoaDude]

What is he sprinkling on the metal at 3:08? Dirt? Charcoal? What?

[dinfean]

@TheWhoaDude it is a welding flux, it improves the forge welding of metals

[TheWhoaDude]

@dinfean Thank you!

[naulty3500]

no earplugs. no problem.

[CoolKillerClan]

you explaind that forging only modifie the shape and using a miling machine will disrup it but forging renforce the metal becaus your compacting it that one of the reason why making a sword in a mold or using modern machine will make a bad sword and the part of you making that dent in the midle is only nesesary if you whant a strong sword

sorry for spelling im french canadian my grand pa brother whas a forgeron he made horse show knife till 1950s

[express375]

This is around on a torrent. The sword-smith can do everything,but the commentary sucks a bit.

[caledoniankilt]

I am a dedicated sword collector ,and after handling an original claymore at the national museum of scotland I can only agree with the idea of forging swords fully by hand.

sadly many modern replicas are poorly balanced.

[blacksmither1]

simply elegent

[CemeterySunshine]

Before modern technology everyone spent their whole lives making their craft. A Japanese smith and a Viking smith with both be the best at what they make.

[Spideyfan117]

@CemeterySunshine Well said, friend.

[opsimathics]

@CemeterySunshine don't forget Spaniard and Persian smiths

[CemeterySunshine]

@opsimathics Especially those lol



[adimeshort]

Besides all the bickering going on, great vid, thanks for sharing

[Breathor]

Yeah demonstrate the old methods and the labors it entails... then you show him using an air hammer, Thumbs for that bullshit

[Protherium]

@Breathor

"air hammer... bullshit"

You probably don't know, but water powered mills and hammers did appear as early as 13th century in Europe. In 15th C. they became common for forging plates armors, swords and other stuff. All the video guy did is replacing water power with electricity. Don't confuse Japan with Europe, when Nippons hammered their stuff by hand European already had some badass machines to do the hard work.

[Breathor]

@Protherium and even though the Europeans had their machines, the Japanese made better swords, Game winning point made.

[Protherium]

@Breathor

Yeah sure:

-- watch?v=5Hy_A9vjp_s#t=5m56s

-- watch?v=Q74SOH9Bgp4

[Spideyfan117]

@Protherium Damn, dude. Poor Samurai and Katana. Of course, I've always argued that the Viking was the superior warrior in comparison to the Samurai.

[Protherium]

@Spideyfan117

Viking fanboy, he?

-- watch?v=KtIyj8KoDoE#t=2m12s



[Spideyfan117]

@Protherium Pattern welding is such an interesting technique. I've had the fortune of seeing it done first-hand. But no, I'm not a "viking fanboy". I like many different warriors from pre-modern civilizations. Samurai and Vikings actually rank pretty close on my list in terms of admiration. But I would certainly argue that the vikings were superior warriors. 

[Breathor]

@Protherium Sure when you compare a 5-10 lb 2 hander to a katana then yeah obviously the larger sword has more power, but how about pierce power? obviously in a battle your target isnt the enemys sword... its the enemy, and his armor.

/watch?v=EDkoj932YFo

Need more?

[Breathor]

@Protherium Sure when you compare a 5-10 lb 2 hander to a katana then yeah obviously the larger sword has more power, but how about pierce power? obviously in a battle your target isnt the enemys sword... its the enemy, and his armor.

-watch?v=EDkoj932YFo

Need more?

[Protherium]

@Breathor

-- watch?v=kl-ec6Ub7FM

-- watch?v=Q74SOH9Bgp4

Yeah, need more. Ermey, Goodwin and their bullshido don not impess me much.

[craigmcmillan11]

@Breathor yes this may be true but how meny europeans swords can b made to japanese ones and thay are for diffrent uses so shut up

[Breathor]

@craigmcmillan11 are you retarded? the samurai devoted their LIVES to their professions. and what the fuck use can a sword have? its to kill people obviously, we arent talking about the swords ability to shave your huge neanderthal brow you dumb fuck lolololol

[DrachenFuhrer]

@Breathor katana's, wakasashi's and kanto's all had different jobs, yes they were all for harming other humans but european blades were also designed for battle. Bladesmiths across the world designed blade to defeat their foes, which in different parts of the world wore different armour. a kitana would struggle against a european suit of armour such as european rapiers, claymores, cutlasses, scythe swords and longswords may struggle against eastern armour. its down to the man who holds it.

[deathbyazure]

@Breathor And how do you figure that? Japanese swords are beautiful. They're great. But how are they "better" than European swords? European sword smiths were very good too--as were the Muslim bladesmiths I might add, and with access to that kind of technology they made blades that were made of better steel. European swords had good edges, good points, they were well balanced, reasonably light, and very handy to use. Their forging technology directly resulted in better swords.

[9493760]

HAVING WORKED IN A STEEL PLANT I KNOW THAT STEEL ISN'T NATURALLY FOUND . YOU NEED STEEL TO MAKE STEEL ,OR YOU HAVE TO BEAT IRON,EVERY TIME THE HAMMER STRIKES IRON YOU SEE SLAG EJECTED , THIS IS HOW STEEL WAS FIRST MADE. THE MORE HEAT AND BLOWS THE HIGHER THE GRADE .TODAY WE DUMP SCRAP STEEL AND IRON WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES INTO A LARGE POT AND BLOW AWAY THE IMPURITIES WITH OXYGEN .COULD YOU IMAGINE THE HAMMERING WHEN CAESAR NEEDED 5000 SWORDS .

GIANFRANCO FRONZI AUGUST ./28/2011

[Alkhoren]

@9493760 ALL FUCKING RIGHT ! TURN DOWN YOUR FUCKING CAPS LOCK !

[xMrjamjam]

why does he keep tapping the anvil withh his hammer?

[freakshow112233]

@xMrjamjam to keep slag off the hammer i would suppose

[RicFurrer]

This is Richard Kazda of the ArmArt..I believe this is a copyrited video which they sell.

Do you have his permission to post this video?

Also..do you have the permission of PBS and NOVA for posting the Japanese sword video you have?

Richard Furrer

[sartanko]

Smith or musician? I don't know!

[yamorido2]

what is that powder ?

[DarkSifu]

@yamorido2 Borax. anykind yes 20 mule team will work. so long as it is pure borax and no soap/detergent.

[yamorido2]

@DarkSifu Thanks man ...

[serensnipe]

@yamorido2 Its not powder its clay.



[MrToshTogo]

A very thorough and well done documentary of the procedures and skills in sword making. I learned quite a bit from this. Thank you very much for posting this. I never realized in entirety the procedures and the reasons for the fuller.

[mcusa77]

Well done,Thanks!!!