well most of the time it is just me out there once in a while my daughters will come out and "help" but other than that, my wife says "that is Daddy's alone time" even though I love people watching me work.....the other day I had some Kids in thier 20's stop by and watch me make a couple of railroad spike knives....they paid me $40.oo for each knife that I made for them. but they were giving me ideas to make them sell....so I figure $80. for 2 hours work aint bad.
@wisdomdragon965 that's pretty cool. There is a certain aura about blacksmithing. It is a very popular thing in modern video games. It is something that was almost lost to time but has made a very nice revival.
No my forge is built on a cement slab Home made from a stainless steel washing machine drum out in the open air, I was taught that it needs to be in the open so that all the ancestors can take part in the creation of the sword and all can bless it as it forms. i thought of having my wife make a video of it BUT I don't have that much video tape....LOL....so far it has taken me a week just to draw out the blade from the billet. thank you for your good wishes.
Well it is still snowing on and off here in central Oregon and that has never stopped me from playing at the forge, I am in the middle of making a fraditional katana as I was taught by my teacher using some "Tamahagane" from Japan my teacher (Ono Yoshimitsu) taught me for 6 years only after two years of apprenticing. Wish me luck my, first attempt with real Tamahagane.
@wisdomdragon965 You are so right. Is your forge covered. Too much snow, wind, cold. I need to put up a half building around the forge. When I upgrade to a better forge maybe. And OMG! good luck with the Tamahagane. send me some pics or something!!!
@wisdomdragon965 thanks, this is a great idea. Spring is almost here and I am anxious to get to some blacksmithing! I will add a drawing out video to my list of vids for this summer. Thanks!
@zerosuper420 very nice project idea! There is also a thing called a Rondel, it is a dagger with a cone shaped blade that was good for piercing armor too, but the triangular blade was supposed to be really good because it peeled the metal of the armor away.
I'm going to set up a forge of my own pretty soon, only mine will be a square box made out of Fire Bricks with a hole in the bottom and 2 half-size pieces for the air pipe, and to keep the coal in.
i like the video. the only thing is that when you swing your hammer you're using your shoulder a bit more than you need to. swinging it in that manner may eventually cause some complications with your rotator cuff. keep your elbow a bit closer to your body and just as if you were doing a curl at the gym strike down on the metal with your bicep and tricep rather than your deltoid. great video. may the ring of your anvil echo into eternity
Very very cool. I used to work at a historical park and the blacksmith shop was always one of my favorite exhibits. I'm half way through a welding apprenticeship, but watching blacksmithing makes me want to branch off in that direction!
Your anvil doesnt have a clear ring! Im guessing that it's cast, with a high carbon steel workface welded on, rather than wrought steel throughout, with a well tempered workface? If you plan on making swords, you might need a new anvil.
@epicfantasy Best ways to check your anvil? Place a ruler across the anvil, to see if the workface is concave. If theres a depression, you'll need a new anvil. Another test is to hit the anvil with a hammer make sure the anvil isn't bolted down, if it rings with a clear crisp tone, rather than a dull thud, its should be ok. Last test, drop a steel ball bearing (25mm diameter) on the face of the anvil. It should rebound back, 70% rebound is what your looking for. Anything below 55%, is not good
@choopdewoot I haven't made anything substantial yet. I am learning as I go. But will be making swords. Probably going to be making a second forge called a sword forge. This one should be good for smaller objects like knives and basic stuff.
@batose5 The shape is important to blacksmithing. The various parts have functions. Like the pointed horn is good for shaping curves. I will be showing more of this. I did some nice curved S shapes today on the horn. Might make a vid.
@Aresftfun Not sure yet what types of swords I will make, definitely one that I design myself and a few varieties. But definitely will make a big two hander. I love those swords.
@MaladaptiveCatalyst The intensity of the fire, makes no difference to the length of time it takes for the workpiece to cool (obviously, when the steel isnt in the fire, the fire has no effect on the steel). You only have around 30-40 seconds before the metal cools from a dark orange/red to a dull grey - bear in mind the steel is cooling at around 60 degrees centigrade per second). If that fire is able to heat the metal to a bright orange/red, then the fire is fine for basic forging.
@gregarioushand obviously when you heat up any metal enough you can shape it. i was referring to how much more can be done faster/easier if there was a diff heat source. the metal in this video only gets to a dull orange, which means less time to manipulate the metal (also doing it outdoors may cool the metal down a lot faster) In gas forges (more intense heat source) the metal can take on a glowing bright yellow, which means the metal has become softer, therefore more easily shaped.
@MaladaptiveCatalyst Not many gas forges can heat the metal to hammer welding temperatures. I much prefer plain old coke forges - they heat the work piece faster, and to a higher temperature, regrettably, they're slightly more expensive to run, coal doesn't come cheap! The colour you are describing (glowing bright yellow) sounds like temperatures used only when forge welding - you dont shape metal at that sort of heat, because it can soon change the crystaline composition of the metal.
haha do your neighbors get tired of the constant tink tink tink?
a2m4m60 2 months ago
how do you transport a anvil of that weight?
anticolorguy 5 months ago
@anticolorguy You need a couple of big friends.
epicfantasy 5 months ago 5
lol at rooster
GoodrichTires 8 months ago
well most of the time it is just me out there once in a while my daughters will come out and "help" but other than that, my wife says "that is Daddy's alone time" even though I love people watching me work.....the other day I had some Kids in thier 20's stop by and watch me make a couple of railroad spike knives....they paid me $40.oo for each knife that I made for them. but they were giving me ideas to make them sell....so I figure $80. for 2 hours work aint bad.
wisdomdragon965 10 months ago 4
@wisdomdragon965 that's pretty cool. There is a certain aura about blacksmithing. It is a very popular thing in modern video games. It is something that was almost lost to time but has made a very nice revival.
epicfantasy 10 months ago
@epicfantasy
i agree completely :)
sacred peace from the Forge, eh?
MrTrykster 9 months ago
No my forge is built on a cement slab Home made from a stainless steel washing machine drum out in the open air, I was taught that it needs to be in the open so that all the ancestors can take part in the creation of the sword and all can bless it as it forms. i thought of having my wife make a video of it BUT I don't have that much video tape....LOL....so far it has taken me a week just to draw out the blade from the billet. thank you for your good wishes.
wisdomdragon965 10 months ago
@wisdomdragon965 wow! you should at least take a few pics along the way. You are going to wish you did!
epicfantasy 10 months ago
Well it is still snowing on and off here in central Oregon and that has never stopped me from playing at the forge, I am in the middle of making a fraditional katana as I was taught by my teacher using some "Tamahagane" from Japan my teacher (Ono Yoshimitsu) taught me for 6 years only after two years of apprenticing. Wish me luck my, first attempt with real Tamahagane.
wisdomdragon965 10 months ago
@wisdomdragon965 You are so right. Is your forge covered. Too much snow, wind, cold. I need to put up a half building around the forge. When I upgrade to a better forge maybe. And OMG! good luck with the Tamahagane. send me some pics or something!!!
epicfantasy 10 months ago
you should show how to "draw out" the billet that you made in the previous lesson with the lawn mower blade
wisdomdragon965 11 months ago
@wisdomdragon965 thanks, this is a great idea. Spring is almost here and I am anxious to get to some blacksmithing! I will add a drawing out video to my list of vids for this summer. Thanks!
epicfantasy 11 months ago
have you played stronghold?
bubblesofhell 1 year ago
@bubblesofhell no, I have heard of it but never played it.
epicfantasy 1 year ago
if i get into this i want to make a rapier with a triangle blade so it can pierce chain mail or a thin plate mail
zerosuper420 1 year ago
@zerosuper420 very nice project idea! There is also a thing called a Rondel, it is a dagger with a cone shaped blade that was good for piercing armor too, but the triangular blade was supposed to be really good because it peeled the metal of the armor away.
epicfantasy 1 year ago
@epicfantasy very true they used the trianlge blade in ww2 to stab throo the german trench coats they here very thick and made of wool
zerosuper420 1 year ago
I'm going to set up a forge of my own pretty soon, only mine will be a square box made out of Fire Bricks with a hole in the bottom and 2 half-size pieces for the air pipe, and to keep the coal in.
recurveninja 1 year ago
@recurveninja Very nice! At some point I will be upgrading to a better forge. I Can't make a sword on this one!
epicfantasy 1 year ago
that looks fun, is it?
noobler9 1 year ago
@noobler9 Blacksmithing definitely is fun but swinging that hammer gets tiring!
epicfantasy 1 year ago
@epicfantasy sounds like a good way to do stuff then, fun exercise~
noobler9 1 year ago
@epicfantasy does is make you muscular, in all the movies, blacksmiths are like all muscular ;P
KarelProject 1 year ago
i like the video. the only thing is that when you swing your hammer you're using your shoulder a bit more than you need to. swinging it in that manner may eventually cause some complications with your rotator cuff. keep your elbow a bit closer to your body and just as if you were doing a curl at the gym strike down on the metal with your bicep and tricep rather than your deltoid. great video. may the ring of your anvil echo into eternity
boredism07 1 year ago
@boredism07 Thanks much for the advice. I am learning that hammering is definitely a skill. and takes a lot of practice.
epicfantasy 1 year ago
your neighbours must love you :p
mione3690 1 year ago
Can you make axes or other weapons after you make swords?
TheBlaBlaThing 1 year ago
Very very cool. I used to work at a historical park and the blacksmith shop was always one of my favorite exhibits. I'm half way through a welding apprenticeship, but watching blacksmithing makes me want to branch off in that direction!
More of these videos please! :D
No1118117 1 year ago
Your anvil doesnt have a clear ring! Im guessing that it's cast, with a high carbon steel workface welded on, rather than wrought steel throughout, with a well tempered workface? If you plan on making swords, you might need a new anvil.
gregarioushand 1 year ago
@gregarioushand Any way for me to check on this anvil? Will get another one if I need it.
epicfantasy 1 year ago
@epicfantasy Best ways to check your anvil? Place a ruler across the anvil, to see if the workface is concave. If theres a depression, you'll need a new anvil. Another test is to hit the anvil with a hammer make sure the anvil isn't bolted down, if it rings with a clear crisp tone, rather than a dull thud, its should be ok. Last test, drop a steel ball bearing (25mm diameter) on the face of the anvil. It should rebound back, 70% rebound is what your looking for. Anything below 55%, is not good
gregarioushand 1 year ago
i didnt know you were into blacksmithing. what all works have you made? i plan on setting up my own shop one of these days
choopdewoot 1 year ago
@choopdewoot I haven't made anything substantial yet. I am learning as I go. But will be making swords. Probably going to be making a second forge called a sword forge. This one should be good for smaller objects like knives and basic stuff.
epicfantasy 1 year ago
next time im in america, i wanna go for a beer with you. I'd say you're really interesting and good fun
Nikon05 1 year ago
@Nikon05 I travel a lot. Maybe if I come your way we can have that beer, or mead :)
epicfantasy 1 year ago
u like fab fat assui basterd
southernwoman2010 1 year ago
why is a anvil shaped like that?
batose5 1 year ago
@batose5 The shape is important to blacksmithing. The various parts have functions. Like the pointed horn is good for shaping curves. I will be showing more of this. I did some nice curved S shapes today on the horn. Might make a vid.
epicfantasy 1 year ago
@batose5 go wack off
Xythe43 1 year ago
What type of sword will you be making after you start making it? (I'm guessing a claymore)
Thanks for the BS video. I didnt even know about this. haha.
Aresftfun 1 year ago
@Aresftfun Not sure yet what types of swords I will make, definitely one that I design myself and a few varieties. But definitely will make a big two hander. I love those swords.
epicfantasy 1 year ago
seems like you definitely need a much more intense heat source becuz that metal is cooling down too quickly...or maybe its the type of metal as well
MaladaptiveCatalyst 1 year ago
@MaladaptiveCatalyst The intensity of the fire, makes no difference to the length of time it takes for the workpiece to cool (obviously, when the steel isnt in the fire, the fire has no effect on the steel). You only have around 30-40 seconds before the metal cools from a dark orange/red to a dull grey - bear in mind the steel is cooling at around 60 degrees centigrade per second). If that fire is able to heat the metal to a bright orange/red, then the fire is fine for basic forging.
gregarioushand 1 year ago
@gregarioushand obviously when you heat up any metal enough you can shape it. i was referring to how much more can be done faster/easier if there was a diff heat source. the metal in this video only gets to a dull orange, which means less time to manipulate the metal (also doing it outdoors may cool the metal down a lot faster) In gas forges (more intense heat source) the metal can take on a glowing bright yellow, which means the metal has become softer, therefore more easily shaped.
MaladaptiveCatalyst 1 year ago
@MaladaptiveCatalyst Not many gas forges can heat the metal to hammer welding temperatures. I much prefer plain old coke forges - they heat the work piece faster, and to a higher temperature, regrettably, they're slightly more expensive to run, coal doesn't come cheap! The colour you are describing (glowing bright yellow) sounds like temperatures used only when forge welding - you dont shape metal at that sort of heat, because it can soon change the crystaline composition of the metal.
gregarioushand 1 year ago
Interesting
GamingSponge 1 year ago