Thank you kindly for sharing your craft…simply beautiful!….do you have a web page?

Very, very precise

love it love your hammer control!

thanks so much! very appreciative of your instructional vids. Wondering if you used beeswax on cold metal so that it stayed bright, not blackened? Wondering how to blacken some areas and have bright highlights on other areas. Thx again 🎉✌️

Great educational video thanks

nice

way good!

I would have sand blasted it. You can get a cheap sand blaster that works great.

Well 'suppose' at least it's better than rusting away on the scrap pile, but it would be a good idea to tell you're parents that you're Gay before they see this Video.. 😆

Thank you very much. Alot of information there.

Nice idea to compress spring

Great teaching. Great forging. For me, the best part is this man KNOWS how to swing a hammer. For those who are having trouble getting stock to move, here is a lesson for you. He uses the full range of motion of his shoulder and arm. He uses a whip action in the wrist. It's amazing how much faster your hammer head will fly with a flick of the wrist. He has a long hammer handle and uses it to advantage by gripping it out near the end of the handle. That increases the speed of the hammer head. Force is mass x velocity squared. Because the velocity is squared, the faster the hammer head moves the more the force increases exponentially.

Admittedly, I have only watched this once, so I may have missed it - and additionaly, I'm commenting for the algorithm rather than rewatching - but why would there be a "longer length" and a "shorter length" if the initial bend placed the marked middle point in the center of the bend?

I don’t have a forge yet so I’m going to start with my stone fire pit

Just found your content. Your videos are totally awesome. I’m currently cleaning out my father’s house and I found some blacksmiths tools in his actic. Some hammers , tongs, and two anvils. The anvils look like they were made from railroad track. When i hit them the ring out really loud. Everything looks really old but is very functional. You can see hammer marks on the tongs like they were hand made. I used some lubricating oil to clean all the tools up and they look good. I’m exited to get started with learning from you. Thank you.

My apologies… meant to say strike myself in the forehead not you…sorry. “Ugo”

Thank you, a wealth of information… 2 that stand out for me …one is striking the edge to maintain a flat profile two don’t try to control the rebound (other than not smacking yourself in the forehead)…. LOL. Thank you again “Ugo” from Wyoming USA.

Hello from Wyoming USA, Thank you, my leafs have improved 100%. Your video’s are great, easy to understand, follow, & execute. Keep them coming Mr Nathan. Warmest regards; “Ugo”

Hello Mr. Nathan from Wyoming USA Your hammer skills, control, & soft touch are remarkable. The way you close up that heart is beyond description. Thank you for sharing your unbelievable talent in moving hot metal. Warmest Regards “Ugo”

Perfect , craftmen work...thank you !

Thank you for sharing. Nice video clearly explains the method

What anvil is this?

Gorgeous work!

Enjoyed your video, I admire your patience - beautiful tongs - more complex to forge than I thought

Great choice of colour. It's nice to see something different.

When I first watched this video, I had started forging about a month or two earlier. I was struggling to make all these discrete skills click into place and start working together. But when I found your video (since I had the precise issue you described with cold starts) I heard your advice on hammer strikes at 9:05. It is such simple advice, but it has become a constant cue I think of when forging: "Strike the floor, Not the steel." It has completely changed my forging technique. I think it has helped me to stop trying to hit the steel in a straight line, but instead think of the swing as an arc. So thank you, I really appreciate your amazing teaching here.

Better to have let it die in peace than slop lavender paint all over it.

Great job mate you make it look easy. I recently bought an old anvil and intend getting into blacksmithing. I have some other jobs to finish before i start. My first job will be to build a forge. I have been a fitter and machinist all my life i think i have a bit of a head start having experience working with metal. Again its a credit too you with your skill and your constant refinement of your projects.

ruined it with purple

Nice

Wer das Loch im Auge mit der Bohrmaschine einbringt, hat den Sinn vom Schmieden nicht verstanden! Sorry

Браво ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Did all of this but with rebar, vice, no forge, heat not req if 1/2''' rebar is used, above 1/2''' then heat is needed. if i had a forge maybe ... cool vid!

Would it have helped to first upset the area where the square corner was forged in?

Did you quench the striker to harden it?

Great job mate 😄. I like the purple, you do you.

I've' never forged a leaf, but I am quite sure it would crack.

Amazing

Great job. Good advices!

انك رجل عبقري ومجتهد بارك الله بيك 🎉❤🎉

I can't believe someone would throw away a 5" record vise. I've seen people weld these things together when they've broken in half just to try and save them

A good blacksmith can lift his own anvil. Good luck wirh that monster anvil

In the UK it is illegal to de-face a bank note. It should also be illegal to de-face a record vice by painting it anything other than roundel blue

a little perplexed you didnt try to weld and fill in the fractured areas that support the jaws but if it will do what you need it to do, i guess it wont matter if you arent going to beat on it.

Wtf is wrong with you? Purple paint? Ruined it.

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It was interesting 🖐😊

Perfect. This'll be my next project

You said you will wire brush it (and something more). I struggle with that for small things that are not straight. Imagine snail shell, or little spring. How to clean up those small parts? Brush on angle grinder doesnt work, nor any other brush. Thank you.

Loong, but soooo awesome!