BLACKSMITH EXERCISES FOR ANY LEVEL WITH BRIAN BRAZEAL

[@jaymuzquiz2942]

I've watch this 3 times tonight. I'm trying again at first light.

[@IronB2]

It took me a minute to realize you were forging copper. I was about to just quit forging all together if you were magically cold forging steel without it falling apart. Its hypnotic watching that soft copper move around. Thanks for the video Mr. Brazeal, your videos on forging tongs were infinitely helpful to me when I started a few years back.

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

Brandon, check out my Facebook page, Brian Brazeal Blacksmith. I just put on a video from a couple of years ago forging aluminum.

[@mannsdan]

I know this video may seem simple to some but until you've stood at an anvil wondering how to make hot steel move to your will and come up with nothing but stray blows and scrap metal - you will not appreciate the pure genius in this video nor the amount of time that you can save by listening and paying attention to a master at work. Thank you Mr. Brazeal!

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

You are welcome. It can get where it practically makes itself.

[@richardohaire1648]

great video thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@joegargery9554]

Thank you Brian, Very good to see you again

[@adamclark6731]

So glad the god of metal is posting again, thank you for all yor knowledge

[@dankeebler6171]

You make that look so easy.

[@bigoldgrizzly]

the harder you work, the easier it gets .... I need to work a lot harder ;

[@ballistictuna9295]

Nice to see you releasing new stuff. Thanks for all you do Brian.

[@t0mha1nes]

Great video, thank you!!

[@kensmapleleafretirement]

Thank you...

[@canadianblues9040]

Thanks for continuing to make these videos Brian!

[@stronglikemonkey]

Great to have you back Brian! I'm loving the rounding hammer you and Ed made for me! It is a true honor to have it! Thank you both! Best money I've spent in a long time!

[@stronglikemonkey]

Ed Brazeal - You guys are awesome and true inspirations! Hope to see much more of you both in the future. I mentioned to Alec Steele that you guys were posting again and he gave Brian a huge shout out on his channel today. And even forged a leaf in Brian's style. Pretty big deal the impact your family has made on our community. Thanks again!

[@stronglikemonkey]

TheSatyrblue - That's awesome. Brian is a true master. You can see video of a young Alec on this channel.

[@TriCoFrg]

I love that piano music at the end!

[@lukelave8615]

I would love to see more exercises such as this one, it's quite useful to a beginner like me!

[@bentoombs]

Thank you sir. A true master at work. It's pleasure to watch you work

[@robroy5729]

More videos! More videos! Thanks for the great content Brian!!!!

[@douglasfathers4848]

As always very well presented . Cheers. (:

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@dennistheblacksmith264]

Nice to see you putting more vids out Brian!

[@TeknoXI]

I'm glad to see you're making videos again. I always learn something by watching.

[@bigoldgrizzly]

..... and another 5 years on, Brian has started posting again - great to see this master back sharing his knowledge :

[@jessegiese8861]

Your instructions and examples are so nice. Thank you for taking the time sir.

[@TheSatyrblue]

I found you thanks to Mr Steele. You have a new sub and I love your work. I am really enjoying you working copper so we can see the effect of your techniques as you explain what and why you do your techniques. Thank you for the awesome videos and chance to learn more about your craft.

[@jeredphillips8744]

another great video Mr. Brazeal.thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill with us!

[@boediethebuilder918]

Great video Brian, I enjoyed very much, so glad your uploading again

[@DiesInEveryFilm]

Aweso tips Brian thanks for sharing 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@cdanielh128]

Thank you sir! It is always appreciated.

[@aktrapper6126]

Truly a master of the craft.

[@markling712]

whats up with this, two videos in one week! your spoiling us! lol. thank you for puting out more videos, truely enjoying it.

[@lenblacksmith8559]

Great Brian, so glad u are doing video's again love it.

[@getluvs1c]

Thanks for the knowledge!!! Loved the video keep them coming, please and thank you

[@mitchelperkins6723]

I like the penny scrolling. I like to use it in the stems if leaf key fobs. It's a neat touch. My granddaughter said it looked like a snail shell. Looking forward to the videos from Kenya

[@rascal1234]

Thanks for sharing the exercise. Did you do this on completely cold steel? What kind of steel was this?

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

That was copper. Copper does not glow for long but is still forgeable for quite sometime as long as you keep the heat in it by hit turn, hit turn.... It will work harden if you don't.

[@SilasK-pt2db]

Also, Mr. Brazeal, i notice many commentors are saying they have bought some tools made by you? Where do you sell them? I want to take a look, i can see you are a well-seasoned master. I'm inspired.

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

[e-mail] has some of my work listed. More coming soon! I have tongs, punches/fullers, striking anvils, and hammers for sale.

[@ffcrick9144]

Great job thank you and God bless 📖 ✝

[@SilasK-pt2db]

I have two questions. How did you get that initial bar of copper? Just pour it into a mold? Also, did you anneal it before hand, working with it hot? I keep cracking it, perhaps i have not learned to keep it hot/annealed with hammering alone. Very new at this, any advice would be very much appreciated!

[@jacobbenns6090]

Awesome video

[@beefayuyu]

Are you heating the copper? Also where do you purchase copper square stock like what you are using so I can practice the exercises?

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

Troy Lizama yes I am heating it up to forge it. I purchase copper from metal distributors in round or rectangular bars. That bar was forged from a rectangular bar.

[@sbjennings99]

Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls thanks to the person at Americold in Covington Tn for the hook up

[@johnjude2677]

I see it's Brian's I get the "like" button. Thanks

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

You're welcome.

[@TalRohan]

Beautiful

[@brianmarquise]

you are a wizard with that mallet!

[@damiensees4232]

Yay a new video!!!

[@littlebuckforge913]

Would you say that forging copper is still blacksmithing

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

Gary Steeley I guess not, but it is smithing. I do forge mostly steel, but I also forge copper, brass, bronze, silver, gold, titanium, aluminum, and clay. I do incourage people to try their hand at the other metals and especially copper and clay. Being able to slow down and see every hammer blow can help anyone learn how to control the metal.

[@littlebuckforge913]

Brian Brazeal can you tell me why forging copper would not be considered blacksmithing

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

Gary Steeley the black in blacksmithing stands for the black metals, iron and steel. Likewise, a coppersmith works with copper. A silversmith works with silver. A goldsmith works with gold.

[@HenatoFarias]

@@BrianBrazealBlacksmith what about a whitesmith??

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

@@HenatoFarias a whitesmith is someone who does finishing work on iron or steel such as filing, lathing, burnishing, or polishing. Also refers to someone that works with light colored metals such as tin.

[@80Ragincajun]

Hey on the excercise you say dont hit the shoulder, is there a reason for. Im new to this and really trying to understand. Also one more question, what is i need more material, can i get more from the big bar stock? Thanks in advance.

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

marc Leblanc if you need more material, you can turn the shoulders up and isolate more material.

[@potjnkye86]

You taught Alec Steele correct? Immediately watched and subbed.

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

Nitro Revolution RC I helped get him started.

[@michaelsaunders1658]

Is that wrought iron?

[@PurpleHaze2k9]

Appears to be copper. I may be mistaken.

[@jimhumphrey]

He mentions that it is copper.

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

michael saunders it's copper.

[@jaymuzquiz2942]

Brian I keep splintering the tip! Maybe I'm not hitting it hard enough.

[@florincochintu8691]

Wondering how heavy is that hammer...

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

That hammer weighs 3.5 pounds.

[@florincochintu8691]

@@BrianBrazealBlacksmith I use a 4 pound but seems like yours move more metal than mine.... need to change technique and practice more .

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

@@florincochintu8691 this one weighs 4 pounds with the handle. Technique along with surface area contact is what will get you there, along with accuracy.

[@jimhumphrey]

There is a young brit that forges just like that :)

[@nathanielheidemann3112]

Jim KK4VKZ Alec is great!

[@Eric-x4v3i]

Alrc often speaks about training with Brian when he was 13.

[@scottleft3672]

his name is sam....dont know who his american freind with the red hair is though.

[@SlappFunk]

Glad to see you are putting out more videos again Mr. Brazeal! I've learned how to forge from watching you and your former student Alec. My first project was tongs made the way you show in your video. Turned out well! Thank you for teaching me by video! I wish to make a square circle hammer like yours someday. Would you be willing to make a video teaching how you make them?

[@frankheger5185]

👍👍🍻

[@jasonscott7803]

👍✌️⚒️

[@matthewhall6087]

That is called a jelly roll.

[@workwithnature]

Rats or pig tail scroll

[@coalsauce4457]

Were you Alec's senpai??

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

Chris Qiao what's a senpai? Alec took his first class from me when he was 13, but I have worked with him most every year since then except for 2015 and this year.

[@coalsauce4457]

Brian Brazeal oh damn sorry lol no disrespect!! I got excited when I stumbled here and saw the channel name and realised it was the one that Alec always spoke so highly about in his channel😅

[@BrianBrazealBlacksmith]

Chris Qiao I didn't think you were disrespecting me. I just wasn't sure what a senpai was.

[@coalsauce4457]

Its kinda like another word for teacher

[@DesertOwlForge]

What is being taught here is going against all principals of forging. He's creating breaks in the grain structure of the material, thus creating stress points. You should always try to start a taper or a point on the far end of the anvil. Tilting the material up a bit and keeping everything centered, you'll force the grain structure to follow the shape of the material. That is one of the major benefit of forging as a material processing technique. Also it is much easier to control taper length by starting at the end and moving "in" from there. Very bad information that is misleading beginers and teaching the opposite of what a blacksmith should thrive for.

[@garethbaus5471]

That is not nearly as important if don't use wrought iron. Modern steel (or in this case copper) has a grain structure that is about as refined as you are ever going to get it straight from the mill and as long as you don't get the steel extremely hot you aren't going to see much of a difference in the grain structure no matter how you work it.