Blacksmithing For Beginners - Basic Forging Techniques (new 2024)

Today I'll be demonstrating basic Hand Forging techniques that use only a hammer anvil and forge setup
If you are new to Blacksmithing this video will provide a good introduction on how to use the Blacksmith's anvil & hammer to forge iron effectively.
Watch the original version from 2016
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In This Video:
0:00 Intro
1:40 Working on the horn
3:14 How I shape my cross peen
6:15 Upsetting
7:38 Drawing down
10:25 Offsets
12:52 Forging a classic handle detail
14:56 Working without a horn
15:46 Using the cross peen
17:30 Punching holes & splitting
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Turning blanks into tongs
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How To Forge Your Own Tools Using Scrap Steel
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Forging tongs using 1/2" square blanks
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[@mannaz3322]

Hi Dennis, thank you for this vid and so many other ones in the past. I learnt so much from you and your explainatins. You are one of the best teachers I had. 👍 Greetings from Germany. Thomas

[@DireWolfForge]

Another great video, Denis. The community appreciates what you do. Thanks!

[@JLPEspanol]

This is extremely useful, wish there were more videos like this out there!

[@steve_____K307]

I'll put some of these tips to practice this week. Thank you!

[@Big222Dog]

Haven't seen your videos for a while. Nice to see them again. This is a great series for reference. Looking forward to more. Grateful for your time & knowledge.

[@demastust.2277]

Oh boy! I love reference material! Thanks for being one of my favourite teachers, Denis. I've got so many of them

[@erinroadie1]

Tonnes of great info shared here, thank you kindly Sir! Brilliant vid!

[@forgeyourownworld]

This is great to see. I learned a lot of the basics from DFs old instructional videos when I first started forging. Thanks for the great instruction.

[@plusdier]

Belles démonstrations avec beaucoup d'intérêt merci pour ce partage Didier( FRANCE)

[@jeffreycadzow6770]

Perfect for me, thanks Dennis

[@dmckenzie9281]

Thanks! Wonderful info.

[@mountainwolf1]

I, too, am grateful it's nice to hear from you again denis great video as always godbless and good health.

[@DogsaladSalad]

Much respect

[@MASI_forging]

You have done a great work. This looks cool 👍👍

[@steve_____K307]

I think you showed a cross-peen hammer (for moving metal in a hurry), but my sense is that a regular peen might be better because of the way the tong hand holds the material and the hammer hand swings. Not sure, but would be interested in your opinion on each. Thanks!

[@df-intheshop330]

The traditional way to use a cross peen was to swing it over the anvil face with the handle running parallel to the edges. You need to be able to reach around your anvil to position yourself correctly. The tongs are held in front of you with your arm fully extended. Not at your side. You don't need to do this all the time but it's real energy saver when you are working on heavy stuff.

[@steve_____K307]

@@df-intheshop330 I think I get what you are saying but I will have to ponder. Maybe you can look for an opportunity to clarify visually with an upcoming video. Thanks!

[@df-intheshop330]

In video I just did on knife makers tongs I explain how the anvil and hammer work together. Sorry I can't post a link in a comment because KZbin will see it as spam

[@bobvines00]

@@df-intheshop330 Denis, I *think* that KZbin will accept URLs that point to KZbin locations. If not, you can add URLs (to anywhere, not just on KZbin) into your video description - many KZbin Creators add "affiliate" links to places like Amazon. Some Creators even edit the video Title & thumbnail until they start getting better view numbers than their "original" title and/or thumbnail did. None of these edits/changes cause a video to have to be re-uploaded and the video "stats" aren't started over from scratch with each edit. I've seen this explained by some "big channel" Creators.