Blacksmithing - Forging a Door Knocker

[@Vikingwerk]

Adding the little tab to keep the ring from spinning is the smart design and attention to detail that takes it to the next level.

[@shortfuse43]

I can just see where a lot of smiths, who will need a trade item for their next monthly meeting, will be using John's video as a tutorial. Excellent instructor, as usual, John.

[@richardsurber8226]

Yes I enjoyed the project. Your explaining options in the various processes make your videos very valuable. Thanks Hope your neighbor likes

[@candymountainforge]

Magnificent work again, good information on how to apply forge welding for mass!

[@BlackBearForge]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tinymuffy3259]

i recently fell down a rabbit hole of blacksmithing and ended up here. I have now watched so many of your beginner videos I want my brother in law to clean his crap out my shed so I can get started!!

[@5x535]

This was another great project with your usual excellent instruction. The coal forge shop's slack tub should win an award for being the fanciest slack tub. It is so lovely and clean-looking. Your knocker just got added to my "to do" list.

[@bigredbeard65]

Great video, I really enjoyed seeing you use the coal forge and the fact that you don't edit out all of your mistakes, you talk about them and give solutions on how to fix them. This project has a lot of steps and ways to do things, using the torch to provide pinpoint heating to even the twists, how to forge extra material to parts of the project and how to modify some of your tools to work for your project. Lots of good information in this video, thank you John.

[@BlackBearForge]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Lev53420]

Another great video. Imma try to do a black bear forge inspired door knocker this weekend!

[@xxitz_pr0gxx631]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER BLACK BEAR FORGE BANGER!!!!!!!

[@jeffgrier8488]

That door knocker turned out great John, thanks for the video!

[@carykolstad4351]

I love how honest Jon is with his videos. He has a few mis swings with his hammer and doesn’t edit it out. Even a guy like Jon with all of his experience has a bad swing from time to time. Love your videos Jon!

[@TerrolAxelor]

Another beautiful project, your channel gives me so much inspiration when I get to go out to my shop!! I guess my house is getting a new door knocker : D

[@ohdubwest7533]

I always admire how clean your work is John. You never fail to encourage me to work harder and improve my own skills.

[@xxitz_pr0gxx631]

Beautiful piece, John! Great work! Anyone would be lucky to have something so elegant on their front door!

[@kevinbroughton3154]

Thanks John! Appreciate the advice on forge welding and shaping the knocker.

[@joshmajor8662]

Well done!!! I’m forging a copper steak turner at the moment Lol might have to do this next or my own interpretation technically. Thanks John 👍

[@a-k-jun-1]

Mr John, a quick tip to make using the plasma cutter more pleasant. Get what's called a "tig finger" it's just a heat wrap for your finger closest to the tig gun but works the same when using plasma cutters.

[@stewartwoerle6351]

A marvellous finished product. Thank you for taking us along on another great build John, cheers.

[@BlackBearForge]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@gregmason2208]

Love listening to and watching a professional tradesman. Great job.

[@bernardflood8289]

Greetings from Ireland. Fantastic job. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, it means so much.

[@pjamestx]

What a beautiful piece! And getting matching twists is difficult enough, even more so on a taper as you mentioned, fantastic work!

[@thenightangler227]

Always good to learn more about forge welding, John!

[@BenButler1]

Great project! That anti spin feature is nice!

[@paulsotheron710]

Excellent work. Nice to your kind of craftsmanship still going strong. Hopefully there are young bloods following in your footsteps. 👍

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Greetings from Holland btw love your Heineken water barrel

[@glencrandall7051]

Nice piece of work. Wish I had a door worthy of such a nice knocker. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

[@gerhard6105]

I have and a door knocker. I have no electrical bell. With my not so good hearing, I can hear the knocks everywhere in my house. Bam bam! There is still some blacksmithing stuff here on my old farm. And I was a welder for 15 years and a weld inspector for 13,5 years. Regards from the Ardennes

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Great job John, the door knocker looks so good and should be heard well. Thanks for sharing with us, stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.

[@gregnuckols1055]

Thanks for a great video! Beautiful work, and so many tips and hints to be found in closely watching your technique.

[@expressodepresso173]

Love your videos man. Thanks

[@tonybryant5524]

Very nice work friend and very clever to use the swage block for contouring the ball.

[@BarryAldrich-u3u]

As always a great learning experience John. Thank you for sharing

[@TonyUrryMakes]

I learned a new use for my Holland anvil swage block! Thanks!

[@dragonstonegemironworkscra4740]

Loved the video! So much useful information. Thank you for sharing this experience. Blessings my friend and best of luck. Crawford out 🙏🏼🔥⚒️🧙🏼

[@Саша-и5э1л]

I am happy to watch your videos.) Привет из Севастополя.

[@cwccharters]

John, excellent demonstration of a beautiful piece!

[@kenbartlett3823]

Thank you John for the video very inspiring and informative.

[@TheRealHeda]

Amazing video and a beautiful piece john! Do you have a video on color matching screws?

[@BlackBearForge]

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[@mikepettengill2706]

Inspiring and beautiful work as usual!

[@gurvinderkaur6996]

Beautiful design. Nice video👍👍

[@BlackBearForge]

Thank you so much

[@steveallen2681]

Thanks John, that was a great video

[@gregarioussolitudinist5695]

Enjoyed watching you work! Thanks for Sharing!!

[@briantremblay9157]

Awesome project John! I have been thinking about crafting a Door knocker myself, I wasn't sure how I was going to do the ball, I think I will take your advice and forge weld it rather then trying to upset. However I sure could use some practice at trying to upset something that large and in the middle of a bar. Your last video you were talking about torches, Now I think I will have to get a set after seeing this video. They are almost a must in a blacksmithing shop! I can really see the value in having a set now..

[@BlackBearForge]

A torch is certainly one of those things I would hate to be without. Glad you enjoyed the project.

[@MrJamesjustin]

That's absolutely beautiful John.

[@stevelambert6404]

What an awesome looking piece

[@PogyForge]

It turned out amazing

[@Uswesi1527]

Indeed, magnificent masterpiece

[@davidlynn7161]

Great project and very nice knocker.

[@garychaiken808]

Great job. Thank you 😊

[@mort-u1n]

Great John. Thank you once again.

[@stevesyncox9893]

Great stuff John, thank you.

[@johnhughes8563]

Great video thank you so much.

[@HoneybrookForge]

Great video, John!

[@richweir5186]

Nice work!

[@daverigby2577]

Great piece! Thank you

[@messylaura]

and thank you for making the video

[@ronthacker211]

VERY nice job

[@GypsyJvan]

nice,thanks..

[@thomasnewton9818]

Thanks.

[@BoneTactical]

Where do you get your bees wax from?

[@travisbard4670]

I am glad you do the videos. I inherited my great grandfather's coal forge, hand crank blower, anvil, hammers, and post vice. I have been doing some little projects on my own, and your videos are a huge help as I learn.

[@BlackBearForge]

Have fun, there's lots to explore

[@debbyhutchinson3225]

nice plasm cutter

[@larryjones4713]

Love the door knocker

[@johnblackdeuce]

I know you have videos on making charcoal and you've mentioned you prefer charcoal over coal would you consider doing a deeper dive on why you like and dislike charcoal and general knowledge on using it as a primary fuel.

[@2wheels2]

7:42 , engineers hate him

[@cloud5buster]

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: "What knockers!"

[@billwebber400]

I'm just a novice, I have never worked with wrought iron!! Is it normal to see the bright white to work with it???

[@BlackBearForge]

This is actually mild steel, bur the welding heat do need to be quite high. However, the camera doesn't always give an accurate color at high heat

[@billykreger9765]

Was the fast forward intentional? Great project as always!

[@BlackBearForge]

I'm not aware of any fast forward.

[@billykreger9765]

@@BlackBearForge when I watched the episode, it was playing in a fast forward mode. Perhaps it was on my end. However the ad was in normal speed. So I’m not sure?

[@billykreger9765]

@@BlackBearForge I just clicked on the video again and it’s doing the same thing. It’s like it’s playing in x2 speed. ???

[@BlackBearForge]

That is bizarre. You should be able to change the playback speed in the settings on the video. Thats the little gear icon at the bottom of the viewer

[@billykreger9765]

I tried that. A hard reset of my phone fixed the issue. All better now. You sound better at normal speed😂 much respect John.

[@j.skidmore]

The opportunity to be your apprentice for a week would be worth two years of school.

[@johnritchie3889]

Ok, I always wondered why there is a step on the anvil. Now I know.

[@BlackBearForge]

Its actually just where the hard plate doesn't extend to the horn. People used to use that area for chisse3l work because it was soft. But with a little imagination there are lots of ways it can be used.

[@jayhelmke1730]

What are you adding from the bottle powder looking

[@BlackBearForge]

Welding flux

[@nofunclub]

11:25 If you need a tool, modify an existing one......

[@kansasprairieforge2918]

What type of marker was that John that you used for laying out the knocker front plate?

[@BlackBearForge]

markal.com/collections/welding-markers/products/markal-pro It comes with a graphite lead, but they sell silver pencil refills

[@jasonscott7803]

👍✌️⚒️

[@bryanmorrow6542]

So what do you charge for a nice piece like this.

[@BlackBearForge]

This probably has about $500 in time. But if I did a few more and made a die for the power hammer I could probably cut it in half.

[@bryanmorrow6542]

@BlackBearForge thanks been wanting to do some decorative stuff had no idea what to charge after I get better at it .

[@ahoytheremate1954]

G/Day mate i subscribed to you a great blacksmith a dying trade .there is a fellow you tuber that i think needs your help .he gets rid of beaver dams and the rakes are crap plastic wood and metal and break and there are lots of beaver dam removers on you tube.he does USA and Canada dams you cant buy a beaver dam rake .It would make great viewing a simple rake development between you both and he has 800,000 subs hes channel is called post 10 and he a great young bloke.thanks mate and have a great day

[@debbyhutchinson3225]

5600God

[@debbyhutchinson3225]

They have to allow God in their life and help their neighbors

[@dragonstonegemironworkscra4740]

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