Blacksmithing - forging a Dragon candle holder

This was something I wanted to make and share with you guys!
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[@Hammer208Blacksmith]

That there is a whole lot of time, work, and creativity. Looks amazing!

[@rakersdownnz]

Very cool, personally I like the combination of welding / riveting and smithing on the same piece. The oiling looks like the most satisfying part just about . .

[@douglasfathers4848]

I don't comment often , As blacksmithing is only my hobby. I am a retired boiler maker in Australia and I watch You Tube videos for Ideas on how to do make things . And I would like to say Watching you young man has been a good learning experience to me so thank you for the inspiration and keep up the spectacular work you do . Cheers.

[@ForgedInHolland]

Thank you and good luck with your blacksmithing!

[@Pyro17059]

Fantastic. So many people think knives, axes or blades of some kind when they hear the word blacksmith....In my opinion, THIS type of blacksmithing is much more interesting! Out with forged in fire, In with Crafted in Coal!!

[@ForgedInHolland]

I started blacksmithing with an interest in forging knives which quickly turned into a bigger interest in artistic blacksmithing work. I do want to make a few knives / swords in the future.

[@paulorchard7960]

Trenton Tye of Purgatory Ironworks is trying to do exactly that! He is getting something going with that format called black iron, a show more focused on traditional blacksmithing!

[@antheaxe7340]

agree ther i so much more you can do with hot metal

[@stephenadair8356]

One is bladesmithing and one is blacksmithing.

[@BlackBearForge]

Came out looking great. I really like the fullering of the horns prior to cutting

[@ForgedInHolland]

Thanks John. Learned a lot from you.

[@tomsawyer247]

Nice work

[@browill9]

Outstanding brother 👏. Thanx for sharing 👏

[@ImaLurkin]

The craftsmanship on this is awesome! I really liked the slight tilt of the head. Have it character. Well done!

[@pela1100]

IMPRESIONANTE, IMPECABLE ! Realmente una obra de arte en todo sentido. Admiro el arte de forjar. Sslud !

[@BurntMushroomBlacksmithing]

Great work man! I loved how when you were using the grinder or saw, the KZbin captions said it was "music" playing lol. Good music to me🍻

[@johnnyholland8765]

My daughter would absolutely love that.

[@steve_____K307]

Are you kidding me! Your project was amazing. You have inspired me...

[@ForgedInHolland]

Thank you. Good luck with your blacksmithing!

[@mikemeinders6717]

That is by far the best dragon set up I have seen yet thank you Great job.!

[@ForgedInHolland]

Thanks

[@oscardavidbenedetto4374]

Espectacular,Felicitaciones !!!

[@bigredbeard65]

You have a great talent for this type of forge work, I'm glad I found your channel, I do a little forge work myself and I can say that you make a very challenging art look easy, great job! I'm glad you are keeping the original sounds instead of putting music on your videos. Keep up your good work.

[@bthomasx]

Really cool build 👍👍

[@stevel8397]

AWESOME build. Thanks for sharing!

[@brysonalden5414]

Very nicely done, including the decision to weld the head on more securely. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@ForgedInHolland]

Glad you liked it.

[@globyboulga1045]

👏🏼 love your setup and your techniques! And the end result!

[@samwise413]

That is sooo cool i been looking into some chisels. There are only so many knives i can make 😅

[@bobg8378]

Beautiful dragon! Thanks for sharing that

[@brinschneider9998]

Awesome project! well done!

[@BigWillSD]

Quite the artist. That was amazing to watch.

[@Strawdozz]

Decent work. Best I have seen in a while.

[@rlgroshans]

That is gorgeous. Makes me want to give it a try.

[@mountainwolf1]

Brutal nicely done thanks for sharing.

[@markjauregui8138]

This is way cool I'm saving this one for later. Awesome work, Thanks for sharing....

[@facundofd5678]

Excelente trabajo!!!! Saludos desde Argentina!!!👏👏👏

[@user-kp8qm3vv5w]

Талантливая работа, супер 🔥👍

[@jamesfranklyn8547]

Loved that project, really enjoyed watching the video xx

[@trebel]

Thank you for all your hard work. beautiful Cheers m8.

[@18deadmonkeys]

Outstanding! You are incredibly talented. Kudos!

[@bergenbx]

Looks fantastic.

[@johnd111]

Fantastic work! This shows why hand-forged items aren’t cheap. You really got the face right. It’s easy to get one eye a bit out of place. Putting the oil on hot - or burning it with a little torch (or in the forge) can give a nice long lasting black finish.

[@ForgedInHolland]

Thanks. Sometimes I like a the shiny finish of the metal more than a burned black oil finish.

[@johnd111]

Fair enough. Your finish looks excellent. I had problem as you with drift getting stuck, and I realised that I needed to stop hitting them when the workpiece cool down a little bit. Doing it in two or three goes seemed to work a lot better for me.

[@andrewchant7862]

Fantastic work ! Probably one of the best looking dragons I have seen . I'm a farrier so I don't tend to do much other forge work .. but I want to try this ! Lovely punch work

[@stevenlisk2468]

Very nicely done fantastic 👏

[@JacksonDunnoKnows]

Bravo! I recently started getting into various heads lol. Ive previously done alot of skull pendants and flat demon/goulish heads, but now that I'm at the point where I feel comfortable selling some my work, I want to incorporate these into the hook sets I do. Really love hes holding the candles. I wanna do something similar for my alter. I was thinking riveting on arms and legs and making a tail to hold the candle. 🍻

[@christophnohtse4401]

Great looking dragon!! If you want to quiet your anvil without fiddeling around with magnets, I recommend to put alt least 2 layerys of bituninous sheetings between anvil and stand. it will compensate any small differences of hight. The anvil will settle down by a short time. The bituninous sheetings will damp the ringing noise pretty good. best wishes Christoph

[@tommcelroy6975]

Or just use a magnet

[@dannygill8519]

Looks awesome 👍

[@metamorfoz5126]

Now you have to make a Samurai Jack against him.

[@R_Arizona]

That was awesome!

[@user-cy1bb1np4x]

Класс все вопросы за одно видео решены и фишка со сваркой класс большое уважение мастеру

[@user-pn6rt1xj7c]

Мне тоже👍👍👍 понравилось

[@ironhammer3734]

That is very cool! I appreciate you showing the couple of things that didn't go just quite right... I was thinking where his head cracked at the twist, you could have done some sort of collar with a little chain going down to the bracket... really cool project!

[@patrickgodard8200]

Très beau travail ! merci pour la vidéo !!

[@thinking-monkey]

Amazing! Great job with the beautiful dragon but also an excellent job with camera work and editing.

[@ForgedInHolland]

Thank you.

[@Perykvaal]

It's Mushu! ;) Seriously good work, mate!

[@markbenoit4187]

Nicely done!

[@hornetboy3694]

Awesome work thank you

[@dustyedmonds8170]

Incredible!

[@TMichaelJKnivestmichaeljknives]

Great work!

[@kaptainkirk12]

very nicely done ! great work

[@christophercarroll1977]

Brilliant!

[@michaelhehr6792]

Geniaal... bedankt voor de inspiratie!

[@ForgedInHolland]

Geen probleem!

[@lohikarhu734]

oh, no! an angle grinder...it would have been hand-crankec in Viking times...and welding, without a dragon.. nice sculpting on the eyed and "face" but, I was upset a bit with welding and power tools.... nice design, looks great.

[@MIR-jd8th]

Tacka så mycket Torbjörn, som vanligt du gjorde bra. I önskar komma till Sverige och träffa dig, och möjligen köpa en av dina master mästerverk. Bahram CTH V79

[@victormaldonado9416]

Que trabajo mas hermoso felicidades

[@Al-Muhtadi]

you are creative man

[@silheijn5376]

very nice!

[@frantisekvajda9856]

100 procent Hand works werry nice

[@gluckspilz6775]

amazing!

[@Domgaudet]

Nice project!

[@user-cb9dd5kw3h]

Это шедевр ! Респект мастеру !!!🤝

[@djdutch87]

Amazing, I just started to fouling around whit the forge. Greetings from Holland to 👍

[@stoneinthefield1]

The only thing I would do differently is set it in my house. 🤣Wow! You are extremely talented.

[@ForgedInHolland]

Thanks. It is currently standing on the dining table.

[@stoneinthefield1]

@@ForgedInHolland Keep up the great work.

[@johnmango77]

a Masterpiece

[@draculafire4870]

Blessings of your hands

[@user-yg5fk3yn2l]

Спасибо за видео, очень мне нравятся дракон в твоём исполнении👍

[@royattevelt2728]

Goed gedaan jochie❤!!!

[@fabiozava8261]

👍👍

[@joesmith4494]

Well....that got you a subscribe. Well done. Off to check the rest of your content

[@stefankarlsson9401]

Fantastic

[@sergioulloa5382]

awesome 👌

[@jamesgallagher100]

So gothic i like

[@sofarharishon2394]

i was going to comment on your forging with no shirt on... then i noticed your fly was open.... :) Anywhoo, good job! this helped me out a bunch!

[@ForgedInHolland]

Glad you enjoyed the video. I forge without a shirt in the summer when it is hot outside. I have had zero problems with burning myself so far.

[@klaushardt4174]

respekt, good job

[@Dennismazo]

Mooi man! Kom ns langs als je in de buurt bent! Water aangedreven hamer Mazo de Mazonovo, santa Eulalia de Oscos

[@marcsenteney3160]

Well done sir!

[@ForgedInHolland]

Thank you.

[@jonandersen3347]

Awesome

[@indianatone218]

Superb work well done ,bet that took some time ? liked and subd you ,Greetings from Wales UK .

[@krimorouabha7628]

real artist

[@Bartyron]

Super!

[@HladniSjeverniVjetar]

The trick to put silicone under the anvil and under the anvil holder on the floor seems to work good against ringing and bouncing.

[@atzem7785]

Gr8!!!!!

[@klausmeine5601]

Красавчик, ёпта ! )))

[@samuelbuettner1214]

4/5”, never heard that one before

[@aussieb1rd95]

Really nice dragon, when you put the nails in the hands I'm going no no no dont weld it, a hand forged nail heat the hand and drive in the nail, shrinkage would have held it forever, just saying still very nice

[@nofunclub]

Cool Jim from utrecht

[@im_the_joker]

Молодец, Золотые руки!!!

[@marioflores768]

Wow

[@jeanladoire4141]

that's what i would call "beautiful blacksmithing", you gave all the beauty trough your hands and knowledge, no bullshit, no fancy tools. How did you come up with that process ? if someone asked me to make him a dragon head i'd be scratching my head for a while

[@ForgedInHolland]

Originally I learned to forge dragon heads from KZbin. This design is a combination of a lot of things I learned along the way and is unique to me.

[@jeanladoire4141]

@@ForgedInHolland well your take on it is nothing i've seen before, and it looks really good (it seems to take quite a while to pull out of the workshops tho. Do you mind if i try to replicate it?

[@djb341]

That temporary base should be good for fifty years.

[@ForgedInHolland]

It would probably last manny lifetimes. It is only not practical / stylish at all.

[@user-jz9jx3uk2b]

Молодец...... Неплохо получилось, но с крыльями было бы круче чувак

[@gudvin-smith]

Ну это однозначно гениально!

[@macp1962ful]

👍💯

[@mookett]

Hi very good work my friend could i ask how long was that 20x20 square bar please thanks Andy

[@vyacheslavmansurov5474]

Очень красиво!

[@rickyburton4642]

😎👍👍

[@moonlightsnowfall6734]

Nice work, some back legs would help it to stand without the bracket? Thanks!

[@lohikarhu734]

simply from a visual viewpoint (that's almost syntactical redundancies!), it's a lovely piece! is it completely your own design, or inspired by an old Nordic piece? anyway, now to follow the smithinh part!

[@user-mq8vb2zt3r]

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