Blacksmithing - Forging a Goosewing Hewing Axe

[@BlackBearForge]

Thats an outstanding axe. I have wanted to make one of that style, but haven't been brave enough yet.

I apriciate that. Been watching your videos since the beginning of my journey as a blacksmith /Nils

[@demastust.2277]

John I would love to see your take on it. Even if it failed, it'd be great to watch because you still learn something

[@davewebster5120]

Wow, the construction of this axe was unlike any other. You san mai'd into a san mai!

[@mikehayes2233]

Good clear English!! I’ll be back maybe NOT to watch you make one of these monsters, it’s way, way out of my league but still most interesting to watch!! These words were typed up from Casey, ILLINOIS [USA] and literally just a few minutes away from the World’s Largest Golf Tee. If you have Google Earth on your phone, it will show up there. There is a nice BIG shadow on the ground. It is located on the Casey Country Club grounds!! It originally weighed 3300 OR 3800 pounds and is nearly as long as a semi trailer. I’ll be back soon!! Thanks for showing the world some neat stuff!!

[@NineWorldsWorkshop]

Not only great forging, but I also really appreciate the commentary in your videos. Cheers!

Thank you! Glad someone likes my rants :)

[@dogofmeat4165]

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[@sidstone8845]

Never seen this way of making an axe, very abstract method, good job, I’m so used to seeing wrapped eye axes

thank you!

[@wagnerthaler8054]

Its an austrian model. The grandfather of a friend had one very similar to this one you made. Greetings from Brasil, and thaks for your videos

[@phobia60]

Great video! I'm so glad I found your channel, its one of my favorites to watch. Keep up the great work!!

Thank you so much!

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

I wouldn't have thought there were so many components and Forge welds involved. You did a great job despite the flaws you pointed out. Thats how you learn. Very nice looking piece, love your honesty at the end of the video

[@peterfredrickson7499]

I recently found your channel and have subscribed. In researching my families history I have discovered that at least three generations were smiths in Värmland in the 1700 and 1800s. Watching you work brings history their history to life and establishes a real connection with them. I really love the Viking Bearded Axes and look forward to purchasing when available.

Epic!

[@peterfredrickson7499]

@ Thanks for acknowledging my comment. Looking at more videos I was surprised to find that your forge is in Västra Ämtervik! My great great great Grandfather Henrik Bergström lived there and is buried in the churchyard. I will send you an email and a picture with some more info about Henrik and other smiths in the family. Could there be a family connection?

Perhaps, my mother is from here, so the house i grew up in has been in our family for 103 years this year, but i know that my grandmother(mothers side) is from aplungen, the lake in Ämtervik, and i think we have dated back to atleast 1700's not entierly sure however

[@peterfredrickson7499]

@ I have sent you a reply via email.

[@sam_lada]

Man that is a nice looking goosewing! You make it look so easy. Cheers and keep up the good work Nils!

[@gusanson1134]

instablaster...

[@CaptCanuck4444]

Really illustrates all the steps and work that goes into one of these axes. Wow!

[@tinmanx2222]

Interesting video. Appreciate your work and look forward to more video's

[@johnjude2685]

My friend has many antique tools a has one,A very heavy tool as you on top and it swing and the weight does much the work. I do wish my grandpa had such a tool. Yes I should have stayed on the farm. Grandp had offered me a piece of the farm. Do believe I would fit in well, but to old now at 69 Love axes as you also I've haven't a satisfied forge weld yet but I came close

[@urbanbasementoperator]

Really enjoy your work Nils, much respect from Missouri, USA!

[@AtuWacha]

i´ve always loved this kind of axes, keep on the good work

thanks!

[@Numb7989]

I saw a lot or unique processes I’ve never seen before which is awesome! Great job!

[@benjaminwalter3452]

What a beauty! Well done!

[@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078]

I very much enjoyed your philosophy on tools. Eyeballing can lead to true innovation. You aim for a certain look and feel.

Thanks!

[@jan-udosiefkes]

Awesome work, man. Your friend was right. We used to make waggon wheels with the German Breit and Oberbreit. One would hold the tip of the handle fastened and then very easy and precise go up and down to make both sides of the waggon wheel sector parallel. The grain of the wheel followed the circle. Very easy to work with the weight of the axe.

[@jaredlariscey713]

Wow man skill and technique are awesome!

[@Munxcub]

Nice to see you back in action!

[@anthonystrunk5360]

Very interesting axe making.. beautiful axe!.. great job making and explanations about use..

[@Aleeknives]

I learned a lot about forging in this video! Great work! Thank you for sharing!

[@picklesnoutpenobscott3165]

Good axe I think. Thank you for showing how you did this, because it shows so many techniques.

[@curtgregory9437]

That is a cool axe, Nils. Glad you are feeling better and impressed you came back with such a challenging project. The new style of eye was fun to watch. Stay humble as always and best wishes!

[@JacobvsRex]

I love your work and watching your progression. Beautiful axe!

[@abubakrabdelkareem4652]

Although the axe did not come out as heavy as you wanted it to be, it still looks wonderfully proportioned and elegant. I'd surely enjoy working with it... Great video clip. Keep up the good work!

Thank you!

[@Carterironworks]

Awesome job and a great video, keep up the good work sir

[@rognavolter]

Awesome work

[@travi0ok702]

You’re videos are awesome

[@lenitonns492]

Its a wonderful work.

[@wereaboutsunknown]

Looking sharp!

[@Rene_Pittner]

Excellent work 👍🏻

Thank you!

[@woodsedgeblacksmith1026]

That’s a lot of forge welding, I am glade it all turned out successfully

[@jmarth523]

Love this, beautiful tool. Really awesome strategy in forging that. Keep it up Nils!

[@publicblacksmith9467]

good work .

[@graemecrowther.7557]

Well done with the axe and well done with your English commentary. 👍

Thank you!

[@j0nkan]

Du vila så länge att du hade styrkan att ha sönder hammaren! ;) Tor ler stort i dn favör! You rested so long that you hade the strength to break the hammer! ;) Thor smiles big in your favor!

[@emilkristoffersson3428]

that is really cool, great job! btw its amazing how good quality your videos are compared to others with the same amount of followers. keep it up man!

[@javanbybee4822]

Awesome! Next you should try to forge a Connecticut pattern axe.

[@wizzlefits]

When you started to hot cut the blank I was like what the heck is he doing! Now I want to try that method!! Oh, and personally.. I like the "alpha" models... lots of character. :)

[@hannemannironworks1651]

It’s a very nice Axe Nils!

[@aex-blacksmithuk2111]

Nice job!

[@kingofbroke]

Very nice! That is a beautiful piece you have there! I wish I was closer and able to buy one from you.

[@glennbrown1961]

Nice work mate, a man needs bigger and smaller axes in his toolbox. I would be inclined to pin the handle but that is the only improvement I could suggest. Greetings from Tasmania. Australia, the home of competitive woodchopping.

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

Thanks!

[@the_zealot5686]

This is Amazing😀

[@Leon-sv9qe]

This axe is great for butchers and people who worked with meat

[@Franciscocosta9861]

Hobra de arte,m dia faço um também, aqui no Brasil é muito difícil o acesso a ferramentas de qualidade, muito bom.

[@michaelrichardson6519]

Beautiful!!

[@jerrymedrano1349]

Very nice. 👍🏻

thank you!

[@Kyurnmakes]

AMAZING! Holy cow!!

[@Mviews-ux1ew]

Nice axe, as always. Btw you should make merch 😁

[@Zogg1281]

PayPal has a policy that with new sellers they wait for the buyers to acknowledge the receipt of their purchases before releasing the money. This is to protect the customers from fraudsters who are selling products that they don't have and aren't going to ship anything. If you have sold a lot of items within a very short space of time they might be waiting for a certain % of customers to acknowledge receipt. I would a suggest a courtesy email just asking your customers to let PayPal know as soon as their axes arrive 👍

[@S_man89]

Well done man! Subbed!

[@Gargaftaback]

What is the advantage of making the axe this way rather than from say, one thick plate forged out? Does the forge-welding help any particular characteristics? Super cool either way.

[@johnjude2685]

Beautiful Sir

[@LinusGustafsson]

Very good gummisnodd!

[@dylanschmidt4166]

How do you only have 9k subscribers. All of your work is awesome

Thank you! I am very humbled that almost 9k people like my stuff. It means alot to me

[@IIStaffyII]

Enjoyed this video a lot! Hope you managed to get palpal sorted out.

[@outbackladas]

A really good looking axe you’ve made there, top job! You asked for suggestions, have you ever tried making a “speed axe” as used in international wood chopping competitions? This type of axe would be a challenge to create, Regards from down under.

[@checopasha8772]

Nice job as always! Btw, what is that metal block at backside of axe for?

[@magnushenriksson5470]

Kul att se och bra jobbat!

[@Lycanta]

Nice work. It would be interessting to see a dane axe with flammed handle or a viking spear. Maybe its a nice experince for u not only to try things with the forge but also with the wood.

[@complexcat1742]

That's a lot of work to get it looking like you did. Great job. LIKEd your video and now SUBSCRIBEd. I recently retired from the military and bought a few acres in the Black Hills near the snowmobile trails. I want to build a log cabin, so I can snowmobile right from the cabin, instead of paying for a hotel room and trailering my snowmobile. I am looking for an axe such as this to build that cabin. By the way, my great grandfather migrated from Sweden to South Dakota in the mid-to-late 1800s.

Do you know from what region he was from?

[@thomasarussellsr]

This is my first time seeing this many forge welds in a single axe. I don't see why it would be a problem as long as they are all good clean welds, but seeing the seams after the fact is somewhat concerning, for me. All in all, a good looking axe. Personally, I prefer the single bevel axes for hewing. I have tried the double-bevel hewing axes and I just can't get as clean of a timber as with a single bevel. Maybe it is in my tecnique and that I have much more time with a single beveled hewing axe in hand, but that is my personal experience. The down side is, of course, I have to have both a left and right beveled axe on seperate tools.

[@danielivanov3463]

Very good

[@TheMagnus7]

A really great job. You were talking about weight factor, by the way; I would very interested in small hatchet work, European or Japanese flat edge. Congrats for your work and videos💪💪💪

[@richardthomas1160]

What is with the "hammer" at the back? counter weight?

[@eugenetan7323]

I would love to own an axe like that

[@snavs1966]

Nice work 👍🏼 But please look like your enjoying doing it. 😆 Just take care and stay safe.

I smile on the inside.

[@thesixfootsixblacksmith4772]

Nice!

[@TimTam770]

did you use salt in your tempering water?

[@lawrence500]

It looks just great, but i'd have loved seeing it being used

[@serghood7790]

Здравствуйте.А какой размер заготовки под топор?

[@pumpy2728]

We have the same Oven

[@dragontattooee]

When you said how much work is involved in the goose wing axe .. I didn't think it was this much work

[@markgoggin2014]

Why don’t you clean all of the mill scale off of the high carbon steel before welding?

[@HeavyForge]

Awesome!! How bout a Type D Viking axe!🔥⚒💪🏻

[@rhodridavies9426]

That axe looks very Dwarvish to me, great for hewing orc necks! :-P

[@cuttwice3905]

3:25 Bravo! Encore!

[@Ethnicedgeworldwide]

What are the dimensions of the steel that you start with?

[@dwaasbanaan_nl7071]

Nice video man Wy 450 likes

[@ia3fnobel332]

I really like your handmade, where can I find the address to buy your axes, how about shipping to Indonesia

[@magnusbergroth5319]

Hej och tack för alla inspirerande och lärorika video du lägger ut. Skulle du kunna tänka dig att dela lite om de dimensioner på materialet du använder?

Det dumma här var att jag körde på känn. Vanligtvis brukar jag mäta ordentligt. Materialet var knappt 1 cm tjockt ungefär. Jag tror att det var ca 12x10cm i kanterna

[@magnusbergroth5319]

@ Tack så mycket! Uppskattar verkligen dina videos och hur du analyserar arbetet i slutet så att vi andra kan lära oss av din erfarenhet.

[@1873Winchester]

Have you had a look at the finnish billnäs hewing axes, those can be really fat, a lot more in common with the scandinavian hewing axe

[@Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy]

Nils, mach' die Baum Pilze mit der Axt ab und verwende sie genau wie Trüffel. Küchen Reibe. Oder Du machst damit einen guten Tee, der Deine Gesundheit hebt.

[@stefanleijon9637]

Who is this 1 nutcase that hits dislike? What is there not to like? Grymmt jobbat, blev lite förvirrad där i början och fattade inte riktigt vad du gjorde, är van vid att se dig vika som med dina viking yxor. Men sen fatta man ju :) Kul att se ännu ett sätt att göra det på! Keep up the good work mate!

Tackar!

[@quintinstephens2573]

Maybe the pair of cold shuts at 2:54…other than that it was solid. Great welding

[@marcsutherland1284]

How could I purchase this axe?

[@multicoloredwiz]

beautiful man.. hope the weight isn't a factor!

thank you. well it is, but this is just a practice piece!

[@dadegroot]

Paypal did that to my business account back when I was doing the pro-photographer thing. Took a couple of weeks to sort out, and copies of all sorts of Govt. ID.

[@Ethnicedgeworldwide]

What are the dimensions of the plate?

[@tahsinuner7301]

Good works. I gues "Ögren"is ur surname. And it means in my language "learn". I learn by watcing u. Thanks for teaching. Greetings from Turkey.

Wow, in my language the letter "ö" meand island, and "gren" is the Swedish word for a branch of a tree. Quite random

[@mtadventures5006]

Left or right handed?

[@CaptCanuck4444]

Is this for sale?

[@evgeniykhalzov4725]

Мужик умный, весьма. Есть чем поделится и рассказать.

[@MountainDreamLand]

How much for an axe like that ? Mike in Holland, MI USA

This was just a test. Not selling this model yet, sorry

[@MountainDreamLand]

@ OK, thanks !

[@SybsALHABSHI]

Very interesting video. Your contact link doesn't work. All your articles are sold out. Have you stopped making axes ?

Yeah i found out the contact link doesnt work. I do say in the video the reason why i havent put more axes for sale.

[@SybsALHABSHI]

@ Sorry, I didn't listen to that part where you explained why there aren't any axes for sale. Thanks for the instructive video. :)

Thanks man!

[@mrsorepaws9146]

Another awesome result! Just out of curiosity: how long does it take from cold steel to working temperature? And how long do you work on the pieces before you have to reheat? ᛞ

[@michaelstott7311]

How much for the axe?

Not for sale

[@michaelstott7311]

@ shoot. such a beauty.

Thank you!