Blacksmithing - Forging a Hammer Drift (for factory made handles)

In this video I make a hammer drift that is used to drift the eye when you forge a hammer. It's just a tapered oval shape, and you can use any dimension you like, but I make this one to fit two sizes of factory made handles. It involves a lot of grinding to get it right, but in the end it fits like a glove!
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[@BlackBearForge]

Nice clean work as always. It's always good to see a new video and I loved the shoes as a goal.

[@torbjornahman]

Thanks John!

[@HeinoHagge]

The shoes are a perfect goal… but not for the owner, that puts them on after the match😂

[@janosszentpeteri1922]

@@torbjornahman Please, let me know, what's the brand of that ear-protector and its parameters details. Thanks in advance! Have a harmonious day!

[@mountainwolf1]

When do all of us start the go fund me or something to get you two together on a project. Both of you have and are a big influence on smiths like myself it would be brutal to see you both work together. And it has been brutal to see torbjörn and nils ögren working together. Thanks all of you for helping me become a better smithy godbless you both and good health.

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Very nice precision drift. Thank you for sharing your skill and process. Wonderful job.

[@Mtbambeno]

The quality of your work never ceases to amaze me!

[@lukelofgren4108]

That hammer eye drift is a perfectly functional piece of art! I miss those nights growing up in Alaska skating on the lakes after shoveling for hours! Made playing hockey more rewarding

[@Madlintelf]

It's always a pleasure watching you work, it just flows so nicely. I also can't believe the lindseed oil is almost finished, I started watching this channel and it was a bit more than half full :)

[@torbjornahman]

😊

[@drucker03]

Every time I see you and your family I think Sweden must be one of the most relaxed countries of the world. Nice video by the way.

[@eisaatana96]

Welcome to the Nordics

[@electricAB]

Always so good to watch you work. The sights & sounds, the thoughtfulness, the skills. Food for the soul in these times. Thank you Torbjörn.

[@pjamestx]

Beautiful work as always, thank you for taking the time to share this!

[@TalRohan]

this is something I am going to have to think about making soon..I usually make all my own handles from scratch but Ash is becoming very difficult to get hold of here (since ash die back killed most trees) and Hickory doesn't appear to grow here so I am stumped for growing my own handle wood....So shop bought handles may be the way forward THanks for sharing Torbjorn your attention to detail and ability to make beautiful and practical tools is always a pleasure to watch.

[@torbjornahman]

Thanks! It can be good to have the option at least to use a factory made one.

[@alisciamarotta3888]

Ash " die back "? In the States we have the " Emerald Ash Borer....that's killing all our Ash trees.

[@jonnybabes1]

@@alisciamarotta3888 ash die back is a fungal disease first found in the UK in 2012

[@Paleoman52]

This was great! I really enjoyed seeing this drift made. Looks like it came out perfect and will be very useful to you. Great job!

[@bm6967]

Wieder mal eine Perfekte Schmiede und Schleif Arbeit vom Fachmann, der Präzision Ablauf bewundere ich immer wieder ,sehr gute Arbeit

[@andrelastname1992]

Ah yes.. the germans

[@bm6967]

@@andrelastname1992 Was hat das mit meiner Herkunft zu tun

[@torbjornahman]

It might be a Monty Python reference ...but I can be wrong.

[@davidk4848]

the tools you make to help you make other tools are beautiful - top work as always and a joy to watch , thank you

[@weicheisen9999]

I love your work. Skills and talent in one person. And hard work to gain the skills !

[@12qw23op]

Real wholesome video. And then making 'two' perfect tools. Thumbs up!

[@DavidSellars-b8l]

Thunder Bear is back!!! Great tool.

[@mickellis8747]

Great piece of workmanship.

[@dirtfarmer7472]

I don’t remember who said this but the most important work you can do is within the walls of your own home. When you were playing with the kids reminded me, I had to say something good about it. Thank you Sir for this video

[@kwatee]

Another precision piece! Amazing work.

[@smaggies]

Outstanding gentleman, just to have a chance to sit back and watch his work-so-relaxing work. Always a Big Thanks :) I enjoy blacksmithing

[@torbjornahman]

Many thanks!

[@robertoswalt319]

nicely done. It is always a pleasure to see new videos as they come out from you.

[@theflyingfool]

I'm always amazed how delicately you can operate those power hammers. Thanks for another great video Torbjörn.

[@marlonunyeri7766]

It's a very nice video, congratulations. It was especially nice to have ice hockey in between. Hope to be able to watch your videos more often, have a good day.

[@patricberggren8390]

Nice video as always. I do prefer your videos where the focus lays more in the handwork itself and less reliance on powered hammers, but every video that showcase a tool build is valuable :) Best wishes from Halland.

[@hrxy1]

superb camerawork thank you

[@johnjude2685]

Again, Sir, you are always The Master and I'm so lucky to get your videos. Specil thanks for showing me what steel is your choice. BIG THANKS

[@austin10k]

Those grinding skills are underrated! Very nice!

[@strangeblacksmith]

Beautiful drift, man! I was going to do this last week then I decided to change suppliers. Eventually I want to redrift all my frequently used stuff so I can just drop a new handle in them. I put off rehandling my favorite hammer for waaaay too long because I didn't want to take the time to fit a handle.

[@torbjornahman]

Thanks! Cool, good luck!

[@killerkane1957]

Very nice! I your videos are so well done. Very entertaining. I have made many long drifts/punches out of air hammer bits. They work well. However, years ago I moved to a process where the power hammer did all the work. This required various dedicated bolsters and assorted tooling. One must match handles to the drift. You show this well! I shifted to a short drift 4” to 5” made from H13. I have taken a hammer vacation lately. But your video has given me the itch!

[@torbjornahman]

Thank you! Yes, it requires various tools for sure.

[@jbodiers6572]

outstanding work!

[@RickRolling-tc7vb]

Very cool, good to see your skills again Tor. I find it very rewarding to make tools, and more rewarding to use a tool you made yourself - if it's good quality like these of course! Thank you, all the best to you and the family.

[@gtbkts]

Thanks for the awesome content and all the amazing videos!

[@Vange-smeden]

Thanks for a very educational video once again! 👍

[@edwarddiekhoff859]

Such precision.

[@luizcarloscalsavara527]

A gente nem sabe o que TA fará, mas só de ver o capricho com que ele inicia seus trabalhos já é cativante. Parabéns!

[@andreacrashe9894]

*Gosh 2024 is gonna be a great year, just seeing you making videos, of what you make. 🙂 All the best to you & your family in 2024 & beyond 🙂nz*

[@woody442]

Clean work, fit looks nice!

[@thomasnobel]

Lovely tool😍🔥🔥your mimic after you saw your linseed oil goes to an end was great!😂😂thanks for sharing🙏

[@redrover1565]

If I could, I would give you two "Thumbs up." Always a pleasure to watch your work.

[@Greekman72]

Masterpiecful job as always! Thanks for the treat!

[@HighDesertForgeIronworks]

as a newer "smith" I'm sure it is not that easy, but @torbjornahman makes it looks so easy even a novice can can do it. Great job.

[@Ravenger_Crypto]

Hey man, honestly this is wild ive been watching you through your humble beginnings and you are what sparked a light of interest in me I love what you do, and admire how well you are able to forge! Thank you so much. Have an amazing day

[@torbjornahman]

That's great to hear! Thanks

[@rodgerfayziev6971]

Thank you for the interesting video! I am an artist and your videos and channel are very interesting and useful! Thanks again!

[@torbjornahman]

Thanks!!

[@KUZBASSforever]

Thanks for your work!

[@colleenscorfield3505]

Brilliant as usual fascinating to watch you work and bring things to life with your imagination and skills, thanks.

[@thelamb288]

As always, fantastic. Cheers.

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

Rite Torbjorn Dude, nice driftin on the ice, metal one was a bit of all right to! Stay safe n well. TFS, GB :)

[@torbjornahman]

👍

[@anonymously241]

Very nice grinding skills 😲

[@Vikingwerk]

Amazing as always!

[@lukelofgren4108]

The level of precision it takes to forge to such a tight tolerance beautiful to watch but the hand grinding is insane how perfect it turned out

[@torbjornahman]

Thanks! Surprised it went so well actually. It really doesn't need to be that perfect to still work ok.

[@lukelofgren4108]

@@torbjornahman I have 2 hammer drifts I made 3 years ago that were made with a hammer/anvil and an angle grinder. I still use them today but I wish they were more precise for the same reason yours is perfect

[@timothyrbrewer]

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[@pjhalchemy]

Such Precision Torbjorn!!! Beautiful drift overall and should work for a lot of factory handles. Thanks for the video treat with hockey ;-).

[@torbjornahman]

Thanks 👍

[@outbackladas]

Very skilfully done, it’s a pleasure to watch you work . I’ve been trying to work out how long I’ve been watching your videos for, it must be some years now, when I first started watching that container of linseed oil was at least half full. Here in Aus we use “spotted gum” timber for handles, does the job but not as good as hickory in my opinion. Spotted gum tends to dry out and create splinters, which is not good for hammer handles. Regards from Down Under.

[@torbjornahman]

Thanks. ok! Spotted gum sounds really cool though... like a dalmatiner rubber handle, sort of, ha ha....

[@outbackladas]

@@torbjornahman If it wasn’t for your restrictive Swedish import laws I’d send you over a piece of spotted gum to experiment with. Spotted gum is part of the eucalyptus family of trees, it’s widely used for a number of purposes, one of which is handles. Enjoyed watching you all having fun on the ice skates, never tried that, looks great 👍

[@demircidedem6608]

İmpeccable workmanship...

[@RovingPunster]

For a second there, I saw "Hammer Drift" and I got excited thinking you might do a smithing flex vid and reach for something crazy tough like S7. Vids like those are always fun. ... But then I saw 4340 and my testosterone levels dropped back down to moderately elevated. 😉👍 j/k. +1 as always. 😊

[@sageofsixpathspony3624]

You plan so perfectly but I'd imagine to run into some errors and your quick to correct them very fine piece you made great craftsmanship

[@torbjornahman]

Blacksmithing is all about correcting your latest mistake! :) :)

[@romihofi8848]

Jak zawsze perfekcyjnie wykonane... pozdrawiam 👍🇵🇱

[@saxonsmithy6230]

Very nice work, as always.

[@OlneyaTesota]

Torbjorn has honored the Lord’s gift by how he has used it. So many times this doesn’t happen but it didn’t happen here. Beautiful work Mr. Ahman. ❤️. JC🌵

[@petercowell2051]

That is a nice useful tool and like others I loved the shoe goal 😁

[@GStone-jl1ov]

Brilliant video 👏

[@magnusbergroth5319]

Härligt att se er ute på isen! Tack för en verkligen fint gjord video. 👍👌🇸🇪

[@torbjornahman]

Tack igen!

[@robertoknudsen]

Nice tool,very well indeed

[@greenthumbprepper8653]

Another job well done!!

[@fernandoalbertocaballero5327]

Muy buen trabajo, lo felicito y le mando gran saludo desde Argentina.

[@Smallathe]

Awesome work!

[@paulbadger6336]

Well done 👍 even the forging.😉

[@michelhv]

In Québec it has been one of the warmest winters yet, and it’s never been cold enough, long enough for outdoor hockey. 😢

[@torbjornahman]

😢

[@salomao1971]

Seu profundo domínio da técnica é cativante .

[@cunami74]

Дякую за чудове відео. Як завжди цікаво за вами спостерігати. Успіхів Вам. Бажаю Вам і Вашій родині здоров'я.

[@popgrubbs]

Ahahaaa a bandy stick to play ice hockey. Awesome!

[@torbjornahman]

:) Good size for her...

[@angelvazquez113]

Excelent bro!!

[@jamesmyers2087]

Apex NC! Not an hour drive from our estate. Great video.

[@torbjornahman]

Cool, thanks

[@istvankarpiel8764]

Dear Torbjörn Áhman! I really like looking at your work, but I also like when you show your garden or the landscape where you live. Best regards, István. (With Google translate)

[@VolodiaLukianov]

Привет, отличная работа. Очень рад новому видео.

[@Einherjar_17]

Excelente vídeo, muchas gracias!.

[@edwardnascimento4114]

Parabéns pelos trabalhos maravilhosos e pelo canal também. Muita saúde e paz para você e família. Brasil.

[@luukderksen8810]

Beautiful Hammer! Hultafors 2.0!

[@rondavis191]

nice to see you working again, missed you lately, looks like your boy will be teaching you how to play hockey soon. hahahah. Ron

[@johnlord8337]

A boy and his toys ... can make all kinds of MORE TOYS !!!!

[@stephansandberg3031]

Tack Torbjörn! Lika vackert som vanligt :)

[@sergiobortolotti8870]

Buenísimo total!!!

[@ericcartrette6118]

Great project and great video! On a sidenote about the sticker that came from Apex, NC. That's just an hour or two up the road from me.

[@torbjornahman]

Thanks! Very cool!

[@karmenolsen7686]

Brilliant!

[@RayTheMickey]

It would be great to see you fit those handles.

[@rosstapson]

When that boiled linseed oil is finally finished, there will need to be some kind of festivity before a new one is bought. A viking funeral for the empty bottle, perhaps.

[@z0mb13h0rd3]

As always, amazing work! But I’m jealous you’ve actually had a good enough winter to skate on natural ice! I didn’t even bother building the rink for my family this year, they predicted a warm winter in the NE US, and they haven’t been wrong.

[@torbjornahman]

Disappointing... Last year we had more or less no ice at all.

[@z0mb13h0rd3]

@@torbjornahman Last year we were only able to use the rink twice, where previous years we had good seasons. I grew up in a colder part of the region (and with many meters more snow per year), so warm winters are especially hard on the soul. We finally had another decent snowfall to about mid calf and it will stick around for a bit for a change. Enjoy the ice! I hope to find some when I travel north this week. Thanks for the reply!

[@lebelge1131]

Hello 😊 Why don t you quinch it ? I m from belgium thanks for your videos

[@the_hate_inside1085]

Vi hade ingen sjö, men farfar brukade spola vatten på ladugårdsgrunden, när det var riktigt kallt ute. Sedan skottade han upp en skridskobana åt oss. Det var tider det!

[@torbjornahman]

Kul!

[@MVarol]

Making handle for factory making hammers ❌ Making hammer for factory making handles✅ Good job as always master.

[@txupetin2]

Gracias!!

[@hainguyenthanh9301]

Tôi người Nước Việt Nam ở tại thành phố Hồ Chí Minh cũng là thợ cơ khí, tôi rất thích bạn, chúc bạn và gia đình hạnh phúc, nhiều sức khỏe!

[@oneshotme]

Great video!! Did you make this for yourself or for someone else? I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@torbjornahman]

Just for myself

[@alexcarniglia8141]

Thanks for the video.

[@laserace4559]

very good~~

[@klausrobben1683]

nice work😀👍👍

[@Andret5]

Классная работа сразу видна рука мастера

[@ducklenin8161]

Notofication gang, reporting 😤

[@sillstars]

I don't want to stress you out but that linseed oil is almost empty!

[@Smoorfen1]

Vackert arbete, i vanlig ordning! Hatten av till dig. Kanske dags för en ny dunk snart? 😅

[@matthewmarting3623]

Such a beautiful drift but here in the US it would be wasted. There is maybe 1 hammer handle per store that has the grain going the right way. I’ve been making my own for a long time. I find that a straight oval shaft that is flame charred then, lightly sanded with linseed oil finish provides enough grip with less hand fatigue. And it takes maybe 15 minutes to make. Of course the quality depends on the lumber you can find but it’s easier to get good lumber than handles, and the grain will always be lengthwise to the eye because I’m the one cutting it.

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