Blacksmithing - Forging a Trap/ bear trap

In this video I hand forged an animal trap (foot hold) out of rebar!
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[@toadlymate5660]

always wondered how these were made and worked great vid mate

[@MJ-ud3yx]

My great grandfather made traps until he became the manager of the business. I love watching videos like these to understand what he did. Btw this is amazing!!!

[@dangerfieldknives3575]

MJ thank you

[@WildAboutBeingOutdoors]

So cool !!! I enjoyed watching this video. I hope you post more videos like this.. thanks for sharing

[@jackmeyers7805]

Solid video man. When I make mine I'm gonna scale it up and use coil spring instead.

[@dangerfieldknives3575]

Good luck man, it was a lot of fun making it

[@ethandiercks7362]

You should do this again I really enjoyed it

[@dangerfieldknives3575]

Thanks next time im going to do a body grip style trap.

[@Moistpotatoman]

wow u are a talented blacksmith u should do this again great vid bro

[@dangerfieldknives3575]

thanks, I might try a connibear trap next. I gotta think about it.

[@kimberlyreese1134]

Did you heat treat the spring?

[@dangerfieldknives3575]

nope, its out of rebar. No point of me doing it, im not using because its illegal. It works fine unheat treated, but it would probably lose it's strength eventually if it was used

[@FrontierLegacy]

@@dangerfieldknives3575 made to specs of your state, they would be legal.

[@jstone3767]

Could you please tell me what size the rebar was

[@kentuckytrapper780]

How much for 5 doz.? Great video.

[@piruzmardjared457]

Nice bro

[@chefpeepeechannel7575]

i subscribed liked and the bell of course comment

[@laszloattila2839]

How use oil? Not make a video to forge?

[@ulfhednarberserker9327]

Nice BRO

[@dangerfieldknives3575]

thanks man

[@lastfrontierforge6170]

It’s pretty cool but how is it a bear trap way to small for that otherwise I liked it

[@dangerfieldknives3575]

I called it a bear trap (even though its not) because many people call it that. Its modeled after a #1 foot hold trap

[@negative3016]

Why is this illegal?

[@dangerfieldknives3575]

Negative Thirty at least in AZ you can’t use homemade traps

[@negative3016]

Dangerfield Knives ah that makes more sense, here we can as long a DNR officer checks them.

[@BeetleBuns]

@@dangerfieldknives3575 AZ has weird trapping laws, I lived there for a while. The traps I buy are legal, even though they are handmade, because they are "commercially made." But if an individual were to make the exact same trap for themselves, they can't use it. The NTA is working on getting better trapping laws, hopefully you'll see some changes soon, escpecially with regards to foothold traps on public land, considering the laws already in place to protect domestic animals.

[@jamesthornton9508]

I am sorry to say this but the whole trap does not look good at all ! I know y'all can do better than that ! Lol !

[@dangerfieldknives3575]

James Thornton you first