Blacksmithing - Forging A Viking Rune Fire Steel And Making Fire With It

Have had Vikings on the mind lately so decided to make a variation of my survival necklaces that have a Viking flare. Viking Rune symbol for fire and at the end of the video I make fire with it!
I chose Northumbrian Futhorc Rune Ceowrth you can find information on it here - www.therunesite.com/keyword/an...

[@lt_dagg]

The Viking rune gave it fire magic, that's why that fire took so easily

[@KnottedSnake]

Actually that is an old Germanic rune, elder futhark, the "Vikings" used younger and medieval futhark.

[@silentferret1049]

+Vantosh Most used the younger but there were still some though be it small that still used the old runes but more or less for specific reasons as they did not want to give up to old past. There will always be those that do stuff their own way just to be different or to spite someone.

[@KnottedSnake]

Adamantian Gilga That would make allot of sense. Most rune stones we have found tend to be different in there own way, and I can definitely see some using the older runes. However, the vast majority used the younger variants.

[@user-ov9xg2cu4m]

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[@drason69]

Some free smithly advice/suggestion. Put a magnetic block heater for a car on your anvil during cold weather to help reduce the heat sink effect of the seasons. Usually the night before is best. This way you don't have to try warming your anvil up to get good production on it.

[@SteveHoover69]

I ordered a pendant and just received it. It looks awesome! Your quality and the personality behind it it awesome man. Totally worth the money and it shipped very fast. I would highly recommend your shop to anyone looking for something out of the ordinary. Very well done.

[@chandlerdickinson]

Josh Hale Thank you for your review and your purchase!!!!

[@faolan1686]

Chandler Dickinson where do I find you shop?

[@Porsche924S]

faolan1686 " wrong email"

[@Speculiar]

Bandos Likes Redbull So you just tell him, Hey I liked that (Item) you made. How much for you to make me one, kinda thing?

[@Porsche924S]

Speculiar idk i tried it and it said it was invalid or somthing so ill delete that comment its not right

[@cptcurk192]

I really like this video! Chandler please keep up the really good instructional videos! I will be retiring from my job In about 10 months and I'm looking for a productive hobby so I can serve out the remaining balance of my life in peace. I was looking into blacksmithing and now I'm more inspired than ever! Thanks for the tips and keep 'em coming!

[@RandomScuba]

There are a ton of people with forging videos, but you're the only one I've subscribed to. I find your videos great as I'm just starting out. Thank you for taking the time to make videos, they're truly great.

[@BBTOP12]

This man is the Bob Ross of smithing. You sir have my subscription.

[@cinda-girl517]

That's really cool man. Love the fact that there are still people with the skills we needed and used 1000s of years ago in order to survive. Subscribed. :-)

[@Coronalite59]

Love all your videos. Just starting to get into some small black smithing. Just made a brake drum forge for starters. Will see how this turns out. Keep the videos coming, thank you

[@siggiepop]

This is awesome! Thank you for taking the time to show us all.

[@FordTechMakuloco]

Your videos are so frikin awesome all the little noises and watching a piece of metal come into shape. Cool stuff man!

[@christopherkulinski5121]

First time seeing black smithing done. I'm intrigued by it and gives me a sense to learn as a hobby. Very nice work Chandler!

[@byrongreen2167]

This is the video I’ve been looking for!!!..now I know how to make the steels I’ve been buying/making….thank you bro. For the EXCELLENT video!!!!One HAPPY old man!!!!

[@patman0250]

holy crap are you kidding me !! im totally going to buy one ! this is a work of art who wouldn't want something made from a black smith !! one thing you know for sure is your peace was made by hand and lot of effort was put into it. totally worth 25$ .. getting laid off you say !!?? no worries you will have people lining up to buy from you simply amazing work !! iv seen your railroad spike knives.. I have to say you are a very talented blacksmith one of the best in my opinion ..

[@chandlerdickinson]

patman0250 Thanks! You can request an item by emailing me at [e-mail] or keep an eye on my esty store at www.esty.com/shop/McFinleysCabin as that is where I have my available items.

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

Chandler Dickinson you got the URL wrong, it should have been www.etsy.com/uk/shop/McFinleysCabin?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav

[@mr.actiongal1017]

Patman sounds so sarcastic

[@cabincreekzeke6257]

nice I like that! I also love the way you put a personal touch to it with the Viking symbol for fire. As always a great video!

[@PlutoProtogen]

thats amazing, ive always loved the look of things been made by forge, i wouldent mind learning how to work with metal myself one day when i have income, i would love to make myself one of these necklaces

[@danielbennett8685]

I love all your videos man... they always get me excited to make something.

[@k3xtxhamradio930]

Love em ...have not made a striker like this, have found that bringing up to orange heat ...larger grain growth has improved sparking , need to make me some, nice video!

[@choppersFL]

great video buddy!! Im a shade tree blacksmith and will be making one of those for my buddy thank you for sharing

[@OnGodFrFr0987]

Epic, best forging video I've seen to date. Love it, you should make Viking accessories for sale.

[@PepsiDoesThings]

You are like the Bob Ross of Blacksmiths. Good stuff.

"Railroads don't bend correctly or wrongly, they bend in which ways make them happy" haha

[@sj1122334455]

You're what's inspired me to take up blacksmithing

[@bluesSGL]

The Younger Futhark were the runes of the Vikings, but since they raided Anglo-Saxon land, so Saxon runes are still a cool choice. YF and AS runes have poems describing their cultural context and meanings, so I suggest them for inspiration. The striker looks great, man! Keep up the awesome work.

[@thefantasticmr.speaker5114]

That's badass. And it totally makes sense.

[@Zheols]

like how you keep it real brother no auto hammers just good old school smithing

[@freedomlibertyspirit9782]

me like seeing you use the half brass hammer you made! cool work, hammer on

[@Lorn058]

neat idea nice end product. keep up the good work!

[@EODReddFox]

Dude thats sick way to go!

[@survivorjohnny44]

Very cool. Great job brother

[@stantilton2191]

Very nice Chandler. I like it.

[@joshuahmoran]

awesome lil necklace

[@CavFra]

You are a wonderful creator, I wish one day I will be as good as you are!

[@SunsetBayBonnie]

i just love watchin blacksmithing.

[@vincentwolfe]

Awesome project

[@n.vdhooven7437]

realy like your video's, love how you forge cool things out of ordinary steel things, Greets from Holland :)

[@justinyoung3397]

Awesome video! When I get home I'm making one

[@QuilStudios]

i could watch this guy make stuff all day long...

[@blueschild61]

I just did. :)

[@farges76]

I regularly do.

[@QuilStudios]

yeah its cool. i wanna try it but i dont have the tools, materials, or money.

[@spiffytibby]

yes you do, get a sturdy rock, a small area to make a firepit and a hammer. i salvage for old steel tools at bargain places, and work on those, stoking the heat in a firepit with coals. thats how i started. its not expensive, certainly not as professional, but definitely a good way to start and still tons of fun!

[@cameronvail1726]

Keep on doing viking stuff!!!! I do Scottish Reenactments and I know a lot of people that would your goods if you kept on making viking stuff such as medallions, rings, pendandts etc. Oh and what I do is definitely not LARPING this is historical reenactments in California and our biggest event is the Pleasanton scottish games in Pleasanton CA

[@WELSBYROOTS]

Awesome job!

[@allandorantesvilla2206]

super nice work I'm amazingly surprise w ur skills great job.

[@disabledvet420]

sweet idea man!

[@XSodaPop68X]

If you play this video backwards you can hear him chanting for Odin.

[@bufordmcnairy8175]

Watching this after watching the tungsten video was very relaxing. If that makes any sense. Thank you.

[@kbbacon]

Well done!

[@johanvonshitzengiggles9046]

DEWD! you are uber talented and very informative as you are quite knowledgeable.. in short, keep up the passing of knowledge so that the Younger generations to come, are able to survive, and carry on the Old world crafts, its important, as i'm sure you realize, i'm glad to see old world craftsmanship still exists, :)

[@silentferret1049]

Dryer lint is the most under realized fire starter material around and its free. Easy to get the amount you need and the density of the bundle you want. I like to use the stuff and those toilet paper tubes to store it in along with other fire starter essentials.

[@NomadicMScott]

I'm from Northumberland , place called sea houses . Really liked this project :)

[@loenigma69]

That's awesome! Thank you for the vid :D

[@BendybangCrumbsnatch]

Great vid! Very cool project. =)

[@chadatwood6577]

Have you ever done a Mjolnir???That would be do cool. Your work is amazing brother! I'm 20 and I think you have inspired me to try and learn to black smith! I've always been fascinated by it.

[@SinisterMinister]

i love your vids man, so very cool!

[@propheticjoe]

Love your videos man. Been cool watching the talent progression. I am just getting into blacksmithing, or trying to, what type of chisels and drifts do you recommend?

[@MrSandman526]

great content as usual

[@TKaarel]

Hi! Recently discovered your channel out of pure luck. Been very interesting to see how blacksmithing is/was actually done. But then I started wondering have you ever made a sword? Searching your videos turned up nothing. So why haven't you made a sword yet? Will you be making one some day? Will there be a video (series) about it? Hope you answer these questions :) Great channel and keep up the good work!

[@vitruvianmind3570]

Really cool.

[@seth83walker]

that is cool man i just found your page good video.

[@paranoy69]

Great video. Question what was the temperarure outside. And did you be able to blacksmithing during winter if the temperature is colder?

[@jeronwallin7258]

love the channel!! what in your opinion would be the best beginner project?

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

If you were to mount the steel to a small leather pouch and have the pouch hang around your neck then you could keep the flint in the pouch along with a tiny amount of char cloth and have all the ingredients of a fire on your person at all times.

[@ryane9234]

I find this kind of thing really cool, I wish that I could do it.

[@abboudnac6552]

Amazing job you did i really like your work, can i ask why do you use different hammers one's a steel and the other is brass i think? i heard about serious injuries due to steel chips blasting out from a hammer when hitting... is it safer to use brass hammers for blacksmithing? best regards and thank you.

[@castlerockmachine410]

Super Cool Man!

[@lonnieestrada2916]

Dude ur vids are badass man

[@TemplarJX]

I recognize that half brass hammer awesome

[@LUIGIBENIT0]

Love it!!!

[@treyhodkinson6811]

+ Chandler Dickson have you ever looked into etching using salted vinegar and electricity? It uses commonly availible tools and you can get much finer detail work putting lettering or pictures on metal

[@chandlerdickinson]

+Trey Hodkinson check out my dolphin knife... i electro etched that one

[@Etheldreda-]

I just found this on fb ...fascinating.

[@toastergrow4207]

I think you must be the only man in the world who UNDER estimates inches..your 2 inches looks like a good 3 inches,but usually it's the other way around lol.Great videos,inspire me to forge something,anything.

[@tomasmerino1039]

What a fking good weather to hit the forge lol, mine's in my backyard in direct sunlight, when it's 40º or more it's like a pain in the behind

[@zacharyyoung3834]

So frickin cool. god damn I need to do this

[@WatcherintheDark69]

The symbol also means transformation, and since you took a piece of steel and worked it into a useful tool it also applies.

[@wildrootsfarm1975]

very nice!

[@aaronroberts560]

this piece would go good with the railroad spike froe u just made, kinda like a bushcraft set.

[@BobbyNiggs]

Beautiful.

[@PatrikHagenvald]

Looks awesome man...=)

[@MrBlaTi]

Hey, I thought about getting into blacksmithing for a while now. How do you think it's best to get started? What are the palces and people I can go to? How did you start? oh and I really like your style, keep up the good work :)

[@garyvoigt5090]

Nice work chandler... what type of steel did you use? I assume it had a bit of carbon in it...i make mine out of old files...they have a high carbon content as you probably know... Gary

[@loverofmyths]

it looks like the metal cools much more quickly with the cold, does that make it harder to work with, or make it crack easily or anything like that?

[@mje3055]

Very nice

[@kaziklu79]

Nice!

[@booserobert]

thanks for video it great....

[@proffesit]

Thats actually really cool, ever consider producing these for sale?

[@jkdmak]

Nice work sir! I completely fell in love with this. Maybe it´s the vikingblood in me? To bad you only ship within USA.

[@chandlerdickinson]

Michael André Karlsen I ship to other countries too but shipping charges can be expensive... email me at [e-mail] and we can work out the numbers

[@jkdmak]

Chandler Dickinson Cool! I will email you soon.

[@7040qrp]

Nice work, and you didn't have the crazy neighbor watching!

[@peterkinberger9741]

I have got to have at least two of those, maybe three depending on cost. How do I get them ? I see this video is about seven yrs.old, can they still be gotten ? Thanks for the video, it was certainly interesting to watch. God bless !

[@tonymckay5606]

good stuff

[@LongDongSilver420]

Just wondering, What would you have done if you screwed up the chisel? Would you have to start over from scratch or?

[@TheShadowPhantom1]

Kenaz would have been a more suitable choice as a "fire" rune, as it symbolizes Torch, and light after a period of darkness. The one you chose seems to be a corrupted version of Sol/Sowilo, or Sun. Good for happiness and success, but less symbolic regarding the accuracy of a fire rune. (These both depend on whether you're looking at the Elder Futhark, Younger Futhark or Cipher Runes though, as well.) Disregarding my preference for "historical accuracy" however... Looks awesome! Nice shape, great function, would love to see more come out of this kind of idea. :)

[@chandlerdickinson]

Pathy's Playhouse This one is from the Anglo Saxon Futhork... I will check out Kenaz tho as I would prefer an older symbol

[@joshofalltradesgendron5464]

Pleasure to learn from you. May I ask where you are located?

[@timothyhopkins5008]

Just wondering, what kind of oil do you use?

[@Edge1775]

very nice

[@dannz2603]

Hah, I have an identical pair of gloves, punch and hammer :-) Good job.

[@18S12]

CD, I really enjoy your videos; one question. What does the wire brushing do for the steel that's just been removed from the forge?

[@damionlowther78]

Removes scale, the oxidized layer that builds up on the metal.

[@chandlerdickinson]

Dan Luttrell damion said it all... keeps the piece clean from scale which you could pound into the steel and usually don't want that

[@bobmcdonald6212]

love your work i do sum black smithing my self the box in the anvil what is it??

[@rhettpulsifer1518]

it's called the hardy hole, it's for tools to be put into the anvil, usually for cutting or scrolling metal.

[@Swordmkr]

Why are my gloves all worn out....lol. Good one. Sir I like your style.

[@leplusfortaumonde]

What is the theorie behind using a brass hammer for punching ??

[@neonjaguar09]

Are you using canola oil, or some actual quench oil?

[@_Ciiitron_]

you should really start linking your ebay store in the descriptions, so many people asking for it.

[@skullcollector29]

Nice..!

[@predie]

Hi, very nice blacksmithing. What kind of stone for fire steel it is? Is Fire steel made from classic iron or some kind of steel?

[@chandlerdickinson]

predie Any dense stone would spark but flint works best. The steel has to be high carbon steel... anything else would not spark.

[@ATREIDESDUNCAN88]

Awesome