How Blacksmiths Make Machetes in Cebu Philippines

[@albinocookie5739]

I don't think there's a more beautiful sight than watching someone do what they love and these guys are true craftsman

[@knifemauker1895]

Craftmen with out a Doubt

[@The_Metal_Urge]

Nothing fills a metal forgets heart with more joy than when people show interest I can guarantee it I mean like obviously customer money helps and all but when people are interested in what you do it feels amazing.

[@jonlopes7355]

You may be badass, but you aren't forging a machete with a coal forge in shorts and flip flops badass. Mad respect for these craftsmen.

[@dwel2928]

I love watching these ambitious, resourceful young craftsmen, using just simple tools they can afford or make themselves. Their superb craftsmanship and design is what they sell. I was hoping he was going to heat treat that blade, and sure enough! Thanks so much for documenting and sharing this! My brother lives on Panay, near Boracay. Got to go back there!

[@nowisthefuturenitf8210]

Oh man! Someone from Panay here. See you there.

[@khust2993]

Panay has a very rich blade culture, much more so than their neighboring islands. You may want to checkout the town of Libacao in Aklan province (where Boracay is also located), there are still blacksmiths there who make traditional blades with very intricate designs.

[@Jon-iv6gh]

No shirt, No safety goggles, No steel toed boots, No fireproof pants, gloves or apron, No pneumatic hammers, No temperature cycle oven and still makes a great machete. Yup, that's the Philippines for you.

[@The_Metal_Urge]

That's cause he's hurt himself that many times that he knows every single thing that could go wrong haha a true blacksmith shoes are for the unburned.😂😂😂

[@Dammamksa-nk9jy]

Safety gadgets is more expensive than the machete. Can't afford for it. 🤣I hope you can donate if you are concerned.

[@FernandoHadi-m6u]

That's right, donate if you're really concern😅

[@MattieBoii209]

You see japanese makers wearing safety stuff as well?? Lol

[@Temuginful]

This guys has lots of skills. With just the basic tools they transformed a raw bar into a good cutting tools. No wonder the Romans can create marvelous structures that transformed humanity.

[@jamesdavidson7604]

Awesome smithing! Love the guys who can make it work with minimal tools

[@enrique6943]

I wanted to go to the finish and see the results but I could not stop watching for a second.

[@jason_berns]

Full tang Philipine Bolos especially the ones made of Leaf Spring (mulye) are quite exceptional when it comes to quality and durability. We have a wide array of varieties to choose from here in Pangasinan.

[@veteranironoutdoors8320]

I wanted to let you know that I absolutely LOVE when you post videos of blacksmiths from your side of the world. The amount of information that can be obtained from your footage is much if you know how to look for it.

[@Bushchannel]

Thanks from Bush Channel !

[@reencedavid3888]

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[@arnoldsintos9273]

You can order also online

[@arnoldsintos9273]

@@Bushchannel video mo nakita ko yan sa ibang blogger sa leyte yan hindi sa cebu at salita nila waray hindi cebuhano

[@darvinclement3250]

Love seeing the blacksmiths and the tools they have made to make the blades. That power hammer at the end of the video looked amazing!

[@archhenrycarbo9496]

Nice sir... Blacksmith's handcraft may not be in perfect shape as the factory-made but there was a story to tell behind your "Bolo".

[@mouricesaidi5348]

Hard working boys. I really thank God for my work

[@nathaneverett533]

Love it! Especially the guy checking his sharpening on the cleaver by cutting his hair at 14:09

[@kswsquared]

In Cebuano, the sort of catchall term for a machete is "sundang" though there are lots more subtypes like ginunting, pinuti, panumbahay, lagaraw, and more. Other types I can remember off the bat are guna, panabas, pananggutay, sungkit, likung, sanggut. Bogo is a tree from which the village is named. Also if you can, Moro/Muslim smiths down south here in Mindanao have the most badass blades.

[@brianwindam8621]

Also binangon

[@bryllekennethcortezsilva7281]

Ito dpat support ng gobyerno mga gagaling nanting pinoy basta may supporta lang kasi iba tinutukan ei

[@MrSIXGUNZ]

i just love your videos !!!! thanks so much for sharing such great works !! Blessings from Michigan USA !!

[@Bushchannel]

Thanks from Bush Channel

[@mcgabrielmagaiver7768]

Boa

[@enrique6943]

Is that a trucks leaf spring? And bamboo to hold cutting tool. SKILLS.

[@TheMrWoodsman]

I am always amazed at something so useful is made with so little tools, thank you for making this video.

[@rossgridley5626]

Where are they located ? I'll hopefully be there in November

[@johnbloom1109]

Love the fact that they are forging nearly the same way it was done for the past 1000 years prior to the mid 1900's.

[@chinogabesv650]

Even 2000 years at most

[@marvequelistino1274]

it still works anyway and the end product is as effective as from someone's using very high-tech tools.

[@charlescooper7951]

I miss home my wife and I live in antique but I have traveled Cebu so beautiful

[@hans-jurgenkrause4095]

V

[@RacerX1971]

Pinoys will make due with what they have. They are very resourceful and creative.

[@StuQinThe80z]

Fuck... Forged In Fire..... these guys impressed the shit outta me!

[@jaybaetear8187]

Welp they used machinery on the show but these guys do it the old manual way

[@thaddeusabram5855]

pro trick : you can watch movies on Flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies recently.

[@leonkingsley4467]

@Thaddeus Abram Definitely, I have been watching on Flixzone for since december myself :)

[@DanMarcelino]

its awesome to see how proud they are of their hard work at the end there.. God bless them!!

[@williammitchell1804]

They have a right to be proud. They have great skills.

[@DanMarcelino]

@@williammitchell1804 absolutely

[@seahorseist]

Excellent video nice to see how they make things around the world

[@SandMDOTCOM1]

Makes me want to go back. So simple and beautiful there.

[@陳松勇-s6v]

I was watching sailboat videos and 30 minutes later, I don't know why I'm watching this.

[@taimank]

I like your videos. It is nice to see how we do these in the old days, we forgot how it is done because of the advancement in our modern world.

[@Eizipid]

Interesting to watch the videos of different blacksmiths with different styles best.

[@ArtesDoMato]

I love to see this kind of videos. I hope to somehow one day visit this craftsmens. Thanks for sharing.

[@Bushchannel]

The address is in the description !!

[@avelinodeguzman3480]

You can go to our place at Benguet Province here in the Phil. Just to watch more skill blacksmith. Proud son of Blacksmith

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

Yeah .. benguet, ifugao ect you got 100s of blacksmiths making some great knives... Especially the rattan work

[@neilbondad1598]

Great job of posting our traditional craft. I hope you will also feature batangas balisong anf other Philippine traditional knives. To tell you the truth tradional knife making here is already a dying art and tradition. Like the moro kris. It is very an authentic one.

[@samluca1244]

Raw and beautiful! You made me subscribed!

[@oharamaritime]

Great video although I have to ask because the audio wasn't very clear, what is the purpose of rubbing soap on the blade edge?

[@kaizoebara]

For me it'd be more like "I'm having what the locals are having" as these kukri/enep type machetes look hella sweet. But to each his own. Nice vid as always.

[@Pissiphus]

damn this guys are true blacksmith they knew how to do it without any help with machinery to make tools except the grinder which use to sharpen there blades

[@davidwatsonii9469]

WITH THE MOST BASIC TOOLS, WELL MADE CRAFTS

[@alonsoalfonso2892]

greetings from the republic of panama in central america

[@k9pirateslair704]

This is what Talented Tradesmen can do with very little resources! Great work!!

[@MegaRhandel]

This philippines machetes are way more reliable than the latino style ones. It is thick and forged, doesnt chip out

[@DefyDistrict]

what are the latinos good for eh?

[@joelbaumon6073]

Ni madres los latinos tenemos buenos machotes

[@knifemauker1895]

A thinner machete I can control cuting wood angles better and swing faster forless energy. The machete i just smithed is about 1kg or 2.25lbs straight edge. By latino style machetes you mean the Jason machete that they sell at harnor freight?

[@omarmilio7392]

@@knifemauker1895 yeah that is what he means

[@Jvset]

I like lighter machetes on cutting small branches and shrubs but I prefer heavier ones in cutting thicker material like leg size logs or bigger and thick bamboos. Try to chop thick log with light machete even if its razor sharp the penetrating power depends on how much force you exert to each swing. Causing more pressure on your palm and whole chopping arm which sometime can cause palm soreness and blisters. While with heavier ones gravity will help to double the force and sometimes you just let gravity itself be the force behind each chop and just use your chopping arm to swing and guide the machete to you target. As someone who lives in a rural community machete is a must and at least 5 days in a month that we use a machete. If I were to choose i'd pick the heavier ones. They can do more base on my experiences using machetes. But of course people are different thats just my part of the story hahahah

[@treatyourself7965]

Machete is my favorite tool. Tomahawks second. Please review your blades that have been collected in new video. Thank you for sharing this.

[@Bushchannel]

Yes we might be doing an updated machete load out video where you’ll see them all together.

[@adventuretabaytv]

Nice video thank you for sharing this video.

[@EduardoGarcia-fj2uc]

Excelente video . que tal es el resultado con el temple al agua ? No queda demasiado duro el material ?

[@torporvasflam8670]

His thumb nail @13:02 What's a nail that long for?

[@paparitz1]

Can the flat end Filipino machete be bought & shipped to the U.S. ?

[@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique]

Do they make ram dao swords and dadao swords and falchion swords? 🤔

[@hindustanart3332]

Great piece of art.. do you have license?

[@golong1343]

So here in some other island in the philippines, we do it differently. We put safety on the design as such the blade is much broader than the hilt so that you would not harm your self if you thrust something thereby preventing your hand from slipping into the blade.

[@armandoortilla2471]

asa dapit sa cebu ang pandayan nimo boss?

[@yvesfortongue502]

Where is it exactly in Cebu this smith...?

[@PinoyBladeHunter]

nice video. i hope these smiths are doing fine now in spite of the pandemic.

[@kswsquared]

May ganyan dito sa amin at patuloy ang orders sa kanila kasi biglang dumami ang nagtatanim sa bahay at bakuran gawa ng lockdown. Sana nga ganun din sa kanila...

[@dcardigan13]

@@kswsquared hala nakakainggit. Ang gaganda siguro ng mga matatanggap nilang machete

[@joelcarino7171]

they are dong fine.. They celebrated their fiesta last april 26, I dropped by last week and have them make for me a parang blade and a sundang.

[@gatotcka5017]

It will keel!

[@OYO-xn5wx]

Where did you get that word keel stupid before you comment use your brain first 🙄🙄🙄

[@gatotcka5017]

It's a reference from a show called forge in fire you dumb fuck

[@gavinstamaria4998]

Don’t take anything too literal wth is your problem

[@gatotcka5017]

tough shit

[@oliverclothesoff5397]

Lolol

[@MrChubbyHubby.]

Nice video, do you happen to have more footage of that power hammer near the end? would love to see more of that beast in action!

[@Bushchannel]

heatherschubbyhubby yes watch our Coffee Farm machete videos

[@MrChubbyHubby.]

@@Bushchannel Thank you so much for your reply, am in the process of watching the video now, by god that thing is a beast and a half, I am in the early stages of building one myself but it will not be a quarter of the size of that one! Again thanks.

[@jeffrilgotas8472]

Asa ni dapita sa cebu sir?

[@arnoldsintos9273]

Sa leyte yan hindi cebu nakita ko na yang video sa ibang blogger

[@knifemauker1895]

Where could i get one of these just shy of flying to cebu. Link?

[@mcgabrielmagaiver7768]

Parabéns aí pelo trabalho

[@donvr1441]

asa kha ni dpit cebu?

[@gerardrizon1600]

Is this Argao south of Cebu?

[@williecurioso632]

Sir pede b mkaorder Jan NG itak gawa s cebu

[@blacksmithdn]

He is good blacksmith!

[@phillipinesgreatmaharlika4557]

14:08 paanu e test knife

[@RowelitoYuson]

Asa ni dapit sa CEBU.. NAA KOY IPA GAMA KUTSILYU

[@arnoldsintos9273]

Sa leyte yan

[@arnoldsintos9273]

Sa leyte yan dong tingnan mo salita nila waray

[@AndressaDeSouzaMelo-uk3kq]

Até hj nunca vi cuteleiro mais bom que esses aí, com pouco material faz um trabalho top, imagina em uma oficina moderna

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and gave it a Thumbs Up

[@Bushchannel]

Thanks from Bush Channel

[@lenward474]

Great video thanks! What is total time to make? What do they cost? Is a blacksmith considered a well paid upper class manufacturer so to speak? Thanks again.

[@Bushchannel]

Hello it took almost 3 hours to make this machete. I think it was 1000 pesos. Some blacksmith shop owners would make more than others.

[@SaladinVadik]

Luh! Kuyawa uy! Wa sila tsinilas, mga Gahi ug astig! Si Tatang mu ahit tapos testingun sa iyahang leeg. hahaha... Very informative, I learned that I do not need fancy tools to do what they do, I will try this.

[@shartne]

I wish I could buy one of thse bolos. so nice.

[@pm_cruciblenone4008]

I am also a knife maker from Cebu! Where was this filmed?

[@davinstephen7279]

Bogo, Argao sir

[@JuaneDosesII-wj6dd]

Gotta love the safety gear

[@bobstarr4107]

Sir asa mo dapit sa cebu..

[@patduss174]

Does anyone know how I could contact these blacksmiths to make an order?! I'm in Bohol.

[@Jeff6021-z6o]

Is this in Bogo Argao Cebu?

[@arnoldsintos9273]

Dili sa leyte na dong

[@jrorence6727]

Sire saan banda eto sa Cebu city

[@Sickofsociety1]

So what does something like that cost? I was in the Phillipines while in the Marines and we bought knives on one of the islands. They were made from leaf springs like this video shows and came with sheaths. Really cool. I think we traded for them or bought them. Don't remember which.

[@DOI_ARTS]

10 to 15 dollars very cheap but way more durable because the metal was forged and not sculpted directly

[@acechasombre5478]

i like the craftsmanship and love your videos. but can u next time take a half dozen pairs of cheap safety glasses and pass them out to these great smiths? seems like it would be nice for them as i have personally had many eye problems while forging and sanding steel even with safety glasses. just thinking out loud no disrespect intended.

[@mr.mechmototv]

Saan tayo pagawa nang itak.. dito sa cebu po

[@luisderodar1856]

Asa ni dapit sa Cebu.

[@brlearning1351]

Fantastic Knife making

[@kabunsoblogs7569]

Anu po ung ipinapahid sa talim na kulay black sir ang tawag dun.

[@demmzlifestyle6316]

this is my neighbor from Bogo Argao Cebu Philippines

[@Bushchannel]

Hello, please say hello to the blacksmiths!!!

[@demmzlifestyle6316]

@@Bushchannel sure, I will say hello to them coming from you

[@albertolubonting2651]

Where in bogo sir?

[@rymystoreforallseasons7280]

Asa ni dapeta sa cebu sir ang buhatan og engana kay pabuhat mi

[@junboloy]

So your black smith is in Cebu?

[@sparkyboy1540]

Bogo is a Barrio or Barangay. The town is Argao. Province is Cebu.

[@renediaz352]

Excelente trabajo artesanal... felicitaciones..

[@renediaz352]

De que ciudad son donde hacen esos machetes??

[@frankdyangko3937]

Ano an gamit nyo na uling pambaga sa metal?

[@ka_primotv2624]

Kalimitan ginagamit na uling ay Ang uling ng bao ng niyog.. matagal Kasi maubos di kagaya ng uling na kahoy..

[@mhine4everroble430]

I suggest to visit alson in Danao Cebu and look how to make gun.

[@adiyan3586]

asa sa cebu ni sir?

[@eabarrera4027]

Hope that the local government help these craftsman and lend them tools and machines, politicians only looks for what they can pocket

[@MariaJuana-h1w]

Saan tayo magpagawa ng itak dito sa cebu,,,,,,yon malapit lang dito sa lilo-an cebu.....

[@sethestillore3640]

Idol maka palit ko Ana? asa? Makahimo Sila guntingan

[@quevinverallo-ez8gx]

Brad asamong dapita sa cebu

[@khukuritimes8601]

nice one keep inspring.. i had also made such kind of video in my channel

[@multongmangkukulam3841]

Asa mo dapit sa argao mga sir

[@mohdtop7994]

Durable, very good workmanship.. In Malay it is 'pandai besi or rajin besi'

[@wavby222]

Same here! We call them panday... Philippines root language is malay. :)

[@Yoyo-ru4bk]

I THINK PANGASINAN HAS THE BEST BOLOS AND BLACKSMITH IN THE PHILIPPINES

[@WillEDC]

This is ASMR for knife people

[@craigclemens5165]

How can I get one

[@markharrisllb]

I admit sometimes I have to watch from behind the sofa as the health and safety measures are...well non existent. However, none of that takes away from his skill with very basic tools. You can't fault his work ethic either.

[@akosicarlos8914]

hahaha, same here. I cringed watching those two guys hammering away in the direction of the third guy holding the piece. But... but, that's how they've always done it and they're happy that way. and of course they come up with those nice implements.

[@samluca1244]

Hahahaha so true!

[@jamescardosa3778]

Asa mani dapita sa cebu?

[@marciothayland9799]

Excelent !!!

[@josephpaninsoro61]

Asa ni dapit guys?

[@demmzlifestyle6316]

silingan na nako sa bry Bogo Argao Cebu