Forging a Bearded Axe for Skallagrim

In this video i make a wrapped eye wrought iron "type B" viking axe for Skallagrim.
I last tried to forge a wrapped eye axe almost a year ago, and i was very comfident going in to this, however it was alot harder than i thought. For me the welding of the eye was a very hard and i had to redo it 3 times.
Anyways i hope you enjoy the video!
Find me on Instagram:
/ nilsogren
#Skallagrim #beardedaxe #Vikingaxe

[@Skallagrim]

Wow, it looks amazing! Thank you so much for putting all this time and effort into making the axe, and paying so much attention to detail. The wrought iron makes it special. I've rarely seen anyone work with iron, most bladesmiths use mild steel. Anyway, it was great to see the process, and I'm looking forward to trying it out. :)

[@kingkuroneko7253]

Yo

[@Sumendivrigili]

Damn northmen!!!

[@Altair1193]

So he really is a blacksmith, cause blacksmith work with iron. the most other smiths with steel

[@TheWoodsmanMilling]

@@Altair1193 blacksmiths work with iron based and hard metals. A whitesmith works gold and silver, precious metals, and I may have left some metals out, as I don't know much about whitesmith work yet. Since steel is just iron and carbon, any smith that works steel is a blacksmith. The information on whitesmiths is just what I've heard, but I'll look into it. It may be different.

[@TheWoodsmanMilling]

Okay, so what I was told about whitesmiths was wrong completely. It referred/refers to anyone that does finishing work on metal or works tin. I always thought that tin workers were in their own category, but i guess there are places where smithing work overlaps.

[@LairOfKraderoth]

I find this more relaxing than any ASMR video.

[@mattj.7756]

This is a man’s ASMR.

[@Pablo668]

Great job on that axe. I came here from Skals channel to see how it was made. Not disappointed.

[@stuyzf3996]

Great axe you made. I enjoyed when you talked about the axe at the end, good to get more insight.

Thanks alot!

[@adroaldoribeiro4529]

Not gonna lie...if it was me unboxing that thing I'd giggle like a little girl

[@Mshannon75]

You’re very talented! I’m glad you decided to stick it out with the forging, it certainly is worth the aggravation and now you learned how. Thanks for sharing!

[@RAkers-tu1ey]

Very Nice. Just saw the Testing by Skall video today. Really a nice tough axe. Really dual purpose... primary fighting, but very usable for bushcraft.

Thats true! Thanks for watching!

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

7:15 Traditional Scandinavian angle grinder from 900 AD.

[@seanthomasdowd]

A thing of beauty, no wonder smiths were revered

[@vadimblin]

Coming from skall here! Great work! Can't wait for more!

Thanks and welcome!

[@Lamawalrus]

The rustic aesthetic you got going on with some of your stuff is really great in my opinion. Also saw it performed well in Skallagrim's vid. Cool stuff!

[@aliengoboom]

very beautiful axe!!!!!

[@JeremyJensen_FiveKids]

Beautiful! As another artist I follow (Bobby Duke) would say..."I want that." Someday...

[@Olvir_Richardsson]

That is some good craftmanship Nils!

[@racineg33]

Beautiful work, man. It was oddly therapeutic to watch you shape that axe by hand. Thank you.

[@SoggyBottomForgeJoe]

Great job! That is a great looking axe. Thanks for sharing

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@0chuklz0]

That is a beautiful piece of work.

[@nathanpattee1629]

I realy like fitting a axe head onto the handle...I've learned some things from you . Thanks

[@daveyhall4599]

Thanks. I like your comments after the build. Keep posting please.

[@IIAndersII]

Amazing that you successfully pushed your limits! Great craftsmanship!

[@mountainwolf1]

Man you are one brutal skeggøx maker to use traditional techniques. Also thanks sharing with us and for making this for skallagrim that was very righteous of you.

[@jacolitethepumpkin765]

What an absolutely gorgeous axe! Well done mate!

[@stevemackelprang8472]

Beautiful work! Looking forward to watching more.

[@andrewneilson227]

Gorgeous build!

[@desatoff]

I really enjoy watching you work. It's a fascinating process and oddly soothing as well.

Thank you very much Josh!

[@teslascoop2177]

Wow! Amazing work! How nice to see a true master at work! Rare sight these days!

[@survivalist9818]

Absolutely amazing work brother.

[@stantilton2191]

It's a beautiful axe, well done!

[@CELTICSAVAGE32]

Beautiful work!!

[@leatherface711]

Absolutely beautiful

[@StarCravingPictures]

Quite the marvel, great job!

[@afx3142]

this looked way more complicated than I was expecting. Great work!

[@cmoayves]

I do not forge knives or axes and never look at videos on the subject. I decided to look at yours in this quiet morning before going out of my comfort zone to my forge welding and I am very glad I did. The transformation of the billets in this axe is magic. Truly magical. The video is well made. The work is expertly conducted. I enjoyed every minute of it. Comments in videos are often boring : we do not need to be told what we have seen. Your comments added information we could not have seen in the video. I thank you.

Oh thank you very much! I plan to make a in depth video on the folded eye in the future! Hope you stick around for that!

[@scarz2206]

very nice job and like how you work that is old school style i like it

[@hperantunes]

Beautiful axe! Well done!

[@Festoniaful]

Nice work, I enjoyed watching you make that

[@Forging403]

Just incredible sir. Thank you.

Thank you very much!

[@thorsmith59]

Beautiful axe!

[@Kyurnmakes]

Amazing! Glad to have found your channel!

Thank you! Im glad you found it :)

[@DH-xw6jp]

I found your channel because of skallagrim (and it appears that im not the only one) and i cant say how pleased i am to have another cool channel to watch!

Thank you much! Welcome to the channel!

[@schonnj]

Beautiful work!

[@dj_koen1265]

the scenery is beautiful, at the end

[@curtgregory9437]

Glad you stuck with it after some challenges at the start. I enjoy your videos and appreciate you sharing your skill and talent!

Thank you Curt!

[@ThousandTimesNo]

Can't wait to see Skall trying to destroy everything around him with that piece of art. Great work.

[@jeffmerschdorf5812]

Awesome!! Great job !😉👍🏽😁

[@davidlargen6945]

Very well made

[@yggdrasilworkshop]

Beautiful axe. Raw linseed oil is best for saturating the wood. Boiled linseed oil cures to make a coating in the end if that is desired.

[@clintcannon1902]

Beautiful axe, excellent workmanship, Sir! I'd be beyond proud to own such a tool.

Thank you very much!

[@zackjackson5004]

Amazing craftsmanship. You deserve way more subscribers

Thank you!

[@axelahrenholtz7309]

Lovely work. Love the use of wrought iron instead of mild steel. Do you think you would've gotten some sort of interesting pattern from etching the wrought iron?

I did! I mean it depends on how you stack and/or turn the billet. Its not as clear a damascus pattern, but it does show grain and therefore reminds me of wood a little bit. Compared to mild steel its very beautiful!

[@sexybarracuda]

aaaand subscribed. great piece of practical art you made.

Thanks! Hope you will enjoy my videos :)

[@johnmutton799]

I want one! Brilliant!

[@thelegionisnotamused8929]

Beautiful.

[@benhayslip8421]

I love these videos man

[@sam_lada]

Well done Nils! Forge welding a wrapped axe can be tricky indeed. But you did a great job.

Indeed! Thank you very much

[@Lmr6973]

Really nice job. New subscriber for sure. By the way love your anvil!

[@1970Mrmaurizio]

looks great

[@smith5796]

That is awesome.

[@scottlehman9738]

You have awesome skills with metal.

[@yoda4231]

Amazing!

[@Erik1970Viking]

wow, that is one awesome axe, and probably fast in hand,as slim as theprofile is ... congratulations to this very awesome axe! Well done job !! Cheers, Erik

Thank you very much!

[@christiantupa]

Beautiful!

[@BBForge]

Nice Job as usually Nils looks awesome

Thank you buddy!

[@rustyharvey2490]

That was AWESOME

[@vladimirkovacevic1656]

awesome axe

[@polishpaddy1991]

This axe is epic! Well done!

Tack you very much sir!

[@LiamJPenn]

That axe is gorgeous! Keep up the awesome videos!

Thank you very much Liam!

[@johndrogden897]

That is a amazing axe and I like that kind of axe I would like to see how u would make a tomahawk there are a bunch of different ones out there but thanks for all u do I have learned alot from u and black bear forge thanks again

[@jorger.669]

Hello I enjoyed your video, the Axe looks really beautiful and it´s interesting to see the way you have forged the Axe. Thanks for sharing and that we could find your channel. I needed to subscribe ! Thank you for this all - till next time

Thank you very much!

[@jasonmoskowitz246]

The Buddy Rich of the forge right here

[@NVK85]

So much effort!

Very nice.

[@anthonystrunk5360]

Beautiful axe.. well done sir!

Thank you very much sir!

[@danielivanov3463]

Very good congratulations

[@lovejcdc]

I think you did a great job. Nice work

Thank you very much!

[@tiddybearkush]

Informative 👍🏼

[@richstone2627]

Nice work.

[@zuioprt]

nice.. can´t wait to see the test!

Thank, me neither!

[@jerrystott7780]

Nice axe!

[@MattAttack11]

Very awesome! Saw Skallagrim opening the axe you sent him then tried to go to your website, which didn't work for me. But then YT's algorithm did its job for once and recommended the video of you making it!

Sorry about that, my website is under construction, will be back shortly!

[@MattAttack11]

@ its all good. amazing craftmanship on the axe though.

Thanks man!

[@petter5721]

Super Nice 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@blitsriderfield4099]

pretty sure a basic form of crucible steel was available during the time of the Vikings, but I'm not sure where. Ulfberht swords were made with steel if I'm not mistaken.

[@coffekihlberg]

Well done. väldigt bra gjort och väldigt vacker yxa :)

Tack så mycket!

[@coffekihlberg]

@ rent nöje att se :)

[@warmachine1770]

Awesome job,think how hard it was outfit a large Army.

[@GeneralGiffel]

Riktigt fin yxa!

[@kuurtiis]

My fav axe from a game

What game?

[@kuurtiis]

@ Counter blox. Its counter strike. But in roblox XD

[@nathanpattee1629]

Very fine axe

Thank you!

[@thesixfootsixblacksmith4772]

How many tanks of propane did you go through? In Scandinavia is coal cheaper to forge with than propane?

[@karkk7642]

I am going to save up for one of these...great work

Thank you!

[@chrisdaube5435]

It’s a smokn hot forge that will weld wrought iron, would live to see a video on tour gas forge. Beautiful work!

Maybe i should do a tour video + q&a as a 1k sub special?

[@chrisdaube5435]

Nils Ögren Now you’re talking!!! Cheers from NZ🇳🇿

[@atelier_nilsson]

Nice!

[@luigiviking3667]

bad ass axe and man

[@trustincurtis2002]

Amazing work. It’s hard to find a true well made bearded axe. Especially in this style which is my favorite. How much to get one lol

[@christopherniles965]

I would like to know that also.

[@Demetriusz]

Master

[@thesixfootsixblacksmith4772]

In your previous attempts which step was the most difficult? It took me the most time to learn how to weld the beard to the eye correctly.

Getting the eye welded propperly is the hardest part in my opinion!

[@darkiee69]

If you plan on making a lot more shafts you should look into getting, or building, a Täljhäst.

I actually made one, and it was terrible! I need to make a better one ;)

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Boiled linseed oil is fine to use, but if you want deeper penetration into the wood you can mix it with white spirits or mineral oil to thin it a bit more!

Why not raw linseed oil?

[@PieterG159]

@ I heard that raw linseed oil takes much longer to "set" in the pores of the wood because it contains more moisture (this is what protects the wood). For deeper penetration in the wood you can dilute the BLO as suggested above or maybe slightly heat it up with a torch to reduce viscosity.

[@hughlink7341]

Outstanding work would like to have one

Thank you very much! Really apriciate it!

[@nhaer042]

I never knew the beard had to be inserted like that. Very interesting.

Doesnt have to be done this way, its just one way of making them

[@nhaer042]

@ Cool.

[@theogantenbein7870]

What did ancient smiths use instead ob angle/belt grinders? BTW displaying the axe on top of the mossy rock looked really cool 😎.

Files, stones and so forth! I guess