Forging a hammer eye punch without a hammer eye punch....also forged in fire.

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[@marcs4738]

This is the first time i have every watched someone fix a wonky eye! nice job looks good and I learned something. Thank you

[@Little_River_Forge]

I wonder if the person who bought John’s old house knows of all the cool stuff made in their backyard under the stairs

[@bjordan7390]

congrats on forged and fire!!!!

[@RobertGerringer]

Great video John! -fellow chill out patron of NHS

[@OldHickoryForge]

Vlog Güero YYYEEEEAAAHHH

[@charleswinters9721]

well done on the show

[@jawdatfares2831]

Welcome back,,,i love your videos it's very important and useful for me

[@drason69]

Nice Johnny. 👍👍🍺😀⚒️❤️

[@bhaktapeter3501]

2:13 thank you

[@mikelowerytreemonkey1023]

Nice job John. Like how you showed how to straighten out the hole.

[@herbievanbeveren1314]

Nice work. Thanks

[@silvergoldking]

Nice thanks for sharing.

[@shotgunsam23]

This was very useful, thanks

[@jimshort2005]

Pulling for you tonight brother. Tear it up!

[@ed.sol.crafts]

You make this look way too easy! Great job!

[@donpegar2645]

Looks good be rooting for you on forged in fire

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

Cant wait till 2night. Hope u win it all!!

[@DacotaWolf]

Thank you for your clean, simple, and effective teaching and demonstrations! Stunningly perfectly well done.

[@matthewgodfrey638]

Great job on Forged in Fire. That was a great looking blade. I had no doubt that you would do well. It is always fun to watch a good Smith at work. No matter the outcome you should be proud.

[@mattadkins2682]

Just saw your going to be on Forged in Fire. Congrats hope to see you win.

[@bhaktapeter3501]

This guy is the conan of blacksmithing

[@edanthony4131]

I just watched you on FORGED IN FIRE, and you're still my go to guy on forging...the knife you made to make the final was just awesome. Hold your head up buddy, you're still outstanding.

[@mikefinto4048]

For sure, he's an amazing blade smith, did great been excited all day ready to see him forge a knife and wasn't expecting a spear lol. Was just me but the other guy looked like he just cut and ground his spear. While he forged the whole thing. Great job man

[@antiantifaterrier5761]

Just wanted to say congrats on the show John. It will keel. The look on your face when they said you will be making a partisan was priceless. I just hope I find a job so I can buy one of your axes hammers or knives before your work becomes out of my price range.

[@jimshort2005]

Thx for showing how to straighten the hole. FIF huh? LoL….I'll be pulling for you brother!

[@timfrye9147]

Think you did a great job on forged in fire. Didn't know you were going to be on it. Started the episode and though I know that guy. Then it hit me.

[@randygreer2967]

Dude you're on Forged in fire

[@fredluden2298]

It’s the small extra things that make your videos great. Like taking the time to show how to fix the hammer eye instead of skipping past it

[@ancientskin.tattoo]

Amazing job 🔥🔥🔥

[@redlionforge9173]

Good work man!

[@Barnie2275]

Good job of fif.

[@andrewgilpatric912]

Thanks it helps

[@dav1099]

just watched the forged in fire show, you did a great job, had to be a cool experience to do that! Thanks for posting, always enjoy your videos

[@alabamacheeze2343]

Just saw the commercial and came here to comment. Congrats! Got my DVR set to record

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

Nice.

[@mtyson9004]

Nice work John! Thanks for showing how to fix an off center hole!

[@anthonystrunk5360]

I was really pulling for you on forged in fire.. your weapon looked much better than your competitors..maybe you can go back for a redemption episode.. keep up the good work..

[@hannemannironworks1651]

Awesome man!

[@TrippinWithKenny]

Turned on Forged in Fire last night, and had to run over to the computer to make sure it was you. Nice work - Damn strength test. Maybe they'll ask you back

[@batman45anger]

Hey John just seen your episode of forged in fire. First off congrats on making that far, beautiful spear you made, just a total bummer about the results.

[@grandadz_forge]

Love watching you work

[@aox32]

Can't wait to see you John on the show! Hope you gave er hell.

[@OuroborosArmory]

Wow.. now I will ow a hammer made by a forged in fire contestant.. nice.. hopefully it will be a FIF winner :)

[@lonewolfdesignsbylarry]

John loved the Forged in Fire episode. The wife was like why are you so giddy. I said cause I watch Big John on his KZbin Channel all the time. His vlogs are so informative. I felt my heart sink when it bent. Your blade was way way nicer in my biased opinion. I also felt the welded square stock Phil did was not proper In the rhelm of forging the blade. Awesome awesome awesome job keep doing you.

[@artk2846]

good luck on forged in fire ill be pulling for you

[@670h8]

cant wait to watch next week

[@Locolano1]

Good to see you on Forged in Fire! Haven't finished watching it yet, but I do hope you win!

[@threehammers2516]

Woohoo I hope the show went well for you dude! Can’t wait to see it

[@threehammers2516]

You did awesome on the show, unfortunate about the bend!

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

No shit i wondered if ud ever do it. But after ur 6 hr knife callenge i got 2 thinkin, well john would b completely done by the end of round 1. But they throw curve balls. Sweet!

[@jaredjohnson1174]

I think its funny you say " there is no one in the world I trust to swing at this.." My first hammer was a group hammer-in. The handled eye punch got warped and we were taking turns with a stake drift till it got straightened. I had to trust 3 other guys I met that day to swing at one. It is as scary as it sounds.

[@TheTradesmanChannel]

Good job on FIF, I am watching it right now, haven't made it to the end yet. I thought I recognized you from a belt grinder video.

[@NeilPost71]

DVR is set! Hope you won!

[@monkeywithahammer6823]

hey john just caught your fif episode you did awesome i thought you had it in the bag there is always the runner up episode good luck bud

[@ardysmith9987]

Hey I have 5 of them an all mine are fitted like a handle through tomahawk with thick cheeks ,the more you hit them the tighter they get until they break the handle. I made 2 of them the others were given to me by grand pa

[@OldHickoryForge]

Ardy Smith holy crap that’s actually a great idea

[@Nightfoxx21]

Hey Jon - You ever gonna show up on FIF? I bet you'd do amazing!

[@romantressler4480]

Hey Saw you in forged in fire, great work man! I'm not gonna spoil for anyone, but you did awesome.

[@antiantifaterrier5761]

There goes the ol knuckle hair. Nothin to it really. Cool vid as always, thanks bro!

[@antiantifaterrier5761]

Oh we were talking about grinder motors before. I picked up a 2.25hp from a weslo treadmill. Everything is mocked up, just need to weld everything. I was wondering what the gap is between your upright tube and the tracking wedge? I was thinking about 1/4”? Good luck on FIF!

[@OldHickoryForge]

Anti Antifa terrier thereabout yeah. You really just have to check it as you go. I’ve build a few grinders and the tracking wheel always ends up needing to sit in a slightly different place. No one size fits all option

[@antiantifaterrier5761]

Old Hickory Forge cool thanks. I was thinking 1/4” will get me close enough and I can fine tune with washers/shims. Hope to see some future wootz projects from ya Hooah

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

I was never veiwer #1. Cool ur work is always awsome

[@sh4nk218]

Nice video man... i will try that:)

[@billymartinozarkmountainfo225]

Wish i could watxh it bub. But i can't. Don't have it. Sucks.

[@rbduffer3263]

I'v been following your You tube videos and tonight saw you on Forged in Fire, bit of bad luck. Could you give a little more information on claying the blade ? What kind of clay, how to apply, etc etc.

[@OldHickoryForge]

Rb Duffer satanite refractory mortar is what I use. A layer about 1/8 of an inch thick is plenty. You basically just paste it onto the parts of the blade you want to stay soft during the quench. There’s a lot of videos out there I’m actually not very good at it haha

[@sjobberenard2636]

Really would like to come to blade... But I fucking live in Belgium so.. gl

[@stokermeister3]

Would cromoly steel be good to make a hammer eye punch 🤔

[@thijs3514]

Do they put new episodes on the Forged in fire KZbin channel? I'm overseas so don't know when they air it...

[@nickverbree]

Oh there is totally someone dumb enough to let someone hit a drift with a sledgehammer while they hold it... ME! The resulting hospital trip sucked pretty badly. I even have a video of it on my channel..... Because I did some dumb things earlier on.

[@christopherconkright1317]

what is the dimensions of the point

[@stokermeister3]

Do you need to harden and temper the hammer eye tool 😁 I’m in the process of making one from cromoly steel 😁🇮🇪🖖

[@OldHickoryForge]

Robert Stoker no. Struck tooling doesn’t need to be heat treated

[@dreadnought8363]

Challenge: forging a hammer without a hammer (made of steel).

[@ryderpaulus2557]

Did you win

[@OldHickoryForge]

Ry Chilson can’t say. Gotta watch the show 👍🏻