Forging a Large Acanthus Leaf from Plate Steel

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Wowsers Roy this little project turned out very well. Leaf turned out very unique and beautiful. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work Roy. Can't wait to see ur next videos. Always great to see ur videos. Forge On. God Bless.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Thank you and God bless

[@wayneheitz8390]

Very nice decorative elements. Thank you 👏

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Thank you for watching

[@Smallathe]

Wonderful leaf!

[@hannemannironworks1651]

That’s great looking leaf!

[@robertlonis9350]

Now that a leaf 🍁! I was glad to see this one. I just downloaded and printed your pattern for this leaf, so perfect timing . Thanks Roy .

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

I just love perfect timing

[@grandadz_forge]

This! This is the stuff that keeps me awake at night. Love it

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Me to Rob me to :-)

[@marcerivest6204]

That's a lot of work, but the results are different worth it. Great video Roy.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Thank you mark and thanks for watching

[@brysonalden5414]

I believe lots of smiths would have stopped tweaking the piece long before you did, but that's a difference between just banging something out and actually being an artist blacksmith, IMHO. Nice!

[@page76metalcraft19]

beautiful!

[@Smallathe]

Oh, and I loved the tiny tongs holding the tools. Small tools - easy to make, store, adapt. Brilliant idea! This I really have to make for my forge. Would you recommend water or oil quenching tool steel for that?

[@2H80vids]

This was an interesting one Roy. When you started on the leaf, I have to admit I was slightly underwhelmed. Using the blank, I thought, was kinda cheating, with most of the work already done. What I hadn't realised though, was how much detail you would manage to give the piece. The finished leaf looks absolutely nothing like the blank and is far more impressive than I had expected. 👍👌 Sorry if that sounded critical; it's not meant to, just shows my lack of knowledge. The black arts of forging and smithing are still largely a mystery to me, part of the reason I watch the channel. I'd love to see a load of these leaves incorporated into a gate or some fencing.👍😁 Cheers for now, Dougie.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

I appreciate you for taking the time to actually watch the video to see the final result 😊 unfortunately most people believe blanks are cheating but they have actually been in use for 500 yrs... They are just one facet of traditional Ironwork that most modern day blacksmiths ignore as exactly that traditional.. Thank you for the great dialogue :-)

[@2H80vids]

@@ChristCenteredIronworks Yep, saving time has been around for a long, long time Roy.😁 The thing is: back in the day, blacksmiths around the world would have been churning out ornamental(and functional) ironwork in far greater numbers than are used today. They would have needed every possible trick/cheat to try and keep up with demand. I suppose there must be some "modern" methods applied to forging but most of what guys like yourself are doing was invented, then adapted, then perfected, long before our time. If a blacksmith thinks of something today, there's a pretty good chance that another smith had that very same thought many, many years ago. Blanks probably fall very neatly into that category.😁 Cheers for now, Dougie.

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

I like that one

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

It was fun to make

[@metalblueberries3742]

Nice I made it first. Great content as always. Thank you for you dedication to your channel and videos.

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Thank you and it is my pleasure to make the content :-)