Forging an New Touch Mark! How I make my touch marks!

In this Video I re make my touch mark as my old one is dead!!
In this video I will go over how I make a touch mark and how you can make one also. I will be covering forging, materials, why I choose my touch mark and heat treatment.
This is how to make your very own touch mark!
I hope you enjoy!
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[@brettsayers7768]

great video Dan, fantastic as usual.

[@TheOldaz1]

Nice job, good to see you looking after our touchmark although mine is just a little smaller. Thanks Dan.

[@adeelkarlie2724]

Thank you so much Mr Moss my teacher. Highly appreciated. This demonstrates was very helpful to me. Cape Town S Africa

[@adeelkarlie2724]

Demonstration

[@duaneaubuchon9453]

Really like your new touch mark great job

[@tobyjo57]

Love the way you ofsett the tonge reins with your bender

[@matonmongo]

Clever, everyone else usually uses some complicated method involving hand etching the stamp with files and drill bits.Thx!

[@adeelkarlie2724]

True hey. Now I can definitely make my own.

[@andywright2606]

Nice touch mark Dan. I like the size and shape. Thanks for sharing with us. Cheers

[@trevorjarvis3021]

Another great video Dan, it doesn’t matter what you make it’s always interesting!!!

[@marcsenteney3160]

Very nice well done sir!

[@odinallfather4560]

great video I was wondering how to make them and if they needed to be hardened or not. Thanks Daniel

[@mattcoblentz74]

Nicely done

[@bentoombs]

Never knew the story behind your toucmark. Never knew you were so scholarly 🤔 lol. That's definitely an upgrade👍👍 Thanks for the video as always,and it did give me an idea how to make a better one. ⚒ On!!

[@louislarose4023]

Cool touch mark !

[@markriggs3415]

I really like the look of the tool, I need to make one of these but I have to make something I'd not be ashamed to show other people first :D

[@jjppres]

Dan you made that look far to easy. I had mine made but would also like to make one myself some day. I like the simplicity of your mark. Hopefully I can come up with something simple and give it a try soon.

[@scienceaddict77]

I've been liking these videos with the shorter intro, keep up the good work man!

[@merrittm4]

Great video!!! Did you make the tool you are using to hold the hot metal in this video???

[@kensmapleleafretirement]

Good fun, thank you for the video....

[@chrisbryan2326]

Nice! What size and weight is your anvil? Thanks for the info!

[@southronjr1570]

I have had to spot soften, spot anneal and spot harden different gun parts through the years at times and on my tools like your touch mark you can temper it by putting the stitriking end in the fire and let the color run up it and then when it comes time to stop the temper, simply rest the tip in a bucket of water to keep it cool while the striking end cools itself more slowly. My .02, nice video and really like your design, I wish I could come up with one as cool and simple to make as that for our shop.

[@danielmoss2089]

Basically yep but I dunk the whole thing. I just keep an eye on the sticking end of the punch to make sure it doesn't get to hot. It's work so far lol.

[@danielmoss2089]

Thanks for the comment dude.

[@indianatone218]

nice job there my initials are AP any ideas how i could desighn this please or something similar ,thanks Ant

[@y-notforge8913]

..ok, i'll be the smartazz. you didn't put your touch mark on your touch mark . Good to hear the story behind the design...!!

[@ratchbrg3882]

I like that your mark is easy to make. Im in a spot with mine. A Fedora is not as easy to replicate. Its my favorite hat and i have one i wear whenever i work in my shop. Thus my shop is called Fedora Ironworks. Well if i was a pro and sold anything it would be. Although to be honest your mark and it's meaning gives me thought on the subject.

[@chrislawrence6015]

Sweet 😁

[@ericgreensway362]

" I'm just gonna .... whack it with a hammer! " Love that quote of the day!

[@danielmoss2089]

Quote of the day.

[@donstephenson9474]

NICE

[@RichardWhittle-cn1ci]

Excellent video! Such a shame there are TEN interrupting adverts!

[@numbnut257]

I was wondering is there a registry for touch marks

[@jeffsandling5981]

Nice design! Really has that "Tool" look. That one should serve you well!

[@JarlSeamus]

What was the steel you used? Was it W-1?

[@jameswaggoner3619]

What brand of anvil do you have?

[@TufStockdogs]

Tuf connected tuf like my cattle brand is my makers mark or touch mark

[@Hunter-ym2kk]

what was that touchmark metal type?

[@dwayneburbridge3283]

He said it was from a forklift tine.

[@lukecope4212]

For some reason when you started testing your touchmark, I thought you were putting a touchmark on the touchmark you just made.... XD

[@loul7239]

Glen from GS tongs has an amazing engraver and makes touch marks for customers out of H13 for a fair price. Look him up if you want something special made for you. He’s a great guy and an excellent tool maker as well.

[@shonaoneill5151]

Make it yourself! Not rocket science, and if you work with metal you really have no excuse. Apart from idleness. I wouldn't pay someone to make tools I am capable of making myself.

[@user-md2pd8zz8g]

Very annoying bumping hammer on anvil after strikes

[@danielmoss2089]

Don't watch then.

[@user-md2pd8zz8g]

@@danielmoss2089 thanks and good luck. Gonna follow your suggestion

[@michaeledwards5954]

Funny, I enjoy the hammer bumps. Shows how good the rebound is on that anvil, also the rhythm timing and balance of the smith. Envious as my anvil and technique are no where near as good.

[@derkderky803]

All that ponding I bet you go home starving and raid the cupboards.